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The Surface creation tool is included in CGS plus software to produce detailed Digital Terrain Model (DTM) based on various surveys or other input data: total station data files, points, break lines, blocks, etc. This makes Plateia fast-to-learn and easy-to-use. Carefully designed UI and workflows are consistent with the road design engineering practice.

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We hope that you have found this tutorial on how how to create surfaces from points and contours, helpful. With Plex-Earth, not only do you gain access to high-quality 3D terrain data but, at the same time, you are able to create surface models from your own survey measurements, straight from the field, by using contour lines or points. Note: You can create a Surface, using both Points and Contours, as well as Boundaries and Holes at the same time. Keep in mind that we have hidden the initial contour lines for better visualization of the terrain construction.Īs in the previous case, we Insert a Tin Mesh and switch to Realistic mode for better visualization. Now, our surface is created and added, as in the previous case, to the Plex-Earth Terrain Manager. Then, for the Select Holes option, we just hit Enter, as again, we do not have any. In the next step, Select Boundary, we choose the respective polyline (green) and hit Enter. Tip: In case you catch a polyline or point you don't need, you can remove it from the selection, by clicking on it while pressing the Shift button on your keyboard. We select all the contour lines (orange polylines) and hit enter. Then we are prompted to select the Breaklines. In the first step (Select Points), we just hit enter, as we do not have any. We select the Generate Surface command from the Plex-Earth ribbon. We also have a polyline that will act as a boundary (green color) for our surface. In this case, for our area, we have the contour lines as polylines in our drawing and we want to use them to create a surface. Then, we will go to the Edit tab of our Terrain Editor and choose to Insert a TIN Mesh.Īs such, the hole we defined before, is clearly presented in our created mesh. It will appear like any other terrain object in our Terrain Manager and we can use all the Plex-Earth Terrain Editor Tools as well.įor better visualization of our results, first, we can switch AutoCAD's visual style to Realistic. In the last step, Select Holes, we select the magenta outlook polyline and hit Enter. In the next steps, Select Breaklines and Select Boundary we just hit enter, since we do not have any specific information for these two options. We select with our mouse all the points and hit Enter. Firstly, we are prompted to select Points. Please, note the magenta polyline which will act as the outlook of the area we do not want to include in our surface (hole). In this case, we have survey points in our AutoCAD drawing. If no data exist for these two categories, just hit enter to move to the next option. To add the drawing data for each option, when the respective type appears in the command line, select the objects and hit enter. Boundary and Holes are optional but quite helpful for better shaping your Surface. Failing to provide any data for these options, the command will stop proceeding. Using Points and/or Breaklines is mandatory, as they contain the elevation data of our surface. Holes: line or polyline outlook of a hole of the surface.Boundary: outlook boundary line or polyline of the surface.Points: elevation point for surface creation.When selecting this command, we are prompted to choose the following objects in the command line: We can locate the respective command on the Plex-Earth ribbon in AutoCAD or BricsCAD, by expanding the Import Terrain icon. How to Make Surfaces from Contour Lines The 'Generate Surface' Command Below the necessary steps are presented on how to create surfaces from drawing objects, using Plex-Earth, for two different cases: create a surface using points and create a surface using contour lines. Looking for an easy way to use your survey data to create terrain models in the desired form, like a Civil 3D Surface or a TIN Mesh? With Plex-Earth, you can use the topography data handed to you from your survey team, either as elevation points or contour lines, to create surface models in your AutoCAD.

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