Combine Surfaces
Command Licensing and Default Menu Location
- The Combine Surfaces command is part of the RPS Modeling Toolbox
- The command is located on the Modeling Toolbox menu ribbon
- The command is located in the Surface menu group
Command Description
Combines multiple TIN surfaces from a design into a single TIN surface model comprising multiple islands. For example where an over excavation surface on a corridor model comes and goes along the alignment, or where the left embankment and right embankment were designed as separate components and you want to combine them into a single surface for TBC corridor or machine control purposes.
The command has been updated to support Reference Surfaces introduced in TBC v5.60
Command Training Video
The following video shows how to utilize the Combine Surfaces command
Update Information
Command Interface Description
The Combine Surfaces command dialog looks as follows
Surface Name:
Enter the name for the surface to be created e.g. Combined Overexcavation if you are combining a number of Overexcavation Surface elements into a single surface for corridor modeling purposes.
Source Surfaces:
Select the source TIN surfaces that you want to combine into a single surface. Note the surfaces should not overlap. The command was written to merge a number of surface parts (islands) into a single surface model incorporating each surface element with an enclosing surface boundary so that each element becomes an “island” in the combined surface.
The source surfaces can be local surfaces or reference surfaces.
Command Tips
Header Commands
In the header bar of the command you will find command icons that link you to other commands that you may need access to while using this command. In this command the following commands are linked
- Help - this document access
- RPS Settings
- Takeoff Lines
- Smart Edit
- Adjust Linestring Elevation
- Create Surface
- Add/Remove Surface Members
- Create Surface Edge Breakline
- Add/Remove Surface Boundaries
- Create Boundary
- Offset Line
- Offset Surface
- Create Composite Surface
OK
Executes the command and closes on completion
Cancel
Closes the command without further execution.
Use Case Videos
The following videos show the use of the Combine Surfaces command in a work process context
Feedback and Enhancement Requests
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