Civil 3D 2009

Labeling Pipe Crossing Inverts

By Donnie Gladfelter on January 27, 2009

This is a bit of an oldie, but goodie. Civil 3D Pipe Label Styles can give me the Invert In or the Invert Out of a pipe, but not the invert between point a and point b. That limitation is never really an issue until you go to label the invert of a crossing pipe. [...]

Posted in Civil 3D | Tagged Civil 3D 2008, Civil 3D 2009, features, Pipe Labels, Profile Labels, Profiles | 5 Responses

Creating a DEM with Civil 3D

By Donnie Gladfelter on June 23, 2008

One of my users called me the other day asking if there was any way to convert our DTM surface into a DEM surface, as a client had called them asking if it was possible. The short answer to the question was yes, but let me review the fundamental differences in these formats before getting [...]

Posted in Civil 3D | Tagged Civil 3D 2008, Civil 3D 2009, DEM, Map 3D, Surfaces | 10 Responses

Simple Road Transition With Feature Lines

By Donnie Gladfelter on May 27, 2008

Among the new features in Civil 3D 2009 is the ability to target Feature Lines. For those who may still be transitioning from Land Desktop, a Feature Line is in essence a 3D Polyline on steroids. Since Feature Lines are a topic of their own, I will not digress any further than to say this [...]

Posted in Civil 3D 2009 | Tagged Assemblies, Civil 3D 2009, Corridors, Road Design, Subassemblies, Transition | 3 Responses

Civil 3D 2009

Labeling Pipe Crossing Inverts

Creating a DEM with Civil 3D

Simple Road Transition With Feature Lines

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