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elcome to another exciting edition ofAUGIWorld magazine!More than 8,000 Autodesk users are probably still recover-ing from attending Autodesk University 2011. If you were

there, you know what I mean. And if not, then perhaps next year youcan join in all that AU has to oer. One of the major reasons to attend AU is thenetworking. Networking, by default, leads to insider information and increasingones skill set and overarching career goals. Getting some insider insight is thetheme of this AUGIWorld issue. Our cover image is of a glass staircase at anApple store in Boston, MA. Te relation to our theme may be a stretch for sure,but we are inside and Apple products are very hot and often can lead to some greatnetworking. And with that, lets run down the article lineup.

We start o with an article by Bryan Tompson who takes on the topic of beingpaperless in an oce with AutoCAD in the mix. Ten Melinda Heavrin showsus that materials really do matter when using AutoCAD Architecture. And thenwe have our monthly Heads Up column, pointing out what is new and hot in theAutodesk update world.

Tis month our Autodesk Insider is Paul Sullivan, Senior PR Manager in theAEC division. We learn that PR isnt a bad word; instead, it is all about ndingthe good words! Ten Chris Fugitt tries to move us on out of neutral when usingAutoCAD Civil 3D. Sometimes pointing out aws is the best way to get xes

made. And then Francesca Maier spins a dierent tale outlining how to createBIM content when using AutoCAD Civil 3D.

Ten over into our Revit space, odd Shackelford helps us get to the next levelwhen using Revit MEP. Mark Kiker takes the helm of the Inside rack, highlight-ing the newest tech and software, just in time for the holidays! And Kyle Benedictproves that, yes, you can do advanced rendering using the Revit APIand haveit look advanced! Ten Nicholas Kramer builds us a breakdown of making super,and advanced, families in Revit Architecture.

We have Sean Woods breaking down the benets of Revit Structure for con-struction estimators. And in our monthly BUIL column, James Salmon again

gets wicked showing o the great tools for the build industry. And om Cipollagets personal with Victor Erthal of Neoscape. Im barely worthy to even lookat his pixels! Ten Scott Moyse discovers the true meaning of Computer-AidedManufacturing when using Inventor.

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More than 20 years ago, we were convincedthat with the development of computer

systems, oces in the future would beenvironments where paper was not only unwel-come, but also not required. Every oce in the

world would be emptied of the nuisance that paper was fast be-coming. aking its place? A grand environment where you couldstore millions of documents and a nearly unlimited amount ofinformation. More importantly you could share, publish, and di-gest this information paperlessly.

Teories aside, we still use paper. At the same time, we have thisgrand digital environment for document creation, storage, andmanagement. It seems we are stuck in the transitional period thatshould have lasted, at most, a few months.

Most places I have worked claim to be paperless and everythinis electronic. What I usually nd is that, yes, they are potential

paperless in that they have the appropriate systems in place. Stieverything that is stored electronically continues to be printon paper and then stored in ring binders and le cabinets. Papcopies also have to be printed in triplicate so they can be storby various third parties. While everyone did have access to everthing electronically, paper copies were still produced.

How do we get out of this transitional state that we are in nowTe only way forward is to stop printing; stop wanting to and retain paper. Simply realize that you dont need the papcopy, that everything you need is on the computer taking up lephysical space.

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I think predictions of the paperless oce were o the mark interms of the time scale. Tey were right with the digital aspect,but they were wrong about paper fading away. I dont think theearly prognosticators realized just how much people love paper.Perhaps as the older generation retires and todays students are inthe workforce we will see a paperless oce. Until then we will bestuck at the point we are todayhalfway to paperless.

Most of my work is in highway design oces, where there is ahigh demand for very detailed drawings showing small sectionsof a large road. Tis, by default, means hundreds of drawingsfrom the start and most of the time everyone, from the front deskto the project director, wants a printout of everything. In one ofmy most recent jobs, we had an online electronic document man-agement system that was supposed to be the central hub for alldocuments. Te process, as follows, was simple. Drawing created. Drawing uploaded to the electronic document management

system for review.

Drawing approved (or comments for amendments). Drawing issued for construction.Te fact that three A0 plotters were running 12 hours a dayshould be enough to prove this system did not work. I found thatmost of my billable time was used printing, marking up, folding,and ling drawings. Looking back now, I remember having to llout paperwork in order to access this paperless system. I shouldhave realized then what I was getting into.

I once quizzed an older colleague about why he did not like thepaperless system. He responded honestly by saying he never hadthe chance to look at it. He fully understood the concept and wasmore than comfortable using a computer for email and word pro-

cessing. I decided to get him to take a look at a drawing that Ihad produced on the screen using Autodesk Design Review soft-ware. It was an interesting moment for both of us as he openedthe drawing. He asked only one question: How do I move? Af-ter I showed him how to use the scroll wheel for zooming andpanning, he was o and running.

A few years later I received an email from him that contained aDWF loaded with comments and highlighted suggestions! Tisman had been the stereotypical older engineer with stacks, rolls,and piles of paper on and around his desk. I havent seen him in awhile, but I have this image of him sitting next to a computer with

only a few pens and a notepad on his desk.

Autodesk has gone out of its way to make the paperless process aseasy as possible for us. With most designers and engineers work-ing on computers, youll nd Autodesk Design Review installedon most computers. However, I think that only a handful of stamembers know its there, fewer know what it is used for, and evenfewer know how to use it.

Digital documents are slowly being accepted as original copiesand there has been some recent progress with digital signaturesin the UK. While digitally signed documents are now being usedand accepted in the UK court system, some UK governing bodies

will still only accept an original, printed, hand-signed document,usually required in triplicate.

