Posted by Jason Hickey on 18th July 2008
I frequently receive requests to label coordinates in Civil 3D. This can be done, but only with a point label or with an alignment label. To add in the surface elevation requires reference text. Follow the link to see the style that I created to do this as well as an image of the style.
Posted in 2008, Alignments, CivilAccess, Labels, Styles, Surfaces | No Comments »
Posted by M. Anderson, PE on 9th July 2008
We are working on a roadway extension project for a site that only has a stub street. We have the EG ground sampled and the profile view has been created. My proposed grade needs to start from the end of the street’s concrete apron and needs to match the existing slope or I need a transition area.
But I want to label only that first existing tangent. How do I label this one short little segment.
This question stumped me for a minute.
Posted in 2008, 2009, CivilAccess, Corridors, Labels, Profiles, Surfaces | 2 Comments »
Posted by James Wedding, P.E. on 7th July 2008
Since we’ve announced the EE CivilAccess program, I’ve had the opportunity to discuss with many of you the problems in typical training and why we think the whole setup is broken. Since there seemed to be some common tales of misery, I wanted to share the thread of woes, and how EE thinks we have them beat. It’s a bit of a long one, but I’m willing to bet most of you will nod your head at some point. If not in regards to your firm, then to one you know. We’ve unblocked this one, no registration to read how the whole system is a house of cards, and we want to knock it down with you. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Styles, Surfaces, civil3d.com | 1 Comment »
Posted by Jason Hickey on 3rd July 2008
Not all news here has to be about Civil 3D, right? Some of you use some of the functions in Map 3D as well - especially since it’s built right into Civil 3D. Well, here’s a bit of information that you may or may not know about Map 3D and some new (returned?) functionality for it. Follow the link for more information.
Posted in 2009, Add On Software, Map, Points, Surfaces | 1 Comment »
Posted by Jason Hickey on 13th June 2008
Last week, Dana presented a very informative webcast on surface modeling and TIN theory. Personally, I’ve been building TINs now for almost 15 years and still learned a lot while watching her perform her magic. In two weeks, I plan on presenting what Mark and I have dubbed “Surfaces, Episode 1 - The Phantom Mesh.” This webcast will explore how to get the initial surface created in Civil 3D, and will showcase one of Engineered Efficiency’s solutions offering, VRMesh. This post isn’t really a plug for the webcast, even though we love when you sign up. This is an effort to explain exactly how VRMesh can help you, especially if you are working with very large point files. Follow the link to find out more.
Posted in Add On Software, Engineered Efficiency, Points, Surfaces | 3 Comments »
Posted by Dana Breig Probert, EIT on 4th June 2008
I am constantly looking for more resources to fill in the gaps of what I know about terrain modeling. They didn’t really teach it in school (or maybe I wasn’t there that day), and I have never been able to find much that was universally helpful. My EECast today was based on tidbits gained from many sources.
See the complete list of links, books and tutorials after the jump.
Posted in EECast, Surfaces | 3 Comments »
Posted by M. Anderson, PE on 4th June 2008
Kudos to James Wedding for his All Signs Positive post, and Christopher Fugitts’ Discussion Group comments yesterday, I think I figured out how to get my volume surface labels to have the colored tick marks.
Posted in 2008, 2009, Labels, Styles, Surfaces | 1 Comment »
Posted by Dana Breig Probert, EIT on 3rd June 2008
Tomorrow, I will be doing an EECast on Building Better Terrain models.
I put this class together a few years ago to help new designers figure out how surfaces work, and I found that the room was often crowded with not only the new staff, but everyone! If you have ever wondered what REALLY happens with triangulation, or what difference do breaklines REALLY make, be sure to tune in. Note that I will be using Civil 3D 2009 to build the models, but the surface building theory will apply no matter what software you use.
Also note that Mark Scacco will be leading off the webcast with some additional news about Land Desktop being discontinued, the new product mix, and how EE can help.
Learn how to sign up and see the agenda after the jump.
Posted in 2008, 2009, EECast, Surfaces | 2 Comments »
Posted by Matt Kolberg on 29th May 2008
This is just a little word of warning with a little new feature that comes with Civil 3D 2009. We now have the ability to use Cut and Fill factors when calculating volumes using volume surfaces and the Volumes tool in the Surface menu. There is a little gotcha, read on.
Posted in Surfaces, civil3d.com | 2 Comments »
Posted by M. Anderson, PE on 23rd May 2008
Here’s an update to a post I had a few weeks back. I now have 2009 loaded and setup on our network for rollout to the troops. The only thing left was to cleanup some minor outstanding issues with the template - stuff that was bugging me, fixing the leading zero issues (easy fix), and tweak a few styles…
Posted in 2009, Labels, Styles, Surfaces | 3 Comments »
