AUTOCAD CIVIL 3D 2010

 

AutoCAD Civil 3D software supports an integrated process focused on a coordinated digital model from design, analysis and documentation to construction.

AutoCAD Civil 3D software, the building information modeling (BIM) solution for civil engineering, helps teams design, analyze, and visualize projects more efficiently. With built-in tools for geospatial and storm water analysis, quantity takeoff, and 3D visualization, civil engineers can explore more what-if scenarios and optimize project performance. Core features and functionality of AutoCAD Civil 3D include:

- Geospatial analysis integration in conceptual design
-Surveying and coordinate systems
-Surfaces, grading, and dynamic relationships
-Building information modeling for street and highway design
-Intelligent pipes layout
-Integrated hydraulic and hydrological analysis for storm water management
-Facilitates team coordination—synchronizing design changes
-Dynamic quantity takeoff and earthwork calculations
-Styles, CAD standards, and production drafting
-Data compatibility and interoperability
-Visualization and better communication of design intent
 

-AutoCAD Civil 3D for Transportation

 

The AutoCAD Civil 3D model can be used by
transportation professionals to help streamline
processes in all stages of a roadway design project. In conceptual design, analysis tools can be used to more quickly identify problems and probable impacts for various scenarios. In final design, project data, including horizontal and vertical geometries, drainage features, utilities, and right-of-way, are connected to each other and to the documentation, allowing for last-minute design changes to be more quickly synchronized with highway plans production. Powerful visualizations and simulations can help predict what the road will look like and how it will perform. The final design model can be directly consumed during construction, making the process of delivering 3D models to contractors for automated machine guidance.

 

 

-AutoCAD Civil 3D for Land Development

 

AutoCAD Civil 3D software provides tools that the land development professional can use to provide their clients with more profitable and sustainable alternatives. Conceptual design tools allow the engineer to work through several design options with intelligent data that previously would have been compiled from maps, taking days instead of minutes. Land planning work that previously was done strictly in 2D can now be done more effectively in less time while truly understanding the site through 3D analysis. The engineer can balance the scope of the development with environmental
constraints regarding stormwater management issues, aesthetic concerns, and construction costs. Once the final design is chosen, the construction documents are easily created from the BIM model.

 

 

-AutoCAD Civil 3D for Environmental

 

Environmental engineers can use the power of BIM in all stages of their projects. Large areas can be more effectively mapped and studied by importing and analyzing geographic information system (GIS) data. Topography can be imported from a variety of sources to build surface terrain models for watershed analysis and more. Environmental design projects can utilize grading and corridor modeling tools to create channels, streams, ponds, embankments, and dams. The model can then be dynamically labeled for construction documents. Realistic visualizations help communicate the intent of the project to clients, government agencies, and the public.

 

 

-Geospatial Analysis and Mapping

 

AutoCAD Civil 3D includes geospatial analysis and mapping capabilities to support engineering-based workflows. Analyze spatial relationships between drawing objects. Extract or create new information
by overlaying two or more topologies. Create and use buffers to select features within the specified buffer distance of other features. Create detailed maps using publicly available geospatial information to assist with site selection and better understand design constraints at the proposal stage of a
project. Create robust mapping exhibits to assist with due diligence, help develop better stormwater strategies, and meet LEED requirements for sustainable design.

 

 

-Visualization

 

Create powerful visualizations that give
stakeholders an opportunity to experience the
project before it is real. Produce visualizations
directly from the model for several design
alternatives to better understand the impact of
the design on the community and the surrounding environment. Make photorealistic renderings of your models using Autodesk® 3ds Max software.
Publish the model to Google Earth for even greater understanding of the project in true context.

 

 

-Conceptual Design

 

Pull in aerial imagery and terrain models from the Google Earth™ application; import geographic information system data such as road centerlines and wetlands boundaries; and then use the purposebuilt design tools to lay out preliminary road and lot designs—all without hiring a survey crew.

 

 

-Surveying

 

Survey functionality is fully integrated, so you
have a more consistent environment for all tasks, including direct import of raw survey data, leastsquares adjustment, editing of survey observations, and automated creation of survey figures and surfaces. Most important, the result—points, survey figures, and surfaces—can be used throughout the
design process.

