V16.2 Readme for Civil Site Design for Civil 3D, AutoCAD and BricsCAD V16.2 This readme contains important information regarding the installation and use of Civil Site Design versions as described above. Civil Site Design for Civil 3D is available for: Multiple AutoCAD Civil 3D based releases: o AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 to AutoCAD Civil 3D 2016 Civil Site Design for AutoCAD is available for: Multiple AutoCAD based releases: o AutoCAD 2012 to AutoCAD 2016 o All AutoCAD derivatives (eg: AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Map 3D) release versions 2012 to 2016 BricsCAD V16 (64bit installs) Name Change This product was previously known as Advanced Road Design. Installation Instructions You do not need to uninstall any previous versions of Civil Site Design or Advanced Road Design. This installation will install over the top of any previous installation. Licensing Instructions This installation uses the Advanced Road Design V16 License. In order to minimise disruption with the change in name, the licensing system still looks for the Advanced Road Design V16 license key. If you already have the network licensing established or already have Advanced Road Design V16 licensed, the software will continue to use that licensing and no licensing update is required.
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V16.2
Readme for Civil Site Design for Civil 3D,
AutoCAD and BricsCAD
V16.2
This readme contains important information regarding the installation and use of Civil Site Design versions as described above. Civil Site Design for Civil 3D is available for:
Multiple AutoCAD Civil 3D based releases: o AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 to AutoCAD Civil 3D 2016
Civil Site Design for AutoCAD is available for:
Multiple AutoCAD based releases: o AutoCAD 2012 to AutoCAD 2016 o All AutoCAD derivatives (eg: AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Map 3D) release
versions 2012 to 2016
BricsCAD V16 (64bit installs)
Name Change
This product was previously known as Advanced Road Design.
Installation Instructions
You do not need to uninstall any previous versions of Civil Site Design or Advanced
Road Design. This installation will install over the top of any previous installation.
Licensing Instructions
This installation uses the Advanced Road Design V16 License.
In order to minimise disruption with the change in name, the licensing system still looks for the Advanced Road Design V16 license key. If you already have the network licensing established or already have Advanced Road Design V16 licensed, the software will continue to use that licensing and no licensing update is required.
V16.2
New Features
Model Viewer
Surface Simplification o Surface simplification tools have been added to help improve import and
processing speeds. This is useful for when dealing with very large surfaces o Users can control the level of simplification in the settings
Improved Surface Representation o A new settings control allows for the exact triangle edges to be used to
represent the surface – this will give a true representation of all features in the model viewer. Users can toggle between a point and edge computation method in the Viewer Settings.
Point Cloud Support
o Model Viewer now supports Point Clouds (ASCII x,y,z format files) o View point clouds, select and delete areas o Create a surface from point cloud data
Combined Surface Export
o The combined surface in Model Viewer can now be exported back to the
drawing as a separate surface (via the Outputs tab).
Assign Material to Triangle o This command now works on all visible design models. Previously, this
command only worked on with the primary design surface.
Design Styles Editor o Added option to quickly override unassigned code combinations with a
material o Improved interface. Easy to append codes from a design model. Tables can
be sorted by selecting the column header.
Material Groups o Added option to delete a material group
Toggle Display o Form is now sizable
Drape Image (aerial photo) o Image quality improved
V16.2
Roads
Create/Edit IP Command - VGE o A k value can now be used in the Create/Edit IP command to set a vertical
curve length that matches the k value. Vertical curve length is maintained during any edits.
New Chainage List for Cross Section Plotting o When plotting cross sections, users can elect to apply a Chainage List for
establishing the sections to plot. This is intended to be a replacement to the current Selected Sections and be applied to all outputs in a future update.
The new list has the following improvements: You can easily create named lists „globally‟ so they are available in
new projects Named lists can be applied to a String and then edited – the edits are
for that string The list contains fundamental controls for:
Regular spacings
Horizontal Geometry points (in detail)
Vertical Geometry points (in detail)
Superelevation
User added chainages Note: Use layers, kerb start/end, intersections are not auto included
in the list and would require manual user insertion
Volumes (AutoCAD and BricsCAD customers) o Volume surface creation is now available from the Surface Volumes
command o Volume surfaces are able to be rendered with height shading for cut/fill and
otherwise presented as per any surface
USA Customers o New Profile Plotting Engine
A new plotting engine has been developed for USA style plot outputs. Label styles can be applied to the vertical geometry for display on the profiles rather than in bands.
This new methodology represents the framework for the upcoming long section plot engine for Australian and international customers.
o New Station/Chainage List Set up named lists for controlling what stations/chainages are
included in plot outputs. See above „New Chainage List for Cross Section Plotting‟ for details
The named list applies to profile view plotting, section view plotting and the Multi String label command
Pipes
o A new command has been added to apply the „direction‟ arrows on the pipes
to point in the downstream direction of the pipe. Currently these arrows always point toward the network outlet.
o The „legacy‟ plan labels for labelling pipes and house connections have been consolidated into a split dropdown on the ribbon
V16.2
Resolved Issues
General
Label styles now store text sizes to 3 decimal places.
Label grip edits could be ignored when the drawing was closed and reopened.
The Copy Label Styles command only did a partial copy of styles to a drawing
Surfaces
CAD output of contours on a certain colour, could revert back to another colour when edits were made in the Surface Manager. The output contour line colour is set by the Contour Labels, if the contour labels and contour lines are on the same layer.
