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Monday, March 28, 2016

NCS Site Layers

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Civil 3D is not built for site development. One proof of this is the lack of NCS layers that relate to site design. In order to have them you have to add them yourself. A quick way to add the layers to a Civil 3D is to create a script file. A script file allows you to run a variety of commands from a text file. The first step is to create a list in Excel (or Google Docs) that contains the layers you want to create as well as the layer properties you want to be populated.

A link to the Excel file used may be found at this link.

Once the data is filled out create a new cell with a formula that will add in the layer. It should look similar to this:

="(if (tblsearch ""LAYER"" """ &TRIM(A263)& """)(princ)(command ""-layer"" ""N"" """&TRIM(A263)&""" ""C"" """&TRIM(B263)&""" """&TRIM(A263)&""" ""LT"" """&TRIM(C263)&""" """&TRIM(A263)&""" ""D"" """&TRIM(D263)&""" """&TRIM(A263)&""" """"))"

The result value should be something like this:

(if (tblsearch "LAYER" "C-TINN")(princ)(command "-layer" "N" "C-TINN" "C" "White" "C-TINN" "LT" "Continuous" "C-TINN" "D" "Triangulated irregular network" "C-TINN" ""))

The tblesearch checks to see if the layer exists, if it does nothing is done. If it is not found then the layer is created with the settings in the Excel file. The formula could be changed to just change the properties by replacing the (princ) with a revised second part. So the (princ) would become:

(command "-layer" "C" "White" "C-TINN" "LT" "Continuous" "C-TINN" "D" "Triangulated irregular network" "C-TINN" "" "")

The formual would be:

="(if (tblsearch ""LAYER"" """ &TRIM(A266)& """)(command ""-layer"" ""C"" """&TRIM(B266)&""" """&TRIM(A266)&""" ""LT"" """&TRIM(C266)&""" """&TRIM(A266)&""" ""D"" """&TRIM(D266)&""" """&TRIM(A266)&""" """" """")(command ""-layer"" ""N"" """&TRIM(A266)&""" ""C"" """&TRIM(B266)&""" """&TRIM(A266)&""" ""LT"" """&TRIM(C266)&""" """&TRIM(A266)&""" ""D"" """&TRIM(D266)&""" """&TRIM(A266)&""" """"))"

Then either copy and paste the column E into AutoCAD or paste it in a text document and then save it as a .SCR file like this one:

A link to the final script file may be found at this link.

Then drag and drop the scr file into AutoCAD and it will either create the layers or update them.

There are also other ways to do this such as lisp routines that you find doing Google Searches.

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Freaking Context Values

Couldn’t find a list of Civil 3D COM contexts so here is a list of some of them. Feel free to leave more in the comments. These are for AeccPartDataRecord information.

120  Geometry_Distance2D

200  Catalog_Domain

201  Catalog_PartType

202  Catalog_SubType

203  Catalog_PartName

204  Catalog_PartSizeName

205  Catalog_PartDesc

206  Catalog_ID

208  Catalog_PartID

212  Catalog_PartHide

215  CustomSize

216  DataVersion

217  Content_Type

300  Material_Type

301  WallThickness

400  SweptShape

401  PipeDiamter

402  PipeInnerHeight

403  PipeInnerWidth

405  MinCurveRadius

406  FlowAnalysis_Manning

407  FlowAnalysis_HazenWilliams

408  FlowAnalysis_DarcyWeisbach

Epson Drivers

If you have an Epson SureColor Tx270 series plotter make sure to see if you need the updated firmware. There appears to be some improvements that may be useful for you.

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