Friday, May 14, 2010
This Blog Has MOVED!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, May 10, 2010
The Conditional Subassembly - Could it be Right for You?

But, our goal here is to make this as simple as possible. By applying the conditional subassembly we can define what happens in areas of cut from 0.00' to 3.00' above the outside boulevard elevation and then again for anything above 3.00' of cut. We will also define what happens in the fill situation. The roadway will be a typical two-lane road using the LaneOutsideSuper and UrbanCurbGutterGeneral subassemblies. We will then apply the UrbanSidewalk subassembly with an inside boulevard of 2.5', sidewalk width of 4', depth of 4", an outside boulevard width of 1.5' and a slope of 2%.


Notice the parameters for Layout Width and Layout Grade. These are the parameters that are going to locate the Conditional Cut or Fill subassembly in relation to the edge of the outside boulevard of our sidewalk subassembly. We are going to enter a Layout Width of 20 and a Layout Grade of 1:1. Then we will change the Maximum Distance to 2.99' and attach this subassembly to the marker at the right edge of the Outside Boulevard. Then we will add the BasicSideSlopeCutDitch Subassembly to the end of the CondtionalCutOrFill Subassembly after changing the parameters for the Cut Ditch subassembly by reducing the Foreslope and Backslope widths to 0.00 and the slope for the Cut to 3:1. The result looks like this:






Happy Modeling!
Monday, March 29, 2010
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011
Now, I don't have a lot of time this morning but, I want to leave you with one thing about the upcoming release...........64-bit! Yes, that is right. This year's release of AutoCAD Civil 3d will be released in 32-bit and 64-bit.
I will be posting some more information in the coming days.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
1 Day Grading Course in Madison, MS
Here is a brief description of the class.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Autodesk Releases Subscription Advantage Packs for Many Software Titles
The tools are organized into groups in the Subscription Extension Manager on the Toolbox tab in Toolspace. The first category is for Alignments. There are 2 tools here. The first will allow the user to create a new alignment from an existing alignment and add data to the newly created alignment. (Think rail switches.) This tool can be used in other ways such as creating alternative alignments that have common tie-ins. The next tool for alignments is a routine that will create a best fit alignment from point data. Invoke the routine and pick a point group and you are off to the races! You will be shown a report of the best fit analisys.
The next category contains some inquiry tools for computing minimum distances between entities and surfaces and vertical distances between entities.
Next is Point Clouds. Finally Civil 3D has tools to allow us to harness LiDAR data! The Point Cloud routine will allow you to create a Point Cloud database (.isd format) from data in several different formats. Once the database is created you can recall the point cloud database using the same wizard from the Toolbox tab in toolspace. You can stylize the point cloud to show the information that you want to see and then you can also remove the Civil 3D settings from the point cloud so that the data can be used as a default subset of points.
The next group is for points. The new tool here is not really new, but there is a zoom to command here that allows you to input the point number without having to find the point in a point group first. The really cool thing is that this command can be run as a transparent command!
The Profile group has a routine for creating a best fit profile from COGO point data, surface profiles, feature lines or AutoCAD 3D polylines, points or blocks.
The next tool is for laying out Roundabouts. This routine has a wizard that asks for design criteria and then lays out the roundabout for you based on the alignment geometry and data input into the wizard.
There are some other tools that I will let you discover on your own. So, If you are a Subscription customer, go to the Subscription Center and download the Advantage Pack today. I think it is well worth it. While you are there, watch the video clip. It gives an overview of some of these tools in action. If you are not a Subscription member, call your Reseller today and purchase your annual Subscription to Civil 3D so that you can have access to these great new tools too!