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News Release from: Autodesk | Subject: Autodesk Civil 3D 2005
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 October 2004
Next Generation Civil Engineering Design
Solution
Software applications currently being used require hours of work to adjust everything affected by a minor design revision, but with Civil 3D it takes only minutes to accomplish the same design change.
Autodesk, the world's leading design software and digital content company, has announced Autodesk Civil 3D 2005 software, its next generation civil engineering design solution With civil engineers under tremendous pressure to deliver increasingly complex projects on time and under budget, the Civil 3D ease of use and intuitive, model-based design features can help customers increase profitability and efficiency through all stages of a project
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 25 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Autodesk Civil 3D automates key design engineering tasks and presents complex concepts in lifelike 3D to help civil engineers create, manage and share accurate, high quality designs.
Civil 3D is a powerful civil engineering tool for land planning, subdivision design, parcel layout, road design, and grading.
Because the software creates intelligent relationships between objects, design changes are now dynamically updated; when an engineer changes one element of a design, all related elements respond accordingly.
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"Autodesk Civil 3D is not only a new software application but it is creates a paradigm shift in the engineering process," said Mike Carris, design systems specialist of Timmons Group.
"Software applications currently being used require hours of work to adjust everything affected by a minor design revision, but with Civil 3D it takes only minutes to accomplish the same design change.
Autodesk Civil 3D 2005 offers a dramatic difference in the process which will provide a tremendous effect on the bottom line." Because Civil 3D is built on AutoCAD software, the industry's leading design tool, civil engineers can immediately leverage their AutoCAD skills.
Additionally, with round-trip data exchange from Autodesk Land Desktop, they can seamlessly transition projects - and realise the benefits of 3D visualisation and design by gradually building Civil 3D into their workflow.
Solid User Interface.
Civil 3D offers standard AutoCAD menu interaction, design, and layout toolbars for use with alignments, profiles, parcels, and grading, and direct interaction of graphical objects.
Flexible Object Styles.
Civil 3D enables engineers to control object and label appearance via style settings, maintain drafting standards, and simplify the process of sharing drawings with non-Autodesk Civil 3D users.
Points and Surfaces.
Civil 3D can create points using a variety of creation methods and collect points in logical groups based on advanced criteria.
Point appearance and labelling is controlled from the Point Group feature.
Civil 3D is equipped with a robust description key mechanism and can import or export including custom formats, MDB, and LandXML.
Users can store and retrieve points from a project for collaborative engineering.
Alignments, Profiles, and Sections.
Civil 3D can extract existing ground profiles from multiple surfaces and design proposed vertical alignments such as graphical layout, tabular input, and dynamic editing.
Civil 3D allows engineers the ability to select sections at specific stations or at intervals along the alignment.
Engineers can create section plots (single station, full section sheets) and finished drafting with dynamic annotation, control drafting standards, station offset, and grade labels.
Complex Corridor Modelling.
Civil 3D corridor modeling is used to design model lanes, grading, side slopes, ditches, medians, and barriers to model complex roadway corridor designs.
Changes made to the model-based design are dynamically updated and seen in the model, which improves design iteration time and directly affects the billable hours the engineers spend on the design.
The corridor model also generates geometry, terrain models, site volumes, and visualisation, which allows engineers to get crucial data from designs quickly and easily.
The corridor model takes advantage of the Civil 3D style-based functionality, allowing the drafting and annotation of the design to adhere to company standards.
"Autodesk understands the needs of civil engineers and we have developed an intuitive, dynamic civil engineering tool to meet these needs," said Chris Bradshaw, vice president of Autodesk's Infrastructure Solutions Division. Request a free brochure from Autodesk ...
"Civil 3D will help our customers increase profitability, and provide better services to their customers by offering dramatic efficiencies through the planning, design, and documentation phases of engineering projects.".
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