Steppd contours w/scrpt?
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Does anyone know of a way to make quick stepped contours in 3ds or acad?
Perhaps w/ a 3ds script? I am not familiar w/ what is possible with scripting,
so if someone thinks it may be possible, would you mind letting me know?
Specifically, I would like to be able to create stepping contours similar to
the routine in formZ on the mac. In that program, you enter the contour
interval, lowest contour and a defining site outline and the contours are
automatically lofted. This is a nice routine, and stepping contours can be
useful for different types of models, in addition to the regular meshes or tin.
One of the biggest problems with the formZ routine is the speed, as it is
pretty slow in creating these contours. Any suggestions?
p.s. I of course can do this manually, I am just looking for something a little
more automatic.
In AutoCAD's LISP it would be fairly simple (offset a selected PLINE #times at
give them #height).
To do it with a script would require PScript – the procedural modelling arm of
TSE (The Script Extension).
– Phil
Thanks for the reply. I hadn't thought of acad, but that would work well to.
I guess I need to find someone good with writing lisp routines.
Doug