65Shelby Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Hello- I had a survey company do a Topo of our property on Lake CdA and I cannot get the Topo to import correctly. I reached out to both Danielle and Kayla and asked if they could look at my files. (I am thinking they might be corrupt). I have also reached out to the Surveyor and awaiting response from him. Is there anyone I can ask someone to just look at my files and see if they are corrupt? I cant even tell you how many hours I have tried to import these. My ultimate goal is to use my topo to start designing a house. I need to present ballpark ideas to Kootenai County and potential excavators for bids. Any help would be appreciated. If posting these files are against rules I apologize, please remove the files. Dell Precision 7760 RTX A4000 Home Designer Pro 23.3.0.81x64 21-082 SNELL TOPO1.dxf 21-082 SNELL TOPO.dwg 21-082 SNELL TOPO.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 There's nothing wrong with the dxf file. You just kinda need to know how these things are put together. I've cleaned it up for you. snell_topo_cleaned.dwg 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
65Shelby Posted February 11, 2022 Author Share Posted February 11, 2022 Thanks Robert. Let me try it out in a bit. Really do appreciate it. Jerrell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 When importing any cad file, it's important to take note of the area that fills the screen. There are often some items very far away from the bulk of the drawing which can make it hard to locate the intended drawing. Fill screen and marquee select are a great way to find these items and control their display...or just to delete them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
65Shelby Posted February 11, 2022 Author Share Posted February 11, 2022 Thanks again Robert. I think from here on out it will be my education. Right now, I click on "Fill Window" in 3D and the screen is still blank. So I create a foundation wall then switch to '3D Perspective Full Overview', I can see the wall but its still on a flat plane. I will watch some more of these videos and see if I can figure out how to get the different elevations to pop. Ironically I am headed out there this weekend, so I have nothing but time to experiment and give myself a headache. Thank you again, Jerrell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
65Shelby Posted February 12, 2022 Author Share Posted February 12, 2022 Coincidentally, the Lake-Point slope is something VERY close to what we will be working with. I dont have the top Architect version to manipulate this unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 2 hours ago, ChiefJSnell said: see if I can figure out how to get the different elevations to pop You need to convert the major Contour lines ( Red) in Chief to Elevation Data ( Lines ) and set the Heights on each one.... The DWG doesn't do that automatically , at least not in this case..... * do NOT let Elevation DATA touch or cross each other or weird and wonderful things will happen eg spikes and holes.... Yellow data is not needed, Chief will generate the secondary contours automatically. Mick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
65Shelby Posted February 12, 2022 Author Share Posted February 12, 2022 Thanks Mick, did you do that quickly to show how dumb I am... Heheh. I envy you guys, you truly know your craft and what you are doing. I dont know how to convert contour lines but will look that up this weekend. You answered a HUGE thing for me as I thought it would populate them automatically... so thank you for that. Really do appreciate you guys helping. Jerrell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 38 minutes ago, ChiefJSnell said: quickly to show how dumb I am... Heheh Of course not...... I just took the top and bottom lines* in Robert's DWG and converted them to Elevation lines and input the Heights , Chief did the rest Auto. * you need a minimum of 2 Elev. Data points/lines to force the Terrain to move..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
65Shelby Posted February 14, 2022 Author Share Posted February 14, 2022 Ok I am about to give up. I entered all the coords as per Micks recommendation, it tells me it has 2million point to calculate... when I do it, it spits out a 3D image that is MILES high and then adds these green areas to the NW and SE of my property... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 8 minutes ago, ChiefJSnell said: adds these green areas to the NW and SE of my property... You must have your Terrain Perimeter (TP) way too big to generate out there , and because your Elevation Data does not extend to the edge of the TP Chief WILL generate it's own data to "fill" in the blanks.... Try using just the Purple Line ( your PL ) as the TP , ( pull TP lines in and snap to purple lines) and regenerate with these settings making sure the elevation date is OVER the TP Lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
65Shelby Posted February 14, 2022 Author Share Posted February 14, 2022 Thanks Mick and Robert. Im folding up shop. I really do appreciate your help through all this. I am just too green, I can admit it. Thank you again. Jerrell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
65Shelby Posted February 19, 2022 Author Share Posted February 19, 2022 Thanks to everyone who assisted. I was able to sit down and figure out what to do. I have all my elevations entered, even have blue water (lake) at the bottom and paved road at the top. Part of my problem was the TOPO had our deck and stairs in the map with a zero elevation. Once that was removed the terrain laid out nicely. Now to start building! Jerrell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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