 

 

-Surfaces

 

Build surfaces from traditional survey data, such as points and breaklines. Utilize large data sets from aerial photogrammetry, and digital elevation models by taking advantage of the surface reduction tools. View the surface as contours or triangles,
or create powerful elevation and slope banding analysis. Study water flow over the surface and build watershed catchment maps. Use surfaces as a reference for creating profiles, sections, grading plans, and corridors, maintaining dynamic relationships to source data.

 

 

-Parcel Layout

 

Generate parcels by converting existing AutoCAD® entities or by using flexible layout tools to automate the process. The software uses a topology to manage parcels so that a change to one parcel is automatically reflected in neighboring parcels. Advanced layout tools include options for measuring frontage at an offset and laying out parcels by minimum depth and width.

 

 

-Pipes

 

Use rules-based tools to lay out sanitary and storm drainage systems. Make changes to pipes and structures using graphical or numerical input, and conduct interference checks. Plot and complete final drafting of the pipe network in plan, profile, and section views, and share pipe network information,
such as material and size, with external analysis applications.

 

 

-Earthwork Calculations

 

More quickly process earth volumes between your existing and proposed surfaces using composite volume or average end area methods. Use the Autodesk civil engineering solution to generate mass haul diagrams for analyzing the distance over which cut and fill can balance, the amount of material to be moved, the direction of movement, and the identification of borrow pits and dump sites.

 

 

-Quantity Takeoff Analysis

 

Extract material quantities from corridor models, or assign material types to lightposts, landscaping, and more. Run reports, or utilize built-in pay item lists to generate bid-ready contract documents. Make better decisions about the cost of the project earlier in the design process with accurate quantity takeoff tools.

 

 

-Production Drafting

 

Automatically generate production plans such as fully annotated section sheets, profiles, grading plans, and more. Most important, drafting can be generated across multiple drawings by using xrefs and data shortcuts. The result is a workflow that enables production sheets to use a single instance
of the model. And if the model changes, you can more quickly synchronize all production sheets to reflect the update.

 

 

-Annotation

 

The software’s annotation is derived directly from design objects or through external references, and updates automatically when the design changes. It also automatically responds to changes in drawing scale and view orientation so if you rotate or change
the plot scale within different viewports, the labels update instantly.

 

 

System Requirements

 

 

  • Microsoft® Windows Vista® Ultimate/Business/Enterprise or Microsoft® Windows® XP SP2 or SP3. Microsoft Windows XP 64 and Windows Vista 64 are supported in 32-bit compatibility mode only.
  • Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® dual-core processor, 3 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
  • 4 GB RAM – suggested /3GB switch (on 32 bit operating systems)
  • 7 GB disk space, 2 GB free after installation
  • 1,280 x 1,024 display with true color, 1,600 x 1,200 or greater recommended (OpenGL® accelerator with full OGL ICD support not required), 32-bit color video display adapter (true color), 128 MB or greater, Direct3D®-capable workstation-class graphics card. Multiple monitors are supported.
  • Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later.
  • DVD drive

Note: Microsoft® Windows Vista® Ultimate/Business/Enterprise offers better OS memory management over Microsoft® Windows® XP SP2 or SP3. Microsoft Windows XP 64 and Windows Vista 64 are suggested over 32 bit operating systems, due to 4GB of memory being available to applications.

Vault Server System Requirements

The Autodesk® Vault server components can be installed on the same computer as AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2010 software if the computer complies with these requirements:

For 32-bit:

  • Windows XP Home and Professional SP2 or later, or Windows Vista SP1 or later, including Enterprise/Business/Ultimate/Home Premium
  • Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core processor, 1.6 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology (for Windows XP), Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core processor, 3 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology (for Windows Vista)
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 1.6 GB free disk space for installation
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0
  • DVD drive

For 64-bit:

  • Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2 and later, or Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 or later, including Enterprise/Business/Ultimate/Home Premium
  • AMD Athlon with SSE2, AMD Opteron® with SSE2 technology, Intel® Xeon® with Intel EM64T support with SSE2 technology, or Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support with SSE2 technology2 GB RAM
  • 1.5 GB free disk space for a clean system with no .NET installed, otherwise up to 1.7 GB
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0
  • DVD drive