Taking after my buddies at WisDOT, Florida DOT has chosen Civil 3D as their design package.
Two down, 50 to go! (I'm counting Guam and Puerto Rico DOTs too)
Check it out on Yahoo biz!
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080917/sf33494.html?.v=1
I'm kind of digging these graphics I made for the AUGI CAD camp in Chicago. Here's a little preview of the paper I'm putting together."This scematic is what our cross section might look like in a fill situation. Our original 12’ lane has been overridden by the location of the EOP alignments. Because this example does not use a Profile target, the final elevations of the EOPs are controlled by the slope from the assembly. "
"When building a corridor surface, you will most frequently use Links to add data. Each Link has at least one name that Civil 3D uses to group like objects. For instance, when creating a daylight surface, you would add Top links to the surface. If you want a surface from the bottom-most level of your subassembly, you would choose Datum links. In the figure above, notice that links can have more than one name. "
I’ve run into several people who have point data that exists along a single line and wish to see profile data. With no point data outside this string of points it is impossible to create a surface model. Without a surface model it is not as easy to create a profile.
There’s a little known trick a person can perform in order to create a profile from a set of points. It involves using the 3DPOLY command, transparent commands and LandXML. The attached PDF explains in detail what is needed to create an existing profile from linear points.
Here is the PDF: Profile with No Surface
Here is the TXT file you can download for practice. trail.txt
The weeks leading up to vacation were so mellow, I got spoiled. Seems like 10million things have been hitting all at once. I'm training a really cool group of guys in Chicago how to make pretty surfaces in Civil 3D. They are awesome, quick learners and total smart-asses - MY FAVORITE!
I'm just finished training some government employees base ACAD in preparation for a move to Civil 3D. That went well, but I find it difficult to teach base Autocad these days. I totally forget that you have to actually be taught how to make a new layer. Civil 3D has me spoiled. And panning and zooming with the mouse? To me it is part of my repertoire of involuntary movements like breathing or making a martini. Others have to be shown, I guess. Weird.
In other news, I'm teaching at AUGI CAD Camp on October 14th in Chicago. Totally STOKED! I'll be doing two classes, "Corridors 101: Assemblies, Targets and Frequencies Exposed!" and "No Voodoo Required – Data Shortcuts and X-Refs with Cross-Section Sheets." Robert Green will be there. Hopefully he's up for autographing my CAD Managers book.
Speaking of October, we also have some user groups happening in Wisconsin. I'll be presenting my little paper on how to export data between Eagle Point and Civil 3D, and esteemed colleague Russ will talking about cross sections.
In Madison:
Thurs. October 2nd
11:30am - 1:30pm
Quality Inn & Suites
2969 Cahill Main
Fitchburg, WI
In Milwaukee:
Thurs. October 9th
11:30am - 1:30pm
MasterGraphics - Waukesha
Register by going here: http://www.masterg.com/events/civil-infrastructure-events
Hope to see you at one of the many events around the midwest!
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