Civil 3D: Design Without Limits
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Get the wall breakline elevation
Motivation To create a wall breakline, you need two elements: the scaffolding polyline (or 3D polyline) and the breakline itself. However, Civil 3D does not display the breakline elevation—only the elevation of the scaffolding polyline is shown. This can lead to...
Missing Nominal Diameter in Fitting/Appurtenance
Motivation This post dives into a specific discrepancy where property values visible in the UI aren’t consistently accessible through the API, focusing on the PressurePartContextType.DiameterNominal for appurtenances. It is asked and answered here by yours truly. The...
Create two different surface levels via Wall Breakline
Motivation Civil 3D surfaces cannot contain points that share the same {x,y} coordinate but have different z values. In other words, only one point can exist at a given {x,y} location. This limitation makes it difficult to model surfaces with vertical drops. The...
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