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Displaying a Centroid on Surfaces


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Here's an odd question.

 

I am using Civil 3D 2013. My project manager would like to see centroid of a surface displayed, so he can determine lengths and flows from the centroid to the property line and so forth. Is there a way to display them, or even determine where it is located (then I can just through a block and label or something)?

 

I tried googlin it but it keeps bringing up stuff for MAP 3D.

Posted

Tell your boss there's no centroid of a 3D object like a surface: "centroid" is a Gis definition, suitable ONLY to topological 2D polygons.

 

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Maybe make a boundary then you could find centroid after convert to pline, also flows would'nt that be from highest point not centroid !

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