Define Surface from File other than DEM

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Summary: Update the functionality that creates a surface from a DEM so that it can create a surface from a file other than DEM in away that if the file is replaced or updated the surface can be marked out of date or automatically rebuilt (user to select)

Description: It would be useful to be able to build a surface that is defined from an external file (other than DEM) that contains faces and/or lines and/or points.

This file would be from any other package so could be an xml/shp/dwg/dxf/dgn/12DA/txt/asc ...

This allows for data to be received from a third party and updated at will.

If the file is edited or replaced (drop a new file into the directory and overwrite) then the surface would be marked as out of date or automatically rebuilt - the user would select this in the same way surfaces are currently set to rebuild auto.

If the complexity is too hard, start with defining from dwg/dxf/12D and add other formats over time.


Product and Feature: AutoCAD Civil 3D -

Submitted By: Altad on 01/17/2017

[Wish List System]

Define Surface from File other than DEM

Summary: Update the functionality that creates a surface from a DEM so that it can create a surface from a file other than DEM in away that if the file is replaced or updated the surface can be marked out of date or automatically rebuilt (user to select)

Description: It would be useful to be able to build a surface that is defined from an external file (other than DEM) that contains faces and/or lines and/or points.

This file would be from any other package so could be an xml/shp/dwg/dxf/dgn/12DA/txt/asc ...

This allows for data to be received from a third party and updated at will.

If the file is edited or replaced (drop a new file into the directory and overwrite) then the surface would be marked as out of date or automatically rebuilt - the user would select this in the same way surfaces are currently set to rebuild auto.

If the complexity is too hard, start with defining from dwg/dxf/12D and add other formats over time.


Product and Feature: AutoCAD Civil 3D - Surface Modeling

Submitted By: Altad on 01/16/2017

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This wish has been reported as granted and already in the software.