In our last post we looked at the process of working with PowerCivil. Hopefully you have come away with the reasoning that somehow you will need to get your existing surface into your project. This will provide you instantaneous feedback as the new surface objects tie into the existing ground. We do this by creating a TIN (triangulated Irregular Network) representing the existing conditions…
Getting Started
It seems like no matter what we do in life; "Getting Started" is the hardest part. Whether we are at our job, home working on a project, dieting, exercise or writing a blog, getting started is the hardest part.
Perhaps it is the fear of the unknown or simply not being comfortable with the task, if you're like me, you avoid things you haven't tried.
There are…
When we set out to write this blog, the intent was not to make it another "CAD" blog, but to create a blog that will help teach or reinforce civil engineering principles that have been taught. This being said when we look at Civil Engineering we can see it is grouped into seven major divisions of engineering: Structural; Environmental; Geotechnical; Water Resources; Transportation; Construction; and Urban…
