IMAGINiT Civil Solutions Blog

Topics include civil engineering industry insight featuring Autodesk civil engineering software, including AutoCAD and Civil 3D.

  • Corridor Transitions - Civil 3D 2023.2 New Feature

    Corridor Transitions - Civil 3D 2023.2 New Feature

    Transitions can be created regardless of the subassembly parameters. Previously it was required to use a subassembly that could target a path that defined the transition.

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  • Civil 3D: Build a partial Intersection manually

    Civil 3D: Build a partial Intersection manually

    How to build a partial Civil 3D intersection manually.

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  • Civil 3D: Going with the Flow (Pipe Slopes vs Invert Values)

    Civil 3D: Going with the Flow (Pipe Slopes vs Invert Values)

    How to to correct Flow and Invert values using Pipe Flow Direction options.

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  • GIS workflow – Export Feature Lines to Shape Files

    GIS workflow – Export Feature Lines to Shape Files

    ​​​​​​​Civil 3D feature lines are awesome!  They are more powerful than 3D polylines and allow for curves in design delineations.

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  • GIS workflow - LIDAR Point Cloud to Civil 3D surface

    GIS workflow - LIDAR Point Cloud to Civil 3D surface

    Create a Digital Terrain Model from a LIDAR point cloud.

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  • Change Design Speed Unit Values in Civil 3D

    Change Design Speed Unit Values in Civil 3D

    Creating design speed expressions for used within Civil 3D label creation to display design speed unit values different than those provided with the application.

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  • Shift Modifier: Trim and Extend

    Shift Modifier: Trim and Extend

    Using the Shift key to modify the commands TRIM and EXTEND within AutoCAD and all AutoCAD vertical products such as Civil 3D.

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  • Control Modifier: Polyline Selection

    Control Modifier: Polyline Selection

    Using the Control key to modify how polylines are selected in AutoCAD or Civil 3D

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  • Shift Modifier: Fillet

    Shift Modifier: Fillet

    Using the Shift key to modify the functionality of the FILLET command in AutoCAD or Civil 3D

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  • Dynamo Scripting:  Import layers from an Excel Spreadsheet into AutoCAD

    Dynamo Scripting: Import layers from an Excel Spreadsheet into AutoCAD

    Create layers, colors, linetypes and descriptions from an Excel Spreadsheet. Use Dynamo in 3 stages to generate a template drawing for standards.

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  • Civil 3D: Station Adjustment and Profile Views

    Civil 3D: Station Adjustment and Profile Views

    Issues with Profile Views after Station Adjustment.

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  • Civil 3D: Multiple Baseline Corridor and Section Slope Values

    Civil 3D: Multiple Baseline Corridor and Section Slope Values

    Issue: Civil 3D plotted cross section appear to have incorrect slope values.

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  • Civil 3D: Floating Parcels and Areas

    Civil 3D: Floating Parcels and Areas

    Subtracting internal areas in Civil 3D Parcels.

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  • C3D: Code Set Styles (part 4) - Custom Grid and Labels

    C3D: Code Set Styles (part 4) - Custom Grid and Labels

    Part FOUR of working with Code Set Styles: Custom Labels in Section Views for Civil 3D.

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  • C3D: Code Set Styles (part 3) - Plotting

    C3D: Code Set Styles (part 3) - Plotting

    Part THREE of working with Code Set Styles: Plotting Section Views in Civil 3D

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  • C3D: Code Set Styles (part 2) - Corridors

    C3D: Code Set Styles (part 2) - Corridors

    Part TWO of working with Code Set Styles in Civil 3D: Corridors

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  • C3D: Code Set Styles (part 1) - Layout & Review

    C3D: Code Set Styles (part 1) - Layout & Review

    Part ONE of working with Code Set Styles in Civil 3D: Layout and Editor.

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  • Civil 3D: Alignment Labels that Flip Out, Part Deux

    Civil 3D: Alignment Labels that Flip Out, Part Deux

    Flipping Alignment Text and Block Components to the outside

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  • (Re)animation: Navisworks Sequences

    (Re)animation: Navisworks Sequences

    The workaround for this issue is to do what you might not have wanted to do in the first place: create an individual action entry for each animation sequence instead of using one for the parent folder

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  • Civil 3D: Solving for Intersecting Slopes

    Civil 3D: Solving for Intersecting Slopes

    Creating for proposed slopes from existing top/toe slopes to a projected intersection using Corridors or Grading.

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