I have a plain 3d contour map with all the lines on the same layer.
I want to make it readable in 2d by changing the linetype of each so it's easier to read.
The map is pretty large, I was hoping there was some way I could isolate all lines with the same Z Vertex so I could do an entire elevation at once?
Is there a way to control which of two 'Graphic Property definitions' are used via a formula property with a IF, Then, condition statement?
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In the formular property I'd like to set the value of the manual property.
I am in the process of setting up Civil 3D styles for survey and trying to overcome some challenges that are a great source of frusteration. The key items I am trying to accomplish are as follows:
Be able to isolate all points on a layer (sorted individually by descriptor key matching to V-NODE-XXXX) WITHOUT the use of point groups. I see point groups as a very inefficient way to do this. I want to be able to select Layiso, grab one point and have full display of all points on that node layer and start connecting the dots.Be able to control node layer display individually (ie. all topo points gray, found points green, control pink, etc)Setup a quick toggle to turn off display of all points and basic markers except those which have a symbol assigned to them and should be shown on the map.
I have everything working the way I want with the exception of being able to use layiso to display all points on a layer. Currently my point label styles are set to layer 0 byblock which passes display to the point object. I have created a layer called V-NODE-HIDE that I set as the layer for non-symbol markers and all point labels. Point markers that are symbols that should be displayed on a map are put on their associated V-TOPO-XXX-SYMB layer. When finished mapping I want to be able to type "PH" (Point Hide) and hide all point labels and basic markers by freezing V-NODE-HIDE. The issue is that because point objects, labels and markers are on different layers, when I isolate a single point, everything disappears.
Is there a lisp routine that will extract all layers from sub-components of a Civil 3D object and add those layers to the isolate? This would solve my issue and give me all of the functionality I am looking for. I have seen several discussions along this line on the forums, but not a solution that fits my needs. I am open for pretty much any suggestion other than I need to have a point group created for every single descriptor I have and have to move groups up and down the hierarchy to get the display I need. It is just too inefficient.
Is there anyway that i could do a ligthning affect but isolate the lightning and paste just the and not the black background on another image?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have been trying to find a method to extract custom properties from the custom property bag.
I have been able to extract the property value, using the "GetProperty" and the associated "GetValue" method, this method works when I know exactly what property name I am looking for. What do you do when you don't know the property name?
here is my code snippet..
dim myProps as acsmcustompropertybag = mysheet.getcustompropertybag
dim myProp as iacsmcustompropertyvalue = myprops.getproperty("SOMENAME")
dim myPV as string = myProp.GetValue
what I want to do is:
dim myProps as acsmcustompropertybag = mysheet.getcustompropertybag
dim myPN as string = ??????????.tostring
dim myProp as iacsmcustompropertyvalue = myprops.getproperty(myPN)
dim myPV as string = myProp.GetValue
I have a picture of a trumpet. I was wondering how you could take the image and blur the background, leaving the trumpet in focus. The "flaring" or putting lighting effects on certain spots of the trumpet, like the valve tops and bottoms.
View 7 Replies View RelatedIf I have two vector shapes on top of one another, when I drag over both to select a few nodes from the top one, it selects both (this is now a 'feature'). I don't want this.
I know if I want to select only the top one now that I have to isolate the shape first, but this is terribly inneficient for the way I've been editing vector shapes for years now.
Is there any way to turn off multiple layer path selection and having to isolate anything? While the new feature can be nice at times, it's mostly more of a hinderence than a way out.
I have a photo (attached) and wish to do two things with it. I hope a) to emphasise both the earthenware texture of the vase and its wooden background to give the image some contrast and b), to recolour the brown fence in royal blue. I have tried to do this using the eyedropper tool and then Image | Adjustments | Replace colour, but because the vase itself is coloured in a shade of brown I find that in addition to blue replacing brown as the fence colour, it also replaces it as the colour of the vase.
