Autodesk Civil 3D Videos
Useful Civil 3D Training from public website sources
Autodesk staff, Autodesk Reseller staff, and consultants produce a wide range of video content. Some is product sales demo, but a lot of the staff and/or consultant recordings, lists, and channels include useful application training and helpful tips and tricks for Infrastructure Design products.
Content that is significant video training is listed here.
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Corridor Modeling
Corridor Modeling
3/22/2018
Civil expert Ken Driscol from Applied Software Technology offers tips, tricks, and best practices for for Corridor Modeling in Civil 3D.
From the Applied Software Technology YouTube Channel.
and the Applied Software Technology website.
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A basic walk-through of common Civil 3D Corridor mechanics.
The Applied Software YouTude channel also offers shorter videos pulled from this webinar.
Modify a Pipe Label Style with an Expression
Modify a Pipe Label Style with an Expression
3/2/2018
Mark Schnesk of Seiler Design Solutions shows how to utilize an Expression in a Pipe Label Style.
From the Seiler Design Solutions YouTube Channel.
and the Seiler Design Solutions blog.
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You could attack this Expression problem differently via the difference of between center to center distance and the inside distance and how that relates to the outside Pipe diameter.
I'd argue this is not an accuracy issue but perhaps a what is suitable issue. Obviously, the length of pipe sections used also bears on the construction and estimating problem.
In the real world you probably need the approximate overage. Whether the pipes are actually installed off the assumed center to center line is also an issue.
Civil 3D Assembly Management Tools
Civil 3D Assembly Management Tools
2/15/2018
Jeff Bartels of Autodesk explores some of the benefits of using the Civil 3D Toolspace Prospector tab to work with and manage Assemblies.
From the Jeff Bartels YouTube Channel.
and the Civil Immersion blog.
Comments
Right Click is your Friend in Civil 3D.
Your initial take away should be that you can somewhat protect your current Assembly collection by removing them from Modelspace.
You should recognize that Civil 3D considers Assemblies, Subassemblies, and PKTs as Data in the Civil 3D object model not as a Style. In other words, Assemblies are more like Point Groups (a display collector) than Points (the collected data). Needless to say - there are referenced Styles attached to Assemblies.
The current glaring lack of even basic Import and Export tools for Assembly collections in Civil 3D is more than annoying.
The work-arounds are basic AutoCAD command Insert/Explode and WBLOCK methods which create some maintenance hassles that can be easy to miss.