Subassembly Studio by CADArtisans allows you to create custom .NET parametric subassemblies for AutoCAD Civil 3D. This subassembly show in the video was created using Subassembly Studio V1.04 from Cad Artisans (www.cadartisans.com)
This subassembly consists of a fill slope that intercepts a target surface. If the horizontal distance from the insertion point to the intercept point exceeds a user-specified MaxWidth, a retaining wall is inserted at the MaxWidth and the slope is reconstructed to target the back of the retaining wall. This subassembly was created in approximately 8.5 minutes from start to finish, including importing into AutoCAD Civil 3d and inserting into a corridor model.
The primary strategy when creating subassemblies is to first create the positions and behaviors of points. The links are defined next from a list of points. The shapes are defined from a list of links.
I compiled a short list of software manufacturers offering point cloud software. The race is on to see who can come up with the best modeling tools to transform a point cloud into intelligent 3d data.
Type in PLAN and then choose W for World coordinate system. Crosshairs look great. UCS Icon looks perfect. ViewCube is rotated a little bit. Why? Continue reading »
In this post I want to show you that exchanging data between Civil 3D and Carlson Survey is relatively easy. I made two posts today about transferring data using LandXML. Additionally, in this blog post at Carlson Connection you will find that working with Civil 3D data in Carlson/IntelliCAD is not such an impossible chore. Carlson Survey for example has a command to convert a Civil 3D or Land Desktop surface to a Carlson TIN file.
When converting Civil 3D data back to a previous version using LandXML it is important to use the correct version of LandXML. This table will help you choose the correct output format.
A quick presentation of transferring points and a surface model from Carlson Survey to Civil 3D using LandXML.
Note: In the last part of the video the presenter edits an existing surface style making it look harder that it actually is. A style to display contours is already defined in Civil 3D’s drawing template you simply change the style from a drop-down list in the surface properties instead of digging into the guts of an existing style to change settings.
Those who use Civil 3D without Raster Design can get the Raster Design Object enabler to enable you to insert MrSID and ECW image file formats using the MAPIINSERT command. This command inserts an image as a Raster Object. There is another way to display images in Civil 3D. Continue reading »
You are working in Civil 3D. You grip a point, drag the label, get a leader, it all looks good until you drag the label to the left side of the point. In this post we will follow the steps necessary to edit the point label style to get the leader to look right on both sides of the point marker.
Your in the field collecting data. You want to use a linework code compatible with Civil 3D 2010. Now there’s help right on your Mobile Phone, where you need it, when you need it. Click HERE to go to the Field Codes mobile page.
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