Linear 3D Object Polylines

These commands manage alignment polylines for 3D linear features such as fences or guard rails. These 3D features are used in the scene for 3D viewer commands such as Surface 3D FlyOver. When the polylines are 3D, the 3D viewer will use the polyline elevations. When the polylines are 2D, the 3D viewer will use the surface model to elevate the 3D objects.

Tag Linear 3D Object Polylines

This command assigns a 3D object to the selected polylines. This command prompts to select the polylines to assign and then prompts for the 3D object and Symbol Gap which controls the spacing of the 3D objects along the polyline. This gap is useful for 3D objects that occur at an interval such as street lights. For continuous objects like a fence, this gap should be set to zero. The available 3D objects to select from are defined in the 3D Model Library command.


Report Linear 3D Object Polylines

This command creates a report of all the polylines in the drawing that are tagged as Linear 3D Object Polylines. The report includes the name of the 3D object, polyline layer and polyline starting coordinate. This report is useful to see how many and where these polylines are located in the drawing.

Untag Linear 3D Object Polylines

This command removes the 3D object assignments from the selected polylines.



Pulldown Menu Location: Surface > 3D Views
Keyboard Command: tag_linear3d, report_linear3d, untag_linear3d
Prerequisite: Polylines