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… Continue Reading
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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… Continue Reading
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. … Continue Reading
Civil 3D – Part Builder Part 6
Back to Part 5 Backup your model Before we begin, I seriously and strenuously suggest you back up your model. Don’t do the saveas (which is fine I suppose), but instead use Windows explorer to copy the .DWG and .XML files to a backup location. The VISTA path to these items is C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\C3D 2009\enu\Pipes Catalog\US… Continue Reading
Civil 3D – Part Builder Part 5
Back to Part 4 Ok, it’s been awhile. Everyone knows I am studying for the test, but I feel so bad for all the people who have been emailing me about the series. I will run through the ‘Homework’, and then complete the configuration session soon hereafter. Homework Review We left off with your homework,… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