In my opinion, the digital switchover should have and could havehappened years ago. It will be an easy and painless process as allthe infrastructure is in place. But will it happen anytime soon? Aproject I recently worked on left behind a necessary 18km of newmotorway and an unnecessary 145m of old signed documentsthat are required to be stored for 30 years in a heated, secure datavault, so lets hope so!

Bryan Tompson started out on Auto-CAD around seven years ago workingin a highway design section or a multi-disciplinary worldwide company.

Since then, he has worked or variousparties mostly designing or highwaysand in particular trafc managementor roadworks schemes or which heis now renowned in Scotland. Bryanruns Bryan Tompson Design Ser-vices (www.bryan-thompson.co.uk)and currently lives in Motherwell,Scotland, with his lovely wie, cat andtwo errets. Reach by email at [email protected]

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utoCAD Architecture has everything

you need for presentation-quality render-ings. Before you are able to create thesephotorealistic renderings, however, much needsto be understood about working with materials,

including creating, modifying, and applying materials to objects.

A material in AutoCAD Architecture corresponds to a specicnish material in a building model, such as concrete, glass, orbrick. Materials are useful for illustrating plans, sections, eleva-tions, and renderings in the design process. Materials also providea way to manage the display properties of object styles.

You can take advantage of Visual Styles, Rendering Materi-

als, Lights, and Cameras in AutoCAD Architecture. Materialsprovide the ability to assign surface hatches to objects. Surfacehatches can be displayed in model, elevation, and section views.Tis is helpful to clearly illustrate sections and elevations. Letstake a closer look at materials.

Materials BrowserYou can use the Materials Browser to navigate and manage yourmaterials within an AutoCAD Architecture drawing. You canorganize, sort, select, and search materials to use in your drawing.From the Materials Browser, you can access the Autodesk libraryas well as user-dened libraries. o access the Browser, select the

Render tab of the ribbon, Materials panel, and then MaterialsBrowser. Te browser contains the following main components(see Figure 1):

Browsertoolbar Tis contains the Create Material menu,which allows you to create generic materials or create from alist of templates.

DocumentMaterials Tis includes a set of display optionsfor the materials saved in the current drawing. You can sortthe document materials by name, type, and color.

Material library Tis displays the Autodesk library,which contains the predened Autodesk materials and other

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libraries that contain user-dened materials. It also containsa button for controlling the display of libraries and librarycategories. You can sort the materials in the library by name,category, type, and color.

Librarydetails Tis displays previews of the materials inthe selected categories.

Browser bottom bar Tis contains the Manage menu,

which provides options for adding, removing, and editinglibraries and library categories. It also contains a button forcontrolling the display options for the library details.

Materials LibrariesTe Autodesk library contains more than 700 materials andover 1,000 textures. Te library is read-only, but you can copyAutodesk materials into the drawing, then edit and save them toyour own library. Tere are three types of libraries.

1. Autodesk Library Tis contains predened materialsprovided by Autodesk for use by all applications that sup-

port materials. It contains material-related resources such astextures and thumbnails.2. User Library Tis contains all materials, except those

in the Autodesk library, that are intended to be shared be-tween drawings. You can copy, move, rename, or deleteuser libraries.

3. Embedded Library Tis contains a cache of materi-als used or dened in a drawing and available only to thatdrawing. Tis library is created automatically when the rstAutodesk application using Autodesk materials is installed.You cannot rename this type of library as it is stored withinthe drawing.

Te materials in the Materials Library are typically assigned to3D objects. AutoCAD Architecture objects to which you canassign materials are: curtain walls, walls, doors, windows, rail-ings, roof, stairs, spaces, slabs, mass elements, mass groups, andstructural members.

You can add materials to a library by opening the Materials Edi-tor, right-click the material, and select Add o. Now select thelibrary to which the material will be added. You can add the ma-terial to multiple libraries if desired.

Note that materials that you use more often can be placed on

a custom tool palette for easier access. Click the ool Paletteswindow title bar and click New Palette (see Figure 2) to createand name a new palette. Te palette is customizable and you canadd material tools by copying and pasting from other materialpalettes. Te controls for doing so are on the ool Palettes win-dow shortcut menu.

Applying MaterialsA material can be applied to individual objects and faces or toobjects on a layer. Note that AutoCAD Architecture 2012 sup-ports per-face color for all materials and textures. If an object hasper-face color and a diuse texture, the pre-face colors are shownwhen the texture is faded.

o apply a material to an object or a face, rst select the objectand then select the material from the Materials Browser. Tematerial is added to the drawing and it is also displayed as a

Figure 2: New tool palette
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swatch in the Materials Browser. When creating or modifying amaterial in the Materials Browser, you can click a material in thelibrary and the material is applied to any selected objects in yourdrawing. Drag the material swatch directly onto objects in yourdrawing or assign a material to an object by clicking the Assignto Selection in the shortcut menu on the material swatch in theMaterials Browser.

You can assign a material to a layer by entering MAERIAL-AACH at the command prompt. Te Material AttachmentOptions dialog box will open and you can drag a material onto alayer (see Figure 3). When applying materials to objects by layer,the material is applied to all objects on the layer whose Material

property is set to BYLAYER.

Creating MaterialsA material is dened by a number of properties. Te availableproperties depend on the selected material type. o begin, openthe Materials Browser. Next, on the browser toolbar select Cre-ate Material (see Figure 4). Now, select a material template. Tisopens the Materials Editor. Enter a name for the material andspecify the material color options. Finally, use the sliders to setthe properties for shininess, opacity, refraction, and translucency.You can also copy and modify an existing material. Note thatthe material GLOBAL is always available in a new drawing. Tis

material is applied to all objects by default until another materialis applied.

