Civil 3D Tutorials

InfraWorks 360: Advanced Custom Profiles for Ski Lifts, Power Lines, Gondolas, Cable Cars…

Create 2D cross-section that represents cable, bring profile into InfraWorks 360 to edit road style, add decorations, change 3D model style of transmission poles to match desired feature before generating ski lifts, gondolas, cable cars, Elliott Rosenfeld, BIMagination, July 9, 2015

Prepare a Civil 3D Design for Automated Machine Guidance (AMG)

Employ tool to automatically export, join corridor feature lines to 3D polylines, Peter Ingels, BIM Toolbox, July 8, 2015

Simplify complex 3D Models before Import

Import 3D model into Navisworks, click scene statistics to check number of polygons, export to FBX to reduce number of polygons, Markus Briglmeir, BIMagination, July 8, 2015

Subassembly Composer Targets Sucks

Include auxiliary point to subassembly that is from origin or any other point, add another auxiliary point to locate target, add define variable to obtain elevation value in Civil 3D, Christopher Fugitt, Civil 3D Reminders, July 3, 2015

Adding ‘Depth To Invert’ Pipe Labels to Profile View

Visit toolspace settings tab to select ‘edit feature settings,’ expand default profile label placement to change dimension anchor option for pipes value, create expressions before forming new profile pipe label in Civil 3D, Andrew Milford, From the Ground Up, July 3, 2015

Earthwork volumes based on Point Clouds

Create reference surface based on feature line draped on point cloud, form surface from points in point cloud before comparing both surfaces for volumes, Peter Ingels, BIM Toolbox, June 29, 2015

Create KMZ Files From AutoCAD Map Or AutoCAD Civil 3D

Open drawing in Civil 3D, check if units, zone has geo-coordinate set, apply MapExport command to export alignment polyline as SHP file before importing file in Google Earth Pro, Michael Partenheimer, Cadalyst, June 29, 2015