Create Profile

[mzjensen]

@jameshitt

No, these nodes call up already existing profiles (if I’m understanding them correctly)

They will create new profiles, and then PVIs can be added to them.

Create Design Profiles for Multiple Alignments

For @Ernest.Villanueva. See original post here. Here is an example of creating design profiles for multiple alignments. It will create a simple profile that matches the EG elevations at the start and end of the alignment, i.e. this is not a script for optimizing a vertical profile. It just reduces the effort of creating several profiles and requires manual modification afterwards to add PVIs, vertical curves, etc. as appropriate. Note that this will require the Civil 3D Toolkit package. Crea…

[jameshitt]

Wow, I’m still adjusting to understanding the way the nodes are named. But I like how it splits up the actions of creating an object, and then actually adding definition to the object. Once you get a little more used to it, this way of seeing Civil 3D seems more logical than the way it is presented through the program’s default user interface.

[jameshitt]

That online Python tool is excellent! I do need to re-install Pycharm again; I had it to start learning Python. (One Windows re-install later, I keep forgetting to install it again)

[sihle.dlamini]

Hi Zach, I’m new to dynamo. I’m trying to create multiple profiles from one of your scripts but not winning. Please take a look at the attached image and kindly advise.

[mzjensen]

Hi @sihle.dlamini,

It looks like there are just a few inputs missing. You need to provide values for ‘style’, ‘labelSet’, and ‘offset’. If you hover over any port you will see what type of object it is expecting and whether a default value is supplied. If there is no default value (as is the case for all of the inputs except ‘layer’ for this specific node), then the node will not execute until a value is supplied.

On another note, I see that the profile name you’ve supplied is “EG - Surface” in double quotes. Because it’s a string node, the double quotes are not needed, unless of course you want the profile to be named “EG - Surface” with the double quotes. If you put the same thing in a code block, then the double quotes would be needed so that it is interpreted as a string.

[sihle.dlamini]

Hi @mzjensen

Thanks a lot, works like a charm

[dforrestMJRCQ]

This thread has been very helpful in getting my dynamo script all set up for adding surfaces to my profiles in bulk. Now I have some stray surfaces which had been added previously and I’d like to clean them up. I am not seeing a lot of helpful info in the object.properties to sort them by source surface, but it would be great to have a tool that does the exact opposite of AignmentExtensions.AddSurfaceByProfile. Is there a relativley simple adjutment to the code that might allow this? If not, any advice on a workaround to remove specific surfaces from a large set of profiles?

[mzjensen]

Try this. The List.FilterByBoolMask node is key whenever you want to filter a list by a condition. You could add more of them to filter by Profile name, Alignment name, etc.

[m.cordero]

hello as I achieve this output of the object

# Load the Python Standard and DesignScript Libraries
import sys
import clr

# Add Assemblies for AutoCAD and Civil3D
clr.AddReference('AcMgd')
clr.AddReference('AcCoreMgd')
clr.AddReference('AcDbMgd')
clr.AddReference('AecBaseMgd')
clr.AddReference('AecPropDataMgd')
clr.AddReference('AeccDbMgd')

# Import references from AutoCAD
from Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime import *
from Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices import *
from Autodesk.AutoCAD.EditorInput import *
from Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices import *
from Autodesk.AutoCAD.Geometry import *

# Import references from Civil3D
from Autodesk.Civil.ApplicationServices import *
from Autodesk.Civil.DatabaseServices import *

# The inputs to this node will be stored as a list in the IN variables.

adoc = Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument
civdoc = CivilApplication.ActiveDocument
editor = adoc.Editor

profileName=IN[0]
alignmentName=IN[1]
layerName=IN[2]
styleName=IN[3]
labelSetName=IN[4]

with adoc.LockDocument():
    with adoc.Database as db:

        with db.TransactionManager.StartTransaction() as t:
            # Place your code below         
            profId = Profile.CreateByLayout(profileName, civdoc,  alignmentName, layerName, styleName, labelSetName)
            obj=t.GetObject(profId,OpenMode.ForRead)

            # Commit before end transaction
            t.Commit()
            pass

# Assign your output to the OUT variable.
OUT =obj.Name

[hosneyalaa]

hi
try

alignId = align.InternalObjectId
OUT = alignId .ProfileByName(obj.Name)

[abdullahcicek]

hi @hosneyalaa
How to add a cogo point to a profile view with python ?

[hosneyalaa]

Civil 3D API
It does not support this

[ansarimdnazir]

Hi Keithi
I have a similar kind of task to perform but using this method I can able to only add new PVI, what if I need to update some PVi value or need to delete them. I am not getting any node in dynamo to perform PVi Update/Remove. Can you please help.

[keith.sowinski]

The ProfilePVICollection has several methods to removed PVIs.
Autodesk Civil 3D Help | ProfilePVICollection Members | Autodesk

[dm_salamania]

@Eden

Maybe this topic will help you

Create Design Profiles from Selected Polylines

Hi Team This Dynamo script streamlines the design process by automating the Generation of a Design Profile within Civil 3D. Initiated with Selected Polylines. The script creates an: Alignment, Profile View, and Surface Profile derived from the Existing Surface. Users can customize clearance from the surface for the Design Profile. Additionally, the script optimizes the Design Profile by eliminating unnecessary PVI’s with identical grades, resulting in a more efficient and refined repr…