Modifying MaterialsAfter a material is created and applied, the properties can bemodied in the Materials Editor. Te material swatches that areavailable in the drawing are displayed in the Materials In TisDocument section of the Materials Browser. When a materialswatch is double-clicked, the properties for the material becomeactive in the Material Editor sections (see Figure 5).

As you modify the settings, they are saved with the materiaTe changes are displayed in the material swatch preview. Bholding down the button below the swatch preview window,set of y-out buttons display dierent geometry options for thmaterial preview.

o modify the name of a material, open the Materials Brows

and select the material. Right-click and select rename. Now yocan change the name and description of the material in place.If you wish to change the material preview shape and rendquality, open the Materials Editor and then select Options. Noyou can select a dierent swatch shape and render quality fthe material.

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Manage and Organize MaterialsManaging and organizing materials will ensure less confusion innding what you are looking for. When a material is moved, acopy is created and it is added to the new category. If the materialis copied into the root node, its original category is maintainedand it is recreated in the new library. Tere are two ways in which

to move materials.

Draganddrop You can drag swatches or materials from alibrary to the Materials in Tis Document section in the Ma-terials Browser. You can also drag materials from a libraryto another library. A new copy of the material is created andsaved with the drawing.

Shortcutmenu You can use the shortcut menu to copy amaterial to a new library. Use the Add o option and thenselect material in the library copied to the document or a li-brary material copied to another library.

You can search the materials in all open libraries based on thematerials name, description, and keyword information enteredin the Materials Editor. All the materials are ltered to show onlythose matching the search string. Only the materials that havea match for the search string are displayed. Click the X buttonin the search box to clear the search and return to viewing theunltered library.

Te search results depend on the library you have selected in thetree view. For example, if you select the Library root node, it dis-plays the search results for all matching materials in the selectedlibrary. However, if you select a category, it searches only withinthat category.

You can delete a selected and unlocked material by using theshortcut menu or with the Delete key. It is important to note thatlocked materials cannot be deleted from the Materials Browser orfrom the shortcut menu.

Converting MaterialsWhen a legacy material (any material created in AutoCAD2010 or earlier releases) is shown in the Materials Editor, youhave the option to convert the material into an editable format.After the conversion, the Materials Editor controls are enabledand editable.

Legacy materials are rendered but not editable in the application.It is recommended that you convert these materials to their ge-neric equivalent. Te new materials provide better results and canbe shared across Autodesk applications.

Conclusion

AutoCAD Architecture has many available materials that can beused to render photorealistic images for presentation purposes.As the architectural industry is moving toward these types ofpresentations, it is best to learn all you can about materials andthen rendering. It is best to begin slowly and progress forward asyou learn.

In my next article, I will explore how to use these materials in theactual rendering process. Stay tuned!

Melinda Heavrin is a CAD Coordi-nator & Facility Planner or Norton

Healthcare in Louisville, Kentucky.She has been using AutoCAD Archi-tecture since release 2000. Melindacan be reached or comments andquestions at [email protected].

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2011-Mar-22 AutodeskIPv6NetworkLicenseMan-agerorWindows

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W

hat is your role at Autodesk, Paul?

I manage Public Relations for Autodesks AEC In-

dustry Division. In its most basic denition, PR isresponsible for communicating with our customers and wider com-munity through the media. One of the many ways that my teamand I are involved is to work with our executives and our subjectmatter experts to provide pertinent information to the media. I amfortunate to have an incredible team working alongside me. In es-sence, the PR team sometimes feel like BIM evangelists since somuch of our work involves building information modeling.

It fascinates me that we have such creative customers who createdata-rich intelligent 3D models of their projects, and then leveragethat information to gain greater insight, make more informed deci-sions, and create better engineered, more attractive and believableproducts. I have so much admiration for these designers and cre-ators who are delivering unique solutions for a range of problemsspanning robotics, automotive, sustainably designed buildings,custom t prosthetics, and myriad consumer industries.

How long have you been with Autodesk and doing

this? Any other roles?

I joined Autodesk four years ago to support the AEC business. Iwas attracted by the unique opportunity to be a part of somethingspecial. I remember thinking, heres a 3D design software com-pany that walks the walk, talks the talk, has very noble core values,

and delivers products that are, literally, making the world a bettplace. I am very privileged and quite honored to play a small role

what the rm is doing.

Tell us a little about your background and how

you came to be doing what you do now.

Communications has been part of my DNA from the start. WhI rst graduated college, I spent a couple of fun years teachinhistory in high school. I left this profession after two years, unfotunately, because I earned barely enough money to eat. wo yeaof ea ting frozen dinners. My dinner table was a cardboard bowith a placemat on top. No chairs. Tings got a lot better whenmoved into business and specically the world of technology. Prito coming to Autodesk, I had never actually been in public rel

tions, having spent 23 years at Intel in various sales, marketinand industry analyst relations positions. While in those roles, I walso given an exciting opportunity to be one of the company's espokespersons and technology evangelist on V.

What does a typical day look like at your desk?

Tere really is no such thing as a typical day. Except maybe ththey are all long. And they are always dierent.

What kind of challenges do you and those you wor

with deal with?

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We on the PR team have similarchallenges as most people in otherpositions. We have deadlines thatseem to pop up faster and faster allthe time. News, especially with so-cial media, is traveling more quicklythan before, and news cycles are be-coming increasingly short. Patience,"grace under re," and exibilityare required.

How many coworkers are on

your team and how do you

share the work?

Autodesk has a superb, very tight-knitPR team; and this includes our won-derful agency partners. I love thesecoworkers. Everyone is so incrediblysupportive of one another; we have funtogether and have really come to rely on

each other. As a team they are respon-sible for Corporate and Industry PR,including Media & Entertainment,Platform (AutoCAD), Consumer, andthe Manufacturing industries.

