Past Events

Annotation of grading plans can be tedious, time-consuming work. With Label Genie from the CIM Project Suite, you’ll learn how to automate 85% of your labeling. Whether it’s spot elevations, slope labels, or mtext, Label Genie will turn hours into minutes for grading plans.

Learning Objectives:

• Automatically insert surface spot and slope labels on multiple sheets at once
• Complete grading plan annotation in a fraction of the time
• Save grading annotation templates for quick repeat on other projects
• Spend more time on grading and less on labeling

Le personnel de gestion de la production de Civil 3D et d’AutoCAD bénéficiera de la suite CIM Manager. Les outils de création et d’édition automatisées de styles, de calques et de types de lignes rendront les équipes de production beaucoup plus efficaces. Ce webinaire passera en revue toute la suite d’outils que l’on trouve dans la suite CIM Manager de SolidCAD.

Learning Objectives:

• Accélérez la gestion des calques du gabarit, des objets et des styles grâce à la synchronisation dynamique des tables d’Excel.
• Améliorez la gestion des gabarits avec l’annotation automatisée ainsi que le suivi et le remplacement des styles Civil 3D.
• Automatisez la gestion du jeu d’identification de description et de la base de données des préfixes de figure grâce à la synchronisation des tables d’Excel.
• Créez et modifiez facilement des types de ligne sans avoir à gérer des fichiers .lin complexes.

Grading of residential developments can be complicated. Corridors handle the road grading, but when it comes to lots and common areas, Civil 3D falls short. This is where Auto Grader comes into play. By defining “parent” feature lines, such as the right-of-way, Auto Grader will automatically create side and back of lot feature lines based on 3D parameters defined by the user. The same can be done for house pads.

Learning Objectives:

• Automate lot grading based on design parameter inputs
• Update lot gradings as road gradings change, automatically
• Auto-insert house pads based on 3D offsets from the road
• Automate surface creation, as break lines are managed with Auto Grader

Even with the broad set of tools available in Civil 3D, survey users often get overlooked. Check out this webinar to learn about Productivity tools for Surveyors in Civil 3D. We’ll cover data processing solutions from the CIM Project Suite, as well as standard optimization tools in the CIM Manager Suite from SolidCAD.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn to quickly prep data for construction staking.
• Speed up data importing processes, including how to deal with multiple survey code sets.
• Generate project-specific legends, showing only what was surveyed.
• Clean up Civil 3D templates with ease using the Survey Template Manager.

Pond grading in Civil 3D typically requires many offsets of feature lines. These relationships between top of pond, benches and slopes are often pre-defined. With Auto Grader from the CIM Project Suite, users can define one pond baseline, then using slope and offset parameters defined in Auto Grader, create all subsequent feature lines automatically. If the pond baseline feature line changes, simply refresh the grading family in Auto Grader and all dependent feature lines will update.

Learning Objectives:

• Grade ponds in a fraction of the time through rules-based feature line automation
• Save pond design templates for future use in other drawings and projects
• Don't worry about managing surface breaklines, since Auto Grader handles it
• Focus more on design and less on tedious feature line editing

Même avec le large éventail d’outils disponibles dans Civil 3D, le volet arpentage est souvent négligé. Consultez ce webinaire pour en savoir plus sur les outils de productivité créés spécifiquement pour les arpenteurs. Nous couvrirons les solutions de traitement des données de la suite Project CIM, ainsi que les outils d’optimisation des normes dans la suite CIM Manager de SolidCAD.

Learning Objectives:

• Apprenez à préparer rapidement les données pour l’implantation sur le terrain.
• Accélérez les processus d’importation de données, y compris la façon de gérer plusieurs jeux de codes.
• Générer des légendes spécifiques au projet, montrant uniquement ce qui a été relevé.
• Nettoyez facilement les modèles Civil 3D à l’aide du gestionnaire du gabarit d’arpentage.

Survey plats and other sheets typically have a lot of annotation. Whether its line and curve labels, Mtext, or Mleaders, hours of time are spent labeling these sheets. With Label Genie from the CIM Project Suite, all Civil 3D and AutoCAD label types can be inserted automatically, across multiple drawings and sheets at once. Insert 100 line and curve label in seconds. Insert 100 MText entities at once, with detailed AutoCAD fields automatically embedded. Sheet annotation for surveyors has never been so easy.

Learning Objectives:

• Automate the insertion of all line and curve, Mtext, Parcel, and Leader Labels at once
• Define source drawings, label type, anchor object, and formatting options, and Label Genie does the rest
• Save labeling templates to quickly repeat on other projects
• Label surfaces by anchoring spot or slope labels to polyline, feature, survey figure, or any other object type

Pipe Networks are often clumsy to work with, requiring tedious editing of parts one by one. With the new Pipe Designer and Parts Swapper from CTC working with Pipe Networks is just how it should be. Learn to design in a dynamic excel-like interface, interpolating slopes along pipe runs, forcing minimum pipe cover, and applying rules to parts in a single click. Swapping parts, including maintaining size while switching part type is now a breeze with Parts Swapper.

