Copying a Surface with Civil 3D

I still get asked a lot how to copy a surface with Civil 3D. This is a really important step to become familiar with prior to pasting surfaces together. So here's how:

1. To copy a surface (DTM) in Civil 3D, select the surface and then right-click. 
2. In the pop-up menu select BASIC MODIFY TOOLS, then select COPY.
3. When prompted to enter the base point, enter 0, 0 at the command line, and press ENTER.
4. When prompted to enter the second point, press ENTER
5. Notice the new surface in Prospector.
6. Right-click on the new surface and select SURFACE PROPERTIES.
7. Type in a new appropriate name for the new surface.

Comments

[Cody]

Nice picture!!! Thanks for the post.

[Bri]

You can also just create a new surface, then paste the other one into it.

[Ernie Laughlin]

What about copying a surface from one drawing to another? Is the process the same? If I have created an existing surface from one drawing and created the proposed surface in another drawing, and I want to do cut-fill, can I copy one to the other?

Thanks,
Ernie