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Posted by Eric Chappell on 1st August 2008
If you’d like to create design checks for profile tangents, hopefully this post will save you the time and headache that I went through to get something that works. I learned some pretty interesting stuff. Find out after the jump.
Posted in CivilAccess | 1 Comment »
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 Matthew 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 24th May 2008
The Magic Eight-ball sometimes delivers on your wishes. It’s not often that we give up free styles, but since this is one of my favorite hacks, and will probably be part of my AU class, here’s one for Sue. The point label style in the attached dwg file will label positive’s but not negatives with a sign. Follow the jump to see how.
Posted in 2008, 2009, CivilAccess, Downloads, Labels, Points, Styles, civil3d.com | 2 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 | 3 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 James Wedding, P.E. on 8th August 2007
It’s always good to have friends come visit. This week, many of my friends in the Autodesk Civil team were in town at their Plano office. They’re working on great things for the next year and beyond. In spite of his crazy schedule, Peter Funk was kind enough to play guinea pig for our first recorded interview. Take a listen after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Autodesk, CivilAccess, Downloads, Interviews, civil3d.com | 8 Comments »
Posted by Mark Scacco, P.E. on 25th February 2007
A few weeks ago, I posted a little macro that extracted the XYZ values for polylines and saved them out to a txt file. This allowed you to then build a surface with a boatload of data with very little overhead in your actual dwg file. I tested it on 975,000 points and the surface built in less than a minute on a Cannon beta.
Well, now here comes something even better. Our good friend Rob Todd at Autodesk one-upped me and sent this little routine that creates an FLT file from polylines. With his permission, I’ve posted the routine. Read on to find out how it works, what the dvb module name is, and for an example of the output.
Posted in 2007, Add On Software, CivilAccess, Downloads, Programming, Surfaces | 4 Comments »
Posted by Mark Scacco, P.E. on 1st February 2007
Ever since I’ve been listed as a contributor, James has been busting my chops to post something. I thought I could game the system with my feeble post about the issue with Vault and Office apps. No such luck. So here is something that many of you have asked about. How do I create a surface spot elevation that can be rotated to any angle using the standard Acad rotate command? This technique is pretty straight forward and gives the desired result.
Posted in CivilAccess, Labels, Surfaces | 3 Comments »
Posted by Dana Breig Probert, EIT on 4th December 2006
More follow up from my Autodesk University class on Ditches and Streams…Â
Some folks came up to me after the class and said that they really enjoyed the class and loved the stream- but they would never be able to repeat what I did back at the office.
So my mission over the next few weeks- help you repeat it!
I’ve included some explaination and screen captures, as well as a drawing with a completed stream for your download. Dig into the drawing and tear it apart to learn how you might construct your corridor.
Click MORE to learn how and get the drawing….
Posted in AU, Alignments, CivilAccess, Corridors, Downloads, Surfaces | 3 Comments »
