2009 October 08

Featureline direct from Alignment & Profile

On October 8, 2009, in Feature Lines, by Mark Spatz, P.E.

There are a number of times where you just want to get a Featurline (3D polylines) right from a profile and don’t want to deal with a corridor model or assemblies. It is sort of funny, in Land Desktop there was a convoluted method involving points and surface breaklines to accomplish such a common task. Well, not any more in Civil 3D! Civil 3D will create a Featureline directly from an alignment and profile. It has always been there, your probably may have breezed over it, like I did, for months.

After the jump learn how…

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Scattershooting: Marathons, AU, Golf, and a Call to Writers

On October 8, 2009, in 2010, AU, Mastering, civil3d.com, by James Wedding, P.E.

First things first, I’m a whopping 17 days to my first and last marathon. I’m running on October 25th in the Marine Corp Marathon to raise money for Push America. You can learn more about Push America by visiting www.pushamerica.org and more about the Wounded Warrior Project at www.woundedwarriorproject.org. Push America and the Wounded Warrior Project are both 501(c)3 organizations and your donation may qualify for corporate matching.

If Civil3d.com helps you do your job, please consider making a donation. I’ll send a dual-signed copy of Mastering to anyone or any company that donates $100. Consider it $50 for the book, $50 for the blog, and you’re still way ahead. I’m very close to my fund-raising goal and appreciate your support.

Make the jump to read more about AU and the annual golf outing.
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