Civil 3D Express Tools is a collection of the best routines from Civil Essentials .
Changes in Civil Essentials Febrary 2008- April 2008
| routine | Changes, additions |
Survey to Plan Tools > Draw Sewer from block by depth
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new routine to to draw 3d pline by selecting survey points and putting in depth to invert
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DynaLOT Tools > place house elevations at 4 corners
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New routine place house offset from PL, calculates house corner; first floor; basement and footing elevations
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Profile Tools > intersect by grade
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New routine to calculate station and elevation from 2 known points and interesecting by grade
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Pipe Tools > Define ponding area from point
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new routine calculates where user defined elevation intersects surface around a point
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Pipe Tools > Define catchment area from point
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New tool finds the highest elevation before surface slopes away around a point
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Hydraflow Tools > update hydraflow file with storm areas
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update stm file with latest area circle information; area value in block updates when the pline is changed
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River Tools > Import data
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selecting section option will now draw the banks
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River Tools > Export data to Hec-ras
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You can now select overbanks if different than the banks
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These were some of the most popular demonstrations at our booth at AU 2007:
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View AVI Create Civil 3D prototype drawing from LDD description keys and cogo block library in 1 pick., than draw 3d plines
View AVI Profile Tools quickly and interactively draws design profile
View AVI DynaLOT does subdivsion grading in half the time
View AVI Many Areas calculates Volumes by Parcels each with it's own topsoil and pregegrade Depth and creates a Surface in Civil 3D
View AVI Pipe Tools edits pipes in Civil 3D or import/export to Excel
View AVI Hydaflow Tools exports drainage areas to Hydraflow and imports the design data back to Civil 3D
View AVI create stage storage volume table from a pond surface in Civil 3D using Many Areas
View AVI River Tools brings data from Civil 3D to HEC-RAS and back!
View AVI match styles in 1 pick!
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Corridor EZY for Civil 3D enables you to automate the vertical design of intersections, knuckles, cul-de-sacs and round abouts!
Changes in Civil Essentials December 2007-January 2008
| routine | Changes, additions |
Many Areas> Volumes by Slice
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new routine to calculate volumes of stockpile or landfill by elevation increment
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Breakline Designer > Create breaklines by Descriptor
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Now optionally adds breaklines to existing surface
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Street Tools > Multiple 3D plines
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Now optionally adds breaklines to existing surface
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Pipe Tools > Calc Storm Areas
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Area Circles now update if pline is modified
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HydraFLOW Tools > Import HGL
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New tool that reads the STM and draws HGL on selected profile
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Pipe Tools > Export to Excel
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Now will export up to 3 areas and co-efficients to excel
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DynaLOT > Pad Extents
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new tool to calcualte freeform pad extents based on point and where elevation intersects surface
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Alignment Tools > Join Alignemnts
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new tool to create new alignment from 2 selected alignments,
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Pipe Tools > Pipe Elevation to Profile
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New routine to draw ellipse on profile from selected point on pipe in plan
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Changes in Civil Essentials October-November 2007
| routine | Changes, additions |
River Tools > Draw Bank in Plan by Picking in Sections
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new routine to draw the banks between by picking points on sections
View AVI for Civil 3D
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Pipe Tools > Import / Export Pipes to Excel
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New routine to Export and Import pipes from Excel in Civil 3D
View Pipe tools for Civil 3D AVI
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Pipe Tools > Pipe Editor
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New routine to easily change pipe sizes and inverts in Civil 3D
View Pipe tools for Civil 3D AVI
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Many Areas > Volumes from Surface and Parcels
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New routine to calculate Volumes in Parcels each with it's own topsoil and pregegrade Depth. Creates a Surface in Civil 3D
View AVI for Civil 3D
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Survey Drafting > Lot Siting
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New options for area coverage table, co-ordinate table, slopes, dimensions
View AVI
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Breakline Designer > Place blocks at vertices
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now optionally allow you to select points on the pline
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Changes in Civil Essentials April-September 2007
| routine | Changes, additions |
all menus items load faster
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new loading routine will only load program if selected from a different pulldown than the previous program
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steltman tool setting > civil essentials general > land desktop installed
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new option for c3d to use aecc points.
