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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

new routine to to draw 3d pline by selecting survey points and putting in depth to invert

DynaLOT Tools > place house elevations at 4 corners

New routine place house offset from PL, calculates house corner; first floor; basement and footing elevations

Profile Tools > intersect by grade

New routine to calculate station and elevation from 2 known points and interesecting by grade

Pipe Tools > Define ponding area from point

new routine calculates where user defined elevation intersects surface around a point

Pipe Tools > Define catchment area from point

New tool finds the highest elevation before surface slopes away around a point

Hydraflow Tools > update hydraflow file with storm areas

update stm file with latest area circle information; area value in block updates when the pline is changed

River Tools > Import data

selecting section option will now draw the banks

River Tools > Export data to Hec-ras

You can now select overbanks if different than the banks

These were some of the most popular demonstrations at our booth at AU 2007:

Go to web or 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!
view avi 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

new routine to calculate volumes of stockpile or landfill by elevation increment

Breakline Designer > Create breaklines by Descriptor

Now optionally adds breaklines to existing surface

Street Tools > Multiple 3D plines

Now optionally adds breaklines to existing surface

Pipe Tools > Calc Storm Areas

Area Circles now update if pline is modified

HydraFLOW Tools > Import HGL

New tool that reads the STM and draws HGL on selected profile

Pipe Tools > Export to Excel

Now will export up to 3 areas and co-efficients to excel

DynaLOT > Pad Extents

new tool to calcualte freeform pad extents based on point and where elevation intersects surface

Alignment Tools > Join Alignemnts

new tool to create new alignment from 2 selected alignments,

Pipe Tools > Pipe Elevation to Profile

New routine to draw ellipse on profile from selected point on pipe in plan

Changes in Civil Essentials October-November 2007

routine Changes, additions

River Tools > Draw Bank in Plan by Picking in Sections

new routine to draw the banks between by picking points on sections
View AVI for Civil 3D

Pipe Tools > Import / Export Pipes to Excel

New routine to Export and Import pipes from Excel in Civil 3D
View Pipe tools for Civil 3D AVI

Pipe Tools > Pipe Editor

New routine to easily change pipe sizes and inverts in Civil 3D
View Pipe tools for Civil 3D AVI

Many Areas > Volumes from Surface and Parcels

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

Survey Drafting > Lot Siting

New options for area coverage table, co-ordinate table, slopes, dimensions
View AVI

Breakline Designer > Place blocks at vertices

now optionally allow you to select points on the pline

Changes in Civil Essentials April-September 2007

routine Changes, additions

all menus items load faster

new loading routine will only load program if selected from a different pulldown than the previous program

steltman tool setting > civil essentials general > land desktop installed

new option for c3d to use aecc points.

DynaLOT > all routines

now optionally use aecc cogo points in c3d

River Tools > Stretch 3dPline to Surface

new routine to create banks between sections

River Tools >

now all ".in" control files use the stream alignment name

Pipe Tools > define catchment area from point

new routine to define catchment area

DynaLOT Tools > Place elevation and Drainage Arrows

new routine to show drainage when lots drain from back to front

Street Tools > Elbow Knuckle stationing

new routine to label beginning and ending stationing necessary for Corridor ezy knuckle routines

Many Areas > Label pregrade elevations from proposed surface

new routine to take surface labels in ldd and subtract pregrade depths

Many Areas > Label pregrade elevations from proposed surface

new routine to take surf labels in ldd and subtract pregrade depths

steltman tool setting > site tools > cul-de-sac

street tools layers moved from the menu to steltman tool setting

steltman tool setting > survey tools > Create Breaklines

Create Breaklines from Descriptors arguements moved from the menu to steltman tool setting

Pipe Tools > Pipe Utilities > Pipe Editor

new routine for c3d to view and change pipe sizes and inverts

Pipe Tools > Pipe Utilities > Export/Import Pipe Data to/from Excel

new routine for c3d send pipe data to and from YOUR excel spreadsheet

Profile Tools > draw tangents in plan

new routine to do vertical design in plan; intersection matching and station and surface elevation display while moving the cursor

Changes in Civil Essentials February-March 2007

routine Changes, additions

Pipe Tools > Pipe Interference

now labels clearance on the drawings

Road > Section Tools > Label points or pline

added option to label selected point in plan from selected point on section

Road > Profile tools > flags to plan

now has option to put additional elevations along vertical curve

Road > Section Tools > draw culverts

now asks to select additional lines for culverts that do not cross cL

Survey > Breakline Designer > 3d Polyline to LW polyline

new tool to convert 3d polys to lw plines

Site > Drafting Tools > Layer move

new tool to move all entities on source layer to selected layer but retain colour of original layer

Changes in Civil Essentials November 2006 to January 2007

routine Changes, additions

Road > Design Tools > Calculate Stripping

new routine to calculate stripping volumes from selected pcodes to slope stake

Site > DynaLOT Tools > Offset Swale

New routines to place elevations along offset swale at user defined grade

Civil 3d > survey > point tools >

new tool to to rotate point without going through panorama

Civil 3d > site express tools > match styles

New routine that updates style of target point, alignment, profile or surface from selected object

Civil 3d > survey > point tools

migrated Civil Essentials from LDD to C3D

Civil 3d > survey > Survey to Plan Tools

migrated Civil Essentials from LDD to C3D

Civil 3d > Site > Many Areas > Pond Stage Storage from Surface

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

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.

