How to import .txt file with .dwg site plan to generate contours

[littlerach]

Hi All,

 

As a preface... I'm new here. Now here is my question: a civil engineer sent us a .dwg file for a site survey. However, the .dwg contours are just showing up as a series of overlapping rectangles. He attached two .txt files, one for elevation point locations, the other for tree locations. Both give coordinates... i.e. :452,2718.7202,2509.7896,569.4979,GL etc. I know that the .txt file is giving locations, but I do not know how to generate plines etc. from the given coordinates in the .txt file. I downloaded ascponit.lsp, but i'm not sure if this is meant for this...

 

I'm using AutoCAD 2008.

 

Any recommendations?

Thanks, LR

[BIGAL]

You need something like civ3d to create contours or one of the freebie programs out there think I wrote this also yesterday.

 

452,2718.7202,2509.7896,569.4979,GL is point num, X , Y ,Z , code

 

If you search here you will find some programs for importing points start with 1 done by Lee Mac but they will not contour nor do they "string" the points together.

 

Go back to the engineer ask him for a strung DWG how did he get the points ?

[littlerach]

Hi there,

 

Thanks for the reply. I'm trying Lee Mac's .lsp now, but I don't seem to be having much luck. I'll keep plugging though. It's okay if they points aren't strung together... as long as they are plotted so I can string them together myself. I think I may just ask him to send us the drawing as we usually receive them...

 

Thanks again!

[lpseifert]

try here

http://www.sitetopo.com/