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Several Map Menu inquiry commands do not work
In Civil 3D, several of the inquiry commands under the map menu don’t work:
Map-Inquiry-Line and Arc Information
Map-Inquiry-Angle Information
Map-Inquiry-Continuous Distance
Map-Inquiry-Add Distances
Map-Inquiry-List Slope
Workaround:
Use the equivalent Civil 3D commands as documented below.
MAP MENU CIVIL 3D TOOL
COMMAND COMMAND
mapcglist ==> cglist
mapcgang ==> cgang
mapcgcdist ==> cgcdist
mapcgadist ==> cgadist
mapcgslist ==> cgslist
Alternately, you can use the commands under the Map menu in Land [...]
Text in Curve Label Style doesn’t align with its border and mask
Create a Curve Label Style with the following settings:
Allow Curved Text = true
Border Visibility = true
Background Mask = true
Before you OK the label style, you’ll notice that the border is not going to be correct.
Draw an arc.
Place the curve label style on arc and check the location of the border and the background mask.
The background [...]
Point label style arrowheads don’t work through xrefs
Create a new drawing from the acad.dwt drawing template.
Set the annotation scale to 1″=40′.
Place some points manually.
Drag the labels of the points so that the leader arrowhead is visible.
Create a new Point Label Style with the dragged state arrowhead set to origin indicator 2.
Change the Point Label Style of the manually placed points to the [...]
3gb switch breaks map-image-insert for georeferenced raster images
1. Take a computer with 4GB RAM.
2. Start the OS with the /3GB switch enabled *
3. Start Civil 3D 2008
4. Map-Image-Insert
5. Select a tiff with a world file attached, or a SID file
6. Let the error messages begin…
Note – this behavior also takes place when using x64 Windows (which doesn’t require the /3GB switch) as [...]
Missing Dialog Boxes
When using any version of AutoCAD with two monitors or a monitor and a projector, it’s possible to position any dialog box on the secondary monitor. This works great until you have to go back to one monitor for whatever reason. (It does happen, particularly after using a projector). If you find yourself with missing [...]
Incorrect grading criteria can cause fatal errors in Civil 3D
Numerous errors in user input are known to cause fatal errors in Civil 3D. Most recently, I’ve noticed that incorrect grading criteria can cause an unhandled exception.
Steps to reproduce:* Create a grading criteria to grade to a relative elevation of +5′ at 0% grade.
* Grade from any feature line using this criterea.
* Wait several minutes.
* [...]
Locked viewport not honored
Steps to Reproduce the issue:
1. Create a viewport in a layout that is zoomed into a certain area in model space.
2. Lock the viewport.
3. Change to model space within that layout.
4. LandXML import or data shortcut create reference an object into the drawing.
What is the problem?
The locked viewport “zooms to extents” of the object imported. [...]