Create refinement surface
Last updated: 2022-03-09
Total video time: 07:50
Top refinement surface creation
ProjectID\Design\Corridors\Crdr-25-begin.dwg
Exercise files: crdr-rfnt-srfc-data-c3d16.zip
Start with Surf-Rfnt-All-Top.dwg
rfnt-srfc-creat-01.mp4 02:41
Create top refinement surface
- Menu browser > New
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Select design-start.dwt
- Open
- Menu browser > Save As
- Design > Surface
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Name: Surf-Rfnt-All-Top
- Save
- Toolspace > Prospector tab > Data Shortcuts > Surfaces
- Right click Crdr-CthE-Top
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Create Reference...
- Accept defaults
- OK
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Ribbon > Home tab > Create Ground Data panel > Surfaces dropdown > Create Surface
- Name surface Rfnt-CthE-Top
- Left click ellipses in style field
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Select Top Border
- OK
- OK
- Toolspace > Prospector tab > Surfaces > Rfnt-CthE-Top > Definition
- Right Click Edits
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Select Paste Surface...
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Select Crdr-CthE-Top
- OK
- Double click mouse wheel
- Save
- Toolspace > Prospector tab > Data Shortcuts
- Right click Data Shortcuts
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Select Create Data Shortcuts...
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Select Rfnt-CthE-Top
- OK
Datum refinement surface creation
rfnt-srfc-creat-02.mp4 03:01
- QNEW
- Save As
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Surf-Rfnt-All-Datum
- Save
- Toolspace > Prospector tab > Data Shortcuts > Surfaces
- Right click Crdr-CthE-Datum
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Select Create Reference...
- OK
- Toolspace > Prospector tab > Data Shortcuts > Surfaces
- Right clickRfnt-CthE-Top
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Select Create Reference...
- OK
- Ribbon > Home tab > Create Ground Data panel > Surfaces dropdown > Create Surface
- Name surface Rfnt-CthE-All-Datum
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Change style to Datum Border
- OK
- OK
- Toolspace > Prospector tab > Surfaces > Rfnt-CthE-All-Datum > Definition
- Right click Edits
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Select Paste Surface...
- Select Rfnt-CthE-Top
- OK
- Double click mouse wheel
- Toolspace > Prospector tab > Surfaces > Rfnt-CthE-All-Datum > Definition
- Right clickEdits
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Select Paste Surface...
- Select Crdr-CthE-Datum
- OK
- Save
- Toolspace > Prospector tab > Data Shortcuts
- Right Click Data Shortcuts
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Select Create Data Shortcuts...
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Select Rfnt-CthE-All-Datum
- OK