Zigster Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 I need to create an elevation profile (example below) of a Creek. I have a map with contour lines, and I've drawn a polyline following the path of the creek. The only way I can think to do it is to break the polyline at each intersection with a contour line and manually input the length of each line section and the corresponding contour info into excel. But this seems very tedious and I'm wondering if there is a better way to do it? The section of the creek I'm doing only crosses about 20 contours, but I might need to do another section in the future that might cross a hundred or more, so I'm wondering if there is a way to automate this process? I'm using AutoCAD 2014 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Can be done by drawing a perp line and calculating all the crossing lines and getting the 3d pt then draw a continous pline. Better answer just get one of the freebie Civil programs out there. Try Cadtools ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zigster Posted September 11, 2014 Author Share Posted September 11, 2014 Thanks, I tried Cadtools but couldn't figure it out so I just spent a couple of hours doing it the tedious way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 I had a lips at one stage to do it but can not find it would take a couple of hours to write and debug there is a bit involved depending on how automated the answer required. Search EZYSURF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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