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Virtual Reality for Land Development
Virtual Reality for Land Development
This is a multi-part video series.
The second 4 parts about taking Civil 3D data to Virtual Reality using the 2018 AEC Collection products.
You can employ the list control in the player to view any video in the playlist.
John Sayre of Autodesk walks through the entire step-by-step process of Civil 3D data through Infraworks, 3DS Max, etc to a Virtual Reality deliverable with the 2018 AEC Collection products.
The mechanics of basis animation in Max and City View are also are covered here.
From the from the John Sayre YouTube channel
John Sayre's important video on Shared Reference Points Across Products mentioned in the video.
John's previous 9-part video series on Land Development The Land Development Series
Comments
Worth a watch just to understand the process and mechanics. Could getting the materials applied to coverages sorted out in Infraworks first simplify matters?
The Survey Database Settings File
The Survey Database Settings File
1/26/2018
Mark Schnesk of Seiler Design Solutions shows how to utilize a survey database settings file in Civil 3D to standardize your settings every time you start a new survey database.
From the Seiler Design Solutions YouTube Channel.
and the Seiler Design Solutions blog.
Comments
Survey database settings are mission critical to employing Civil 3D Survey tools effectively.
Mark covers only the most basic Survey Settings details here.
See the Civil 3D Survey at Jump Speed page for more in-depth tools, videos, and details.
The Reference RText Command
The Reference RText Command
1/22/2018
Ron Couillard of USCAD demonstrates how you can employ the Express Tools RTEXT command to externally reference raw text files in AutoCAD and Civil 3D.
From the USCADBuilding YouTube channel
and Ron Couilard's blog on USCAD.com
Comments
There are some other juicy CAD Commands the Rock in Ron's post.
Where you locate the external Text file(s) in your project gets to be important.
If you prefer to employ Excel references, there are posts and training videos about that start in Not So Simple Tables in Civil 3D to learn more.