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Adding Contour Data to a Surface
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- About Using Contour Data in Surfaces
Contours are graphical illustrations of surface elevation changes. You can create a surface from contours drawn as 2D or 3D polylines where each unique polyline contains points that are all at the same elevation. - To Add Contour Data to a Surface
- About Weeding and Supplementing Factors for Contours
Use weeding and supplementing to add or remove vertices along a contour. - About Supplementing Missing Contour Information
When you create a model from contours and then generate contours from this model, in some cases, Autodesk Civil 3D may not generate the same set of contours. - To Edit Contours
- About Inserting Contour Data Into a Drawing
Insert contour data into the drawing as AutoCAD polylines using the Insert to Drawing command. - To Insert Contour Data Into a Drawing
Parent topic: Adding and Editing Surface Data