Civils Extension Ribbon Interface

Data Management

• Logout: This will log the user out of the current cloud repository they are connected to.
• Connect: The extension connects and accesses project data directly from the OpenGround Cloud Cloud repository that is currently in use. This Cloud login process would have been completed through the Launcher but if the app is launched via Civil 3D directly the connect button will prompt for Cloud login.
• Update: Checks for changes in the current project in the OpenGround Cloud Cloud repository and updates the geotechnical features in the current drawing.
• Export: Saves optimised geotechnical objects into a separate AutoCAD drawing file.

Asset Management

• Location: Used to control what location elements are displayed and how they are presented including control over the 3D borehole banding and vertical exaggeration
• Strata: The Strata Manager is used to create and display strata surfaces, the surfaces created are standard Civil 3D surfaces, they can be edited and manipulated using Civil 3D commands and are displayed in the tool prospector like any other surface.
  • The Manager is designed to make it fast and easy to switch between strata surfaces, the display of each surface can be checked on or off, there is no need to change the display style to hide the surface.
• Hatches: The Geotechnical Hatch Manager defines geotechnical hatches to be created from multiple Hatch overlays. The geotechnical hatches defined are used to render the log strips or profile areas of matching banding terms
  • Traditionally complex hatch combinations may be used to represent different geologies; often the standard AutoCAD hatch patterns are not flexible enough. A geotechnical hatch may be made up from overlaid hatch patterns each with its own colour, scale and rotation.
• Styles: The Style Manager is used to define the way the borehole is display on Plan, in the Model and on Profiles.
• Layers: The Layer Manager is used to define the naming convention for the Geotechnical Layers being used.
  • A prefix and suffix can be added along with drop-down options to display the object, stratum and element. There is also an option to split the stratum layer based on hatch pattern. The layers can then be configured further using the Layer Properties Manager in ACAD.
• Terms: The Terms Manager is used to define terms for objects and elements in the layer names. Once defined they will appear in the Layer Properties Manager in ACAD.
• Legend: The legend command creates a key table for the legend codes and geology codes used in the current project

Profile

• Create: Creates Civil 3D Profiles View overlaid with relevant boreholes logs stripes with strata bands between profiles automatically hatched
• Edit: Used to edit the Civil 3D Profile view. Once a view has been created the editor tool will allow for changing what is shown on that profile.
• Manage: Used to re-synchronise boreholes logs stripes with Profiles Views if they go out of tally after manipulation

XYZ

Point Group: A wizard to create a Civil 3D Point Group from down hole data, the Points can either be at true elevation or the actual value of the reading can be used as Z coordinate

Surface: Like Point Group, but creates a Civil 3D Surface from the down hole data.

Interpretation

• Load: Load Interpretations from the cloud
• Save: Save Interpretations to the cloud
• Boundary: Quickly adds surface boundaries to pairs of strata surfaces
• Create: Quickly create Geotechnical Profile View for use with the Interpretation commands, uses the defaults from the Interpretation Settings
• Edit: Displays the Edit Interpretation dialog to edit and manipulate geotechnical profiles, edits made to the profiles are used to update the strata Civil 3D surface
• Delete: Delete an interpretation profile view and all related edits to any 3D surfaces.
• Settings: Set the default values used when creating and editing Interpretation Profiles

Fence Diagrams

• Create: Creates a 3D Fence Diagram in model space representing the geotechnical strata as a slice through a 3D model
• Manage: Updates Fence Diagrams to match any changes made to the strata 3D surfaces, including changes to vertical exaggeration