Maybe when Civil 3D introduced the ribbon, people turned off the toolbar? Not sure, but now the transparent commands are located on the ribbon (Figure 5), making them easier to read and simple to use. I don’t see transparent commands used as much as I once did. For example, if you have a streetlight, sign, or fire hydrant block, you can select your view, launch the command, and project the block, along with customized label, into your profile (Figure 4).įigure 4 Transparent Commands (Now in Ribbon) You can also use this for projecting 2D objects. This is especially helpful when needing to see the elevation of a feature line, for example (I use feature lines for dry utilities), or when you want to project a test pit/bore hole info into profile. You can select a profile view, from the Launch Pad panel of the ribbon, select Project Objects to Profile View and pretty much add any object to your profile (Figure 3). This has been around awhile, but don’t forget about this tool. For example, the alignment can be projected, and crossing markers, label styles, and auto or user set elevations assign! You then select the object(s) you wish to project, evoke the command, and you get the dialog box shown in Figure 2. Select your profile view and now on the ribbon, under the Launch Pad panel, you will find the Add Crossings To Profile View command. Crossing alignments are shown as vertical lines in the profile view because they do not have elevations, but you can specify an elevation value for the crossing alignment labels. I’ve been using this often for intersection/crossing alignments. You can set up unique styles for each type of crossing object so you can display and label them differently. When you add crossings to a profile view, you specify which marker and label styles to apply to the crossings. You can use the profile crossing tool to add crossings and labels to profile views for the following types of objects:
This takes the Project Objects tool just a step further. You can add crossings to profile views to identify where linear objects cross the profile relative to the parent alignment (Figure 1). Here are some of my favorite little tasks, some new, and some oldies but goodies! Profile Crossing Tool (New in 2019)
There are a lot of little things that go unnoticed in AutoCAD® Civil 3D®-probably due to the fact that there are a million icons and commands! Whether they are hidden away within your Toolbox, or several layers deep within the ribbon, there are some really good tools that are often overlooked. Back April 18th, 2019 Civil 3D Tips & Tricks
0 kommentar(er)
