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   Dear all,

Hi I am a new user and I would like to ask some question related to use of Autocad
1. I use autocad 2007, can I use it to draw contour lines ? Could you give some advise to draw contour lines ?
2. How can I obtain not only the coordinate x,y,z of  one points but some points because I have hundreds of polyline contours in dwg format and want the detail 
xy coordinates ?

Thank you

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gardenia Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 29.Oct.2011 Location: Macau Using: autocad2007 Status: Offline Points: 4	Topic: Coordinates Posted: 29.Oct.2011 at 17:20
	Dear all, Hi I am a new user and I would like to ask some question related to use of Autocad 1. I use autocad 2007, can I use it to draw contour lines ? Could you give some advise to draw contour lines ? 2. How can I obtain not only the coordinate x,y,z of one points but some points because I have hundreds of polyline contours in dwg format and want the detail xy coordinates ? Thank you

John Connor Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01.Feb.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2018 Status: Offline Points: 7175	Posted: 29.Oct.2011 at 17:29
	You could but it is not the best program to be doing contours with. I get the feeling that you want to do this in 3D not 2D. Is that correct?
	"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>>

gardenia Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 29.Oct.2011 Location: Macau Using: autocad2007 Status: Offline Points: 4	Posted: 29.Oct.2011 at 17:43
	Thanks for the reply Yes, I would like to draw a 3D contour of one site. Since I don't have autoCAD civil 3D, I need to get the coordinates from the 2D Autocad. After obtaining the coordinates, I will use them in another program.

John Connor Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01.Feb.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2018 Status: Offline Points: 7175	Posted: 29.Oct.2011 at 19:10
	What data do you actually have that you will be using to create the 3D contours in AutoCAD with? I'm not quite understanding what you are doing.
	"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>>

gardenia Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 29.Oct.2011 Location: Macau Using: autocad2007 Status: Offline Points: 4	Posted: 30.Oct.2011 at 08:07
	Thank you for your reply After drawing contour lines by using autoCAD, Can I export the coordinates (x,y,z) of those lines to other programs such as excel? In this forum, I found that one can obtain the coordinates using autoCAD 2008. Is there any tool that one can use to find coordinates x,y,z in autoCAD 2007. Thank you...

Vladimir Michl Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Arkance Systems CZ Joined: 26.Jul.2007 Location: Czech Republic Using: Autodesk software Status: Offline Points: 2117	Posted: 30.Oct.2011 at 18:02
	You can use the Click2XLS tool (freeware, see the tip 8030) for a mostly manual process or the Curve2XLS tool (shareware, see Download) for an automatic export.
	Vladimir Michl (moderator) ARKANCE - https://arkance.world - Autodesk Platinum Partner

gardenia Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 29.Oct.2011 Location: Macau Using: autocad2007 Status: Offline Points: 4	Posted: 30.Oct.2011 at 18:58
	Thank you for your answer Vladimir... I have seen those links but I have some difficulties downloading them. I will try to download them again. Btw I managed to obtain those coordinates by using an application made based on program language....(finally, I can continue on my work ) As a freshman, I found that This forum is really helpful I. I will ask more questions again...I hope all masters in this forum kindly help me haha Regards Edited by gardenia - 30.Oct.2011 at 19:03

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