Do you or your team get

involved in planning for future releases of the

software?

Yes, we work closely with product teams and industry marketingto prepare product news releases and outreach to media.Its alsofun for people outside of Autodesk to check out what is going on

and what may become a product on Autodesk Labs (http://labs.autodesk.com/). So you too can get a glimpse of new technologiesthat could eventually be productized.

Do you get to do any planning for Autodesk

University or other events?

Autodesk University is a huge event for the PR team. Many of yourreaders will agree, we took a bold step in delivering a very uniqueexperience this year. In addition to the standard university classes,we in the PR team hosted special events for our media. Last monthwe had almost 100 reporters, editors, bloggers, and analysts fromaround the world participate. It is special and so enjoyable to meet

the media from dierent geographies. We also participate in nu-merous conferences in each of our industries.

Do you check out the activity of other forums

like ours at AUGI? How much time to get to do

eternal research apart from responding to users

directly?

Absolutely while we read the forums, we dont generally talk di-rectly to the users, except through the publications. Te PR teammakes it a point to spend time researching what readers are inter-ested in, and what readers are talking about. rend watching isimportant so we can stay current and provide a better service to

our editors. As for how much time is spent doing the research, it isprobably more accurate to say the research never stops.

What sort of things do you do for distraction,

hobbies, travel?

My favorite activities outside of work include downhill skiing, hik-ing in NHs White Mountains, travel, and reading.

What was the last book you read?

I read a lot, and I read multiple books simultaneously. Tere aremore than 1,000 books in my home library and these books rangefrom technology and business, to biographies, philosophy, history,and architecture. In addition to topics such as cities, architecture,and civil engineering, I am fascinated by people and therefore bi-ographies are my favorites. Te most recent biographies I nishedincluded Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, Keith Richards' Lie, andEric Metaxas Bonhoeer.

If money were no issue, where would you go on

vacation?

If I want to go somewhere, I go. Finding the time is more of therestricting variable. Next year my travel plans include Park City,Grand Cayman, and cruising the Mediterranean.

What would we be most surprised to know about

you?

Tats an interesting question. Let me see. If the readers dont knowme they probably couldn't care less, and if they do know me theywouldnt be surprised. Does that make sense?

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As other segments of the AEC segmentmove toward real-world, object-orienteddesign, the civil segment is stuck in neutral.

A rich, object-oriented design for site civil designremains elusive.

Henry Ford is thought to have said, If I had asked people whatthey wanted, they would have said faster horses. Te current in-carnation of AutoCAD Civil 3D denitely has the feel of beinga faster horse. While architectural design products have movedtoward utilizing terms such as walls, windows, and ducts, Civil 3Duses design terms such as feature lines, alignments, and proles.

I asked my daughters, ages 4 and 6, what those terms meant. Teyeasily described the architectural design terms, but the civil designterms were met with blank stares. Tey thought I was teasing themwith made-up words.

Being a Civil Engineer, I do talk to my children about the infra-structure around them. As I drive them around I point out the curband gutters, asphalt pavement, Portland concrete pavement, handi-cap ramps, and retaining walls. Tey understand the basic languageof a Civil Engineer. Unfortunately none of those terms are utilizedto describe the objects in Civil 3D.

ScanningAt the release of Civil 3D 2012 I was fortunate to be invited toMedia Day at Autodesks AEC Headquarters. One of the big

new features Autodesk is excited about today and for the futuis laser scanning to collect existing information. What I didnt sexpressed was including real-world objects in Civil 3D.

I found this a bit surprising, because this squarely puts the prouct in neutral for the future. At Autodesk University 2010, JeKowalski, chief technologist at Autodesk, was illustrating thfuture of computing through innite computing. Te civil spawas illustrated by taking a laser scan of a site and using the innicomputing to strip out the rich data of the scan into a surface. Ntalk of converting the rich data into curb, gutters, trees, signs, striping, or any other real-world objects the survey was intended capture. Instead of a rich model we get a bare bones surface wionly an intelligence of X, Y, Z, and color. What benet does thinnite computing provide the civil industry? I consider it a wasof computing power if the goal is to get to the same aerial survproduct of the past.

I recently put together a proposal for a project that consists of tdemolition of an existing big box store including underground piing, parking lot, and building. My workow at this point is nearexactly the same for a traditional aerial survey and a laser scasurvey. Both surveys collect points which are then converted inlines, arcs, and points representing the real-world objects. Wouldna better result be real-world objects? I could then delineate the arof demolition and get a quantity take o of items to be removeInstead Ill have to manage with four lines representing the existincurb. I have to make sure I count those four lines only once.

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Te future of scanning appears to be stuck in neutral representing methods of the past thatare just a bit faster.

SurfacesWith the advent of NPDES II requirements, the need in the civil industry for a data richmodel is paramount. Many NPDES permit requirements demand that the design take intoaccount hydro modication and prevent the post development water runo from exceeding

the predevelopment runo. With the current incarnation of Civil 3D this becomes a harderprocess then it needs to be.

If Civil 3D was driving full speed ahead, a designer would be able to model using real-worldobjects for pavement, buildings, and landscaping. If the surface were made up of real-worldobjects, it would then be possible to model the ow of a water drop across the site. Te waterdrop could then collect information as it owed to the low point. It could determine that itgoes slow in the landscaping area and speeds up once it hits an impervious surface.

Te necessary hydrology coecients could be derived from the dierent types of objectsthat make up the surface as the water drops ow through the model. It would no longerrequire the manual quantity takeos the process now requires. In a civil industry in drive,

the change would be made and the calculation inputs would be updated.Pipe NetworksFor the past several releases of Civil 3D, Pipe Networks appears to be one of the mostneglected portions of the product. Pressure pipe capability does not appear to provide theability to model water supply systems. Te industry is stuck in neutralhaving to use un-intelligent objects to perform the design. Sewer laterals from the main line to the propertylines remain elusive, requiring a heavily manual process of labeling (if required by the sanitarysewer utility).