So, I somehow need to 'lift' the vase from the image, then recolour the fence in isolation, and then put the vase back into the photo - but I am not sure how to do that.
I'm kinda new to Xara Photo and graphic Designer 6. I have photos of appliance spares. I need to use only the images of the spare parts for an advert(of which the background will be white) - I dont want the background of the photo.
View 7 Replies View Relatedhow do I isolate an objects from its background?
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View 4 Replies View RelatedHaving issue with isolating a layer (any layer other than one that contains a hidden line type), and then having the hidden layer appear behind it when attempting to initiate a command?
Attached is an example. The first image shows my drawing with object layer isolated. But as soon as I enter some type of editing command (move, rotate, etc), in this case copy, my hidden layer appears (see second image).
In my LAYISO settings, I have it set to lock and fade, but it does not lock unless I manually set my hidden layer to lock in the layer coAttachment 37450Attachment 37451mmand.
What format does the Color Property need to be in? But the Color wants numeric but accepts a manually entered 0xFFFFFFFF
Also, HEX is not an option in a SDF etc. right now it is stored as String "FFFFFFFF" in my properties - I can try to use ToInt32() or ToFloat() without luck
How and what format do we need in the Property? I have tried converting to Decimal and Int - but it only accepts manually typed color - see below.
Just installed AutoCad 2012 and I have the Property Dailog Box open. I anchor it to the left side of the drawing screen and "Lock" all toolbars in place. When I get out and go back into Autocad, the dailog box is still locked, but it is in the middle of the drawing screen.
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View 1 Replies View RelatedWhen I pick a feature line, the property dialog would show Feature line, and list the information.
Now for some reason, I get aecc_feature_line and the property dialog shows a different list of information.
How do I get back to the Feature line list.
I have a block which contains visible and invisible objects and attributes. I need to export custom block properties, which I added to a dynamic block, like in express tool export attribute information.
or it is possible to convert my custom property, which can contains invisible and visible objects, to attribute value.
How to a add a new property for a 3d object created in Autocad ?
View 6 Replies View RelatedI am selecting items and grabbing their DBObjects, and then reflecting on those objects to inspect properties of the object. For example, I might have a DBObject that is actually of type Pipe, Duct, DuctFitting, Line, etc, so I am using TypeDescriptor reflection to handle various cases in as abstract a way as possible.
My first question is this: Is this the smartest way to grab all of the attributes of a give object? Is there another call I can make the retrieve all of the attributes for a Pipe and a Line (to very different types of objects).
Second, when I see a property named Length and it is a double I know it has to be a length and that I can use the units from the drawing. Is there a way to programatically discover this other than the name of the property and its type (double)? In other words is there some metadata I could retrieve about any given property against which I am reflecting, or is there a smarter way to get these attributes which might provided said metadata?
I am using AutoCAD 2014 and VB.NET 2010. I am trying to get the value of a custom property and cannot seem to do so.
The old command I used for AutoCAD 2010 was:
ThisDrawing.SummaryInfo.GetCustomByKey(strParameter, strValue)
But this does not work anymore. So I created this sub but it does not seem to work either.
Public
Sub subFindCustomParam(ByVal strUserParameter AsString)
Dim infoDB AsDatabase =Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument.Database
Dim infoBuilder AsDatabaseSummaryInfoBuilder = NewDatabaseSummaryInfoBuilder(infoDB.SummaryInfo)
[code]........
I have imported a DXF file from map info into autocad, these seed points contain x,y values but also if you list properties they also contain other information in this came names. I need these names to appear beside the point in autocad for printing purposes . There are 1619 points and hand tying would be a huge task.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to label the boundary of a property. It has straight lines on sides and curves on top and bottom. i managed to change the style of the text the way I want it (radius and length above, delta below). The problem i have is that I don't know how to change the height of the text. The option under "Text properties" in "Edit Label styles" is shaded ( I cannot change it).