Learning Objectives:

• Design pipe networks faster in a dynamic excel like interface
• Interpolate pipe slopes from a between parts to calculate slope
• Set a min cover across entire pipe runs in a single click
• Swap entire pipe networks while maintaining part size, but switching part family

Both civil designers and surveyors will benefit from the many tools in the CIM Project Suite™. Whether it’s automated pipe run design in Pipe Designer, or dynamic grading workflows with Auto Grader, users will save time on every project. Surveyors will benefit with tools for converting between survey code standards and for staking data prep.

Learning Objectives:

• Create grading families thru linked feature line sets for smarter grading models
• Design pipe network thru an Excel®-like pipe run designer instead of editing parts one at a time
• Speed up corridor modeling with automated target mapping
• Manage multiple survey code standards with Point File Converter

Sheet production and annotation can be a time-consuming process in Civil 3D. With tools from the CIM Project Suite™, we can insert hundreds of labels simultaneously across multiple drawings at one. We can create custom legends to exact company standards with just a few clicks, and we can generate dynamic plan and profile sheets that update when the project inevitably changes.

Learning Objectives:

• Automatically insert labels across without all the picking and clicking
• Generate custom legends automatically, based on just what's in the drawing
• Generate plan and profile sheets that update when the project changes.

Pipe Network labeling can be a tedious task. We often need different label styles depending on the part type. When you have 75+ parts in a drawing, that becomes a large task. With Label Genie from the CIM Project Suite, users can define label style mappings based on their parts list. When and entire network is to be labeled, each part and size will received the appropriate label.

Learning Objectives:

• Define detailed label style mapping based on parts lists
• Automatically insert unique labels for different types of parts
• Label multiple drawings and labels at once
• When Pipe Network labels fall short, automatically insert Mtext or Mleaders on pipes and structures

Label Genie, with it’s recent debut, changed how we do Civil 3D sheet annotation. Allowing automated insertion of labels across multiple drawings and layouts at once, Label Genie turns hours of work into minutes. The latest release will feature labeling in Profile and Section Views, and add many new label types, such as dimensions, blocks, pipe and pressure networks. Additional anchor objects will be included and new data sources will be available, such as block attributes, property sets, objects data, and more.

Learning Objectives:

• Automate labeling in Profile and Section Views
• Benefit from even more label types and anchor objects than before
• Add more data sources to your labels, including overriding of civil label contents
• Enjoy a new modeless window, allowing Label Genie to remain open while you work

Management of Civil 3D® templates and CAD standards can be a tedious and time-consuming job. With the CIM Manager Suite, CAD managers can automate many of these tasks, including quick creation and management of layers, linetypes, description key sets, and styles.

Learning Objectives:

• Identification of free vs licensed tools
• Description of popular tools
• How to obtain the suite
• Discussion of suite deployment

Analyze best practices for dynamically grading commercial projects inside Civil 3D. Take it a step further with advanced tools from CTC Software’s CIM Project Suite.

Learning Objectives:

• Look at Dynamic Grading Tools within Civil 3D
• Grade Commercial Projects dynamically
• Utilize Grading tools in CIM Project Suite

Auto Grader is a game changer in Civil 3D site grading. Through dynamically linked feature line sets, users can create grading families for parking lots, ponds, subdivisions, and more. The latest release features a “template based” grading method, allowing automatic insertion of a user-defined set of feature lines, such as a building pad, along defined baselines, such as a roadway. Other enhancements include more detailed surface targeting, automatic surface boundaries, better family preview controls, and other user-friendly features.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn to use the new "template based" grading family to insert user-defined grading designs.
• Benefit from automated surface boundaries, saving time with surface cleanup.
• Learn about the improved grading family previewer with user controls.
• Hear about a myriad of other improvements and enhancements to Auto Grader.

Dans certains cas, Civil 3D de base ne contient pas les principales caractéristiques et les fonctionnalités requises pour le bon fonctionnement du logiciel. Ce qui peut être long et extrêmement frustrant pour les utilisateurs. Grâce aux outils CIM Civil 3D, une toute dernière nouveauté de SolidCAD, tout cela changent. Notre objectif est d’optimiser votre utilisation de Civil 3D et d’automatiser les tâches longues et répétitives. Des canalisations aux talus, de la modélisation des projets 3D aux travaux d’arpentage, de la mise en page à la gestion D.A.O., l’utilisation de Civil 3D s’améliore beaucoup avec ces outils de productivité.