Site > DynaLOT Tools > Count Blocks inside ROW

New routines that will count blocks inside user defined width from selected alignments

Site > DynaLOT > Place Elevation Block at Daylight Point

new tool to place a point at the daylight point

Site > DynaLOT > 1 Lot Copy

New routine that copies the layout from 1 lot design to a second lot

Road > Section Tools > Label Total Cut Fill Areas on sections

new routine to label cut/fill areas on each plotted cross-section

Road > Section Tools > Label Template Areas on Sections

new routine will place areas from the template into a table on each

Road > Section Tools > Label Lines and plines from plan to sections

new option to place vertical line at offset of pline at each section

Site > DynaLOT > Label Grade between 2 3d plines

Label Grade between 2 3d plines

Road > Section Tools > Label Last Slope

added option to label run over rise or rise over run

Road > River Tools > Draw Data from Hec-Ras SDF file

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

added option in profile flags to plan to select alignment intersections to be labeled

Road > Profile Tools > Draw Tangents

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

added new option when labelling grade to 3d pline for selecting point on pline or perpendicular to pline or to Elevation from CL

Survey > Layout >Sokkia > Import SDR Station Offset

New routines to read an SDR station offset file and create pline or import points

Site > DynaLOT > Extended Label Grade

New routine to label slopes with additional options

Site > DynaLOT > Lot Design 2 points

new routine to design lot line between 2 points

Site > Admin > Tools Setting > General > Use AECC points

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

Road > Road Plan Tools > Sopelines

now allows you to specify a gap between a group of slopelines, remembers last setting

Road > Alignment tools > Set alignment by grade from contours

now includes plines, lwplines and aecc contours

road > Profile Tools > Skewed Utilities to Profile

routine to plot skewed utilities to profile

road > Profile Tools > Point Groups to Profile

updated with new labelling options, text will not overlap

road > Profile Tools > Display Elevations

routine to list elevation from profile by user entering stations

Site > DynaLOT > Edit Blocks along Pline

now adds and deletes blocks modified in dialog box

Site > DynaLOT > Blocks On Arcs

routine to place blocks at arc endpoints

Site > Express > Bill of Materials

Now allows you to count nested blocks and length by line type

Survey > Layout Tools > Centerline Station and offset pline

routine to calculate pline offset and distance and elevation from CL

Survey > Layout Tools > Service Connections

now allows you to put 2 points for each connection

Survey > Layout Tools > Centerline Station and Offset

now you can have multiple offsets defined in 1 pass

Survey > Layout Tools > Elev from CL

routine to place an elevation on select points or objects

Survey > Layout Tools > Field

added a save button

Survey > Point Tools > Multiply Elevation

routine to multiply aecc point objects by user defined factor

Changes in Civil Essentials April/May 2006

routine Changes, additions

Road > alignment tools > Add Curve Tables

now draws location of horizontal PI of curve

road > river tools > import from HEC

added option to import sections as 3d plines from SDF file created in HEC-RAS

road > river tools > import from HEC

added option to import stream CL from SDF file created in HEC-RAS

Survey > Layout Tools > Export alignments to DC

export multiple horizontal and vertical alignments to trimble dc format

Survey > Breakline Designer > Create 3d pline

New option to query surface at each vertex while drawing 3d poly

Survey > Breakline Designer > Edit 3d pline

New options to reverse, plot and label 3d poly

Changes in Civil Essentials March 2006

routine Changes, additions

site > DynaLOT > blocks at lot endpoints

now is UCS aware,

site > drafting tools > Block:Delta angle Rotate

now is UCS aware,

Road > Profile tools > CL Elev flags

now places stations with "+" and removes space before "%"

site > DynaLOT > Label Grade from Block to 3D Pline

new routine that labels grade, use for labellling driveway grade from house fron to curb

site > dynalot> Flatten Blocks

new routine to set block insertion Z to 0, the reverse of add Z

road > river tools > Create HEC-RAS SDF file from points and SDF file

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

road > river tools > Create Hybrid Profile from points and Profiles

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.

Survey > Migration Tools

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.

