Delete segment of a figure or feature line

[Anonymous]

Hi All, 

I'm wanting to delete a segment of a survey figure, i.e. the part between two vertices.

The break feature command is fine but I find it awkward in having to select the first and second points each time. 

If I were using polylines I can hold ctrl, select the segement, delete. Which is perfect. However this process doesn't work for any of the "smarter" objects. 

Any suggestions, macros, tips on breaking a survey figure between vertex and vertex?

Thanks,

Strsi681

[odoshi]

Hi,

What do you want to do with it after you break it?

Will you need it to be added back into the Survey database? Or could you live with it as 2 new Feature Lines?

Regards,

Mike

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the response. It doesn't necessarily need to be updated back in to the survey database. I suppose if this could be achieved then it would be even better but we would get by without. 

[rl_jackson]

Just go to the modify tab and use the edit geometry

[Anonymous]

Yes, and as my original post mentions, I would have to use the first point/second point break process - which is what I'm trying to find an alternative for.

[rl_jackson]

Just recode it and reimport. Ezzzy Peezzy

[Anonymous]

Yeah fair enough. I suppose to re ask my question. Why can you hold ctrl to delete polyline segments, but the same method doesn't work with feature lines or survey figures?

[odoshi]

So... I liked the idea. I also remember a command in Carlson that did the same thing, only it worked on polylines.

It's rough, but I will work on it some more to include it in my toolset.

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/community/screencast/24a3ad13-940b-42ae-a514-1524123ca431

Right now, it only removes straight segments, and is returning 2 Polyline3D objects, not 2 figures. I'm fairly busy, but hope to get it final soon.

Regards,

Mike

[Anonymous]

Yep it's a feature I have seen in other CAD packages. That video looks like a great start Mike and is exactly what I'm looking for, except for the end result to be survey figures or feature lines. Thanks for helping out, interested to see the final product.

[Anonymous]

Hi Odoshi, just wondering if you made any progress with your LSP command you created? 

[odoshi]

I was hoping for some improvements to the Feature Line API in 2018, but, no such luck. I'll take it as far as I can and let you know. I've got some open time coming up.

Thanks,

[Anonymous]

Hi, Strsi681

It would have been too nice for the survey figure to behave like a polyline, but Jackson's suggestion ro recode the points isn't so bad after all because you don't have to edit the fbk file, you can do it in place,

Select survey point> rclick> Edit Properties> recode (for example I change the string number) and after you press OK the command remains active so you can select the next point. After recoding all points, the program automatically offers to update the database and creates the new figure for you.