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Working with Surface Output and Visualization Tools
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To create contours from a surface (
continued
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Steps
Use
to look up
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Under Properties, choose whether you want to
create contour objects or polylines.
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Under Properties, click Style Manager to display
the Contour Style Manager dialog box.
Overview of Managing
Contour Styles
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Use the Contour Style Manager dialog box to
smooth contours, and to specify the contour
appearance, the text style for contour labels, and
the label position. You can also use this dialog box
to save contour styles and load styles from other
drawings.
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Click OK to return to the Contour Style Manager
dialog box and then click OK to generate the
contours.
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You can label the contours using the commands in
the Terrain ➤ Contour Labels menu.
Overview of Labeling
Contours
Using a Surface Boundary to Contour
Around a Building or Pond
You typically do not draft contours inside of a building foundation or
water-filled pond. One way to prevent contours from being drafted
within these features is to trim everything within the feature by
deleting the surface lines in these areas.
Another method is to hide portions of the surface model using a
surface boundary. By hiding certain areas, you can prevent the hidden
areas from being contoured. When you create an internal boundary,
the surface faces remain intact. They are hidden only until you
remove the boundary.