Database processing Feature Lines instead of Survey Figures

[Argie_urena]

My company's database is processing in Survey Figures but our clients want our deliverable with Feature Lines. Is there anyway to modify my "figure prefix database" to process the feature lines instead of the survey figures?

[rl_jackson]

The only way is to offset the figure and then offset it back to it's original location and it will be a featureline. The other option is to explode the figure which will convert it to a 3d Polyline and then convert that to a Featureline.

I believe @Jeff_M has a routine in SincPac that does what you're requesting.

EDIT: I don't really see a difference between survey figures and featurelines. They both react the same and use the same edit tools.

[Argie_urena]

I appreciate the solution. I am looking for something to help me avoid any additional steps after the field to finish process. Thank you though.

[CodeDing]

@Argie_urena ,

My survey department also prefers to convert Survey Figures to Feature Lines (since that's what engineers want). So here's a command I created a few years back to do just that. It will convert Survey Figures to EITHER LWPolylines (at Zero elevation) OR Feature Lines (at original Survey Figure elevation), and ALSO preserves any Curves in the process.

See attached Lisp file, the command is "SF2" (since it converts Survey Figures TO...)

Best,

~DD

[BennnttPLS]

I downloaded and tried it out - very slick.  Thank you for the well-comeneted code too!

[Argie_urena]

I agree, very slick! Is there a way to keep the layers to the survey figures?

Thanks you so much!!

[rl_jackson · Accepted solution]

I tested @CodeDing tool and had no issues with the layers. The key with figures is that you define a basic figure style that is on Layer 0, and then using that basic style the figure code places it on the layer you what it to appear on. The only changes I make with figures is that I have specific layers for various fence, utility, woods/shrub linetypes.

[m_perryFNZ2G]

This should be a default lisp routine in C3D.

MJP