Posted by Matthew Anderson, P.E. on 7th February 2008
There has been a lot of Discussion Group posts about the error in the HydraFlow Storm Sewers Extension on Import. IMPORT ERROR! An error occurred processing this XML Import.
Want to find out why?
Posted in H&H, Intelisolve, Pipes | 5 Comments »
Posted by Christopher Fugitt on 5th January 2008
A reader contacted me a few weeks ago looking from a Set Rim Depth Pipe Rule for a structure. I never heard if he got it to work, but this is how I got the custom rule to work. Check the code after the jump.
Posted in 2008, API, CivilAccess, Downloads, Pipes, Programming | 1 Comment »
Posted by Matt Kolberg on 28th December 2007
I made a discussion group post the other day. Matt Wright was creating a new template and wanted some suggestions about pipe and structure layers and names. I have my ideas about what works well for me and I guess James liked it, so here’s what I do. Check it out after the jump.
Posted in 2008, Best Practices, Pipes, Styles, civil3d.com | 6 Comments »
Posted by Matthew Anderson, P.E. on 7th December 2007
By Matthew Anderson, PE
Ever wonder why the inlet you added in Hydraflow Storm Sewers (HSS) shows up as a Headwall in Civil 3d? Why isn’t my LandXML import as I expected? Mark Scacco’s AU presentation and LandXML hack is a godsend. I at least now can round trip my data and not deal with a plethora of Networks.
But, I have always found LandXML import behavior odd. I had to dig deeper. To find out more, join me after the jump…
Posted in H&H, Intelisolve, Pipes, civil3d.com | 4 Comments »
Posted by Christopher Fugitt on 5th December 2007
One of the local agencies we have to submit to typically wants the invert label labeled at the intersection between 
the pipe and manhole wall, similar to the picture to the right. See the rest of the post for a quick and easy way to add a pipe label to go to the correct location.
Posted in 2008, Labels, Pipes | 2 Comments »
Posted by Christopher Fugitt on 15th November 2007
Have you ever started laying out a pipe network using the cover and slope pipe rule or Pipe Cover and found the pipes down near the zero elevation? Well if your like me you don’t really appreciate having the pipes down at the zero elevation. Here’s a way to change the rule to put the elevation at a place which would be more desirable without having to move the pipes later on.
NOTE: Before you start make sure you save a copy of the C3DPipeRules.dvb to another location to easily go back to the original state.
Posted in 2008, API, Pipes, civil3d.com | 6 Comments »
Posted by James Wedding, P.E. on 10th October 2007
So, Autodesk finally acquired an H&H package. Nice. Good decision. Too bad they didn’t do it four years ago when Jon Rizzo and I almost begged them to buy the big kid on the block. Oh well. So, what’s this mean for now?
Posted in 2009, Autodesk, Of Note, Pipes | 4 Comments »
Posted by James Wedding, P.E. on 28th September 2007
It’s Friday, I’m lazy, and I don’t have a copy of my book in my grumpy hands. So, instead of writing a good post, I’m just going to point you at one.
Jeff Old, P.E. has posted a nice how-to on labeling pipes with flow based on Manning’s equation. He also solved the problem of using the Pipe Radius, which I logged as a bug and walked away from. I like his creative solution. Nicely done, Mr. Old!
Posted in 2008, Labels, Pipes | No Comments »
Posted by Dana Breig Probert, EIT on 31st August 2007
I taught an essentials class a few weeks ago and I got a request for some help with a structure style that looked something like this sketch:
Read on to find out how to build it and download a sample drawing…
Posted in CivilAccess, Downloads, Labels, Pipes, Styles | 4 Comments »
Posted by Dana Breig Probert, EIT on 31st August 2007
In these last days while I wait for Prospector to be born, my memory is failing me. So my apologies if someone might have blogged this already somewhere else, but it is a label style worth repeating.
I know a few months ago (has it really been almost a year? sniff!) when Nick was writing for us, he wrote about structure label insertion points, but he didn’t explicitly give a step by step on how to make the label.
Here is an example of one of my TOP 5 most requested label styles:
It looks so simple, but the neat thing about it is that when you drag it straight up, the line gets longer and stays attached to the rim of the structure.
How do you make this label? Read on…
Posted in Labels, Pipes, Styles | 9 Comments »
