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is there a way of merging multiple surfaces at a time?

example-  i have my finished grade surface and then multiple trench surfaces/corridor surfaces and some side slope surfaces for machine control.  i always merge my utility surfaces to finished grade/subgrade for excavators so they have it if they need it during construction.  this particular design needed alot of attention for utilities.  im aware that i could create the trench surfaces and spend time breaking and connecting the trench lines to have an accurate model and then merge the finished trench surface to finished grade but creating quick side slope designs and vertical designs and merging is faster in my eyes.  is there a way to have one surface as a say priority 2 category surface and multiple separate surfaces as a priority 1 category to overwrite the other?  

If you have access to the Combine Surfaces Command, you can combine multiple "Part Surfaces (that are islands that do not overlap) into a single surface containing multiple islands, and then you can merge that with another surface in one command. This depends on the source surfaces being separate and non overlapping, but it does work well in certain scenarios.

If the surfaces overlap, then you have to determine the order and priority in which you want to merge the surfaces and then merge the surfaces together gradually one by one.

I did make a post on this in the last couple of weeks - I will send you the link shortly.

Alan

Here is the post and video as a reference

This has come up a few times recently. The Merge Surfaces command only allows you to merge one surface with another surface. What if you have several areas that have changed on a project and you have several patch updates to make to the design model?

The video shows how you can combine the patches into a single surface and then merge that combined surface with the Target Surface in one step. Saves a lot of time …

Once again your solving my problems sir!

Side note, did anything ever come of that foundation modeling process we spoke about earlier in the year?

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Not yet - we just hired a second developer for TMLs that we are bringing up

to speed this month and I hope that we will get to what we discussed in the

coming months as a result.

I have not forgotten the requirements

Alan

Glad to hear your growing Alan, everyone I talk to is very happy with everything rockpile is doing.  Looking forward to seeing more and more sir.

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Glad to hear it - we hope to do great things going forwards

Alan