Extract Coordinates along polyline.

[therock005]

Imagine i have a polyline(2d or 3d doesnt really matter),and i want to extract the coord info of every vertex on the polyline from start to end.

How do i do that in AutoCAD?And if not is there a way to do it on any of the verticals?

[rustysilo]

I'm not sure in plain ole AutoCAD, but if using Land Desktop or Civil 3D I know you can place points on the vertices of said polyline (see graphic), then export the points, and voila you have a point file with all of the coordinates.

[therock005]

Does this option add points on every vertice of a polyline?

So if you draw a window and select all polylines,then all points will be defined?If so then that's what i need!

[SLW210]

Select the polyline and then Tools>Inquiry>List

[therock005]

With this option you need to select polylines one by one and then click on each vertice for description.Cant it be more straightforward?

SLW210
I need to gather the information,not just view it.

[rustysilo]

I didn't even think of that SLW210. That would be even more simple.
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rock, I don't think you can to them all at once. When I try it I can do one pline at a time and it prompts you for a description for the points which you can fill in or just enter through them all.

[rustysilo]

Actually, it's probably it the point settings. Surely you can set it to input them automatically... Give me a sec to check it.

[SLW210]

With this option you need to select polylines one by one and then click on each vertice for description.Cant it be more straightforward?

SLW210
I need to gather the information,not just view it.

Do you need to write them to an Excel file or do you need to label them?

[rustysilo]

Found it. Expand the create points box (blue chevron on right side - circled in red) and under "prompt for descriptions" set it to None. Then initiate your command to create points on poly.
If you use SLW210's method you can just copy and paste the coords from the command window.

[therock005]

I want the result to be something that associates with each point representing the vertex.

That could mean a file with xyz of every point,or points directly appearing on screen much like the method we're discussing now.

In general i need to have coordinates for every point representing a vertex along polylines.