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DynaLOT > all routines
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now optionally use aecc cogo points in c3d
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River Tools > Stretch 3dPline to Surface
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new routine to create banks between sections
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River Tools >
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now all ".in" control files use the stream alignment name
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Pipe Tools > define catchment area from point
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new routine to define catchment area
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DynaLOT Tools > Place elevation and Drainage Arrows
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new routine to show drainage when lots drain from back to front
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Street Tools > Elbow Knuckle stationing
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new routine to label beginning and ending stationing necessary for
Corridor ezy knuckle routines
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Many Areas > Label pregrade elevations from proposed surface
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new routine to take surface labels in ldd and subtract pregrade depths
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Many Areas > Label pregrade elevations from proposed surface
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new routine to take surf labels in ldd and subtract pregrade depths
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steltman tool setting > site tools > cul-de-sac
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street tools layers moved from the menu to steltman tool setting
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steltman tool setting > survey tools > Create Breaklines
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Create Breaklines from Descriptors arguements moved from the menu to steltman tool setting
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Pipe Tools > Pipe Utilities > Pipe Editor
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new routine for c3d to view and change pipe sizes and inverts
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Pipe Tools > Pipe Utilities > Export/Import Pipe Data to/from Excel
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new routine for c3d send pipe data to and from YOUR excel spreadsheet
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Profile Tools > draw tangents in plan
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new routine to do vertical design in plan; intersection matching and station and surface elevation display while moving the cursor
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Changes in Civil Essentials February-March 2007
| routine | Changes, additions |
Pipe Tools > Pipe Interference
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now labels clearance on the drawings
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Road > Section Tools > Label points or pline
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added option to label selected point in plan from selected point on section
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Road > Profile tools > flags to plan
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now has option to put additional elevations along vertical curve
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Road > Section Tools > draw culverts
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now asks to select additional lines for culverts that do not cross cL
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Survey > Breakline Designer > 3d Polyline to LW polyline
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new tool to convert 3d polys to lw plines
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Site > Drafting Tools > Layer move
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new tool to move all entities on source layer to selected layer but retain colour of original layer
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Changes in Civil Essentials November 2006 to January 2007
| routine | Changes, additions |
Road > Design Tools > Calculate Stripping
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new routine to calculate stripping volumes from selected pcodes to slope stake
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Site > DynaLOT Tools > Offset Swale
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New routines to place elevations along offset swale at user defined grade
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Civil 3d > survey > point tools >
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new tool to to rotate point without going through panorama
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Civil 3d > site express tools > match styles
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New routine that updates style of target point, alignment, profile or surface from selected object
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Civil 3d > survey > point tools
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migrated Civil Essentials from LDD to C3D |
Civil 3d > survey > Survey to Plan Tools
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migrated Civil Essentials from LDD to C3D |
Civil 3d > Site > Many Areas > Pond Stage Storage from Surface
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new routine to calculate volumes from a surface at user defined interval |
Changes in Civil Essentials October 2006
| routine | Changes, additions |
Site > Many Areas > Volumes from Grid Tics and Parcels
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added new option to select a default topsoil and pregrade depth to apply to points in a parcel that are not in any of the other parcels.
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Site > DynaLOT Tools > Count Blocks inside ROW
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New routines that will count blocks inside user defined width from selected alignments
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Site > DynaLOT > Place Elevation Block at Daylight Point
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new tool to place a point at the daylight point
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Site > DynaLOT > 1 Lot Copy
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New routine that copies the layout from 1 lot design to a second lot
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Road > Section Tools > Label Total Cut Fill Areas on sections
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new routine to label cut/fill areas on each plotted cross-section |
Road > Section Tools > Label Template Areas on Sections
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new routine will place areas from the template into a table on each |
Road > Section Tools > Label Lines and plines from plan to sections
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new option to place vertical line at offset of pline at each section |
Site > DynaLOT > Label Grade between 2 3d plines
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Label Grade between 2 3d plines |
Road > Section Tools > Label Last Slope
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added option to label run over rise or rise over run |
Road > River Tools > Draw Data from Hec-Ras SDF file