View 7 Replies View RelatedI have old Lisp macros, that writes property to drawing by command (vlax-ldata-put "SpData" cVar cVal). How can I read this property's value, using VB.NET ?
I attached file with this property, its value="TEST"
We have shape file that I imported to MAP 3D using map import, I would like to get the contour lines in 3D and then open them in AutoCAD general and see them in 3D (They must have a z value). How can I do that.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI am having difficulties with plotting labels on pdf. I am using 2011 map3d. I am struggling with labeling contours. Basically i have shape file which draws out isometrical lines, then i label contours, everything looks nice/works before plotting but when i plot it on pdf, it basically seems to do a selective plotting of contour labels (all the contours are plotted nicely). Some contour areas are covered nicely, some have only few left, but most parts have none.
My drawing is basically large tiff and shape file on top of it. Contour lines are covering slightly bigger area than the tiff file. contour labels that are actually plotted are mostly drawn on the bottom and left part of the drawing (plus they also seems to be somewhat following the vertical measurements, as if they are only drawn to a certain height or so), mostly out of the tiff part, but also partially continue on top of tiff, until are not plotted anymore. When i want to view contour labels on the whole drawing area, i basically have to "dr" tiff to back, altough drawing order is set so that tiff is drawn first and then other are placed. Sometimes it just boggles my mind why CAD acts like this. If it wouldnt draw any contour labels, i would understand, but it basically does it partially/regionally somehow and even then there are those regions, where labels are drawn only partially, but are still drawn.
It has got to be something to do with the size of the labels compared to the screen. At the moment size context is set to "map space" and when i look at the drawing in model, i can see all the labels nicely (they are drawn in absolute units and are not relative to screen). When i look at it in the layout (layout scale is set to 1 mm=1), i can only see lower part of the drawing covered in labels. As i increase the size units, it gradually draws labels to the upper northern part also.
I was suggested to export the contours and labels as a dwg,open it and then plot it, but what happens is that map3d seems to be able to export only 2000 items (labels). I am sure it would work, if i somehow could manage to export all the contour labels. I am going to add a picture also just to give a better understanding of the problem. Polyline marks the tiff image location and basically the black dots are the labels that are being plotted.
The thing is, that it actually copies exactly 2000 labels into text, which seems to be corresponding to the "rasterthreshold" command limit of 2000, is it just a coincidence?
I've got a routine that gets the surface, I can rename the surface, get the min and max elevations,... But when i want to add a ContourData there is a problem.
I set up a SurfaceAnalysisContourdata (see code below), when I try to add the maximum elevation to the array I get the error "Object reference not set to an instance of an object"
Dim cdata(0) As SurfaceAnalysisContourData
cdata.Initialize()
With cdata(0)
.MaximumElevation = TextBox1.Text 'Maximum surface
[Code]....
On my Property Set Definitions I have a attribute table called "ROOM_NO". This is where I enter the full number/character of the room, in my case the value usually looks like "101A", and sometimes "A101B" for Room number.
I was asked to do another table to separate the fields.
ROOM_PREFIX ROOM_NUM. ROOM_SUFFIX.
Separating the room number in 3 attribute tables to "A 101 B"
I was thinking referencing the ROOM_NO table in each box and filtering out the numbers and character. For example in ROOM_PREFIX I would reference ROOM_NO and filter out the number and the suffix letter through a formula. And in ROOM_NUM I would Filter both alphabetical character.
how to write such formula?
every time I select something a small box pops up in my way with the object's properties. I can't figure out how it became turned on, and don't know how to get rid of it.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI got here on in my templates, two types of weight - net and gross. I've changed the main property MASS of each PART to be the GROSS weight, so when i have one assembly i always get the total gross weight.
And when i wanna get the NET, I open the BOM, show the proper column with this net weight and then export do XLS to sum all of then..
Now the doubt is, to get the things easier, is there a way to put some code in the assemblies, that could sum all the properties "X" from each part and sub assembly to get the total net weight ?