This command creates a polyline file that contains the point
data of the select polylines. The objects supported by this tool
include polylines, arcs and lines. If you want to include text, you
must
use the Text Explode To Polylines
command found in the Edit
menu to convert the text to polylines before running this
command. This polyline file is a text file that has three formats. The
Carlson format (.PLN) is used by some Carlson commands and by machine
control (Carlson Grade, Dozer 2000, GradeStar) for the plan
view. Each polyline begins with a line of "POLYLINE, Color number".
Then the points for the polyline are listed on separate lines in
X,Y,Z format. Here is a list of the available color numbers:
0 = Black |
8 = Dark Gray |
1 = Blue |
9 = Light Blue |
2 = Green |
10 = Light Green |
3 = Cyan |
11 = Light Cyan |
4 = Red |
12 = Light Red |
5 = Magenta |
13 = Light Magenta |
6 = Brown |
14 = Yellow |
7 = Light Gray |
15 = White |
The MicroStation format (.txt) can be imported into MicroStation.
This format has the
coordinates as space delimited for each polyline point. There is an
extra column with a 1 or 0 where
1 specifies the start of a new polyline. The DTM and Idan formats
create linework files for the DTM and Idan programs.
Polyline
file format [<Carlson>/DTM/Idan/MicroStation]? press Enter for Carlson format
Specify File to Write
dialog create a new file or
append to existing
Polyline file for Grid File Utilities macro
[Yes/<No>]? press Enter
The option will write a polyline file that can be used with Grid File
Utilities for inclusion/exclusion perimeters.
Include Z coordinate in polyline file
[Yes/<No>]? press Enter
This option controls whether the polyline vertices are written in 2D or
3D.
Specify Exclusion/Warning Polylines
[Yes/<No>]? press Enter
This option applies to machine control for warning areas.
Specify WorkZone Polylines
[Yes/<No>]? press Enter
This option applies to machine control for working areas.
Reduce Polyline Vertices
[<Yes>/No]? press Enter
This option applies Reduce Polyline to the polyline vertices before
writing the file.
Enter reduce offset cutoff <0.1>:
press Enter
Decimal places for coordinates
<2>: press Enter
Select polylines, lines and arcs to
write.
Select objects: pick the entities to process
Done.
Sample Polyline File:
POLYLINE,15
47639.82,74540.11,0.00
47670.49,74565.79,0.00
47701.08,74591.49,0.00
49375.61,76358.47,0.00
50066.86,76846.75,0.00
POLYLINE,15
47633.24,74547.97,0.00
47663.90,74573.65,0.00
etc...