Once VTENABLE is set to 7 within a certain drawing the view transitions work normally in that drawing only, when another drawing is opened or Civil 3D is shut down and re-started, the View Transition settings are gone and have to be initiated again.
The question, how is VTENABLE set in Civil 3D so that it is enabled to work as a default every time Civil 3D is started?
Friday, March 28, 2008
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Deleting unused Styles in Civil 3D 2008
When Styles are created and used in Civil 3D 2008 a yellow indicator appears next to the style name telling you that it is in use in your drawing. However in some cases when a Style isn’t required and needs to be deleted from the Styles list you would normally highlight the style, right-click and select Delete. Civil 3D 2008 occasionally keeps a yellow indicator next to a Style even though the Style is not in use and therefore will not allow you to Delete this Style. As shown below you can highlight the Style then select Refresh and now the yellow indicator will be removed enabling you to delete the Style.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Cut and Fill Surface Labels
Creating Surface Labels for Cut Fill Drawings
Once a Cut and Fill surface has been established you can create a Surface Label Style to view the Cut and Fill labels. When a Surface Label Style has been created it must be applied to each individual Cut and Fill surface.
Below there is sample drawing which displays a site that has several Sub-sites with several Cut and Fill surfaces listed in the prospector tab. (ex. DDVol (Building1), etc..))
The following steps will create the Surface Label Style that will display the Cut labels in RED with a negative symbol and the Fill labels in GREEN:
1. Once the Settings tab is selected you must expand the Surfaces>Label Styles>Spot Elevation trees and right-click to create a NEW style. Once the Label Style Composer has been opened, you can add a new name such as Cut Fill Labels
2. Next you must select the Layout tab and rename the current General Name from Surface Elevation to Cut, and change the color to RED. (set the text height and rotation angle as per your requirements)
3. Highlight and select the Text>Contents and select to open the Text Component Editor ensure that the Sign is set to sign negative and accept the remainder defaults
4. Select the copy button and copy the Cut component name and re-name it to Fill
5. Highlight and select the Text>Contents and select to open the Text Component Editor ensure that the Sign is set to hide negative value and accept the remainder defaults
6. Change the colour to GREEN and accept the remainder (the text heights and rotation angle will be similar to the settings for the Cut labels)
7. The new Cut and Fill Surface Label Style has been created, to apply this style to each Cut and Fill surface select the following menu, Surface>Add Surface Labels>Add Surface Labels , this will open the Add Labels dialogue box.
Once a Cut and Fill surface has been established you can create a Surface Label Style to view the Cut and Fill labels. When a Surface Label Style has been created it must be applied to each individual Cut and Fill surface.
Below there is sample drawing which displays a site that has several Sub-sites with several Cut and Fill surfaces listed in the prospector tab. (ex. DDVol (Building1), etc..))
The following steps will create the Surface Label Style that will display the Cut labels in RED with a negative symbol and the Fill labels in GREEN:
1. Once the Settings tab is selected you must expand the Surfaces>Label Styles>Spot Elevation trees and right-click to create a NEW style. Once the Label Style Composer has been opened, you can add a new name such as Cut Fill Labels
2. Next you must select the Layout tab and rename the current General Name from Surface Elevation to Cut, and change the color to RED. (set the text height and rotation angle as per your requirements)
3. Highlight and select the Text>Contents and select to open the Text Component Editor ensure that the Sign is set to sign negative and accept the remainder defaults
4. Select the copy button and copy the Cut component name and re-name it to Fill
5. Highlight and select the Text>Contents and select to open the Text Component Editor ensure that the Sign is set to hide negative value and accept the remainder defaults
6. Change the colour to GREEN and accept the remainder (the text heights and rotation angle will be similar to the settings for the Cut labels)
7. The new Cut and Fill Surface Label Style has been created, to apply this style to each Cut and Fill surface select the following menu, Surface>Add Surface Labels>Add Surface Labels , this will open the Add Labels dialogue box.
8. In the Add Labels dialogue, the Feature should be set to Surface, the Label type should be Spot Elevations on Grid, and the Spot elevation label style should be set to the Cut and Fill label style. (If you wish to add a Marker style to indicate the exact location of the label you can select that option or choose none)
9. Select the Add button and choose the surface border and set your grid (usually 5m grid)
Finally your surface labels should appear as shown below, the Cut labels are in RED and have a negative symbol next to them, the Fill labels are in GREEN and have no symbol.
Using Text Symbols in Civil 3D 2008
Using Symbols in Multi Line Text with Civil 3D 2008; once you have initiated the Mtext command and selected an area to begin adding text you can then Right-Click in the text window and select Symbols, you will then have the option to choose various symbols as shown below……..
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