Points from Pipe Network Structures

Civil3D
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Hi all,

I would like to be able to export Pipe Network Structures to a point file (CSV, or txt) with the following comma separated columns.

PNEZD. Point number, Northern, Eastern, Elevation, Description.

Point Number, give it a start and have it increment.
North and East from the insertion point of the structure.
Elevation from the Insertion Rim Elevation structure field, or the a selected surface at that point.
Description should Pull the Structure name.

Would also like to create a similar file from a pressure network, using Appurtenances, fittings, and surface elevation.

This really seems like something that Civil should have a command for? But Since there does not seem to be one, is this possible with Dynamo.

Thank you very much for any time you spend on this.

Boris

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Hi
Yes, absolute possible. If you extract the structure from the pipe network you can get the location for the structure.
What have you tried this far? Please share your script and a example dwg

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Thank you very much for responding. I feel I should know so much more about dyamo scripting by now, but all I can do is manipulate slightly and run the player.

The dwg I attached should be useful. But I only know enough about dyn scripts to see if the output and input is available, and they seem to be.
The input:
“current document”, and I have a “select pipe network” from another dyn I have.

The in between:
I got nothing…

The Output:
I found some Camber nodes that will output structure Elevation, and one that will turn Structure.Location into a “point”

Found a node that will turn a Structure.Name into a string.

So that should Name, Elevation, and Location… need a number sequencer and in between list etc… and output to a text file.

I should know the “in between” by now, and also how to output to a CSV text file, but I still have not got that far. Any help would be appreciated.

DynamoTest.dwg (993.3 KB)

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I understand.
Have you seen this session of Dynamo Office Hour?

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Thank you for those links. Hopefully I will have time to got through them soon. But anyway for the dyn above, it turns out we do not need it… the Toolspace Toolbox Report Manager makes a csv file with all the needed info to make a point file for staking structures.

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