Can you copy a profile in Civil 3D?

How do I copy profile from one profile to another Civil 3D?

Click the profile you want to copy. Click Profile tab Modify Profile panel Geometry Editor Find. In the Profile Layout Tools dialog box, click Copy Profile. In the Copy Profile Data dialog box, check the data displayed in the Source Profile Information area to ensure that this is the correct profile to copy.

How do you copy in Civil 3D?

To Copy a Surface

1. In the drawing area, select the surface, right-click, click Basic Modify Tools Copy. …
2. Pick an insertion point in the drawing area. …
3. To edit the name of the surface, right-click the surface in the Prospector tree and click Properties. …
4. Enter a new name in the Name field.

How do I copy an alignment in Civil 3D to another drawing?

If you use the Clipboard –> Copy with Basepoint command, the alignment, sample line groups, surfaces, profiles will all be copied. Better yet, create a Data Shortcuts Project and Create Datashortcut for your Alignment. Reference that into your other drawing.

How do I copy a profile in AutoCAD?

Take the ARG file or make it accessible to the next computer you want to configure. Start AutoCAD.

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Solution

1. Enter options on the command line.
2. In the Options dialog box, click the Profiles tab.
3. Select the current profile and click Export.
4. Select the file location and enter a name for the ARG file, and then click Save.

How do you explode a profile in Civil 3D?

Exploding AutoCAD Civil 3D Objects

1. Enter -AecExportToAutoCAD at the command line of an AutoCAD enabled with the AutoCAD Civil 3D Object Enabler.
2. Enter F to display the format options and then specify the file format.
3. Enter B to specify whether to bind xrefs. …
4. Enter T to specify the bind type.

How do I create a polyline profile?

Quick dirty method for creating polylines from profiles.

1. Save the drawing as a new version.
2. Delete the surface that the profile is generated from – the profile becomes an editable entity.
3. explode it into a block, then into lines.
4. JOIN the lines – bingo.

How do I merge 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 copy an alignment?

Use offset and create alignment from an object. You could also select the alignment, right-click (or on the Modify Panel of the Conceptual Ribbon), select Copy to Site. Thanks Jeff, this method seemed to work the best.

How do you offset alignment in Civil 3D?

To Create Offset Alignments and Associated Profiles

1. Click Home tab Create Design panel Alignment drop-down Create Offset Alignment Find.
2. In the Create Offset Alignments dialog box, select the following attributes: …
3. On the General tab, enter the site, alignment style, layer, and label set for the offset alignments.

How do I copy a profile into a polyline?

To Convert Profiles to Polylines

1. Click Manage tab Style & Display panel Insert As Polyline.
2. Select the profile you want to insert as a polyline.
3. Select the insertion point in the drawing, and place the polyline.
4. Make changes to the polyline as needed.