Posted by James Wedding, P.E. on 8th November 2006
The Law of Unintended Consequences holds that almost all human actions have at least one unintended consequence.
In attempting to make the EE RAS Tools more bombproof, we are running some behind the scenes data validation. This checks for things like reversed sections, alignment flow direction, crossing bank alignments, etc. In this process, we’re calling a portion of the C3D code that doesn’t exist in 2006, so the program fails to run. We’re working on a solution, but it might mean less data validation. If you’re on 2006, you currently cannot use the tool.
In the interim, you can open your dwg in 2007, export data, and then close the dwg to avoid making a version change. Our apologies for the issue, and we’ll let you know when we have a fix. Thanks!
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Posted by Dana Breig Probert, EIT on 8th November 2006
Two things I encountered tonight:
Don’t use parentheses in your Expression Names. It works fine for the definition, but it breaks the little formula that the Label Style Composer Makes.
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Click more for more captures and the second thing I discovered….
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Posted by Dana Breig Probert, EIT on 8th November 2006
So this has been sitting here in Civil 3D.com drafts for a few days now… I have witnesses! Alas, Dan and Dave beat me to posting it.Â
But that is OK. They are due all the credit anyway for making SP3 so great.Â
I’m not big on the “Hey Look What These Guys Blogged” but this time, it’s worth it. Check out Cul-de-sac Design - SP3 Improvement  for pictures and downloads of Cul de Sacs.
I estimate this saves me at least 10 minutes per Cul de Sac on the modeling end, and another 3-5 minutes per Cul De Sac on the editing and refinement end.
My original draft (which I was waiting to post until I made myself a nice, unzipped ugly Cul de Sac) is below:
Before today, if you had a Cul De Sac that is just slightly skewed or asymmetrical, you’d need two transition alignments to model it. If you just used one alignment that went the full circle, you’d wind up with a gap that varied from tiny to gigantic depending on how “Off Kilter” your Cul De Sac is.
HANG ON TO YOUR HAT- No longer will you have to zip this gap with a second alignment- No more will you manage two profiles- because SP3 came to the rescue. My corridor models are now many, many baselines lighter.Â
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