PowerCivil for Finland v8i, changing components in cells?

RE: PowerCivil for Finland v8i, changing components in cells?

Sari Pehkonen — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 12:34:21 GMT

We took a look at DDD tools and Feature solids and Feature cells in the hopes of finding a solution to creating these parametric cells. DDD only seems to work mostly in 2D and we've been able to create simple parametric objects in 2D by using the DD tools and some simple 3D objects by using the DD tools and some Feature Solids tools -> Extrude Feature tool to turn it into a 3D object. We've also used the Parameter sets in the objects and placed the objects into a drawing by using Place Feature Cell tool as well as edited the parameters by using the Edit Feature Cell tool. This seems to be working fine when the objects are kept very simple.

The problem is that we don't know how to make parametric or scalable objects when it comprises of more than one solid. Eg. when making a very simple tree object the space the tree requires underground would be a slab, the trunk a cylinder on top of the slab and the foliage a sphere on top of the cylinder. We'd like to know how you can make a parametric 3D cell that would eg. link the slab and the cylinder and the sphere together so you could for example change the height of the trunk or the radius of the foliage. Has anyone done these by using just the tools in MicroStation? Or have you used some kind of additional program on top of MicroStation? Could Parametric Cell Studio work for example?

Also if someone has a clue if there are downloadable feature cells somewhere, we'd love to hear about it!

Thanks a lot in advance!

Sari

RE: PowerCivil for Finland v8i, changing components in cells?

Sari Pehkonen — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 05:20:41 GMT

Hi Chris,

Thank you very much for your help, we will look into it!

BR,
Sari

RE: PowerCivil for Finland v8i, changing components in cells?

Chris Key — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 14:55:39 GMT

I believe this can be done through Feature Modeling Feature Cells, as it is through MicroStation. You can place a cell and determine certain parameters on placement. This is the only direct option I know in MicroStation (PowerCivil) to create such an editable cell.

communities.bentley.com/.../10440

It appears that some Bentley programs in the Building Analysis and Design family does have the ability to create parametric cells which can be adjusted by values in tables. These are not your typical cells, but are cells which have editable parameters so you can adjust the values and adjust the cells individually to suit your needs. There appears to be a good amount of information regarding parametric cells through their forums if you would like to check it out. These tools would only be available in those building products and I don't believe would be used by only MicroStation or PowerCivil.

http://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/8813