A Couple of New Tools and a Few Sub-assemblies

Hey everyone! If you are not on Subscription with your AutoCAD Civil 3D, you should be. In the last few months some great Civil 3D content has been posted to the Subscription Center. Of course, the only way you can get to the content is to be on subscription and log in to the Subscription Center.

Here are descriptions for a couple of extensions that were added to the Subscription Center. The first is HEC-RAS Extension for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009. This extension loads into your toolbox and allows you to export Civil 3D data such as cross sections into The US Army Corps of Engineers HEC-RAS software. Once your analysis is completed in HEC-RAS you can import the data back into Civil 3D. For those of you out there that perform flood analysis, this is an excellent tool.

The second is the Stage-Storage Extension for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009. This extension also loads into your tool box. This extension will calculate volumes for detention/retention facilities with a few mouse clicks! You can then create a table with the incremental and cumulative volumes and then plug that information into the Hydroflow Hydrographs Extension for pond calculations.

There were several sub-assemblies that were posted to the Subscription Center also. These sub-assemblies included a Conditional Cut/Fill sub-assembly and a Crowned Lane sub-assembly that allows for independent slope control on sub-base. This is something that people dealing with Mississippi State Aid Projects have been asking for.

Again all of this content is available only to subscription customers. So, if you are not on subscription and you think that this content could be helpful in your every day routine, contact your reseller to get your subscription started! If you are already on subscription log on to the Subscription Center and download the content!