How do you reduce the size of a surface in Civil 3D?

How do you make a surface smaller in Civil 3D?

Select a surface. On the Surface tab, Modify panel, click Edit Surface drop-down Simplify Surface Find. If more than one surface is available in the drawing, click the surface that you want to simplify or press Enter to select a surface in the Select A Surface dialog box.

How do you scale a surface in Civil 3D?

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1. Create a copy of the original surface.
2. Create a block of the copied surface.
3. Scale the block from base point 0,0.
4. From the properties of the block, change the “Scale Z” property to 1.
5. Explode the block (it will be a surface again)

Can you trim a surface in Civil 3D?

Trim a Surface



Select the surface and press Enter. Select the cutting curves and press Enter. Select the surface areas to remove and press Enter. The selected areas are remove d.

How do you mask a surface in Civil 3D?

In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand the surface collection, right-click Masks, and click Create Mask. From the drawing, select an object or multiple objects to define the mask. Press Enter .

How do you change vertical exaggeration in Civil 3d?

select the profile view in question then rt click and ‘edit profile view style…’; next, click the graph tab where you will find a box marked ‘verticle exaggeration’; finally, change at will.

How do you change the scale of a profile in Civil 3d?

In the drawing window, select the profile view. Click Profile tab Modify View panel Profile View Properties drop-down Profile View Properties Find. In the Profile View Properties Dialog Box, click the Elevations tab.

How do you combine two surfaces in Civil 3D?

Solution:

1. On the Civil 3D Toolspace, click on “Prospector” tab.
2. Right click on “Surfaces” and create a new surface.
3. Expand the “Definition” subfeature for that new surface and right click on “Edits”.
4. Click “Paste Surface” and choose the original surface.
5. Change the new surface style to show points.

How do you change surface boundaries?

To Edit Boundary Properties

1. In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand the surface Definition collection and click Boundaries. …
2. In the list view, right-click a list item.
3. Click Properties to open the Boundary Properties dialog box where you can edit the name of the boundary.