kwhitt Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 I’ve got a set of plans from an engineer. I am attempting to approximate the terrain by tracing a line over what is drawn in an elevation view – see attached. So far so good, but there are no terrain tools available to me in the elevation view. Is there an easy way to translate this to the plan view? I have tried creating a P-Solid and deriving contour lines from it – no luck. How would you go about doing this? It does not need to be perfect - only an approximation. Thanks, Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 I'd use a Terrain Perimeter and elevation lines the full width of the terrain. Figure out the elevation (heights) and locations of elevation changes (y-axis) of the terrain from the elevation drawings and input that info into your elevation lines. Very quick and very simple. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHCanada2 Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 That is what I do as well. it looks like there are 4 of them in the picture, plus an extra one to flatten out the lower region 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwhitt Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 On 7/25/2022 at 2:19 PM, robdyck said: I'd use a Terrain Perimeter and elevation lines the full width of the terrain. Figure out the elevation (heights) and locations of elevation changes (y-axis) of the terrain from the elevation drawings and input that info into your elevation lines. Very quick and very simple. Expand Thanks Rob. That's what I ended up doing. I thought there might be a tool for extracting from elevation view. Would be nice as this is usually how the engineer presents to me. Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 On 7/25/2022 at 2:49 PM, kwhitt said: Would be nice as this is usually how the engineer presents to me. Expand Sounds like you need to "train" your Engineer , to give you Plan Views too then, looks like he has the Info and might be a bit "lazy" M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwhitt Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 On 7/25/2022 at 5:51 PM, Kbird1 said: Sounds like you need to "train" your Engineer , to give you Plan Views too then, looks like he has the Info and might be a bit "lazy" M. Expand You might be right... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renerabbitt Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Easiest Way...Use Construction Lines at your elevation changes. Construction lines can be seen on plan as well as elevation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwhitt Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 On 7/28/2022 at 5:18 PM, Renerabbitt said: Easiest Way...Use Construction Lines at your elevation changes. Construction lines can be seen on plan as well as elevation. Expand Thanks Renee. That's a great tip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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