CIVIL3DIMPORT command

Creates BricsCAD civil entities from an Autodesk® Civil 3D drawing.

BricsCAD Pro; BricsCAD Mechanical; BricsCAD BIM

Description

Opens the Import Civil 3D dialog box which allows you to import AutoCAD® Civil 3D objects from a selected DWG file, or to convert them directly from the current drawing.

The following objects from AutoCAD® Civil 3D can be imported and created in BricsCAD as Civil objects:

  • Cogo points and point groups.
  • TIN Surfaces.
  • TIN Volume Surfaces.
  • Grid Surfaces.
  • Alignments (both Alignments by PI and Alignments by Elements are supported).
  • Profile Views.
  • Profiles (Vertical Alignments).
    Note: Property Sets data for entities in Civil 3D drawings are displayed in the BricsCAD Properties panel. The values ​​of manually defined properties can be edited.

Convert from current drawing

Converts AutoCAD® Civil 3D objects in the current drawing.

Select drawing to import

Sets the drawing path or click the Select drawing button () to select the drawing manually.

Note: When either the DWG file is specified or the Convert From Current Drawing option is selected, AutoCAD® Civil 3D objects are listed in a tree view, organized by object type.

Select All

Selects all AutoCAD® Civil 3D objects in the drawing.

Layer name template for Civil 3D objects

Specifies the layer name template for imported AutoCAD® Civil 3D objects.

The following settings are available for defining the Layer name template:

  • <Type>: includes AutoCAD® Civil 3D object type in the Layer name.
  • <Name>: includes AutoCAD® Civil 3D object name in the Layer name.
  • <SourceLayer>: Civil objects are created on same layer as source AutoCAD® Civil 3D objects.

To draw BricsCAD Civil objects on layers, use a Layer name that includes three elements: the source Civil 3D object type, the object name and the source AutoCAD® Civil 3D Layer name, as in the example below:

<Type>_<Name>_<SourceLayer>

Import native CAD objects

Imports native CAD objects from the drawing, along with AutoCAD® Civil 3D objects.

Import Civil 3D labels as blocks

Imports AutoCAD® Civil 3D labels from the drawing as blocks.

Note: AutoCAD® Civil 3D COGO point labels are converted to BricsCAD Civil point labels.