Civil 3D Tutorials

CIVIL 3D 2016 PIPE STRUCTURES DRAW INCORRECT IN PROFILE VIEW AND SECTION VIEW

Select structure, edit structure style so that it displays as solid in profile view in Civil 3D, Autodesk Knowledge Network, June 4, 2015

InfraWorks 360: Flood Simulations

Apply sketch water areas tool to draw out extents of flood based on terrain, water level elevation, de-select ‘integrate with terrain’ to allow usage of water level property in combination with terrain elevation, Elliott Rosenfeld, BIMagination, June 3, 2015

Project Approach Validation

Check design requirements, determine if phasing is going to be utilized by project, relevance of customization for project, availability of resources with staff to complete Civil 3D project, Christopher Fugitt, Civil 3D Reminders, June 1, 2015

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