Archive for October 2nd, 2006

Daylighting My Corridor

Posted by Jason Hickey on 2nd October 2006

I’ve had students ask me how to correctly tie in their contour lines when they’re creating a corridor. The main problem that they’re having with the software is the fact that it daylights very well - it grades based off of your criteria, and when it hits daylight, it stops. In theory, this sounds very good - hey, the software is doing what we want it to do, right? But in the real world, engineers will try to drag that contour out so it doesn’t create an angle, but it creates a very nicely rounded daylighting. Until a few weeks ago, I wasn’t even sure you could do this automatically. To be honest, I’m still not.

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Posted in Corridors, Grading, Sub Assemblies, Surfaces | 1 Comment »

Some MH Styles

Posted by James Wedding, P.E. on 2nd October 2006

I feel bad about being out of the newsgroups for the past couple of weeks, but this is the first Monday in almost a month that I’ve been home. In penance, a quick couple of styles to help out those of you dealing with MHs and symbology. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Downloads, Labels, Pipes, Styles | 3 Comments »