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You need to have the Finished Profile defined for these steps to work.

Create points along the alignment using the Alignment Measure command (see
screen shot) This command prompts for Alignment, then Profile, then station
range, offset, then interval. Chose the range and interval you want these
poles at.

Then Create a new point Style that uses the 3D block of the light pole as a
marker.

Then create a point group that contains the points you created from the
alignment, and assign the new point style to that group.

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Hi! All,

How the C3D can be place all the light pole to the alignment? I have a 3D
polyline and a block of the light pole. I looking for a solution it can
place automatically the light pole to the alignment/ 3D polyline.

Thanks

Hi Anthony

Thanks a lots,
I will try to do later.

You'll have to rotate the points individually to get the orientated the way
you need. To do this, edit the points by right clicking on the point group
that contains the points, and use the Point Rotation column to enter a the
new rotation angles.

As far as the marking, I don't think there is an option is to create these
for the renderings, you can use a grading feature line with appropriate
style, but it won't display when you actually render the view.

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I done it; but I have a questions how to rotate the light poles/ point
styles? and How to make a road marking for the corridor?

Thanks

Great idea though! Sounded like it should work, so I'm bummed to hear it
didn't.

Another way to look at it that you can always just set random points on the
surface if its something that doesn't repeat on a pattern. Also can use the
feature line tools to get a "polyline" draped to a surface, and then create
points from its vertices for things that aren't parallel to the alignment.

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I was thinking about this topic on the drive into work this morning and was
wondering about possibility of creatively using a pipe network structure to
accomplish this in areas where there was a surface available. The structure,
something like a circular manhole, could be dressed up with a light pole
'style' using the 3d light pole block. The structure would derive it's
insert elevation from the surface and the 3d light block would insert at
it's base and thus be on the surface. The structure, light, could also be
updated if and when the surface changed.

.... I wonder if the height of the light could be controlled by the
structure depth ....ooo, ooo, edit the 'style' to set the height.


never mind ... it didn't work like I hoped it would. I see no way to over
ride the model, 3D, view of a structure with a 3D block.

Message was edited by: MMccall

Hi,

Also have a look at RDV. It will give you all the effects you need.


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wrote in message news:5322145@discussion.autodesk.com...
Hi! All,

How the C3D can be place all the light pole to the alignment? I have a 3D
polyline and a block of the light pole. I looking for a solution it can
place automatically the light pole to the alignment/ 3D polyline.

Thanks