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when importing sdf boundaries now will process all profiles in the file. also added left and right elevations when importing water extents |
Road > Profile Tools > Flags to Plan
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added option in profile flags to plan to select alignment intersections to be labeled |
Road > Profile Tools > Draw Tangents
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now steps through each pi and prompts for k or LVC |
View River Tools for Civil3D AVi
Changes in Civil Essentials September 2006
| routine | Changes, additions |
Site > DynaLOT > Label Grade from block perp to 3d Pline
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added new option when labelling grade to 3d pline for selecting point on pline or perpendicular to pline or to Elevation from CL
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Survey > Layout >Sokkia > Import SDR Station Offset
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New routines to read an SDR station offset file and create pline or import points
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Site > DynaLOT > Extended Label Grade
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New routine to label slopes with additional options
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Site > DynaLOT > Lot Design 2 points
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new routine to design lot line between 2 points |
Site > Admin > Tools Setting > General > Use AECC points
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now toggle between Softdesk Point Blocks and AECC Point Objects |
Changes in Civil Essentials June/July/August 2006
| routine | Changes, additions |
Road > Road Plan Tools > Label Grades in Plan between PCodes |
routine to label grades between pcodes in plan
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Road > Road Plan Tools > Sopelines |
now allows you to specify a gap between a group of slopelines, remembers last setting
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Road > Alignment tools > Set alignment by grade from contours |
now includes plines, lwplines and aecc contours
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road > Profile Tools > Skewed Utilities to Profile
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routine to plot skewed utilities to profile
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road > Profile Tools > Point Groups to Profile
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updated with new labelling options, text will not overlap
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road > Profile Tools > Display Elevations
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routine to list elevation from profile by user entering stations
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Site > DynaLOT > Edit Blocks along Pline
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now adds and deletes blocks modified in dialog box |
Site > DynaLOT > Blocks On Arcs
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routine to place blocks at arc endpoints |
Site > Express > Bill of Materials
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Now allows you to count nested blocks and length by line type
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Survey > Layout Tools > Centerline Station and offset pline
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routine to calculate pline offset and distance and elevation from CL
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Survey > Layout Tools > Service Connections
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now allows you to put 2 points for each connection
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Survey > Layout Tools > Centerline Station and Offset
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now you can have multiple offsets defined in 1 pass
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Survey > Layout Tools > Elev from CL
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routine to place an elevation on select points or objects
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Survey > Layout Tools > Field
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added a save button
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Survey > Point Tools > Multiply Elevation
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routine to multiply aecc point objects by user defined factor
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Changes in Civil Essentials April/May 2006
| routine | Changes, additions |
Road > alignment tools > Add Curve Tables |
now draws location of horizontal PI of curve
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road > river tools > import from HEC
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added option to import sections as 3d plines from SDF file created in HEC-RAS |
road > river tools > import from HEC
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added option to import stream CL from SDF file created in HEC-RAS |
Survey > Layout Tools > Export alignments to DC
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export multiple horizontal and vertical alignments to trimble dc format
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Survey > Breakline Designer > Create 3d pline
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New option to query surface at each vertex while drawing 3d poly
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Survey > Breakline Designer > Edit 3d pline
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New options to reverse, plot and label 3d poly
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Changes in Civil Essentials March 2006
| routine | Changes, additions |
site > DynaLOT > blocks at lot endpoints
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now is UCS aware,
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site > drafting tools > Block:Delta angle Rotate
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now is UCS aware,
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Road > Profile tools > CL Elev flags |
now places stations with "+" and removes space before "%"
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site > DynaLOT > Label Grade from Block to 3D Pline |
new routine that labels grade, use for labellling driveway grade from house fron to curb
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site > dynalot> Flatten Blocks
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new routine to set block insertion Z to 0, the reverse of add Z
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road > river tools > Create HEC-RAS SDF file from points and SDF file
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new routine to update sdf file with points from dwg. Use this routine to paste points from dwg into section in an existing SDF file. Great way to merge survey data with models created from Lidar data
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road > river tools > Create Hybrid Profile from points and Profiles
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new routine to update profiles with points from dwg. Use this routine to paste points from dwg into existing profiles. Great way to merge survey data with models creating clean profiles.
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Survey > Migration Tools
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LDD to Civil 3D Description Key translator now moved to Survey Tools, also includes routine to import all blocks from a Folder into current dwg.
