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The Dynamic Duo: Civil 3D and InfraWorks 360 - A Powerful Solution for Civil Design

Bob Mason Solutions Consultant with 18+ years of industry experience specializes in AutoCAD Civil 3D, Autodesk InfraWorks, and more. Learn how these tools can be used together for establishing existing conditions, preliminary road design, and detailed design. Take advantage of the best tools for the job.

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The Dynamic Duo: Civil 3D and InfraWorks 360 - A Powerful Solution for Civil Design

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  1. Bob MasonSolutions Consultant – Civil Solutions • 18+ years Industry experience working on Commercial, Site Design, Municipal, Transportation and Survey projects. • Degree in Computer Aided Design • Specializing in: • AutoCAD Civil 3D • AutoCAD Map 3D • Autodesk InfraWorks • AutoCAD Land Desktop • AutoCAD Knowledge with: Microstation Geopak ESRI

  2. The Dynamic Duo Civil 3D is a great tool that you may rely on every day But when you put InfraWorks 360 next to it, the team is unbeatable There are things that one product does better than the other So why not use the best tool for the job?

  3. The Dynamic Duo Are you currently doing these things with Civil 3D? • Establishing existing conditions • Preliminary road design • Detailed design and documentation Let’s take a look at how well they can be done with Civil 3D together with InfraWorks 360

  4. Establishing Existing Conditions Goal: Develop a backdrop for preliminary design Survey not feasible due to time, budget, geography restrictions Done with freely available data How long would it take you to complete this task? What kinds of skills would it require? Typically done with: • Various online sources of data • Civil 3D tools for surface building • Map tools for consuming GIS data • 3rd party tools for data format translation

  5. Establishing Existing Conditions Note: Clock does not reflect time required to research and find data • Doing it with Civil 3D – typical workflow • Acquire data • Translate format • Configure Civil 3D environment • Create a surface from GIS data • Capture imagery • Import vector data • End result: Aerial image with contours and lines • Doing it with InfraWorks 360 • Open Model Builder • Zoom into are of interest • Create model • End result: 3D model with terrain, draped aerial imagery, 3D roads. 3D water features, and 3D buildings

  6. Establishing Existing Conditions The story continues… Civil 3D steps in when accurate ground data is obtained • Process field data • Build a surface • Detailed symbology and labeling The accurate surface created in Civil 3D can be added to the InfraWorks 360 model, if desired

  7. Establishing Existing Conditions

  8. Preliminary Road Design Goal: Develop a road design quickly, but with design principles that work Should use engineering-based horizontal and vertical design Should consider reasonable cut and fill How long would it take you to complete this task? What kinds of skills would it require?

  9. Preliminary Road Design Doing it with Civil 3D – typical workflow • Doing it with InfraWorks 360 • Launch road tool • Select style • Draw road • End result: 3D road with lanes, curbs, sidewalks, etc. & designed intersection • Sketch out path of road centerline • Create alignment • Create existing profile • Create design profile • Design secondary road • Create assembly • Create corridor • Create corridor surface • Design intersection • Clean up surface End result: 3D “wireframe” with contours

  10. Preliminary Road Design Let’s see that again

  11. Preliminary Road Design The story continues… After the design reaches a point in InfraWorks 360… The InfraWorks 360 model can be opened in Civil 3D Civil 3D is then used for detailed design and documentation Then the detailed design in Civil 3D can be opened in InfraWorks 360 for visualization.

  12. Preliminary Road Design

  13. Detailed Design Civil 3D is still a BIG part of the equation Survey data processing Needed for detailed design Needed for “design without assumptions” Needed for preparation of bidding and construction documents • Profiles • Cross Sections • Details • Labeling • Plan Production Adherence to graphical standards

  14. What about Civil 3D? Until now, there has been nothing available for quick, visual, preliminary design Until now, the industry has been using a tool that is best for detailed design (Civil 3D) to perform preliminary design Now that InfraWorks 360 is available you have the best tools to do both jobs Civil 3D is still a much needed tool – projects cannot be completed without it

  15. Best tool for the job Civil 3D Completion of detailed design Full user control No assumptions Documentation • Profiles & Cross Sections • Details & Labeling • Plan Production Adherence to graphical standards • InfraWorks 360 • Preliminary design • Early detailed design • Fast • Utilizes the cloud • Assumptions allow quick, automated solutions • Visual • Full-time 3D • Context • Easy to learn

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