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Creating Contour Drawing from Civil 3D surface

Leo Lavayen

The goal is to generate a simplified AutoCAD Drawing of Surface Contours that come from a Civil 3D Surface.   Here is a simple workflow:

  1. Isolate the Surface
  2. Ensure that the used Surface Style is set for Contours to have Elevations.
  3. Select surface > from contextual ribbon > Surface tools panel > Extract from Surface
  4. Isolate extracted contours
  5. Use the Write Block command (WBLOCK) to export out linework.
  6. The resulting drawing should be a simple AutoCAD drawing with polylines

Hope this can help you in creating simplified deliverables.


About the Author

Leo Lavayen

Civil Applications Expert<br><br>As an Applications Expert, Leo is responsible for supporting, training and implementation of software for survey and civil engineering professionals. He has more than 20 years of experience helping large and small, public and private clients in the eastern United States.

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