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I'd posted recently about a problematic drawing that when opening seemed to be constantly rebuilding a grading but never finishing and in the process created some 75Gb of tmp files.
I have salvaged this dwg now and want to delete the gradings but retain the surface so is it possible to easily separate the two? I know it can be done during grading creation and I'm currently copying the feature lines to new sites, creating the surface and deleting the old sites totally
TIA
Neil
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I'd posted recently about a problematic drawing that when opening seemed to be constantly rebuilding a grading but never finishing and in the process created some 75Gb of tmp files.
I have salvaged this dwg now and want to delete the gradings but retain the surface so is it possible to easily separate the two? I know it can be done during grading creation and I'm currently copying the feature lines to new sites, creating the surface and deleting the old sites totally
TIA
Neil
neilyj (No connection with Autodesk other than using the products in the real world)
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CREATEDETACHEDGRADINGSURF
always wondered what that would be handy for
Joe Bouza
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always wondered what that would be handy for
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Does this not just create a detached surface at the start of the grading process rather than detaching before deleting the grading?
AEC Collection 2025 UKIE (mainly Civil 3D UKIE and IW)
Win 11 Pro x64, 1Tb Primary SSD, 1Tb Secondary SSD
64Gb RAM Intel(R) Xeon(R) W-11855M CPU @ 3.2GHz
NVIDIA RTX A5000 16Gb, Dual 27" Monitor, Dell Inspiron 7760
neilyj (No connection with Autodesk other than using the products in the real world)
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Does this not just create a detached surface at the start of the grading process rather than detaching before deleting the grading?
AEC Collection 2025 UKIE (mainly Civil 3D UKIE and IW)
Win 11 Pro x64, 1Tb Primary SSD, 1Tb Secondary SSD
64Gb RAM Intel(R) Xeon(R) W-11855M CPU @ 3.2GHz
NVIDIA RTX A5000 16Gb, Dual 27" Monitor, Dell Inspiron 7760
neilyj (No connection with Autodesk other than using the products in the real world)
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Did you do it and have an issue? I thought you got in and around the process. does that mean you have yet to have a surface from the grading?
I tested by making the Grading with automatic surface on. Done.
then detached the surface
then deleted the grading
Joe Bouza
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Did you do it and have an issue? I thought you got in and around the process. does that mean you have yet to have a surface from the grading?
I tested by making the Grading with automatic surface on. Done.
then detached the surface
then deleted the grading
Joe Bouza
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I think the gradings may be causing the problem with my drawing (no surprises there) and want to delete them - I'll try the detach surface option on Monday
neilyj (No connection with Autodesk other than using the products in the real world)
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I think the gradings may be causing the problem with my drawing (no surprises there) and want to delete them - I'll try the detach surface option on Monday
neilyj (No connection with Autodesk other than using the products in the real world)
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@Neilw_05 & @tcorey - thanks for the suggestions both more efficient than my current attempts - fairly minor gradings luckily...:)
@Joe-Bouza I'll give the detach surfaces option a try on Monday - not sure I have ever had cause to use to before...:)
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@Neilw_05 & @tcorey - thanks for the suggestions both more efficient than my current attempts - fairly minor gradings luckily...:)
@Joe-Bouza I'll give the detach surfaces option a try on Monday - not sure I have ever had cause to use to before...:)
neilyj (No connection with Autodesk other than using the products in the real world)
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NVIDIA RTX A5000 16Gb, Dual 27" Monitor, Dell Inspiron 7760
Hi @neilyj666
Have you had the chance to try all the suggestions? Did any of them help you solve the problem? Let us know what works.
Lynn Zhang
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Hi @neilyj666
Have you had the chance to try all the suggestions? Did any of them help you solve the problem? Let us know what works.
Lynn Zhang
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