AutoCAD Civil 3D

AutoCAD Civil 3D is the solution for design of infrastructure facilities and documentation release based on technology of information modeling (BIM). Civil 3D is intended for the engineers working on projects of transport constructions, objects of land management and water preserving constructions. Users have an opportunity to coordinate projects, to investigate project alternatives, to model process of operation of objects and to issue high-quality documentation. All this occurs in usual software environment of AutoCAD.

AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012

Pressure head pipeline networks

The design tools of pressure head pipeline networks allowing to create and branch out sections of pipes, to add a fitting and different devices, to model pipeline networks in 2D and 3D, to use 3D models of pipelines when checking on a collision are added to AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013.

Topographical survey

A number of new opportunities which simplify processing of data of a topographical survey for infrastructure facilities is added to AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013. On the basis of data of a topographical survey it is possible to create surfaces of Civil 3D, groups of points and a figure. Procedures of drawing tags on figures and couples of graphic points and also management of display of types of lines became more convenient.

Transport design

In addition to a set of improvements which result were an improved scalability and performance in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 process of creation of models of corridors is optimized. Creation and editing constructions of corridors became more convenient; the module Autodesk® Subassembly Composer for AutoCAD® Civil 3D® is added to a product. Procedures of creation of routes and modeling of corridors are complemented in AutoCAD Civil 3D with 2013 specialized opportunities for design and calculations of railway tracks. The eminence of an outside rail, special rail type of routes, routes on the basis of chords and rail structural elements concern them.

Design

Surfaces, subjects to profiling and dynamic communications between them

3D models of difficult surfaces support dynamic communications with initial data – horizontals, characteristic lines, models of corridors and subjects to profiling. Surfaces are used as a basis during creation of profiles, sections and corridors. Any changes of initial data lead to automatic update of model that promotes saving of time and reduction of quantity of errors.

The tool kit for profiling allows to model in surface AutoCAD Civil 3D for a projection of a profile of any type. Graphic and table valued functions of object management of profiling are convenient in use. The profiling functions using dynamic interrelation between models of corridors and routes/profiles help with the solution of many problems of design.

Dynamic bills of materials and calculation of volumes of earthwork

Information on purchased products can be directly imported to AutoCAD Civil 3D for purpose of cost to subjects of the drawing. Automatic calculation of amount of materials and creation of reports on them which can be exported to Autodesk Quantity Takeoff or to the formats supported by the products AASHTO Trns*port is supported.

Possibilities of calculation of movement of earth masses and volume of earthwork allow to plan delivery, quantity and placement of materials during construction. At making changes in the AutoCAD Civil 3D project creates the charts of movement of earth masses necessary at calculation of volume of earthwork.

Routes and profiles

Flexible functions of configuration of geometry allow to create routes and profiles with simultaneous control of observance of standards. There is a possibility of control of dependences for routes (including imported from LandXML), and process of formation of routes is characterized by considerable degree of flexibility.

Normal and circular intersections

Dynamic 2D - and 3D models of intersections are created using the Master who creates the carriageway, profiles and corridors. The Marking of Circular Intersections function helps to accelerate design and parametrical editing circular 2D - intersections, including drawing a road marking according to standards.

Modeling of corridors

During creation of 3D models of transport constructions, objects of land management and water preserving constructions objects of AutoCAD Civil 3D are used: routes, profiles, surfaces, intellectual standard sections, etc. Thanks to visual interaction effective creation and editing corridors is provided. Editing functions of corridors allow to work at the same time with them on plans, cross profiles and types of sections. The additional flexibility to process of modeling is given by possibilities of creation of transverse sections on several basic lines (for example, for roads with a dividing band) and also on oblique axes of sections.

Intellectual configuration of the stormwater and economic and household drainage system

The systems of the economic and household and stormwater drainage system are created on the basis of rules. Pipes and wells are edited with use of both graphic, and manual entry; for them there is also a function of check of intersections. The product allows to create final drawings of networks of pipelines in the plan, on types of profiles and types of sections. Shared access to information on pipeline networks, such as marks, size, bias or type, through the Autodesk Storm and Sanitary Analysis application is provided to users. This technology allows to carry out the complex analysis and to transfer data to external settlement applications.

Components/integration

AutoCAD Civil 3D is included in structure of the software package Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite 2013 of editions Premium and Ultimate