Civil 3D Superelevation Basics Overview

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Civil 3D Superelevation Basics Overview

2/03/2017

The Overview of the Basics of Civil 3D Superelevation Part 1

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Alan Gilbert of Autodesk explains the basics of Civil 3D Superelevation and the core Alignment and Subassembly mechanics to make it work.
From Alan's YouTube Channel.
and the Civil Imersion blog.

New Civil 3D users often stumble over the critical Alignment Design Speed and Subassembly specific properties covered here.
You do have choices of appropriate roadway design criteria Standards to apply.
Please note how Alan plans to and then builds up the superelevation detail instead of doing everything at once.

Civil 3D Superelevation Design Criteria

2/10/2017

How Civil 3D Superelevation Design Criteria Works Part 2

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Alan Gilbert of Autodesk explains in detail how Civil 3D Superelevation Design Criteria lookup works and the key places and methods to make changes if you must.

The Part 2 video is a deeper dive into the lookup tables of the Civil 3D Design Criteria XML files and Civil 3D mechanics of Superelevation.
This video review will help you grasp where values are coming from and provides the basics of how you might customize things. Again - if you must.
In reality you should only edit and make changes in the XML when you actually have a new Standard to apply and have the values in hand.

The tip about clearing the Superelevation data is mission critical. This is good practice even if you do not change the Super method Alignment Settings.
Anytime you have to redo a superelevation calculation it is probably good practice to start from scratch. Ok. Not always.
In some older releases of Civil 3D, the software will hold onto earlier super values when you do not expect it.

Civil 3D Superelevation Design Criteria Formulas

2/24/2017

How Civil 3D Superelevation Design Criteria Formulas Work Part 3

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Alan Gilbert of Autodesk explains in detail how Civil 3D Superelevation Design Criteria formula lookup works and the key places and methods to make changes if you must.

The Part 3 video is a deeper dive modiffing how formula lookup changes and their modification may affect the application of lookup table values of the Civil 3D Design Criteria XML files and Civil 3D mechanics of Superelevation.
This video review will help you grasp where values are coming from and provides the basics of how you might customize things. Again - if you must.
In reality you should only edit and make changes in the XML when you actually have a new Standard to apply and have the values in hand.
The point of this video is that you can modifiy by formula how the table values are applied if that is required for your Standard.