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About Adding and Editing Surface Data

You can edit and add data to a surface after you create it.

Surface data categories include:

  • Boundaries. Polygons that define outer, hide, and show surface boundary types.
  • Breaklines. Includes standard, proximity, non-destructive, and wall breaklines. You can define breaklines from objects in the drawing or import them from a file.
  • Contours. Includes contour data that you can define from polyline objects.
  • DEM files. Includes USGS Digital Elevation Model DEM files.
    Note: To use SDTS files, first convert them into DEM files.
  • Drawing objects. Includes Line, Point, Block, Text, 3D Faces, and Polyfaces. Used for creating surface points from AutoCAD entities.
  • Point files. Includes ASCII point files.
  • Point groups. Includes previously defined point groups.
  • Point survey queries. Dynamic references to the points that are included in survey queries.
  • Figure survey queries. Dynamic references to the figures that are included in survey queries.

The Effects of Operation Order on Surfaces

Tutorial Exercise: Creating and Adding Data to a Surface

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