Nearly all utilities require separation between sewer and water lines. Te industry is stilltasked with performing this check in a manual fashioneither by manually checking thedistances between utilities or running a conict report. Te industry is stuck in neutral

with not having the water and sewer lines dynamically react to each other.

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the roadway? Unfortunately, the location of the utilities dont up-date with changes to the alignment.

BuildingsIt may not come as a surprise to you, but buildings sit on sitesdesigned by civil engineers. If you are a civil designer you may beexcused for not knowing this, as your civil design software doesntseem to know it, either. Te main driving force in designing sites

is mainly for the construction of buildings on the designed sites.I recently created a preliminary grading plan for a small subdivi-sion project. Unfortunately, I messed up by putting a nished oor(FF) elevation on the plans, but was grading from that FF elevationinstead of the pad elevation.

With a building object integrated into the product, my mistakecould have been eliminated. I could have established the thicknessof the pad in relation to the FF using the building pad object. Betteryet, it would be great to import a Revit model of the buildings andpull the elevations from the model.

Handicap Ramps and DrivewaysIn the US, nearly every project requiring sidewalks requires handicapramps to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).Te ADA requires strict limits on the slopes that the ramps require.Driveways are also common occurrences for roadways. Both drive-ways and handicap ramps are absent in the Civil 3D product.

A lack of a dedicated object makes illustrating a design trouble-

some. Figure 2 shows a handicap ramp I modeled using featurelines and a surface. Te results are less than spectacular from astandpoint of illustrating how the nished product will look. Canyou tell what surfacing is between the handicap ramp and the curband gutter? Without a dedicated surface, showing the design takesa lot of work, creating boundaries and individual surface types.

CorridorsCorridors appear to have received an outside share of developmentwithin Civil 3D. Tis is most likely due to Autodesks push to getCivil 3D accepted into the Department of ransportation in severalUS states. Te user interface improvements have made the prod-

uct easier to use. With the inclusion of Civil View in Autodescivil software portfolio, showing a corridor design in Navisworis easier.

Corridors are one of the few parts of Civil 3D that meet the promiof Building Information Modeling. Even so, one glaring omissiexists. Te prole is tied to the stations along an alignment raththan a geographic location. Any changes in the alignment resuin the prole not reecting the design intent. Its rather frustratiseeing the demonstrations of the product and not being told ththe changes are reected in the prole. Tis is especially frustration long lengths of road on hilly terrain where the changes can cauthe roadway to no longer balance.

Stormwater DesignStormwater design has been greatly improved with the additiof Autodesk Storm and Sanitary Analysis (SSA) to the Civil 3package. Built with the EPA-SWMM, it provides the ability perform pollution removal analysis. As mentioned previously, tharticle the integration could be better integrated with the Civil 3

model. With EPA-SWMM its possible to model how pollutanwill be conveyed through a project site.

SSA also provides a way to model both the hydrology and hdraulics of a site. A closer integration between Civil 3D and SSis needed, but I dont see that as being possible until Civil 3D e

ables modeling of required information suas surface type, coecients, and ow directito an inlet.

ConclusionWhile Civil 3D is an exceptional improvment over Land Desktop, it falls far short

consideration as a BIM product. Many of tbenets of utilizing Civil 3D as a design toare the improvements over the tools found Land Desktop. 3D polyline tools have bereplaced with feature lines, surfaces have beimproved to be dynamic, and pipes are easieruse. Unfortunately if we view Civil 3D as a BIproduct, then we also have to call Land Destop a BIM product because of the same tool seavailable. Im not quite sure if you can nd mawho would call Land Desktop a BIM product.all that has been done is an incremental improv

ment over Land Desktop, Id have to consider the civil softwa

industry rmly in neutral.

Christopher Fugitt is a Civil Engineerand has spent the last eight years de-signing government projects as well asresidential subdivisions. He now pro-vides Civil Engineering and Civil 3Dservices at Civil Reminders. Christo-pher maintains and authors the Civil3D Reminders blog at http://blog.Civil3DReminders.com/

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ivil design deals primarily with linear in-

frastructure that is constructed by layingout an alignment and prole and oset-ting features in the eld to the left and right. Tecorridor model is AutoCAD Civil 3D softwaresanswer to managing the design data for this linear

infrastructure, with cross-sections, proposed surfaces, and earth-works and material quantities a byproduct of the corridor model.A corridor model is built with at least one dened baseline (align-ment and prole pair) and an assembly (typical section) denedfor each region along the baseline.

Unfortunately, corridor models are 2D. Tat is, a corridor modelis represented by a series of feature lines in 3D space that connect the

points on the 2D assemblies placed perpendicular to the feature linesat each station specied in the frequency dialog. Tis hasnt impededthe plans production process, but has been a sticking point for civildesigners on BIM projects. Te options for creating 3D objects tocoordinate with other disciplines and do clash detection or schedule vi-sualization have included manual AutoCAD lofting along the featurelines or using the Dynamite VSP connection to Autodesk 3ds Max.While both methods were functional, neither was ecient.

Subassembly ComposerSubassemblies are the building blocks of assemblies. A road cross-section assembly might be built from left and right lane subassemblieswith left and right curb, gutter, and sidewalk subassemblies attached.

Te stock subassembly library that ships with Civil 3D is relatively

comprehensive for simple road design, but is sparse for other ap-plications. Skilled VBA and .NE developers have been able todevelop custom subassemblies for years, but that skill set is not com-mon among civil engineers and CADD professionals. Civil 3D has astandard tool to create a subassembly from a polyline, but those subas-semblies are not dynamic and cannot vary the cross-section based ontarget conditions.

Te Subassembly Composer, released to the Autodesk SubscriptionCenter in July 2011, is a new development environment for authoringcomplex custom subassemblies. It is available for Civil 3D 2011 and2012, both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Te Subassembly Composer is

a visual and owchart-based development platform that is intuitive andeasy to learn. Tere is a support pack for users of the custom subas-semblies who wont be developing their own.

Te Subassembly Composer is usable without any prior program-ming knowledge. A seasoned Civil 3D user can apply the SubassemblyComposer to create custom, dynamic subassemblies with relative easeand a much faster development time compared to the .NE develop-ment workow. Te ability to preview the geometry and test how itresponds to target conditions is a signicant improvement. Te Subas-sembly Composer can create subassemblies with points and links thatrelate to each other with the full capability of the .NE Math Class.

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Applications of the Subassembly Composer include retaining walls,rail track, tunnels, guard rail, concrete barriers, rock benching, bridgebeams, and duct banks. Te Calrans standard ype 1 retaining wallis a great example of the power of the Subassembly Composer. It isrelatively straightforward to create a retaining wall subassembly thatvaries the footing dimensions and key location with the wall height,while the wall height varies based on a surface or elevation (top ofwall prole) target. Subassemblies can be developed that also targethorizontal osets (alignment, feature line, or polyline) and react tosuperelevation. Te only relational link that is unsupported by the Sub-assembly Composer is the link to pipe networks as used in the stock

renchPipe2 subassembly.

Te Subassembly Composer supports circular and parabolic arcs, day-light roundings, and llet arcs. All curves will be tessellated, but theuser species the level of tessellation (i.e., number of chord segments).Te level of tessellation can be hard-coded in the subassembly or in-cluded as a variable to be specied within Civil 3D. Te ability to createdynamic curved links and a very high level of tessellation has numerousapplications from pressure pipes to tunnels.

Workow with the Subassembly ComposerPlanyourSubassembly.Decide on your origin point before you startbuilding your subassembly. Tis is where your subassembly will attach

to the assembly or other subasemblies. Select a side (left, right none) in the Input/Output Parameters tab. Determine what PoinLink, and Shape codes and argeVariables, Inputs, and Outputs wbe needed. Figure out if youll ne

Decisions or Switches. It may helpful to sketch your owchart oa piece of paper.

Build a neat and logical ochart. Start building your owchart from the origin point. I like label my points on a print-outhelps me build my points in a logcal order. Use Sequences to collecseries of Points, Links, and Shapinto a logical group. Copy and pas

sequences that represent alternacases (Switch or Decision outputreusing point, link, and shanames. est your subassembly the preview window by draggithe targets. est left and right sifunctionality and other inputs.

Choose Point, Link, and Shapcodescareully.Use standard Ci3D point, link, and shape cod

where applicable to support surface, feature line, and quantity tako applications. op and Datum link codes have special meaninin surface creation, but you will get yourself into trouble if you assigthese codes to vertical links. Shape code names are especially impotant if you will be using the Corridor Solids tool. It is possible to use input eld for your code names for the designer to specify them whusing the subassembly in Civil 3D.

ReviewthePacketSettingstab.You need to give your subassemba unique name. Te name will ultimately appear on your tool palet

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Figure 1: The Subassembly Composer or AutoCAD Civil 3D.

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and as a folder name on your hard drive that storesthe system les associated with your subassembly.Good practice is to provide a brief descriptionof the subassembly and to create an image. (I usePrint Screen.) If you will be deploying the subas-sembly for wide use its a good idea to create aHelp le.

Testyoursubassembly. Open tool palettes and,if necessary, create a new palette. Use the ImportSubassembly command to add the subassemblyto your tool palette. Create a test drawing withan alignment, prole, and all the required targetsand test your subassembly. est left and right func-tionality and as many target conditions as you canthink of. If nothing breaks you are nally ready todeploy your custom subassembly. Make sure allthe computers on which you will deploy the subas-sembly have the Subassembly Composer support

pack installed.Creating Subassembly GeometryPoints are the foundation of a subassembly. Alllinks are dened by points and all shapes are de-ned by links. When used in a corridor, the points connect featurelines, links create IN surface triangles, and shapes are used for mate-rials calculations or to create corridor solids using the new tool.

Points are located by a mathematical relationship to the origin. Tis re-lationship is described in the owchart. Te Subassembly Composersgeometry tools will do all the math for you. Tere are three groups ofgeometry tools for building your subassembly: Geometry, Advanced

Geometry, and Auxilliary.

Te Geometry tools are the basic point, link, and shape objects thatmake up a subassembly. Advanced Geometry tools let the Subas-sembly Composer calculate the placement of points and links byinteracting with other geometry or targets you have created. Auxilliarygeometry resides only within the Subassembly Composer. Auxiliarypoints and auxiliary links are used to calculate the placement of stan-dard geometry points only.

Te simplest way to start a subassembly is with a point located at theorigin. Drag a Sequence from the toolbar into the owchart and double

click to open it. Next drag a point from the Geometry toolbar into theSequence and dene the mathematical relationship to the Origin inthe Properties panel. o dene a P1 location at the origin, you specifya Point Geometry ype of Delta X and Delta Y and set the Delta Xand Delta Y osets to zero.

Instead of dening the mathematical relationship to the origin foreach point, points are chained together in the owchart and relatedto one another. For the owchart in Figure 2, Inner Wall Points maybe dened relative to points in the Outer Wall Points sequence, butnot vice versa because a owchart operates in only one direction. Tisbecomes very important as Switches and Decisions are added. You

can add, modify, or delete the arrows that dene the process order ofthe owchart.

