Autodesk AEC Division unveils many of Civil 3D's best new features. Check out Part 2 of the the highlights for the second half of the new features webcast. ...Read the rest of this article...
Civil 3D | 2012 New Feature Highlights Part 2
Civil 3D | Do you use Civil 3D for As-Built data?
Civil 3D is the king of the hill for Civil Design, and can develop elegant and detailed construction plans. Using Objects provided by the application, such as Surfaces, Pipes, Structures, Gradings, etc, revisions that would have taken a week can be performed in a day’s time. I did say ‘can be’. However, what happens after the plans are released, and the site is constructed? We need a CO, and what often stands in the way [...] ...Read the rest of this article...
Civil 3D – Pipe Structure dragging and elevations changes
When Dragging Pipe Network Structures you may notice that the Rim Elevation Changes. Sure the Rim elevation will change if set to Surface elevations, but they can change even if the Rim elevation is set manually. In this example, I was cleaning up an as-built utility plan. I already had the Rim and Sump elevation data from the field entered in, but I lacked the horizontal locations. I recently received the remaining data, so I [...] ...Read the rest of this article...
Civil 3D – Existing Pipe Network Tip
We often do not create any Pipe Networks to represent the existing utility mains in a project. There is usually limited information on the correct depth of the utilities, even with a utility spot. The best we can hope for is to draw the main in the plan view based on paint markings, and draw the crossings in our profile manually based on an approximate depth after a phone call to the respective agency. On [...] ...Read the rest of this article...
Civil 3D – 2010 Pipe Network Label BUG
NOTE: I have revisited this issue and article 4 times over now. I am rewriting this…again…, but the images are old because I don’t have time to cut new ones. I hope the article is still understandable. I needed a fast certificate of completion letter, and the drawing to go with it. I’ll just throw down some pipes here in 2010; it’s simple, no need to go to 2009. A good job to start getting [...] ...Read the rest of this article...
Civil 3D – Part Builder Part 7
Back to Part Builder Part 6 In the last session we created the Structures in the Civil 3D environment. In this session we will modify the configuration to add the slopes to a list, in order to change the structure to be consistent with the corridor side slope. Open up Wingwall Sloped in Part Builder. Since we have something that hopefully works, let’s save a new part. This way we have both. “If it aint [...] ...Read the rest of this article...
Civil 3D – Part Builder Part 4
We will pick up where we left off from Part Builder Part 3. Open our saved part “Wingwall sloped” from the last session. Adjust the view so that you have something similar to the following image: It’s time to speed things up a bit, so as I refer to procedures, I will once again detail them, and thereafter I will just state that it needs to be completed. Note: Halfway through I realized some changes [...] ...Read the rest of this article...
Civil 3D – Part Builder Part 3
We will pick up where we left off from Part Builder Part 2. Open our saved part “Wingwall sloped” from the last session. The image below should be representative of what we had before. Model Parameters The Model Parameters are the nuts and bolts variables that control the size of the part. The parameters are either dimensions or offsets that are controlling the size and angle of features, or parameters that the user has defined. [...] ...Read the rest of this article...
Civil 3D – Part Builder Part 2
Today we continue from where we left off in Part Builder Part 1. Before we proceed, I’d like to note that a wing wall may not be everyone’s biggest desire. I needed it, and I felt that it would proved a fairly well rounded view of things. It needs equations, and gets worked laterally instead of vertically, which make it more of a challenge. Sitting on the axis of 2 different careers I can see [...] ...Read the rest of this article...
Civil 3D – Part Builder Part 1
I started a new Certification study project, and came up with the desire to grade a corridor over an existing creek. Yeah, DEP would be a problem, but let’s pretend I got the permit……. anyway. I wanted a headwall and culvert combination to convey the creek safely past the improvements. The OEM Headwall is flat, and cannot handle the amount of grading going on around it. I, as usual, wanted something different than what was [...] ...Read the rest of this article...