Archive for November 15th, 2006

Do your drawings require pipe crossings or pipe bands?

Posted by Dana Breig Probert, EIT on 15th November 2006

Do your review agencies, contractors or otherwise require you to label pipe crossings that show an invert?

Do your review agencies, contractors or otherwise require you to label pipe inverts at even stations along a profile?

Or other labeling that would require the pipe to understand its invert where it crosses another pipe, an alignment, a profile or a section?

Like this:

 

If yes, please visit http://discussion.autodesk.com/thread.jspa?threadID=520634 and post some information about what you need to accomplish.

 

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Demystifying Object Layers

Posted by Dana Breig Probert, EIT on 15th November 2006

What are object layers?  Why do my Express Tools (or Layer II tools) not work the way I expect?  When I pick a proposed alignment to freeze, all of my alignments disappear, even the existing ones? Why doesn’t matchprop work anymore? Why is Civil 3D treating me so poorly?? (followed by either cursing and a slamming phone, or tears and a trip to the shrink)

These are common questions from the new Civil 3D user… and often a point of frustration.

Here is an AutoCAD analogy that might help. Click here for more

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