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Contouring in Terramodel?

Contouring in Terramodel?

Contouring in Terramodel?

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Hello.

I have a simple question, which hopefully has a simple answer.  I need to contour multibeam survey points (hundreds of thousands).  I first took the data into Civil 3D, but it crashed the program.  I only recently bought Civil 3D (have used Map for years), and am still getting used to it.  I am pretty sure that Civil should be able to handle this data set, but I am under a deadline and do not have the time to tinker with Civil.  So, I brought the data in to Terramodel.  I used to use TMod all the time, but it's been awhile.  So, I've forgot a lot of the 'buried' settings (I did not pay for the tech support).

I have no problem creating nice looking contours.  However, once I save out to DXF, the DXF file is huge, and also crashed Civil.  So, I need to filter down the contour lines...while also keeping accuracy.  In the past, I remember a setting that basically takes nodes out of the contour lines.  Not refering to the Splining options though (None, B Spline, Overhauser).  There was a different setting than that.

Idea on how to cut down the file size/nodes of the contour lines (DXF)?

Thanks for your time.  Much appreciated.   

RE: Contouring in Terramodel?

Can you get Terramodel to display a TIN (points and triangle lines or 3D faces)? Civil can turn that into a surface.  If you have effectively point cloud data, then go to labs.autodesk.com and download the extension for creating a surface from a point cloud. Bring the point cloud in as a point cloud object rather than regular points. Here's the url, with links to videos on YouTube showing you how it works. http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/civil3d_pointcloud/

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