Civil 3D
New posts and topics are being added at the NEW BLOG
I have been using AutoCAD Civil 3D since the day the box showed up in 2006. Since then I have been programming and twisting the way the product is used.
If you want something discussed, please post it here. It does not matter how simple or complex. This page is used by people at all levels, so post your comments or questions.
Alignments Assemblies Corridors Gradings Feature Lines Parcels Pipes Points Profiles Surfaces DRef
Important Items:
Autodesk Civil Service Release site
Trojan knowledge base cleanup solution
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 Update 1
Raster Design 2009 Solid Fill Hotfix
Autodesk Support RSS
13 Comments »
Leave a comment
Author
Welcome. ようこそ。
AU 2010! Yeah, well I’m back and already looking forward to next year.
I won the Inventor 2011 Beta Contests for Simulation. Now I’m back to pounding out courseware again.
Don’t forget the supportive folks at Autodesk University, Autodesk Certifications, Civil3d.com, BIM on the Rocks, and Tekni.
I took on some design contracts this past year, and things went quite well. If you need a design put on paper, or a problem worked out, let me know.
If you want to see something, please post to the Civil3D or Inventor product pages. I will continue do my best. みんあさんがんばれ。
John Evans
Fun in Kanazawa with my nephew Shido !
My name is John Evans, and I am an Autodesk Inventor and Civil 3D Certified Professional. I currently work for Gustin, Cothern, and Tucker, Inc., a Civil Engineering firm in Niceville, Florida. There I manage the Civil 3D seats, training, troubleshooting, construction data management, and occasionally programming. I provide consulting services for product design, and serve as a consulting author at Tekni Consulting, where I write content for Inventor training courses. I attended Autodesk University 2006, 2007, and 2009 in Las Vegas.
I am a veteran with extensive experience in Aerospace maintenance, Mechanical engineering and manufacturing, and Civil Engineering/Surveying, both field and office, and I speak English and Japanese. When I am not answering questions here, I am with my family, writing training material, proving a new design, studying Japanese, or in my machine shop.
I Currently use AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010, Autodesk Inventor 2010, MasterCAM X2, InventorCAM, and Mach3.
If I could do more of something besides blogging to everyone, it would probably be…
At Autodesk University!!!!!
with loving wife and her monster Nikon while I watch my kids, spending time with my Japanese Friends, in Japan, Cutting parts in my machine shop, Playing poker, Swinging a sword in Kenjustu class, spending time with my 2 best friends Jamie and Jason, and learning something new.
"In God We Trust"… Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase
“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer”…Albert Einstein
“Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves”…Albert Einstein
“Honor isn’t about making the right choices. It’s about dealing with the consequences” … Midori Koto
Autodesk Civil3D support- An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.
-
Archives
- March 2010 (2)
- February 2010 (5)
- January 2010 (5)
- December 2009 (3)
- November 2009 (5)
- October 2009 (8)
- September 2009 (11)
- August 2009 (5)
- July 2009 (4)
- June 2009 (4)
- May 2009 (4)
- April 2009 (7)
-
Categories
-
RSS
Entries RSS
Comments RSS
from Civil to Inventor 
Hello!
I have a problem with my corridor.
I have 2 railroads with changing distance between them.
the problem is I cant make this distance change.
sorry for my English.
Thanks
Maksim,
Can you be more specific for us? Are the 2 railroads built in 1 corridor?
Are they seperate Alignments?
Send us an image and a description of the issues.
John
Hello
Can i send you a email?
Sure. I just sent the contact info your way.
Makc k,
Absolutely.
You would create the assembly using 1 alignment as a baseline. Then add the appropriate components. We would tie a link relating the second referenced alignment (and profile if desired, but not necessary) to a feature in the assembly. There are a few settings and specific subassemblies that need to be used, but the end result is that the assembly will follow the first alignment, and the assembly will adapt to the second alignment.
How much of assembly links and alignment/profile targets do you understand? How much do you not understand?
John Evans
i was wondering if anybody knew of a simple way to do ADA curb ramps for a corridor? i have searched and searched for a solution but have come away with nadda on this subject. I have a theory but actually putting it into practice is another issue all together. any information would be of great appreciation.
Larry,
I am envisioning 2 ways, but I might not be thinking of what you are.
Submit a sketch for me, and we can get you some help. I am getting ready for AU, and just completed lengthy help request article (look for it Monday, after client test drives the solution), so I am slammed. It might be December before I can do any free help, but let’s see what you have first, ok? civl2inventor-AT-cox-DOT-net
We fixed up Makc’s linked railroad assembly. You can find it at here
John, the ada curb ramps come from the FDOT index, they can be found at http://www.dot.state.fl.us/rddesign/rd/RTDS/08/304.pdf
the curb ramps that are most popular are CR22, CR21, CR20 and CR12.
I couldn’t find a button to attach a sketch, although i am sure it was right in front of me.
When labeling contours in Civil 3d, is there a way to have the Contour Label Line display set to false by default?
Larry,
Command settings for the Create labeling operation.
Check out this image. http://twitpic.com/yo0zd
John,
I am trying to figure out the parts builder. Excellent job on the walk thrus, you have created. I have only read through them. I plan to actually create your part strating soon. But I have a question to pose to you.
I am trying to create a clean-out with the following parameters:
1) Hdpe pipe in sizes 6in to 18 in
2) the top portion has varible height to change elevations above grade. This portion ties into a 45 deg section.
3) The 45 deg section ties into a varible length and varible slope portion of pipe.
the 45 deg section would not need to be varible i would not think.
any ideas?
John,
Have you ever built a structure in Part Builder where everything validates and the XML file is clean, but when you insert the structure in your plan drawing, dimensions that are “modifiers” (transitions and extrusions) show up correctly, but any other dimension is translated in feet when they were designed in inches? For example, a wingwall height of 96 INCHES and structure length (which was extruded) of 285 inches shows up in the drawing as 96 FEET in height, but 23.75 feet (285″/12 = 23.75′). The transition is correct but obviously the height is fudged. I’ve double checked the obvious value parameters. I know other people have had this problem so I’m hoping that there is a hidden setting that I’m missing. I’d appreciate any advice. Thank you very much. Ben.