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Edit existing 3D polylines by adding elevations and moving vertices.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
4 min.
Transcript
00:04
Editing elevations
00:06
to 3d poly lines
00:08
is usually done per vertex. If each vertex is to have a different elevation
00:14
to do this, you can select your 3d polyline
00:18
right click and go to properties
00:21
and then you can see the vertex Z
00:24
for what the current vertex is.
00:28
In this case,
00:31
we're going to go ahead and
00:35
put a 2 ft elevation
00:38
on the vertexes
00:40
of this first line
00:47
and then hit enter
00:49
and you can see in the background
00:51
that one of the lines
00:53
rose up.
00:55
Now, I'll go ahead and edit the elevations of this line
01:03
with an elevation of 10 ft
01:08
and then the next vertex,
01:16
from here. I'll go ahead and move vertex
01:18
now
01:26
and we can already see how the 3d shape
01:29
is coming into play.
01:36
Now, one other thing we need to do
01:40
is
01:41
edit the elevations
01:43
of the offset 3d polyline to match
01:48
the 10 ft 3d poly line here.
01:51
So I need to put 10 ft.
02:03
And once we have that in,
02:06
then we can move the vertexes
02:10
of these 2 3d poly lines.
02:17
Now, from here,
02:19
we can connect the dots with additional 3d poly lines.
02:24
So I'll type in three P
02:30
and do this for all remaining
02:39
as you're going through editing
02:41
the 3D poly lines. Keep in mind
02:45
that each vertue
02:46
can have a different elevation.
02:49
So think of this as almost like electronic building blocks
02:54
as you're entering Z values for each of the vertices of your 3d polyline.
03:02
You also need to keep in mind that each Vertica
03:05
can have a different elevation.
03:08
So you need to make sure you're adjusting the elevations on each Vertica
03:13
properly.
03:19
So then if we go back to the 3d orbit,
03:25
oh looks like I had one extra line in there,
03:29
I can delete it.
03:30
And now
03:32
with a 3d orbit,
03:34
we can see exactly how that space relates and looks
03:39
in a true 3D environment.
03:47
Now, one of the easiest ways to edit a 3D polyline, you can double click on it
03:52
and notice you get command line prompts.
03:59
As you can see
04:06
represented on them can relate to each other in the 3d world.
Video transcript
00:04
Editing elevations
00:06
to 3d poly lines
00:08
is usually done per vertex. If each vertex is to have a different elevation
00:14
to do this, you can select your 3d polyline
00:18
right click and go to properties
00:21
and then you can see the vertex Z
00:24
for what the current vertex is.
00:28
In this case,
00:31
we're going to go ahead and
00:35
put a 2 ft elevation
00:38
on the vertexes
00:40
of this first line
00:47
and then hit enter
00:49
and you can see in the background
00:51
that one of the lines
00:53
rose up.
00:55
Now, I'll go ahead and edit the elevations of this line
01:03
with an elevation of 10 ft
01:08
and then the next vertex,
01:16
from here. I'll go ahead and move vertex
01:18
now
01:26
and we can already see how the 3d shape
01:29
is coming into play.
01:36
Now, one other thing we need to do
01:40
is
01:41
edit the elevations
01:43
of the offset 3d polyline to match
01:48
the 10 ft 3d poly line here.
01:51
So I need to put 10 ft.
02:03
And once we have that in,
02:06
then we can move the vertexes
02:10
of these 2 3d poly lines.
02:17
Now, from here,
02:19
we can connect the dots with additional 3d poly lines.
02:24
So I'll type in three P
02:30
and do this for all remaining
02:39
as you're going through editing
02:41
the 3D poly lines. Keep in mind
02:45
that each vertue
02:46
can have a different elevation.
02:49
So think of this as almost like electronic building blocks
02:54
as you're entering Z values for each of the vertices of your 3d polyline.
03:02
You also need to keep in mind that each Vertica
03:05
can have a different elevation.
03:08
So you need to make sure you're adjusting the elevations on each Vertica
03:13
properly.
03:19
So then if we go back to the 3d orbit,
03:25
oh looks like I had one extra line in there,
03:29
I can delete it.
03:30
And now
03:32
with a 3d orbit,
03:34
we can see exactly how that space relates and looks
03:39
in a true 3D environment.
03:47
Now, one of the easiest ways to edit a 3D polyline, you can double click on it
03:52
and notice you get command line prompts.
03:59
As you can see
04:06
represented on them can relate to each other in the 3d world.
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