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Nardino

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Z values of points
« on: July 23, 2015, 01:58:31 PM »
Hello to all, does anybody know of a way to:.........
Basically I have received a file from my client containing all the spot elevations of a surveyed area. These spot elevation (points) are nothing more than text where the insertion point is a northing, easting and an elevation. Unfortutely all of the Z values (elevations) are set to zero, which means I cannot create a contour drawing out of these points. So what I am asking is if there is a way to move all of these text contents to its equivalent z values.
I have more than 15 thousand points and doing it one by one is not a task that could easily be done.
Many thanks...


...added the cad file...
« Last Edit: July 23, 2015, 02:41:08 PM by Nardino »

mjfarrell

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Re: Z values of points
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2015, 02:09:22 PM »
one could use MAP

query in those TEXT object,

use alter properties
to change elevation
using .tvalue as the expression evaluate

If you don't have Map, I could do that, to a posted file and return the results to you.
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huiz

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Re: Z values of points
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2015, 12:48:52 AM »
In Civil 3D there is a function for that.
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mjfarrell

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Re: Z values of points
« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2015, 08:59:01 AM »
In Civil 3D there is a function for that.

Not sure if I've ever seen that command?  What is it's name?

I had to look that one up....I guess I was using the Map function out of habit.


Ribbon
Select a surface. Surface tab Surface Tools panel  Move Text To Elevation
Menu
Surfaces menu UtilitiesMove Text To Elevation
Command Line
MoveTextToElevation
« Last Edit: July 24, 2015, 09:02:34 AM by mjfarrell »
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huiz

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Re: Z values of points
« Reply #4 on: July 24, 2015, 09:08:08 AM »
In Civil 3D there is a function for that.

Not sure if I've ever seen that command?  What is it's name?

I had to look that one up....I guess I was using the Map function out of habit.


Ribbon
Select a surface. Surface tab Surface Tools panel  Move Text To Elevation
Menu
Surfaces menu UtilitiesMove Text To Elevation
Command Line
MoveTextToElevation

That is the command :-)

It is understandable that you use other functions out of habit. Especially if you do a lot with Map3D. But sometimes there is an easier way :-) Another great function that I like is import contourlines from Shapes directly in Civil3D (AeccCreateSurfaceFromGISData) without need of Map3D.
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mjfarrell

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Re: Z values of points
« Reply #5 on: July 24, 2015, 09:34:39 AM »
I've used that one a few times as well as AeccImportGISData to get storm/sanitary networks into a file.

I should dump out my KIT and see if some of the tools in there should be replaced.  Thanks for the nudge!
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