Survey > Mapping Tools

Mapping tools now moved to Survey Tools

Changes in Civil Essentials February 2006

routine Changes, additions

road > river tools > create alignments

new routine to create alignments from lines and plines that cross channel alignment, and export alignment names to file

road > river tools > export to hec ras

now calcualtes actual reach lengths along pline

survey > pipeline tools> parcel alignment intersection report

new routine to display the the station of selected aligment with all parcels it intersects

survey > breakline designer > create breaklines from descriptors

new option to NOT read point database, this speeds up the routine significantly

site > dynalot> lot corner delta from CL

now remembers the delta for each alignment

pipe > place catch basin

new routine to place a catch basin and set invert elevation from obvert of pipe

site > DynaLOT > place blocks along

will now do arcs, lines and plines and will optionally read the elevation and update the block

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

now will create, cut lines, bank positions and reach limits

road > river tools > Create profiles from surface

new routine will create and plot profile for each alignment selected

road > river tools > Process Sections from alignments and Surfaces

new routine to create profiles from a surface and a list of alignments

site > DynaLOT > Label-Design grade on arc

now places curved grade label

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

survey > layout tools> bolt pattern

new routine to output bolt locations based on number of bolts on each pier

road > road plan tools> 3 line profile

new options to dimension tranition profile along offset alignment in profile

Changes in Civil Essentials November 2005

routine Changes, additions

survey > breakline designer > Create breaklines from Descriptors

added option to define curves with multiple points

road > profile tool > Dimension Offset Alignment to Profile

new tool to dimension offset alignment to baseline profile

road > road plan tools> label superelevaion points

new routine to label station and descriptor of critical superelevaion points in plan

Changes in Civil Essentials September and October 2005

routine Changes, additions

site > dynalot > Edit Block Elevations along Pline

new tool that selects all blocks along a pline and allows you to edit elevations and set grades

site > many areas> Contours to Cut Fill Balance Layers

updated so you can specify engineer fill contours

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

new tool that selects all blocks along a pline and allows you to edit elevations and set grades

Changes in Civil Essentials August 2005

routine Changes, additions

survey >layout tools

all layout tools now work in Civil 3D

Site >Many Areas > Pond Volumes

New option to display in ft3 or yd3 or acre feet

Site >Many Areas > Volumes from Grid Tics and Parcels

Now totals areas, prompts if you wish to erase, cleaner display of results

Road >River Tools > Import Banks

new option to import banks or boundaries from HEC-RAS GIS export

Road>Road Design Tools >Blocks on Profile to offset alignment

new tools allows you to pick points and blocks on profile and locate them on an offset alignment

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

modified so you can export service connections by layer

survey >layout tools > MHS and Inverts

Now allows you to select which runs to export

Site >Street Tools > Cul-De-Sac

Now allows you to set radius to 0 on second return

Site >Many Areas > Volumes from tics

new options to allow you to set the colours and to import the results into the drawing

Road>Profile Tools >Label station and block

new option to allow you to place label by entering station, calculates elevation from design profile

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

new routine converts auf file to nikon Transit format for stakeout

survey >drafting tools > lot lines

Now allows you to create parcels with widths based on front or rear setback

Site >Many Areas > Label Contours along pline

new routine to label all contours that cross user defined pline

Site >DynaLOT > 1 Lot

new option Backsplit walkout, sets grades to 2%, 3:1 on the bank, and the bank depth varies

Site >Street Tools > Multiple 3d plines

Now has a mirror button so template creation is even easier!

Pipes >Update rim elevation

now prompts for which runs to update

Road >Design Tools > Pline on Profile to Offset Alignment 3D Pline

new routine creates 3d pline along offset alignment, usefull for watermains

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

new routine places elevation in descriptor delta elevation from elev attribute. Use for setting basement elevations

Site >Many Areas > Pond Stage Storage Tables

Now allows you to save output to user defined file

Site >Many Areas > Import Parcels

New routine that allows you to draw parcels

Road >Section Tools > Label Plotted Sections

Now allows you to save output to user defined file

Site >Site Tools > rotate Text to Line

new routine that sets rotation angle of text to the same angle as selected line

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

Site >Dynalot > Place Block at XREF endpoints

new routine places elevations at selected lines in attached XREF

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

Survey >points > import from ascii file

new routine to import points in ACAD

Road > Rail > draw Spiral

New routine that draws a spiral and curve in ACAD

Pipes > Service Connections

Now you can set low high double on all connections

Site > 3d Curb Returns

Now works better on curved roads

 LDT 2006

All routines tested

Site > Volumes from grid tics

Now prompts for Engineer Fill Depth and sets different colours for cut, fill, balance and engineer fill

Pipes > pipe interference

highlights the pipes that do not exceed minimum clearance in red versus green that do meet minimum

 

 

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

Road > River > sections from alignments

now optionally creates OG profile for each alignment

Road > River > List alignments

New routine list all alignments and create lines.in

Road > Express > Set profile Colours

New Routine to set colour for all profile layers

Site > Express > Bill of Materials

updated to save and select template file

Survey > Layout > pline offset

Now allows you to select addittional points

Road > Express > Set Section Colours

New Routine to set colour for all cross-section layers

Road > Section > Culverts to Section

New Routine to plot and label culverts from plan to sections

 

 



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

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

survey tools > breakline designer   now has slopelines routine

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   now uses pick box
road > section > label points

now saves dialog box changes in drawing

Pipe > Calc Area

now updates hydraflow .stm with  area and run-off co-efficient

survey > layout > cl station offset now allows "+" to be added to station values
survey > layout > pick updated dialog box

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