using .NET code to change base/comparison surface from volume surface

using .NET code to change base/comparison surface from volume surface

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using .NET code to change base/comparison surface from volume surface

r_griffith
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Hi, 

There are already a lot of topics about changing the base or comparison surface from a volume surface, using the workaround to create 2 dummy surfaces for the volumesurf, and paste the source data in those dummies.

 

But then i encountered this old post from @Jeff_M that wrote a .NET code to replace breakline sets:
https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/civil-3d-customization-forum/surface-definition-operation-type-automa...

 

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That got me thinking. Could that .NET file be altered so you could replace the base, or comparison surface from a volume surf that's already there? 

We use a lot of volume surfaces from datashortcuts and it's tedious to always create 2 dummy just in case you'd want to change 1 surface later on. And since it's datashortcuts you can't paste your new data in that base. So i hope that some .NET code could fix this 🙂

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neilyj666
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 I doubt it is possible purely on the basis that if it were it would have been done by now...!!!

neilyj (No connection with Autodesk other than using the products in the real world)
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