Hi All
I am new to AutoCAD civil 3d I have been tasked with creating a set of contours for a 5 acre block of land, to be used on a site plan in AutoCAD architecture.
I have created the contour lines and labels but try as I might I cannot find any way to use them in AutoCAD architecture.
when I open the file in ACA the drawing open's fine but with a lot of layers that I do not need. I have tried to purge them to no avail.
Next when I try to change scale the TIN surface appears as a surface and not as contour lines, or just disappears altogether.
I have tried to export the file to dwg dxf pdf and tried to import the file as a dwg but up to now i have had no success.
When I xref the contour file dwg to the site plan drawing in the view tab, the contour lines and labels don't show. The topo c layer is on
I have tried to convert the lines and text to a block and copy and paste it to the site plan in both the construct and view files but it either shows as a surface or disappears altogether if I change the scale of the block its becomes a surface,
I know there is a simple solution to this and I'm going to kick my self when I find out how to do it, but right now I am in a bit of a hurry to get this finished.
Please can any one help.
We used to use Softwel DTW and never had any problems but unfortunately after the last computer crash we lost the program and have moved to civil 3D.
It looks like a much better program and has many better features I just hope its compatible with ACA
Thanks in adavnce