https://github.com/adn-devtech/piotm-solidcutsurface

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• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/adn-devtech/piotm-solidcutsurface
• Owner: ADN-DevTech
• License: other
• Created: 2015-12-18T18:47:49.000Z (about 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2016-01-08T13:49:37.000Z (about 10 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-02-05T07:17:01.804Z (about 1 year ago)
• Language: C#
• Size: 19.5 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 10
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# PIOTM-SolidCutSurface

Plugin of the Month, January 2012, Brought to you by the Autodesk Developer Network

Solid Cut Surface

# Description

This plug-in generate a Civil 3D Tin Surface below an AutoCAD

solid element.

# System Requirements

This plugin has been tested with AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012

and requires the .NET Framework 4.0 

A pre-built version of the plugin has been provided which should

work on 32- and 64-bit Windows systems.

The source code has been provided as a Visual Studio 2010 project

containing C# code (not required to run the plugin).

#Installation

Copy the plugin module, "ADNPlugin-SolidCutSurface.dll", to a location

on your local system (the best place is your AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 

application's root program folder).

Inside your Civil 3D application, use the NETLOAD command to load

the plugin. As it loads the application will register itself to load

automatically in future sessions of the Autodesk product into which

it has been loaded.

 If you are using Vista or Windows 7, first check

if the zip file needs to be unblocked.

Right-click on the zip file and select "Properties". If you see

an "Unblock" button, then click it. 

# Usage

Once loaded, run CUTSURFACE (command line or under Ribbon

Add-ins). Follow the steps:

1. Select the AutoCAD solid that will be the reference

for the surface

2. Select the Civil 3D TIN Surface to compare

the points. If no surface is selected, the new generated surface

will consider all points below the solid, if is selected, points

below the solid but above the reference surface will not be

3. Specify the new surface name. If the name already exist,

all points will be remove and replaced. Applied 

operations still exist, may require manual removal.

4. Specify the number of generated point per AutoCAD

unit, which directly affects the density and precision of

the generated surface.  High values may take longer

to process.

5. Apply one operation to simplify the surface, which

will remove unnecessary points. This is recommended

as the scan process of this command generate several

points on the same plane.

# Uninstallation

The REMOVESOLIDCUTSURFACE command can be used to 

"uninstall" the plugin, Stopping it from being loaded 

automatically in future editing sessions. 

# Limitations

AutoCAD Civil 3D do not deal well with point at the same

elevation, or drastically changes of elevation (e.g. the plane 

of the surface changing), therefore the generate surface is

less accurate on these areas. The user may manually add 

breaklines to adjust the behavior.

# Known Issues

High values of density can cause the application to hang 

due the large amount of point generated. Consider start with

small values to obtain initial surfaces.

# Author

This plugin was written by Augusto Goncalves of Autodesk Developer 

Technical Services team. 

# Acknowledgements

Autodesk Brazil Technical Specialist Daniel Queiroz who

helped with industry expertise.

# Further Reading

For more information on developing with Civil 3D, please visit the

Civil 3D Developer Center at http://www.autodesk.com/developcivil

# Feedback

Email us at labs.plugins@autodesk.com with feedback or requests for

enhancements.

# Release History

  1.0    Original release                     (January 1, 2012)

(C) Copyright 2012 by Autodesk, Inc. 

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software in

object code form for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, 

provided that the above copyright notice appears in all copies and 

that both that copyright notice and the limited warranty and

restricted rights notice below appear in all supporting 

documentation.

AUTODESK PROVIDES THIS PROGRAM "AS IS" AND WITH ALL FAULTS. 

AUTODESK SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF

MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE.  AUTODESK, INC. 

DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE OPERATION OF THE PROGRAM WILL BE

UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE.