Tools and Add-ons for

Autodesk

Civil 3D

Kenneth L. Driscol
Application Consultant
Applied Software
To make the most of Autodesk Civil 3D, there are a number of programs and plug-ins available.
These tools can help to increase collaboration with team members, provide new value-added
functions and further extend the capabilities of what you can do with Civil 3D.
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Outlined below are some of the most
popular and useful tools:
G
oogle Earth Tools in Civil 3D
Googles massive database of geospatial data
includes street mapping, satellite and aerial photo-
graphs, digital terrain model data, and more. This
incredible resource is available for browsing through
a free utility called Google Earth. Imagery and terrain
models accessible through Google Earth can be im-
ported directly into Civil 3D, making for an extremely
useful feature set.
Publish Civil 3D Data to Google Earth
One way to create a 3D, interactive model of your Civil
3D design that can be viewed outside of AutoCAD is
to publish it to the Google Earth utility. Although there
are other ways to create 3D viewable fles (such as 3D DWF), one advantage to publishing to
Google Earth is that your model becomes framed by surrounding Google Earth imagery, giving
it valuable context.
You can download Google Earth from http://earth.google.com
S
torm Water Design and Analysis
AutoCAD Civil 3D includes three extensions for storm water hydraulics and hydrology
including storm sewer design, watershed analysis, detention pond modeling and culvert analy-
sis. These extensions add important technology to AutoCAD Civil 3D, enabling you to address
crucial parts of your workfow and increase the value of your design information for predicting
project performance.
Hydrafow Storm Sewers Extension for AutoCAD Civil 3D
Hydrafow Storm Sewers Extension for AutoCAD Civil 3D is an easy-to-use, full-featured
storm sewer design and analysis package. Automatically design pipes, inverts,
slopes and inlets based on user-defned parameters and interactively modify
and optimize your system in real time, assuring your design will have the high-
est hydraulic effciency at the lowest possible cost.
Hydrafow Hydrographs Extension for AutoCAD Civil 3D
Hydrafow Hydrographs Extension for AutoCAD Civil 3D is a comprehensive
solution for watershed analysis and detention pond design. Use Hydrafow
Hydrographs Extension for simple site designs, complex watershed modeling
and regional drainage studies, pre- and post development studies, detention
pond design and submitting agency-ready reports.
Hydrafow Express Extension for AutoCAD Civil 3D
Hydrafow Express Extension for AutoCAD Civil 3D provides fexible calcula-
tors for solving a wide variety of everyday hydraulics and hydrology problems
for culverts, open channels, inlets, hydrology and weirs. Just select the task you want from
a toolbar, fll in the blanks in the simple interface and solve. Hydrafow Express Extension
quickly produces informative graphs, rating curves and professional, easy-to-read reports.
You must be on subscription to use these tools, which can be downloaded from the
Autodesk Subscription Center.
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Tools and Add-ons for AutodeskCivil 3D
Kenneth L. Driscol
L
eica X-change provides a seamless link between Leica System 1200 surveying
equipment and the Autodesk

Civil 3D

environment.
Get Leica X-change at
http://www.leica-geosystems.com/corporate/en/downloads/lgs_11499.htm
T
ransoft Solutions develops, markets and supports innovative, productivity-ori-
ented software for engineering and design professionals worldwide. Their products
provide templates and tools for transportation design initiatives such as parking lot
design, turning templates and transportation planning.
www.transoftsolutions.com
R
apid Design Visualization is a breakthrough technology enabling you to quickly
and affordably create a 3D engineering design simulation. A unique, interactive,
web-enabled design review tool, it effortlessly transforms 3D CAD data into an eas-
ily understandable visualization. Once the RDV user interface is integrated into your
design and drafting software, visualization becomes part of your daily workfow. Indis-
pensable for producing a team effort, RDVs solutions lets project members effortlessly
analyze, communicate and collaborate in a way they never have before.
www.rdvsystems.com
C
GS Civil 3D extensions is a collection of professional Civil Engineering Software
Tools and Add-ons for AutoCAD Civil 3D. It contains several roadway, earthworks
and sewage systems design features not found in Civil 3D. With CGS extensions you can
expand the capabilities of Civil 3D, making it more powerful and easier to use.
http://www.cgscivil3d.com/
S
treamline your roadway design with VESTRA Civil 3D. Combine Autodesk
Civil 3D with the power of VESTRA Civil 3D, and you could shave as much as 80 per-
cent off your engineering time. This plug-in includes the features your road design work
requires, including automatic construction of intersections, analysis of vehicle paths, or
design of all existing categories of roundabouts, to full reconstruction of roads.
You can learn more at www.akgsoftware.com
T
rimble

Link

for Autodesk

Civil 3D

enables you to transfer survey and design
data between the Civil 3D database and Trimble
feld systems including the TSC1

, TSCe

, Trim-
ble ACU, Trimble CU Controller, Geodimeter

CU600 controller, and supported Nikon

instru-
ments. It further supports the use of Trimble site
controller systems.
You can download it at www.trimble.com/link.shtml
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Kenneth L. Driscol has been involved in civil engineering projects for seventeen years. In addition to his civil engineer-
ing background, he also has been involved with feld surveying and electronic data reduction. During his entire professional
career he has used Autodesk products. For the last four years, he has been an Application Specialist concentrating in Land
Desktop, Civil 3D, Surveying, Map 3D, and GIS instructions. Mr. Driscol is Applied Softwares Senior Civil instructor and pro-
vides software demonstrations, custom and standardized classroom training, mentoring, technical support.