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Survey > Mapping Tools
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Mapping tools now moved to Survey Tools
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Changes in Civil Essentials February 2006
| routine | Changes, additions |
road > river tools > create alignments
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new routine to create alignments from lines and plines that cross channel alignment, and
export alignment names to file
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road > river tools > export to hec ras
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now calcualtes actual reach lengths along pline
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survey > pipeline tools> parcel alignment intersection report |
new routine to display the the station of selected aligment with all parcels it intersects
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survey > breakline designer > create breaklines from descriptors |
new option to NOT read point database, this speeds up the routine significantly
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site > dynalot> lot corner delta from CL
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now remembers the delta for each alignment
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pipe > place catch basin
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new routine to place a catch basin and set invert elevation from obvert of pipe
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site > DynaLOT > place blocks along
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will now do arcs, lines and plines and will optionally read the elevation and update the block
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View updated AVi showing how you can create create
sections at user defined locations and skews in LDT and export these to HEC-RAS as geo-refrenced sections including cut lines, reach lengths and bank stations. this tool now imports banks and boundaries from
hec-ras design file
Changes in Civil Essentials January 2006
| routine | Changes, additions |
road > river tools > Create HEC-RAS SDF file
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now will create, cut lines, bank positions and reach limits
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road > river tools > Create profiles from surface
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new routine will create and plot profile for each alignment selected
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road > river tools > Process Sections from alignments and Surfaces
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new routine to create profiles from a surface and a list of alignments
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site > DynaLOT > Label-Design grade on arc
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now places curved grade label
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survey > pipeline tools> parcel percentage area report |
new routine to display each parcel's area as a percentage of the total of all the areas of all the parcels
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survey > layout tools> bolt pattern |
new routine to output bolt locations based on number of bolts on each pier
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road > road plan tools> 3 line profile |
new options to dimension tranition profile along offset alignment in profile
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Changes in Civil Essentials November 2005
| routine | Changes, additions |
survey > breakline designer > Create breaklines from Descriptors
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added option to define curves with multiple points
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road > profile tool > Dimension Offset Alignment to Profile
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new tool to dimension offset alignment to baseline profile
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road > road plan tools> label superelevaion points |
new routine to label station and descriptor of critical
superelevaion points in plan
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Changes in Civil Essentials September and October 2005
| routine | Changes, additions |
site > dynalot > Edit Block Elevations along Pline
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new tool that selects all blocks along a pline and allows you to edit elevations and set grades
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site > many areas> Contours to Cut Fill Balance Layers |
updated so you can specify engineer fill contours
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site > street tools> cul-de-sac and elbow |
layers are now controlled in site > admin > steltman tool settings |
Changes in Civil Essentials September 2005
| routine | Changes, additions |
site > dynalot > Edit Block Elevations along Pline
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new tool that selects all blocks along a pline and allows you to edit elevations and set grades
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Changes in Civil Essentials August 2005
| routine | Changes, additions |
survey >layout tools
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all layout tools now work in Civil 3D
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Site >Many Areas > Pond Volumes
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New option to display in ft3 or yd3 or acre feet
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Site >Many Areas > Volumes from Grid Tics and Parcels
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Now totals areas, prompts if you wish to erase, cleaner display of results
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Road >River Tools > Import Banks
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new option to import banks or boundaries from HEC-RAS GIS export
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Road>Road Design Tools >Blocks on Profile to offset alignment
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new tools allows you to pick points and blocks on profile and locate them on an offset alignment
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View AVi that shows how you create a 3D pline along an offset alignment from a pline on a profile. Usefull for watermains
Changes in Civil Essentials July 2005
| routine | Changes, additions |
survey >layout tools > service connections
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modified so you can export service connections by layer
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survey >layout tools > MHS and Inverts
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Now allows you to select which runs to export
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Site >Street Tools > Cul-De-Sac
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Now allows you to set radius to 0 on second return
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Site >Many Areas > Volumes from tics
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new options to allow you to set the colours and to import the results into the drawing
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Road>Profile Tools >Label station and block
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new option to allow you to place label by entering station, calculates elevation from design profile
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View AVi that shows how you create a 3D pline along an offset alignment from a pline on a profile. Usefull for watermains
Changes in Civil Essentials June 2005
| routine | Changes, additions |
survey >layout tools > Translate auf to nikon job
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new routine converts auf file to nikon Transit format for stakeout
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survey >drafting tools > lot lines
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Now allows you to create parcels with widths based on front or rear setback
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Site >Many Areas > Label Contours along pline
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new routine to label all contours that cross user defined pline
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Site >DynaLOT > 1 Lot
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new option Backsplit walkout, sets grades to 2%, 3:1 on the bank, and the bank depth varies
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Site >Street Tools > Multiple 3d plines
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Now has a mirror button so template creation is even easier!
