Insert points/blocks along a selected pline?

Can you gurus give me a nudge in the right direction please?

What I'd like to do is insert blocks and points along a selected Pline given a list of data containing distance along the line and depth below it.

Could the depth value be translated to a Z value based on the elevation of the pline?

I'm not asking for a completed program, just some pointers to get started.

Thanks!

Look into the vlax-curve-getPointAtDist function. This will return the coordinates (x y z) of a point at a specified distance along a curve (line, pline, spline, arc...). You can then manipulate the coordinate list to suit your needs.

http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?t=46309&highlight=copyalongcurve

Civil 3D has several options to create points along curves.

Surely we must be getting to a point at which every request has been solved somewhere on the forum...

Surely we must be getting to a point at which every request has been solved somewhere on the forum...

What would you do with yourself?

Surely we must be getting to a point at which every request has been solved somewhere on the forum...

Sorry Lee,

I just can't always figure out how to apply the methods from the other threads to my specific situation. i still find this stuff fairly confusing.

http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?t=46309&highlight=copyalongcurve

 

 

Civil 3D has several options to create points along curves.

Thanks - I'll have a look

Look into the vlax-curve-getPointAtDist function. This will return the coordinates (x y z) of a point at a specified distance along a curve (line, pline, spline, arc...). You can then manipulate the coordinate list to suit your needs.

Thanks - I'll look that one up.

Trust the CAC.

If the distances are different, you would use Dynamic mode.