The Volumes Dashboard for Civil 3D 2012 is now available for download from sub center. This new tool provides a very easy to use workflow for calculating, reporting and visualising earthwork volumes and is available for all C3D and IDS-P/U subscribers. It’s an English language tool but can run on any language C3D 2012).
Take a look at the online help and overview video
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Just in case you don’t have access to subscription yet through your company, try this link to view a dwf file that I have shared
(Ask your IT department who looks after your Autodesk software to obtain access)
https://documents.cloud.autodesk.com/Public/Details?hash=ORyliE
As the viewer uses HTML 5 it will also open on your iPAD/iPHONE
(Also Design Review for iPAD released last week on the App Store)
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Press release
Further detail
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As Ove and the blogging community mentioned this week its now out and available for download!
Here's the official release notes
The Autodesk® Subassembly Composer for AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2011 & 2012 software provides a powerful, yet easy-to-use interface to visually modify or create complex subassemblies without the need for programming.
The Autodesk® Subassembly Composer provides a user interface that is designed to help streamline workflows:
•The flowchart provides a more intuitive view of the subassembly logic and is easily modified using drag and drop functionality.
•The graphical preview displays the subassembly geometry and can be used to help simulate how the subassembly can behave with different target values.
•Selection in the flowchart and preview are synchronized making it easier to find and edit the properties of a subassembly component.
•Subassembly Composer works directly with PKT files that can be imported into AutoCAD Civil 3D
The Autodesk Subassembly Composer provides the following set of subassembly functionality for corridor modeling:
•Use geometric relationships to set and control subassembly points, links and shapes
•Create simple and advanced links including arcs, fillets, parabolas, daylight rounding and surfaces
•Create rehabilitation subassemblies with built in parametric characteristics that automatically adapt to varying existing conditions
•Set parameters that will be used to create corridor feature lines, annotation, and other model output
•Define shapes that will be used in corridor output including material volumes
•Define input parameters such as depth of pavement and super-elevation slope
•Define target parameters such as surfaces, offset alignments and controlling profiles
Jack Strongitharm
Hi all,
We are happy to inform you all that we are making this tool available to all Subscription Customers and Partners, without extra cost.
It will be available on Subscription Center from 08.00am EDT (13.00 CET) on Thursday the 7:th (According to plan. Change to that might occur, but hopefully not)
Some of you might have downloaded it from Autodesk LABS where it has been for some time. Maybe even used it?
So what is it? It is a standalone program where you can design you own Subassemblies to match your local needs. Custom parameters all the way. You don't have to be a seriously hardcore programmer doing .NET programming. This is a pretty straightforward tool to use, and it doesn't take more than a few hours to get started.
With this tool you can build subassemblies with almost any form, shape or link you want. Connected to various targets set in the Corridor etc. It could be a specific kind of road lane, custom ditches, curbstones, medians, noise barriers etc. It is also possible to design various "non-road" objects that might be used to create custom 3D-shapes for visual presentations.
I know the below info might be a bit “much”, and there are a lot of screen grabs, but I wanted to give you all a deep look in to this already today…
You can add custom codes, decision points and much more. After you have created your own subassembly you save it as a .pkt-file This file can then be imported in to the ToolPalette in Civil 3D straigth away. I have personally created a handful of samples to fit needs in my region and I will adjust them slightly before I send them out.
This is what it looks like (below). Adjustable views presenting a Tool Box to the left, a Flowchart/Layout view, Properties window, an interactive graphical preview and an Input/Output parameters window.
Tool Box below. Just simply drag/drop the tool you want to use into the Flow chart.
If you select an object in the Flowchart or Preview it is automatically highlighted in the other views.
The preview window can show codes (on/off)
You can embed user definable codes to be used/changed from within Civil 3D
There can be more detailed explanations used in the UI, including a description.
To avoid “cluttered” Flowchart it is possible to “group” things to stay organised. Otherwise it is easy to have something that might get “out of hand”.
A more organised view below.
There are several ways to use decision points, or even more advanced things like the “Switches”. Below is a small sample where an “auxillary point (AP2) is placed at a certain place in the section. Then the decision checks whether it is above or below ground.
Switches allow users to get a different result depending on the current result. Meaning you could draw a specific ditch or curb stone depending on what width the lane has etc.
(It doesn’t matter which grip marker you connect to on the symbols)
If you are using “Targeting” for your subassemblies you can move the target in the preview window by simply click and drag it. The section/subassembly is then updated instantly.
The preview window can be set to show “Layout mode” or “Roadway mode”. Layout mode below.
Roadway mode below.
WIKI
There is a separate WIKI-page which has very valuable information. Please read it and look up what parameters you might use. Very helpful.
Samples:
Screenshots “stolen” from my colleague Peter Funk:
// Ove C
Myself and Neil Brooker (our Map Guru) have put together a short video using the UK and Ireland version of SSA and the general workflow and localisation that has been implemented for our region.
Please excuse our basic drainage skills!!
You get the idea though.
The video is 23 minutes long so I have put this on this blog site so you can steam or download the file.
Also for those who are blocked from using YouTube at work.
Download MP4 video file (right click and 'save target as', 73mb)
Download SSA UKIE from subscription centre here
Jack Strongitharm
Time to hit that subscription centre again.
(www.autodesk.com/subscription)
Yesterday we released SSA to UK, Ireland, Benelux, Nordics and Baltic regions.
We launched this great addition to Civil and Map 3D 2011 users on subscription at an event at the London Thames Barrier.
Also the version available to UK and Ireland has been localised with British English language and also additional localised functionality to make it suitable for our requirements
Here are some pictures from the tour we took after the presentations around the Thames Barrier. Very cool
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So yesterday was announced and also made available the AutoCAD WS capability (aka Project Butterfly)
Very cool stuff where you can share online your drawing with others in a collaborative session where you can chat and decide on changes virtually.
There is the capability here to be sharing your design with others in the team which may not be in your office and marking up the changes required for example.
Civil 3D dwg's open in the product in their wireframe mode from what I have tried with no problems.
So give it a go.
Civil 3D drawing in AutoCAD WS
Here is the original in Civil 3D
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Join us at The Thames Water Barrier on Thursday October 28th to hear how Autodesk analysis tools will help you plan and design urban drainage systems, storm and foul sewers. Integrating stormwater and wastewater analysis tools during planning and design will help improve overall project productivity and increase your engineering capabilities in the UK.
Aimed at those who work in civil engineering as engineers and planners, you will learn more about how Autodesk analysis tools can help you with; run off calculations; storage and pipe sizing; detention ponds and outlet structures and lots more.
Also will include a short session for existing users and a tour of one of the landmark civil engineering projects in London.
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