Rectangle Offset Linework Code Set

[peter.barrett1234]

Hello all,

I'm trying to get my company into the 21st century and start using linework codes when doing fieldwork. To ease them into this process I'm trying to find a way to simplify the codes needed to be used in the field. We're currently about to start a large job surveying all the culverts in my city. I was wondering if it's possible to offset the RECT linework code command so the points act as a centerline rather than edge corners, i.e. CULV100 RECT.3 would draw a rectangle offset .15 to each side of the point.

I've also run into the issue where the RECT command as a whole doesn't want to work. Every time I import the survey data the PANORAMA spits out a "Figure x at point y - Rectangle command failed." with no other information to go off of how or why it failed in the first place.

Any and all help is greatly apprechiated.

[jroot · Accepted solution]

In your second test point there is a space between CULV and 100 that is throwing off the linework I think.

As for using two shots on c/l to create the culvert I don't think the RECT command can do that.  You could create both lines using offset codes but then you'd have to go back and connect the ends to create a closed figure.

[jefflambert9091 · Accepted solution]

The codes should be CULV100 B, CULV100 RECT.15 to get it to draw. don't think you can get it to draw the pipe itself. A new linework codeset "PIPE" would be nice. 

[peter.barrett1234]

That fixed the RECT not working! Good eye.

Yeah, that's what I was trying to avoid. I was hoping for a shorter code to use than H-.15 H.15. Some of the guys that have been doing this since it was a calculator and a transit aren't too open to change lol.

[peter.barrett1234]

Yeah, a PIPE code would be fantastic. We have almost 400 culverts to shoot, so much line work and spreadsheets. I was hoping to shave some of the overhead work with a code set but oh well. Can only do what Autodesk lets us do right now!

[rl_jackson]

Just thinking out loud with so many pipes to do. I think I would create figure codes for varied size/material that would get pushed to a layer, explode the resulting figures to featurelines and convert them to pipes by object, this way I could create a label style to be applied to the pipes. At the same time this might become easier to tabulate as well. Just a thought I have not tried this and it might require some testing.