You can relate points using an angle or slope, an oset distance, or anelevation on a target surface. Use one of the Slope point geometry typesto create a subassembly that reacts to Superelevation on the baselinealignment. Osets can be hard-coded or mathematical expressions us-ing input parameters (see Figure 3).

Te argets tab allows you to incorporate Elevation, Oset, andSurface targets. Tese are dened in the Corridor Parameters argetMapping dialog within Civil 3D. Te syntax for using an Elevation tar-get is [arget Name].elevation. If the target name is PG to representa proposed ground prole target, then the syntax for using an elevationtarget is PG.elevation.

Be careful when using an elevation target for a Delta Y denition,though. If your PG elevation is 650 ft, your Delta Y will be 650 ft,which is a substantial increment. Probably you want the relative eleva-tion from the previous point, say point P2. Your Delta Y expressionwould then be (PG.elevation P2.elevation). Oset targets are more

straightforward. o target to an alignment, your syntax would simplybe [arget Name].oset.

Links are dened in relation to points. Te simplest straight line linkis dened with a From point and a o point. A circular arc may bedened by passing through three points or with a center point and twopass-through points. Shapes are dened by a sequence of links that cre-ate a fully-enclosed area. Occasionally you will need to add short linksthat serve no purpose other than to create a shape.

Auxiliary points and links are dened only within the SubassemblyComposer. Tey are used to create temporary geometry to dene thelocation of permanent points. You might create an Auxiliary Point

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to dene the center of an arcor two Auxiliary Links to cre-ate an Intersection Point wherethey meet. Auxiliary Points andLinks are especially useful forkeeping your subassembly cleanwhen using a Fillet Arc.

Corridor SolidsOnce you have built a paramet-ric 2D corridor model, itstime to ll in the gaps betweencorridor frequency stations toadd the last half-dimension andreap the rewards of your hardwork in a BIM model. Te Cor-ridor Solids tool debuted on theAutodesk Labs site in August2011 for Civil 3D 2012 64-bit

only. Te technology preview will operate until August 1, 2012.Once installed, the Corridor Solids tool is added to your oolboxin oolspace. Te tool exports body objects for corridor regions,essentially automating the manual AutoCAD lofting workow.

Te Corridor Solids tool itself is a simple two-step wizard. Te rsttab is where you do all the work: select your corridor, specify yourregions, and create your Layer Name emplate (see Figure 4). Youchoose whether to place the 3D body objects within the currentdrawing or into a new drawing on the second tab.

Running the tool takes seconds, but you must set up your assem-bly and regions well to use it eectively. If your model will be used

for schedule visualization, its important to ensure that the out-put will tie seamlessly to the schedule. Your corridor regions willneed to match construction phasing and your layer names need tobe logical.

Te designer probably did not have construction regions in mindwhen modeling the corridor, so you may have to redene regionsto coincide with construction station limits. Te Add Region op-tion allows you to aggregate or subdivide regions along a baselineindependent of the corridor-dened regions. Ensure that the con-struction regions have logical names if you plan to incorporate theregion name in your Layer Name template.

Te Corridor Solids tool will place the 3D body objects on layers asdened in the Layer Name template. Te tool includes six Propertyelds that can be used to generate the layer names, as show in Fig-ure 4 above. I like to use . Well-chosen subassembly shape denitions that matchthe level of disaggregation required in Navisworks will save a lot oftime downstream.

My preferred workow is to output to a new drawing. Te tool willplace the 3D bodies into a clean AutoCAD 2010 drawing with onlythe default layers and the layers created by your layer name deni-

tion. Tis avoids a lot of interoperability concerns and providesclean le to share for coordination. If your corridor has a high frquency or high tessellation, the 3D bodies add signicant bulk the le size and I like to keep my Civil 3D les lean. Its simpler overwrite an external le if the corridor changes than to manuadelete the 3D bodies in the design le.

Te Corridor Solids tool is still in development. Tere has besome debate over whether or not body objects, which interact wwith Autodesk Revit, are the best format for the 3D objecACIS solids, which work natively with AutoCADs 3D solids ediing tools, may work better for some workows. Te output is ligon BIM data, too, taking just a smart layer name and the 3D g

ometry from the Civil 3D model. Maybe you would like the 3objects exported within a block with attribute data from the coridor appended? What data would you like attached to your solidHow about an item number that could be tied to an Activity ID a QO item number? Join the discussion on the Autodesk Laforums and contribute to the development of this important tool the Civil BIM workow.

Francesca Maier is a licensedproessional engineer in ParsonsBrinckerhos VDC Group. Te

group works with design teams toprovide comprehensive VDC/BIMservices or highway, rail, tunnel, andbridge projects throughout the US andinternationally. Francesca also leadsParsons Brinckerhos Civil 3D usergroup and is an instructor in the com-panys Autodesk raining Center. Shecan be reached at [email protected].

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In the last several years, MEP rms have facedincreasing pressure to adopt Building Infor-mation Modeling (BIM)-capable tools such

as Autodesk Revit MEP. Some rms have puto change, some have tentatively dipped in a toe,while some have jumped in head rst. No matter

where your rm is now with regard to Revit MEP implementa-tion, it seems clear that we all have to keep raising the bar to stayviable in a changing world.

So how does a rm go to the next level? Its more than a technical prob-lem. It involves process and cultural changes as much as software and

hardware upgrades. For all the expense of the upgrades, many rmshave a much easier time writing checks than dealing with people andpersonality issues. Just as adopting a healthy life style is not a switchyou turn onone needs to eat right and exercise every dayadoptingRevit MEP and a BIM process is similar. Firms need to spend money,spend time, and build a culture of embracing change.

