MaltbyDesign Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Hi All, I have a site survey that show elevation points, rather than contours. Is there a way to create a ground surface with these points? The end result desired is just a smooth surface that changes grade with these points, such as the gentle slope from a lane to the house. I've input a PDF of the survey into my VW drawing and now can't figure out how to input the elevation points into something that VW can convert into a ground surface. Any tips would be appreciated. Cheers! Cameron Quote Link to comment
twk Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Use stake objects, and set their Z Value to whats shown on your PDF. Once all points are placed, select all and run the command AEC > Terrain > Create Site Model 1 Quote Link to comment
MaltbyDesign Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 (edited) Thank you. I think that worked. What should be done about the landscape where the house sits? Would I need to somehow create a void or excavate where the basement sits in the landscape? Is there a way to easily carve these voids out of the topography? Thanks in advance. Edited December 13, 2016 by MaltbyDesign Quote Link to comment
AlanW Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 (edited) Use site modifiers, Pads and grade limiters. Have a look at help or there a few vidoes online. -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB4cNwKxAVQ HTH Edited December 13, 2016 by Alan Woodwell 1 Quote Link to comment
MaltbyDesign Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 Thank you, Alan. I'll explore that. Quote Link to comment
hchen4 Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Hi Guys, Is there a faster way to turn grading points into stakes? we usually get survey with only grading points, it's very time consuming to manually type in.. Thanks Quote Link to comment
phin Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 On 3/11/2020 at 2:11 PM, hchen4 said: Hi Guys, Is there a faster way to turn grading points into stakes? we usually get survey with only grading points, it's very time consuming to manually type in.. Thanks Agreed. It would be great if there was a way to create stakes based on the text values at those locations. Quote Link to comment
E|FA Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 I've had the surveyor send me a text file with the points, and used them to create a DTM. This thread might help: 1 Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Tony Kostreski Posted August 1, 2021 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted August 1, 2021 On 7/28/2021 at 8:06 AM, phin said: Agreed. It would be great if there was a way to create stakes based on the text values at those locations. @hchen4If you are referring to 3d Locus points there is a command under Modify>Convert>"Stake Objects from 3D Locus" Quote Link to comment
AlanW Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Hi, Have your surveyor provide you with a .csv file. this data is the rl and eastings and northings from their survey data. They may need to change the file extension to .xyz or zip it up as the computer doesn't like to send program files. So it opens as an excel file and you may have to delete a few columns, the first one is usually numbered points 1-???, delete any that don't match the 3 columns see attached. then you go to AEC/ Survey import and import survey data, select the .csv file and you will get a whole bunch of 3d nodes, select all and create a site model and you should get a site model. HTH Edited June 18 by AlanW 4 Quote Link to comment
phin Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 That's really helpful - thanks @AlanW Quote Link to comment
Thomas Williams Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 I created my contours but I can't see my original survey under the contours. I would like the contours to show over the Survey with the elevation stakes showing as well. I have tried different visability settings but can't seem to get it to show the way I want. Does anybody have and suggestions? Quote Link to comment
Jeff Prince Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 It’s hard to offer advice without seeing your file. Quote Link to comment
AlanW Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 Do your 3d Locus show? if not go to VW preferences and show them always. If contours polys are solid they will hide whats beneath. Without seeing file that all i can think of. 1 Quote Link to comment
Tom W. Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 On 4/26/2023 at 7:02 PM, Thomas Williams said: I created my contours but I can't see my original survey under the contours. I would like the contours to show over the Survey with the elevation stakes showing as well. I have tried different visability settings but can't seem to get it to show the way I want. Does anybody have and suggestions? You can make the Site Model transparent in Top/Plan in order to see objects underneath. Setting the fill to none in the Attributes Palette is one way to do this but will render the Site Model transparent in section viewports so a better way is to disable 'Draw Site Border' in the 2D Display settings. Quote Link to comment
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