CGS Labs Site Design Line - Polyline Editor (Project 2D/3D polyline to surface in Site Design)

1. Draw an arbitrary 3D polyline within the raster image area. Use the CAD command (3DPOLY) for this.

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2. Run the Polyline Editor command.

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3. Click on the previously drawn 3D polyline and its name will appear in the 3D Polyline editor dialogue box.

4. Then right-click on the name of the 3D polyline and select the Raise to surface elevation (add vertex on surface break) option.

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5. Select a surface to drape the 3D polyline to. If you want to drape onto a surface that is not listed in this dialogue box, click on the folder icon and define a drawing.

6. Click on the Terrain_01@Surface_01.dwg and click OK.

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3D polyline result with surface heights applied to 3D polyline vertices where the surface is stored in an external reference file:

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