1Overview
ADACSurface is the ACAD/BCAD entry point for related land and surface commands. It retains an implied drawing selection and routes the chosen action to the dedicated command. DCAD exposes only its five supported Bulk macros directly on the 12d toolbar; Surface, Ground and Direction tools are absent.
Working with cadastral polygons, surface source geometry, ground modelling or line direction metadata in ACAD or BCAD.
2Route a land or surface operation
Use the menu to verify selection and choose the correct specialised workflow.
Open the Surface menu
Carry an optional preselection into the menu.
- Preselect source geometry if useful.
- Run
ADACSurface. - Review the selected-object count shown by the form.
Select or replace source objects
The menu can request a new land selection.
- Choose the Select Objects action when the current set is wrong or empty.
- Pick the required model objects.
- Return to the menu with the new count.
Choose an action
Route the current selection to the specialised workflow.
- Use Bulk Lots/Easements for guided LotNo assignment.
- Use Bulk Contours/Spot Heights/Breaklines for mass asset creation.
- Use Ground Create/Define/Reset for active ground models.
- Use Direction View/Set/Clear for fall-direction metadata.
3Surface menu actions
The menu is an orchestrator; each action keeps its own validation and results.
| Feature or choice | Current behaviour |
|---|---|
| Selection persistence | Reads the host implied selection and retains it while the Surface form is open.A user can inspect the menu without losing source scope. |
| Dedicated commands | Every action is also available as an ADACBulk*, ADACGround* or ADACDirection* command.Frequent workflows can bypass the menu. |
| Licence/disclaimer | The routed action validates against its own command name before changing the model.Command tracking and access control remain accurate. |
| DCAD availability | The Surface menu, Ground tools and Direction tools are absent; supported Bulk macros are started directly from the 12d toolbar.Unsupported model operations are not presented as working DCAD routes. |
4Before you begin
- Initialise the project and load a profile containing the target asset definitions.
- Clean source geometry and understand whether it represents polygons, contours, points, breaklines or a ground surface.
- Preselect source objects when that makes the intended scope clearer.
5Product differences
The task is shared where possible, but selection, interface integration and model operations follow the host shown below.
Uses AutoCAD implied selection and dispatches to shared land/surface helpers.
BCAD mirrors the menu and actions through BricsCAD selection APIs.
6Troubleshooting
The action starts with the wrong objects
Return to ADACSurface, choose Select Objects and replace the selection before dispatching again.
The menu is not available in DCAD
This is intentional. DCAD supports Bulk Lot, Easement, Contour, Spot Height and Breakline as individual toolbar macros, but not the Surface menu, Ground surface manager or Direction tools.
An action is available but creates nothing
Open the dedicated guide and check geometry eligibility, active profile definitions and required attributes for that action.