How do you create a 3D polyline in Civil 3D?

How do you make a polyline 3D polyline?

To Convert 2D Polylines to 3D

1. Click Modify tab Design panel Convert 2D To 3D Polylines Find.
2. Select the polyline(s) to convert. Press Enter.

How do you make a 3D polyline 2D in Civil 3D?

Use the Convert 3D To 2D Polylines command to convert 3D to 2D polylines. The new polyline will take on the elevation of the start point of the 3D polyline. Click Modify tab Design panel Convert 3D To 2D Polylines Find.

How do you make a 3D polyline on a surface?

On the Prospector tab of the Toolspace, right-click on Surfaces and select >> Create Surface.

1. Confirm that TIN surface is selected as Type.
2. Select the desired Surface layer and Style.
3. Click <> to close the Create Surface dialog box.
4. On the Prospector tab of the Toolspace, expand the Surfaces node.

How do you turn a line into a polyline?

Converting a PolyLine to a Line



In order to convert an existing multisegmented polyline to a line. Select the line the press the explode button on the ribbon – this will convert the line to a multi-segmented set of basic lines – each of which can be edited seperately.

How do you convert a polyline to a 2D feature line?

Explode the feature lines. It gives you 3d polylines. Then use convert 3d polylines to 2D polylines. Select the 2D polylines and paste them to the original drawing.

How do you automatically draw a polyline from points?

Use the transparent command – ‘PN – to do this. Enter polyline command and when prompted for first point, use the transparent command and enter 1-155.

How do you edit 3D polyline elevations?

To Edit Polyline Elevations

1. Click Modify tab Design panel Edit Polyline Elevations Find.
2. Select the polyline.
3. Specify the elevation. All vertices are assigned the same elevation.

How do you make a polyline 3D into a polyline in AutoCAD?

Found the easiest way was the copy > paste > explode > pedit > convert to polyline > then copy and paste back to where it was. Worked for what i was doing, didn’t need any elevations.

How do I convert 3D AutoCAD to 2D?

If you are using AutoCAD 2007 and higher, the FLATSHOT command is available to convert 3D solids to flattened 2D views. (Note this command is not available in AutoCAD LT, so use the alternate method described.) Click Application menu > Print > Manage Plotters. Double-click the Add-a-Plotter Wizard shortcut icon.

How do you make a polyline into a 3D face?

If your polyline border contains arc segments, you may want to refine the resulting mesh with the MESHREFINE command. This will increase the density of the small patches and more precisely fill in the arcs. The mesh can be easily converted to 3d face entities (3DFACE) just by exploding – the EXPLODE command.

How do you convert contours to surface in Civil 3D?

You can add contour data to an existing TIN surface. For best results, add the contour data in a single operation. In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand the surface Definition collection, right-click Contours, and click Add.