From the Ground Up

Civil 3D User Group Manchester–Registration now open

UKCUG is back in Manchester on Thursday 12th November.

Thanks to Costain for hosting our group in their offices next to Manchester Airport

Registration is now open, click here

http://www.ukcug.org.uk/Meeting5.html

Agenda

5.30pm to 6pm - Networking with tea and coffee provided

Autodesk Development team respond to Manchester workshop results - Follow up from the workshop last run in Manchester with updates and discussion live with the Autodesk development team in Manchester, US

Civil 3D Tips and Tricks - 5 minute clever ways to manipulate Civil 3D

Networking break & Pizza

Delivering AutoCAD Civil 3D projects - Going beyond drawings, what are the smart ways to deliver your project in digital formats for construction, GIS, Asset Management

Also including Project Explorer 2.0 presented by Graham Riddleston of Cadline

Close and beer

Networking will continue in a local bar for all those that wish to participate.

 

Also a reminder of the event in London on Tuesday 10th November at the CH2M Offices

Click here for registration and agenda

http://www.ukcug.org.uk/

 

/Jack Strongitharm

Dynamic transition/spiral curves in AutoCAD Civil 3D

Got asked this question this week and thought I would share the concept.

So within Civil 3D we have the capability of using an ‘A’ value.

In the UK we use RL value which is very similar expression

 

Within the Civil 3D country kit for UK and Ireland I have had a calculation table in there for some years, probably a little hidden.

Take a look here at this updated attachment (note this is updated to the as installed version as the L value on the Q 0.6 section was incorrect, but the 'A' value was correct.  (Thanks to Pawel Zawadzki for a good spot)

Download UKIE Design Criteria A values_V2

Here a quick video of it in action

/Jack Strongitharm

Adding Bing imagery to InfraWorks 360 Surface Terrain

This is when blogs are your friend as some new updates aren’t always apparently visible or we just don’t put them on a marketing type video or presentation.

So from this point on 2016.3 September release you can now point your own surface terrain to Bing to add imagery for your commercial use.

This is a WMS service which Model Builder uses and will stream down the imagery and cache it on your desktop.

Be aware of your surface size and your chosen resolution (typically we use Tile level 17) and also bandwidth for download time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkROaJySBUs&feature=youtu.be

/Jack Strongitharm

Autodesk REACT Structures Technical Preview now available

Check out the website for details

/Jack Strongitharm

UK Civil 3D User Group London Registration now open

Registration for the London Event is now live

Click here to register

When and where

Tuesday 10th of November 2015

CH2M Hill
Elms House,43 Brook Green
London W6 7EF

Thanks go to our sponsors CH2M Hill for hosting this meeting

/Jack Strongitharm

UK Civil 3D User Group Next Meetings

So here is the line up for the coming six months to where and when we are holding our next UK Civil 3D user groups.

We are expanding the reach to make it more regional and expand the coverage nationwide and keep groups a sensible size so you can get involved.

So mark your calendars for an Civil evening out.

 

November 2015

Tuesday 10^th London

Thursday 12^th Manchester

May 2016

Tuesday 3rd – Sheffield

Thursday 5^th – Bristol

 

We then hope to repeat 6 month intervals in a similar fashion

The registration site will be open soon to get signed up to reserve your seat, so keep an eye out for the next post

 

/Jack Strongitharm