Cad Monkey 2 Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Sorry if this has been covered. Is there a way to convert lines/polylines/3D objects to AEC walls? I have a project that has been dead for about 2 years which was drawn totally in 2D and I have (only recently) switched over to 3D modeling with Architecture. I would like to convert the project to 3D. I've messed around with changing lines to polylines extruding and trying to insert door and windows...no go. Any help is appreciated. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanjt Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 There isn't a 'convert XXX to Wall' command? Civil 3D has a few convert XXX to feature line/breakline/alignment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad Monkey 2 Posted November 11, 2010 Author Share Posted November 11, 2010 Ok, I found that I could: convert to polylines > join > extrude > convert to mass element > convert to wall (give base point and tell it to erase the original object (?)) Almost seems faster to trace over the existing with AEC walls and erase the old 2D stuff. Anyone else have experience with this...or a easier way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanjt Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Ok, I found that I could:convert to polylines > join > extrude > convert to mass element > convert to wall (give base point and tell it to erase the original object (?)) Almost seems faster to trace over the existing with AEC walls and erase the old 2D stuff. Anyone else have experience with this...or a easier way? Sounds like grounds for a little LISP macro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noahma Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 interesting. I have not had the opportunity to do this, but will remember lol Nice work around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danellis Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Simpler may be to type WALL, and select CONVERT which allows you to select linework to turn into walls. This *won't* allow for multimple lines representing a single wall on your layut, or hatching, but may help you to some degree. dJE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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