A Brief History of Revit (and Revit MEPsPlace)Since Revits rst release in November 1999, by my count therehave been: 21 Architectural releases 9 Structural releases

7 Mechanical and Electrical releases 4 Plumbing releases

Revit Architectures 14 release lead has contributed to the perceptionthat Revit MEP is not yet ready. While that perception is no longertrue (demonstrated by the use of Revit MEP on thousands of projects),it is true that consulting MEP rms cannot simply decide to go 100percent Revit like their architectural counterparts. Consulting MEPrms need to follow their clients choice of software. While many ar-chitectural rms have gone to Revit, some have not. Tus, projects aredelivered in Revit MEP, AutoCAD MEP, and AutoCADdepend-ing on the wishes of the client.

For example, at my rm we are currently working on projects createdin 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 versions of Revit. Having to stay sharpin multiple software packages and multiple versions of those productsis not a bad thing. It prepares us for where the building industry seemsto be going. It has been suggested that the average person uses 12 to15 dierent programs today. In 10 years, look for that number to bearound 50 and dont be surprised if the 12 to 15 dierent programsused today are not on the list of 50 in the future. What does it mean?Not only is Revit MEP ready for primetime, it is linking into more andmore software packages. o access what comes after, rms must rstbe condent users of Revit MEP.

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A Staged Approach

If we need to master so many software packages, how will we do it?Well, not all at once. Like a building, you must build a foundationrst.

Stage1-Modelin3Do get the most out of Revit MEP, the ability to model in 3D is

required. It provides the ability to create basic construction docu-ments and run interference checks. Tis is the low-hanging fruit forany implementation.

Stage2-SchedulingTe next logical step is to add information to the model. Tat in-formation will also need to be extracted from the model in dierentways that help the design and documentation of the project. Teeasiest way to achieve this is through the use of Revit schedules. obuild and use schedules users must be able to modify and create Re-vit families. Tis will also include a solid knowledge of parametersand connectors.

Stage3-CalculationsMEP engineers will need to perform calculations. Many calculationscan be performed in schedules with knowledge of shared parameters.Revit MEP has a built-in calculating function that must be mastered.Information in the model can be extracted from Revit in multiple waysand imported into the trusted software engineers have been using forcalculations for years. Tis will force an assessment of the end gameand what is the best route there. Inevitably, it will lead to a changeof process.

Stage4-DiversiyNo one can say for certain what the future holds, but we know that

things will not stay the same. We have to prepare ourselves for theaddition of new specialized software. Tese will be coming at us likeIPod apps. Te AutoCAD App store went live in June 2011ac-cessible from the Autodesk Exchange tab in AutoCAD. It wouldbe foolish to think it will stop there. Autodesks introduction of theBuilding Design Suite, Product Design Suite, and InfrastructureDesign Suite is another indication of that strategy. Even now wehave Ecotect, Green Building Studio, connectivity to rane raceand carrier HAP through gbxml. Even project management soft-ware such as Newforma is creating links to the Revit model, and thelist is growing daily.

With the introduction of all these specialized software applications,drafters must become more like designers and engineers must be-come more like drafters. Roles will change, processes will change,fees will change, and buildings will changewe hope for the better.

The Art of ChangeChange is not only continuous, it is accelerating. Dennis Neeley,AIA senior vice president, owner solutions at Smart BIM, suggestedthat CAD drafting took 12 years to overtake hand drafting and BIMwill be adopted in only six years. If the trend of twice as fast contin-ues, rms will have a smaller and smaller window in which to takeadvantage of an opportunity from the time it becomes possible orprotable to the time it is expected.

Tis is where building a culture that embraces change feeds proress. Look at the success of Google and Facebook. Teir openness change is a cornerstone to their young success. It should be noted ththey are not only young companies; they are companies that emplthe young. Compare the average age of Google or Facebook emploees (late 20s and 26, respectively) to the average age at your rmHow the older generation handles change is dierent from young

generations who have lived with accelerated change their whole, abeit shorter, life. Chances are that established rms are not going let all of their experienced people go so they can build a younger rthat will embrace change. Here are some common-sense tips to heany rm deal with change.

EmbraceItIt is important to recognize that dierent approaches are necessawith dierent people. In the end, one way to take the most advantaof breakthroughs is to employ people who aggressively accept neopportunities. So embrace change and encourage it in others.

AdaptandOvercomeRecognize that new things come with new challenges, which requiearly adopters to adapt and overcome as a way of life.

BecomeaLieLongLearnerTe cycle of change will continue and overlap with other cycles. It best to just enjoy it.

Last Thoughts on the FutureWith a widening base of opportunities, we can look for the days the general practitioner to end. We will see more specialists brining greater depth to engineering services. We will have to dive deepto deal with tightening margins and to serve a much more sophi

ticated client base. Building modelers and BIM managers did nexist eight short years ago. Tere is a sub-industry growing right noaround more complex modeling, analysis, and virtualization.

At dierent points in the history of AutoCAD, users moved thsoftware ahead; at other points the software moved the users aheaand even third-party developers have pushed things forward. Revitexperiencing a third-party movement right now, and it is subject have the users move it ahead in the short term. Tat is, if we are readand willing to take the next step, and possibly a leap of faith.

odd Shackelord is the BIM Man-

ager or Alvine and Associates,the president o the BIM Board oOmaha, and an instructor or theUniversity o Nebraska. He authorsthree Blogs; CAD Shack , Te LazyDrafter and Revit Basics. odd hasbeen a eatured speaker at AutodeskUniversity, AUGI CAD Camps,CSI, IEEE and AIA events. Contactodd at [email protected]

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