Civil 3D Tutorials

Civil 3D Solid Object Extraction

Inserting AutoCAD solids into any platforms translates surface or pipe objects into many different platforms at one time, export file in 3D printable format once extraction is complete, Russ Nicloy, MasterGraphics, May 29, 2015

Exporting Surfaces and Pipes to AutoCAD Solids

Apply extract solids from surface command to export Civil 3D surface as solid, determine surface to extract, exported surface’s vertical definition, invoke new Convertto3DSolid command to convert pipe to 3D solids, Phil Zimmerman, IMAGINiT Civil Solutions Blog, May 27, 2015

Text in a label shows as a black box in PDF

Visit plot dialog, click PDF options, under font handling uncheck ‘capture fonts used in drawing,’ check ‘convert all text to geometry’ to visualize boxes in better way in Civil 3D, Being Civil, May 27, 2015

Civil 3D 2016 Pipe Anchor Points

Change feature’s anchor point to move label’s top center to new anchor point’s location, apply crossing point anchor points to place profile pipe label at pipe’s top/bottom, inner/outer diameters, Phil Zimmerman, IMAGINiT Civil Solutions Blog, May 26, 2015

Preparing MX and 12D data for editing in InfraWorks 360

Follow horizontal geometry rules, check steps to setup imported MX geometry string for InfraWorks processing, design vertical geometry as horizontal using IP methods in Civil 3D, Andrew Milford, From the Ground Up, May 25, 2015

InfraWorks 360: Import or Sketch Avoidance Area and Calculate Costs (Optimize Road Corridors)

Add avoidance zones in model, optimize corridors to specify avoidance areas as cost zones for optimization jobs, Elliott Rosenfeld, BIMagination, May 18, 2015

Read TinVolumeSurface triangles in Civil 3D

Employ COM version of object – AeccTinVolumeSurface having OutputTriangles property to gain access to list of triangles of surface, Augusto Goncalves, Infrastructure Modeling DevBlog, May 14, 2015

Retaining Contour Labels After Extracting Contour Polylines

Avoid exploding, manipulating original labels if used in drawing, retain dynamic link of original labels to surface’s elevation, place labels carefully as they will label both surface, extracted contours in AutoCAD, Phil Zimmerman, IMAGINiT Civil Solutions Blog, May 13, 2015