Nuttieke Posted July 9, 2010 Posted July 9, 2010 Hi! I'm not sure if this should be in the beginners' area, but I consider myself a beginner so... Because I have to teach a class about geological maps, I would like to make some maps myself and show some features. As for my first question: I have drawn some contourlines and placed them at their elevation, but can somebody tell me how to make a surface from these contourlines? Probably I need to 'tell' my computer that these lines are contour lines but how can I do that? I am using AutoCAD map 3d 2011 (educational version). Quote
DAMO Posted July 13, 2010 Posted July 13, 2010 Use Drape, then a solid will be made out of your contour lines! Quote
Nuttieke Posted July 13, 2010 Author Posted July 13, 2010 sorry, can you explain a little bit more? Quote
Nuttieke Posted July 14, 2010 Author Posted July 14, 2010 Ok, ignore my previous questions, I finally found it. Now for my next question: I have created some simple 'geological layers' which I want to cut off using a surface. So everything above the surface has to go. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks! (I will try to add the .dwg) Quote
Nuttieke Posted July 14, 2010 Author Posted July 14, 2010 Ok. .dwg was too big, posted pdf instead I hope everyone understands what I want to accomplish! Drawing1.pdf Quote
Nuttieke Posted July 14, 2010 Author Posted July 14, 2010 Ok, I found the SLICE command, but for some reason it won't recognize my surface as a surface. Any help? the surface I created is a TIN surface Quote
Nuttieke Posted October 13, 2010 Author Posted October 13, 2010 anyone? I feel like having a monologue. Quote
DAMO Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 Hi Nuttiek, I begin to understand what you're trying to do! Something like this? You have to convert the drape to a solid and then use the command Boolean --> Intersect, it will leave the parts which intersect! command: _AecMassElementIntersect Quote
Nuttieke Posted October 14, 2010 Author Posted October 14, 2010 Oh, I'm sorry if I wasn't clear with my questions! It's not really a drape, it's a TIN surface, but can I convert it to a drape? Because I can not convert the surface to a surface or solid. I'm really stuck Quote
Nuttieke Posted October 20, 2010 Author Posted October 20, 2010 Oh, before I couldn't see your picture. I managed to find a solution for my problem, but now I created another problem. Now I want to draw some contour lines on the surface, so I'm stuck again... google-ing... Quote
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