Corridor - Daylight Cut and Daylight Fill

In some areas for roadway projects people are required to show ---C---- or ------F------ linetypes where the roadway daylights. Using corridors it’s possible to do this using the feature lines which are created during the corridor building process.

Go into the Corridor Properties, Feature Lines tab and select the appropriate Feature Line Style. One may want to have the Daylight Feature Line Style to one that doesn’t show up to not conflict with the Daylight Cut or Daylight Fill Feature Line Styles.

One problem with this method is that if the corridor is spaced far apart the cut and fill feature lines won’t meet at the C/F transition point. I usually add some additional corridor section samples to get the cut/fill feature lines to meet, or come close to meeting.

Navisworks Manage – Materials

Sometimes materials may not show properly in Navisworks.

Things to look for:

• Make sure the correct Texture Space is applied for the object.
  Depending on the shape of the object a different texture space is required. In the case of a fence it appears that a plane texture space works best, which is what is shown above.
• Use the Edit button, and make sure the Normal and Up directions are correct. In picture above the Normal values are incorrect. They should be 1,0,0 instead of 0.02,0.005,0.9 that Navisworks chose to use.

Here’s the picture of the fence with better settings.

Editing Civil 3D Reports

If you are trying to edit a Civil 3D Report, make sure the target .NET framework exists on the machine. The source files target .NET version 2.0 and may need to be revised to target version 3.5 (or maybe another one). To change the target go to the project’s Properties and choose Advanced Compile Options.

Also need to make sure to target the correct CPU.

This post is useful if when trying to customize the reports nothing happens or when netloading the dll comes up with lots of error messages.

Custom Daylight Bench Subassembly

Have you noticed something missing from the DaylightBench subassembly that ships with Civil 3D? I have, its missing some of the items required by the Uniform Building Code and International Building code (IBC). Specifically Appendix J: Grading, Section J109: Drainage and Terracing of the IBC. The section require terraces, with a ditch or swale, to be placed on slopes greater than 3:1 and at a not to exceed 30 foot vertical intervals. The swale or ditch is required to have a minimum slope of 5%. While not applicable in flat areas, it is required in the hilly portions of the world. 

In order to solve this issue I come across every once in a while; I decided to create a custom subassembly that targets a profile to be able to create the minimum slope of the swale. Subsequent bench spacing is based on the Maximum Cut or Fill height specified. Below is a plan view of a corridor using the custom subassembly.

If you want more information on how the subassembly works check out the help file on Google Docs.

In order to help pay blog related activities (such as crashing Autodesk University, going to AEC DevCamp or snacks while writing blog posts) I’m offering the custom subassembly for sale. Select the version you want, and press the buy now button. Once I get it in the email, I’ll email or send a link for the packet file and provide instructions on how to import the packet file into Civil 3D. I’ll also provide support for the custom subassembly, fixing any bugs that may come up.

Version

Civil 3D 2010 $100.00 Civil 3D 2011 32Bit $100.00 Civil 3D 2011 64Bit $100.00

Got a need for a custom subassembly or other customization of Civil 3D? Send me an email of what you want to accomplish and I’ll provide a quote to provide that service.

The custom daylight bench subassembly does not provide for a wider middle bench as required by the IBC if more than two benches are required.

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