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Pipes >Update rim elevation
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now prompts for which runs to update
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Road >Design Tools > Pline on Profile to Offset Alignment 3D Pline
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new routine creates 3d pline along offset alignment, usefull for watermains
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View AVi or go to web details on how to Create Civil 3D prototype drawing from LDD description keys and cogo block library
View AVi that shows how you can label contours along a pline
Changes in Civil Essentials May 2005
| routine | Changes, additions |
Site >Dynalot > Place Elev in Descriptor by Delta
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new routine places elevation in descriptor delta elevation from elev attribute. Use for setting basement elevations
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Site >Many Areas > Pond Stage Storage Tables
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Now allows you to save output to user defined file
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Site >Many Areas > Import Parcels
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New routine that allows you to draw parcels
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Road >Section Tools > Label Plotted Sections
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Now allows you to save output to user defined file
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Site >Site Tools > rotate Text to Line
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new routine that sets rotation angle of text to the same angle as selected line
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View AVi that shows how you can draw service connections, driveways and optionally label distance from
manhole to sanitary service connection by selecting the mains and the lot lines
New Service to Create Civil 3D prototype drawing from LDD description keys and cogo block library
Changes in Civil Essentials April 2005
| routine |
Changes, additions |
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Site >Dynalot > Place Block at XREF endpoints |
new routine places elevations at selected lines in attached XREF |
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Road > Express > list line length in profile |
New routine that lists the true length of a line in a Profile with Vertical Exageration |
View AVi that shows how you can create a 3d pline from a points along a 2d pline, edit the 3d pline and export the 3d pline to a file for uploading to your data collector
View AVi showing how you can do subdivision grading in hours compared to what took days with just Land Desktop using 3 routines.
Changes in Civil
Essentials March 2005
| routine |
Changes, additions |
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Survey >points > import from ascii
file |
new routine to import points in
ACAD |
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Road > Rail > draw Spiral |
New routine that draws a spiral and curve in
ACAD |
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Pipes > Service
Connections |
Now you can set low high double on
all connections |
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Site > 3d Curb Returns |
Now works better on curved roads |
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LDT 2006 |
All routines
tested |
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Site > Volumes from grid
tics |
Now prompts for Engineer
Fill Depth and sets different colours for cut, fill, balance and
engineer fill |
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Pipes > pipe
interference |
highlights the pipes that
do not exceed minimum clearance in red versus green that do
meet minimum |
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View
AVi showing how you can take survey shots of culverts and create 3d plines, rotate culvert
ends, label in plan, draw and label on profile and section
Changes in Civil
Essentials February 2005
| routine |
Changes, additions |
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Road > River > sections from
alignments |
now optionally creates OG profile for each
alignment |
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Road > River > List alignments |
New routine list all alignments and create
lines.in |
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Road > Express > Set profile Colours |
New Routine to set colour for all
profile layers |
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Site > Express > Bill of Materials |
updated to save and select template file |
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Survey > Layout > pline offset |
Now allows you to select addittional
points |
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Road > Express > Set Section
Colours |
New Routine to
set colour for all cross-section layers |
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Road > Section >
Culverts to Section |
New Routine to plot and
label culverts from plan to sections |
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View Section Tools AVI that shows how to label
existing and design sections
View Road Widening AVI that shows how to create
transition profiles where you want to widen a road but maintain
current crossfall
View Calculate Profiles from Section Edits AVI that
shows how to create transition profiles by modifying design
section
View Street tools AVI th at shows how to do road design in a subdivision
without sections or templates
View creating a 3 line profile from transition profile
and alignment and from a 3d polyline
Changes in Civil
Essentials August 2004
| routine |
Changes, additions |
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site > many
areas>calc pregrade depths |
new routine to aid in calculating pregrade subgrade
depths |
| road > alignment tools> draw taper |
added dialog box, now allows tpaer
details to be read from file |
| pipe tools > pipe interference |
now generates report even if the
manholes do not have unique
ids |
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survey tools > breakline
designer
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now has slopelines
routine
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Changes in Civil
Essentials July 2004
| routine |
Changes, additions |
| site > dynalot >slope between
points |
now gives options in dialog box |
| site > street tools > 3d curb returns |
now label bvc, hi-low pt evc and grades, new
dialog box |
| site > street tools > elev from CL
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now uses pick box |
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| road > section > label points |
now saves dialog box changes in
drawing |
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| Pipe > Calc Area |
now updates hydraflow .stm with area and
run-off co-efficient |
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| survey > layout > cl station offset |
now allows "+" to be added to station values |
| survey > layout > pick |
updated dialog box |
