I'm editing a large file that I did not begin that contains a number of lines to indicate sewer lines. I edit the beginning and end Z coordinates to properly elevate the line and use a custom "above w slope" label to label the distance, pipe size and slope.
Some of the lines are drawn in the wrong direction. I know how to switch the direction but what I don't know is if there is a way to know in advance if it's drawn wrong. I have to change the label style, curse appropriately, then reverse direction and redo the invert elevations. In some cases I don't want to have the label change immediately because I want to compare my cad calculated slopes to what I assume are manually calculated slopes from when this project was begun. So it would be nice to know in advance which ones were buggered up.
I am drawing in Civil 3D but this not a true sewer network - it's just a map we maintain for planning purposes.
Any ideas for some sort of query I can use to check the direction before labeling? maybe some elusive grip info?
Workaround - create a label style with just an arrow and insert it on the line perhaps so I don't have to dump my current labeling until I'm sure I have new info entered. sounds tedious.