I have roughly 800 points with northing, easting, elevation, depth below grade, stationing, and offset from my alignment information. The depth below grade varies from point to point otherwise the solution would be quite simple. There are roughly 8-10 different depths below grade for all of the points and it's rare that two in a row have the same depth. Eventually, I'm trying to put in conduit that is that depth below at those points. I've been searching all sorts of different questions to try to find a simple solution for this task. Currently, I am manually putting in nodes at each point for the set elevation. I've attempted to have OpenRoads automatically do this with "Extract from graphic" but it won't allow me to select my points.
Is there a better way to create a conduit run with this many points than just manually putting in a node at each point and eventually connecting the nodes? Is there a way to import my data so it creates nodes or better yet, conduit at the appropriate depths? In my searching on importing the data, I've seen a lot regarding COGO points but quite frankly, have not been able to figure out what exactly they do to know if they'd be useful.
Do you think Model Builder under Drainage and Utilities help? If you can export the point information to csv and add the conduit sheet for connecting pipe.
jing jing (o'.'o)
Thank you! This worked for the most part. Well enough to get the job done but I think I would recommend more for drainage than utilities. Still completed the task I needed to however just not in the manner I would've liked. Very difficult to set start and stop inverts with doing the utility method.