The setting for "Automatically Create 3D Elements" is turned on in the linear default settings so that should make the template automatically create the lines that I need.
The image below shows a point on the template that is drawing the line properly.
The next image shows two points, while using the same feature definition in the same template, that are not drawing the lines properly.
I can't figure out why the "Automatically Create 3D Elements" would work for one point but not the other points even when I am using the same feature definition in the same template.
On the Feature Definition Toggle Bar toolbox is a Create 3D Automatically toggle. I believe that too must be on.
See if you can locate the Moving To Select Select Series 3 document. I think this is explained there.
Charles (Chuck) Rheault CADD Manager
MDOT State Highway Administration
I believe the toggle is switched on. Why would the program draw the 3D line for one point but not for another even when they are on the same template and feature definition? The automatic draw only works for a few points but not for other points.
There re a lot of features that may seem overkill and this may be one of them.
When you create a Corridor or Linear Template, the Design Stages can control Linear Feature Placement. You can create your own or use the ones from the delivered workspace.
If you select one that only displays Linear Features, then no components, meshes or Null Point Linear Features will display. But in the 3D file, all of the non-Null Template Points will get drawn as 3D features no matter what other settings are enabled or disabled.
What cannot be controlled is the display of top or surface features separate from non-surface features. What we are implementing is a single feature definition for all subgrade template points which allows their display to be controlled by level or by feature definition. This would allow the display of all of the Surface Only features. This may be what you are trying to achieve.
The create 3D Automatically may be better used as the ability to draw an alignment in 2D and have a best fit profile generated automatically, and if a template is also assigned to the alignment style, it will create a corridor on the fly.