Rename Civil 3D alignments and profile views from pipe network structures
When you create plan production profile views, you might need to display the start and end structure names at the bottom of the profile...
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Antonin Vojtesek
- Mar 2
Siphon design and analysis in Civil 3D with Devotech iDAS
When you design stormwater or sewer networks, you might need to go under some obstructions such as streams, tunnels and others. One...
Antonin Vojtesek
- Feb 8
Pipe network bill of materials improvements in iDAS 12.3
We added improvements in the pipe networks' bill of materials in Autodesk® Civil 3D® that are part of Devotech iDAS 12.3. Depth groups...
Antonin Vojtesek
- Aug 12, 2022
Why creating profile views for the entire network fails
Devotech iDAS automates many manual processes in Autodesk Civil 3D. One of them is automatically creating profile views for the entire...
Antonin Vojtesek
- Feb 25, 2022
Display HGL and EGL values in Civil 3D profile view bands
To display the hydraulic (HGL) and energy (EGL) grade line values in the Autodesk® Civil 3D® profile view bands, you need to run the pipe...
Antonin Vojtesek
- Dec 14, 2021
Import pipe network from Land XML to Civil 3D
When users want to import a network from Land XML to Autodesk Civil 3D, they need to specify the import settings. Use the Civil 3D...
Antonin Vojtesek
- Feb 26, 2021
Display pipe nominal diameter in structure table
Autodesk® Civil 3D® structure tables can only display limited properties of the connected pipes. The table excludes user-defined fields...
Antonin Vojtesek
- Jan 22, 2021
Pipe Manager mapping does not save automatically
If you need to adjust Pipe Manager mapping every time you open the Pipe Manager then you might not have the write access to the following...
Antonin Vojtesek
- Aug 11, 2020
Display crossing pipes in profile view
It is often required to display crossing pipes or services in the profile view (longitudinal section). The workflow in the video below...
Antonin Vojtesek
- Jun 19, 2020
Display Depth to Invert in the profile view band
The Depth to Invert is a property which is often required to be displayed in the profile view (longitudinal section): Unfortunately, the...
Antonin Vojtesek
- May 18, 2020
Rotate multiple structures at once
Autodesk Civil 3D structures must often align with other objects for instance road edges, alignments etc. Civil 3D only allows users to...
Antonin Vojtesek
- Apr 20, 2020
Pipes not extending to the structure symbol
This is a fairly common issue which occurs when changing the drawing scale. Generally it can be fixed using the Audit command,...
Antonin Vojtesek
- Oct 25, 2019
Change pipe colour as per pipe diameter
Designers often need to visually check the pipe sizes in plan. Using different colours for different pipe diameters is a very efficient...
Antonin Vojtesek
- Jul 30, 2019
Improve the performance of Autodesk Civil 3D when editing a pipe network vertically
Pipe network editing in Autodesk® Civil 3D® tends to be very slow, especially when the plan production longitudinal sections are in the...
Antonin Vojtesek
- Apr 16, 2019
How to create a Civil 3D table for a specific structure type
In certain instances you need to create a structure table for a specific structure type, e.g.: air valves, scour valve, manholes, house...
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