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(@ctompkins)
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I am getting some crazy tins when I go to create a surface with Carlson Civil Suite. It creates "normal" triangles initially, but when I go to edit the surface it does this. Anybody know the solution?

 
Posted : 26/01/2015 11:13 am
(@astopper)
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I just had this happen to me on Civil 3D I will see if I can remember but this is what I wanted to do.....

 
Posted : 26/01/2015 11:19 am
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Looks likely you have surfaced points at zero elevation.
Have you lines that have been included?
Can you filter by elevation when selecting entities for creating a surface?
Just something I occasionally have when modelling.

 
Posted : 26/01/2015 11:28 am
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Is it possible that it may be the contouring smoothing that is adding all the extra "triangular subdivisions".

Subdivisional Surfaces: When enabled, adjust the horizontal slider to indicate the degree of triangular subdivisions. This causes each triangle in the triangulation surface model to be subdivided into (x + 1)^2 triangles, where x = Subdivision Generations.

 
Posted : 26/01/2015 11:36 am
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I just checked mine like I said I would for ya and I remember now that some shots I had at zero elevations due to my FCL. I forgot to exclude them from my surface and once I chose the correct points it was alright.

 
Posted : 27/01/2015 4:25 am
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Thanks folks. I did figure it out and it was exactly the subdivisional surfaces. Man that was driving me crazy. No I didn't throw out the computer.....but I did toss my chair a few times.

 
Posted : 27/01/2015 8:07 am