Civil 3D 2014 to StormCad V8i

Question

I have a fairly substantial pipe network that has been created in Civil 3D. No one at our company can seem to figure out how to export Civil 3D pipe networks to StormCAD V8i. I tried exporting the Pipe Network to a LandXML file via prospector, but when I import into StormCAD, a pop-up box comes up that says "US Survey Foot" with an OK button. When I click okay, the file that StormCAD has created has no pipes or nodes in it. What am I doing wrong?! Could it be that our C3D parts (we use non-standard C3D parts created by a third party consulting company) are not translating correctly to the LandXml code, and are therefore unreadable by StormCAD? 
 Finally, as I am searching the forums, I see that there are some other tools that can be used to communicate between C3D and stormcad. Are these all non-standard add-ons to the base V8i product? We do C3D storm sewer modeling on all of our projects, and typically utilize StormCAD V8i for our hydraulic analysis. Our typical workflow is to keep both models current by manually updating/entering data (no communication between C3D and StormCAD). 
 I know there's a better way! Help!

Jonathan Smith · Answer

Hi, 
 I'm not sure how much of an issue US Survey feet might be in your workflow. Hopefully someone else can let you know if there might be any issues there. 
 One possible alternative workflow for you - can C3D export shapefiles of the pipe network? If so, then you can use the ModelBuilder tool in StormCAD to read & write to these files, which therefore gives you a two way link between the two products. ModelBuilder is a standard part of StormCAD - it's in the Tools menu. It takes a bit of setting up, but once you've done that, then you can use the settings over and over again. 
 ModelBuilder can also read / write to other data formats, so if C3D is able to create a spreadsheet(s) of pipe and node information then this might be an alternative. 
 Regards, 
 Jon

Sushma Choure · Answer

Hello, 
 You can also export the pipe network into dxf format, then you can import the dxf through tool Modelbuilder in StormCAD. 
 The tool comes along with the basic product only, here is the link to the support solution which illustrates how to import cad files through Modelbuilder 
 communities.bentley.com/.../3070.aspx 
 When you imported LandXML in StormCAD , you mentioned nothing happens so did you try with zoom extents? 
 For better working between Civil 3D & StormCAD you can integrate it with StormCAD which is addition to the basic standalone mode, so that you can work in AutoCAD environment for StormCAD. 
 Hope this helps to you. 
 Sushma Choure 
 Bentley Technical Support.

MPachlhofer · Answer

Hi, 
 I think the issue you're running into with the 'US Survey Foot' message is an issue that has already been fixed in the latest version of StormCAD. As of this post the latest version is 08.11.03.84. If you don't have that you should install it and also make sure that you have the very latest patch set applied. Here are instructions on how to download the latest versions of the software and latest patch sets: 
 communities.bentley.com/.../8175.aspx 
 I hope that helps out. 
 Regards, 
 Mark