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Map Cleanup for Civil 3D
Map Cleanup for Civil 3D
11/27/2018
Ron Couillard of USCAD demonstrates the basics of the Map Cleanup command in Civil 3D.
See the USCADBuilding YouTube channel
and Ron Couilard's blog on USCAD.com
See the link at the top this page to the original post that includes more videos.
Comments
Ron thanks for a great updated walk-through of the powerful Map Cleanup tool every Civil 3D user needs to know and love.
Convert Blocks to COGO Points
Convert Blocks to COGO Points
11/21/2018
CADD Microsystems' Donnie Gladfelter overviews a method to convert AutoCAD Blocks with elevations to Civil 3D COGO Points via block replacement.
From the CADD Microsystems YouTube Channel.
and the CADD Microsystems blog.
Comment
All this rigmarole in Civil 3D. It does work. The problem is just a AutoCAD block definition replacement folks.
All you need is an external drawing version of the old LDT "POINT" block and use -Insert with *pathtofile\Point.dwg for the named ACAD block in the drawing. Note the vital * character. Now the blocks are Softdesk blocks and off you go.
Update a LandXML Built Surface with Paste
Update a LandXML Built Surface with Paste
11/20/2018
Jeff Bartels of Autodesk explains a workflow to manage updates to a surface created from LandXML.
From the Jeff Bartels YouTube Channel.
and the Civil Immersion blog.
Comments
Left unsaid - Most folks want to perserve the finished DTM model of a surface and LandXML-based surfaces are a great way to do it.
We only have this Data Shortcut update problem because of the current absolute file location requirement for LandXML based surfaces which Autodesk could fix with a relative file path property but probably won't.
The real problem is a case of not building and employing a Civil 3D Project Template that copes with the issue with well-engineered placeholders that are easier to update.
See the Civil 3D Project and Setup video training page for details.