Hi everyone, I’m trying to import point data into Civil 3D using Dynamo, but I’m stuck and would appreciate help. My source file is a cleaned TXT/CSV point file with rows like: 607511001,4954.8802,4699.9585,113.2048,MUR My current workflow is: Script reads the file. List.Transpose organize…

Hi Nicolas, welcome to the forum :wave: Please take the time to review the forum FAQ → How to get help on the Dynamo forums Without a screen shot of your workspace it’s going to be reasonably difficult to understand the flow and context of you graph. Point.ByCoordinates is a Dynamo node, it will …

Welcome to the forum! This thread has examples of importing from CSV and TXT and how to make COGO points. [image] Import Points make into Group and Surface Civil 3D Yes, just add the 2 nodes from the Camber package after TinSurface.ByCogoPointGroup node. [C…

Here it is! And my file Im trying to import [image]

Hola amigo @nicolas.kokkinisLT7Z buenas, you’re doing evrything rigth, but you’re creating only dynamo points, you will only see them in dynamo back ground, use the node that @Mike.Buttery shows you to create the COGO Points in autocad!! :wink:

@nicolas.kokkinisLT7Z have you tried the built-in COGO point importer in Civil3D ? I’m pretty sure it could work with your data format, assuming the columns are some thing like: pointnumber, x, y, z, description

Do I actually need to create the Dynamo points?

What is the ultimate goal of this? C3D can already create COGO points from a CSV or other text based file. If you’re manipulating the points or description in Dynamo, then you can use it to either create the COGO points directly using CogoPoint.ByGeometry on your Dynamo points or export the Dynamo p…

The ultimate goal is to batch import multiple files from a dedicated folder to Civil 3d, render them on the correct layer and the correct PointGroup

I got the multi file import working, now trying to get them to the correct layer and correct PointGroup [image]

Civil 3D: CSV/TXT point import gives Dynamo points, but no COGO points are created

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nicolas.kokkinisLT7Z April 24, 2026, 10:09am 15

Yes thank you. I know and already use this feature.

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Civil 3D: CSV/TXT point import gives Dynamo points, but no COGO points are created

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