Kevin Clark did a post earlier this year on “When a Pipe Network Structure isn’t a Pipe Network Structure”. Autodesk Storm and Sanitary Analysis (SSA) uses the STM file format as the mechanism for exporting a Civil 3d pipe networks out for consumption with SSA and the return trip back into Civil 3d – these settings within the command setting become critical. Kevin’s focus was on Civil 3d 2010 and what it did during the export to Hydraflow Storm Sewer. Let us take it one step farther – Autodesk Storm and Sanitary Analysis.
As a follow-up to the post “Pressure Pipe Modeling with the Corridor Tools“ see how to apply a design to your model, how the model updates all the crossings, and how you can project the design pressure pipe onto a road centerline profile. Check it out after the jump…
On August 22, 2010,
in civil3d.com,
by Mark Spatz, P.E.
Do you need to model pressure pipelines in Civil 3D, show a design profile, and represent the crossings on other Profiles and on Cross Sections? If so, you have come to the right post. Check out the two short videos after the jump for a quick and simple process that gives you a complete and dynamic solution.
(P.S. Sorry about the use of YouTube. The videos were too large to upload to this site.)
One of the main benefits of using object based design is having the ability to make the “drafting” a much more efficient task or bi-product of the design. A basic drafting entity shown on plans is the location of concrete pipe encasements. These encasements are usually required when utility crossings don’t allow for enough vertical or horizontal separation or if the fill height is too shallow and may need structural support. A typical concrete encasement on a sanitary pipe is nothing more than a concrete poured surrounding, a minimum of 6 inches thick around the pipe, for a required minimum length. When they are needed to be shown on both plans and profiles, I see many users taking a lot of time to draft these concrete encasements “manually”.
Civil 3D gives us users another, (not so obvious), option. In this post, I’ll share with you an idea of using the Pipe Network tools to give us a better, (I think more fun), way to add these encasements to your projects.
On August 5, 2010,
in civil3d.com,
by Joshua Modglin
With C3D, it seems that the big push is toward the NCS layer naming system. What is NCS and of what benefit is it to you? The following is written using NCS 3.0 as the basis. Find out more after the jump.
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