Category: Civil 3D

By Augusto Goncalves (@augustomaia) This is a quick sample code on how call StationOffsetLabel.Create method for all Alignments on each Station increment interval. Note it’s using the first StationOffsetLabelStyle and first MarkerStyle from the respective style collections. [CommandMethod(“addStationOffsetLabel”)] public static void CmdAddStationOffsetLabel() { CivilDocument civilDoc = CivilApplication.ActiveDocument; Database db = Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument.Database; using (Transaction trans =…

By Augusto Goncalves (@augustomaia) Since Civil 3D 2016 SP1 we have the Feature Line API available for developers. It’s possible to set new elevation for points on the feature line, but it may not be that direct to do so as we need the index of the point and, if we think in delta of elevation,…

By Augusto Goncalves (@augustomaia) Unlike Alignment.Entities.GetEntityByOrder, the Profile.Entities only offers a plain enumerator or .EntityAtId. But don’t worry! With the FirstEntity we can iterate through the collection using a loop. The following code snippet show the idea.  By the way, the .NET Extension method will not work here due the stateless paradigm.  Profile p =…

By Augusto Goncalves (@augustomaia) The Civil 3D Styles collection is big, really big. Under CivilDocument.Styles we can read most of the information, but it can be tricky to dig it. This post show how to read Profile Geometry Points, as shown at the image below, for Alignment Label Set style. The basic idea for this…

By Augusto Goncalves The partIndex is used to distinguish sections in sectionview with the same Network Part. As the image below, the curve pipe will have two points in the sectionview. If we want to add label for the left point, the partindex should be 0, and the right one should be 1. But a…

By Augusto Goncalves (@augustomaia) One of my favorites features of .NET is the ability to use Reflection. This is particularly powerful when we need to find something on the API that we’re not completely sure. In this case we want to get all layers used on GetDisplay methods for some objects, let’s say AlignmentStyle. This…

By Augusto Goncalves (@augustomaia) Quick news: Civil 3D 2016 SP1 included a new API for Feature Lines. The updated documentation is live at the Civil 3D Reference Guide (direct link).