I'm looking into the opposite of what usually happens. In cases where you have a plain .dwg drawing created with a plain cad application with no point database, and you need to create one. How can i write such a file by selecting cad entities inside (blocks, lines, polylines, points, etc)
You can manually insert points by clicking each spot you need. Or if there are images of points but no crd then in the point menu go to crd utilities ---> update crd from drawing. Then follow the prompts. That will find all the points on the dwg and create a crd with them.
therock003, post: 407060, member: 12282 wrote: I'm looking into the opposite of what usually happens. In cases where you have a plain .dwg drawing created with a plain cad application with no point database, and you need to create one. How can i write such a file by selecting cad entities inside (blocks, lines, polylines, points, etc)
Under the Survey module, explore COGO -- Create Points from Entities:
Hi
In industrial bolts and concrete i create a DXF R12 from a checked C3D 2016
Critical explode blocks and C3D surface to 3D faces this gets rid of the surface history
Note the C3D surface edit history is the best thing in C3D for complicated surface
modifications but a mine field for Xml to other softs
Sorry i got a bit side tracked I don't care much for XML a verbose text spec so long winded
Forward onto your question
then DXF is imported into SurvCe in the MAP menu and Pesto there it is
next i select the end point of some line work from stake points menu
and go to the map and pick the end point.
Note select the end point is a icon in stake points and a venture into some other
area of software is not required
I have found that DXF is the way to go with Carlson for line work type items
Heck you can even localize of line work end points no coords required
In bolts thousands of them on petro plant etc i create a ccord on each bolt since it beats
picking end points in stake points is a bit much.
Carlson Surve Ce Rules for construction and being a long time C3D user
there is nothing carlson can't do when there is a 4 year construction job in your face.
Build it & control it with C3D lay it out with Carlson SurvCe
Pete
Ladd Nelson, post: 407063, member: 307 wrote: Under the Survey module, explore COGO -- Create Points from Entities:
I'm getting some strange behavior with this. I select a polyline, yet it draws point for everything but that entity.
It looks like the routine is thawing the layer that contains other points and can you confirm the entity you're picking is a polyline? If you issue the File -- Drawing Utilities -- AUDIT command, does this turn up any structural issues with the DWG file?
Yes you are correct, i already had the pointno layer thawed and the routine made it visible. Everything is fine now.
