In a previous article, I discussed the on-screen editing and manipulation capabilities provided for the Civil Geometry elements. If we had presented every single value on-screen would have been a mess, so only the most commonly needed edits are available…
Many of the Civil Geometry commands provide a trim extend option as part of the promp sequence. For example, in the beginning of the video below you see the Arc Between Elements command creating curb returns for the intersection. In addition, the Geometry…
The inputs from Civil Accudraw can be persisted onto the intelligence of the geometry elements. You must lock BOTH Civil Accudraw ordinates and then the input from Accudraw is automatically persisted onto the point.
In the following video:
In the video below, I show a more complex example of manipulators. This example is three lines made by the Line Between Points command and two curves made with the Arc Between Elements command. The arcs were created by clicking a pass-thru point instead…
Most of the intelligence contained on the Civil Geometry elements is exposed to user by way of on screen manipulators. Simply select the element and the manipulators will appear.
The video below shows the following use of manipulators on a Line Between…
OK, you have a basic roundabout. How do you edit the various widths, radii, etc. to match your specific project needs?
1. Select the item which needs to be adjusted.
2. Click the manipulator.
3. Type a new value or drag the point to a new location…
The new Civil Geometry tools can use your existing feature tables to control symbology and annotation of the geometry elements you create. The supported feature tables are:
Let's take a quick look the user interaction with the new Civil Geometry tools to help you get started.
User Command Interaction
First, the tools are available in the Task Navigation in the Civil Geometry Group. There are 26 tools covering a wide…
What is new or changed in V8i Select Series 1 (Refresh) for the Civil Enhancements?
What is new or changed in V8i Select Series 1 for the Civil Enhancements?
As you will all know by now, we released our Civil V8i Select Series 1 products on Feb 4. In the Civil Enhancements arena there are some significant new toolsets and a few changes.
I will explain these new and changed items in a seperate post and we…
1. Attach the library, select the RAB and click the Place Roundabout button
2. Select the approach alignments. Click Reset button when finished
3. Click a datapoint for the center of the roundabout
DONE
The three tools require certain CFG files to set them up properly. If you use custom workspaces, make sure that you include these in your customizations.
The precense or abcense of the new Civil tools are controlled by additional CFG files. These are…
Civil Accudraw and Civil Accudraw will interfere with each other. Make sure you have only…
Ever needed a retaining wall in your site model? It's easier than you think. Here's one example.
In the image below, note that the pond and roadway are overlapping:
A quick look at the profile analysis tool shows that the pond is…
Ever get into a situation where you need a profile cell on your Geopak or PowerCivil drainage-water-sewer profiles? Perhaps so you can layout sheets? Or maybe you need a chain and/or profile so you can make use of the plan and profile labelers?
This…