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Hi there, I've found many instructions for using Civil3D to place alignment station markers, but I was wondering if there is similar functionality in Map3D or a LISP routine that accomplishes something similar?

So heres the deal.... I work for a big company and we have this multi-million dollar project I'm currently working with. My situation is that I have survey data imported into my drawing, these points come in as text objects with their insertion point being the co-ordinates of the respective point, this is done using a custom command. I also have a directory of blocks that are used to represent various different survey related symbols. Right now the process I must go through to get the symbols onto their proper point is to manually search out each point and inset the block ref manually onto the point. Doing this for thousands of points will be far too time consuming. Im trying to find a LISP routine that will allow me to pick which block I wish to insert, then allow me to specify the numerical point range or individual points to insert that block on. Attached is a screencap of the text points and the blocks shown beside them. Essentially I have a whole lot of points and a whole lot of symbols to put on them, but different points and point ranges need different symbols. Any insight would be great, I'd attempt to write a routine myself, but time constraints prevent me from working on it with th deadlines we have in place.

Does anyone know how to create a lisp that will export a csv file with object data and coordinates? Example; od field 1, od field 2,etc... x1,y1,z1,x2,y2,z2,etc.... Ideally it should be able to report all object data fields irregardless of the number. And it should report all xyz coordinates of polylines. I would also need a lisp to import csv files from the above format. If your curious this is all in an attempt to solve the 4 coordinate limits that map3d puts on exporting shape files... If someone has an alternate solution to that, I'm all ears! Dalivore

Hello, We are having problems with FDO Oracle Provider. Map3D 2012 id not able to see changes made on Oracle table (via SQL Developer). For example, when we delete, update or add a column in table, MAP 3D throws an error like this (Note that SIFRA1 does not exist in this table): Also, tables that are deleted in oracle are still visible in fdo oracle provider. For Example: Table MBUS_RHI1 does not exist in our database but it is still listed How can we fix this? We tried updating MAP 3D to SP1 and SP2 but problem persists. Where does MAP 3D store information about database structure? Can someone please help us! We are desperate! Thanks in advance!

I have over a thousand block reference points that I have imported into AutoCAD. I would like to convert these block reference "crosshairs" into circles. I want the diameter of these circles to correspond with the elevation numbers from the data set. If you're wondering why I want this, I am trying to make a map of trees in a plot and the diameter is one of the crucial bits of information I want displayed for every tree. Inputing the data in PENZD style limits the amount of information displayed and, since I only need a 2D map, the elevation represents the diameters. I have a lisp code for converting points to circles but I haven't found a way to convert block reference data to circles. If anyone could write that code or instruct me on how this can be accomplished, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!

I have an excel file with several thousand lines of data and they all have UTM coordinates attached to them. I would like to have the data mapped out as points once imported. Is there a way to import this data into AutoCAD without going through ODBC? I have also imported the data into Access so retrieving the data from there is possible as well.