Tips Tagged: Civil 3D
Civil 3D Specialist
We are seeking an individual with strong Civil 3D software experience to join our team. We need you to apply your civil engineering knowledge to assist our clientele on the efficient configuration, deployment, implementation, user training, and support of Civil 3D and AutoCAD software.
The successful candidate will receive additional training [...]
Subscription Advantage Pack
The Autodesk® Subscription Advantage Pack for AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2010 provides new functionality for importing and visualizing point clouds and designing roundabouts, and powerful enhancements that can help streamline existing workflows in AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2010 software.
This Subscription Advantage Pack can be downloaded from the Autodesk® Subscription Center.
After the Subscription Advantage Pack is downloaded and [...]
Edit Corridor Section Dialog – Select a Station Incorrect
Have you ever tried editing a corridor section of a corridor with multiple baselines and the Select a Baseline and Select a Station drop-down list values in the Section Editor were not functioning correctly?
Section Editor
An easy way to eliminate this problem is to turn off all the baselines in the Corridor Properties other than [...]
Using the Quick Properties Palette
AutoCAD Civil 3D object properties can be quickly and easily modified using the Quick Properties palette.
For each civil object, the name, description, style, and layer are available for editing in the Quick Properties palette. Also, you can easily customize the quick properties for any object in the Customize User Interface (CUI) editor.
To access AutoCAD Civil [...]
Adding .Net Macro Links to the Toolbox
The Subscription Advantage Pack for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 allows users to link Toolbox entries to their .Net macros. This linking eliminates the need to issue the NETLOAD command to load the .Net .dll file and then issuing the macro command name. It also replaces adding Windows registry entries to autoload the .dll file.
On the [...]
Reset Starting Number in Name Template
EXAMPLE
Have you ever created an alignment, corridor region or other Civil 3D object and then find the ‘next counter’ number in the name is not starting at one? This starting number can be reset to 1 in the Name Template.
To reset the starting number that is used for the Next Counter variable when creating a [...]
Viewing Corridor Surface Slopes
Viewing the corridor surface slopes allows you to evaluate the finish design surface of the corridor surface for minimum and maximum slopes.
Perform a slope analysis of the finish surface of the corridor model to locate flat and steep slopes.
In Tool Space dialog, Prospector tab:
Expand Surfaces
Right-click ‘Finish Surface’, select Surface Properties
In Surface Properties dialog box, Analysis [...]
Mark Point
The MarkPoint subassembly is used to mark an existing point on the assembly with a name. This is usually done so that other subassemblies can later insert links that attach back to this point (for this example, the LinkSlopesBetweenPoints is used). The attachment point is the point that is marked. You can add user-defined point [...]
Maximum Triangle Length
When working with a surface the triangle leg length can be constrained. By defining a maximum length of a triangle leg the surface will remove any triangles with one or more sides that are longer then the defined value. This can be used to delete errant triangles across concave areas as shown in [...]
Exporting Civil 3D data to LandXML
If you need to share engineering data between software packages the best option would be to export your data to LandXML. Then the other application can import the LandXML data. LandXML was launched in January 2000 as a non-proprietary data standard which both Autodesk and Bentley are a part of.
Export Surface to LandXML
Open [...]