It was possible to edit a surface and have those edits/inputs applied to a different surface, when changing between surfaces in the Surface Manager form
Roads
The default cover applied to drainage pipes was being incorrectly applied – the pipe cover was being calculated twice in certain circumstances.
Cross Section Plot command o CSD Model surface now used the selected design Codes for establishing
offsets – previously it treated the included surface as any other surface (with TIN grade breaks being used for offsets
o Plot to File could result in an error o Added a tick box to use the preview chainage list in the actual chainage
range for plotting (previously it always plotted full extents) o Fixed a bug with using alignments for the left/right offset – it was incorrectly
assigning the calculated alignment offsets to cross sections. o Linetype generation is now turned on – polylines for the surface elevations
will have continuous linetype along the length of the polylines.
Selected Sections o When creating a Road, Chainage By Layer can be used to include additional
section sampling. This was not being included in the plotted section outputs for the new cross section plotting.
When superelevation was applied with road widening and shoulder rotations were also specified, the widening was being applied to both the road pavement and the road shoulders.
When plotting long sections and showing the horizontal geometry, the bearing was incorrectly reported when a direction change was made in the alignment that did not include a horizontal curve
An issue with the roundabout form crashing when enquiring objects has been resolved.
Pipes
Service Pipes/Pits with Levels has been rewritten to address the following issues: o The input Depth to Invert/Obvert might not be consistently applied along the
length of the selected polyline for pipe inverts o Obvert Level input was incorrectly assigning pipe elevations
When a pit is inserted on a Service Obstruction network in the VGE, it now places the pit and pipe relative to the surface
The Service Pipes/Pits command now sets pipe covers/depths using the surface selected – previously it defaulted to use the Active Drawing Settings surface.
House connections did not provide updated information regarding the pipe cover or slope when viewed in the VGE
Deleted house connections could be shown on the long section outputs
Manually edited house connection levels were not being updated on the pipes VGE
V16.2
Known Issues
Roads
The default cover applied to drainage pipes was being incorrectly applied – the pipe cover was being calculated twice in certain circumstances.
Pipes
If a large pipe diameter is used, and the next downstream pipe is a small diameter, the HGL in the large pipe may default to show at the top of the pipe if the smaller downstream pipe Mannings capacity does not exceed the Flow
Surfaces
CAD output of contours on a certain colour, can revert back to another colour when edits are made in the Surface Manager. Output linework is set to Bylayer.
V16.2
Readme for Civil Site Design for Civil 3D, AutoCAD
and BricsCAD
V16.1
This readme contains important information regarding the installation and use of Civil Site Design versions as described above. Civil Site Design for Civil 3D is available for:
Multiple AutoCAD Civil 3D based releases: o AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 to AutoCAD Civil 3D 2016
Civil Site Design for AutoCAD is available for:
Multiple AutoCAD based releases: o AutoCAD 2012 to AutoCAD 2016 o All AutoCAD derivatives (eg: AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Map 3D) release
versions 2012 to 2016
BricsCAD V15 (32bit and 64bit installs)
Name Change
This product was previously known as Advanced Road Design.
Civil Site Design adopts all technical functionality of Advanced Road Design. This is a name change only. From version 16.1 onwards, the name of the product is changed to Civil Site Design. .
Installation Instructions
You do not need to uninstall any previous versions of Civil Site Design.
This installation will install over the top of any previous Advabced Road Design installation.
Licensing Instructions
This installation uses the Advanced Road Design V16 License.
In order to minimise disruption with the change in name, the licensing system still looks for the Advanced Road Design V16 license key. If you already have the network licensing established or already have Advanced Road Design V16 licensed, the software will continue to use that licensing and no licensing update is required.
V16.2
New Features
Model Viewer
Model Viewer is available from multiple Ribbon/Menu/Toolbar tabs in the software. Model Viewer enables real-time fully rendered 3D viewing and analysis of your designs. Core functionality includes:
- Right click to open the VGE, Cross section Window, Design Data form, extract volumes and generate outputs
- Assignment of materials based on design codes
- Exaggeration control - Aerial photo drape directly from an
image inserted into the drawing (.jpg, .bmp and .png supported)
- Sight distance analysis along a road and at intersections
- Drive through along a string, with user control over speed, eye and target position and visibility of the target. Click button video output
- Inclusion of objects (.obj files) - Inclusion of labels for Roads, Design
Data form entries and user defined - Output screenshots and generate fly overs based on selected views.
Please refer to the Appendix at the back of this document for detailed information on Model Viewer.
Welcome Screen
The Welcome Screen will display when you first run a Civil Site Design command for the day. The Welcome Screen serves a number of purposes, which include: - Automated software version checking. Users will be notified if their software is out of date and will have the ability to download and install the latest - A live news/events page will keep users notified of upcoming training events, webcasts, and much more - Access to the Civil Site Design blog, YouTube, and technical support pages - Access to quick start tutorials, the help system, and readme notes Users have the ability to set the display frequency of the Welcome Screen or turn it off completely. Version checking can be done independently of the Welcome Screen.
V16.2
Roads
Volumes Report The Volumes report has been completely re-written. You can now toggle between any strings to review volume reports in an interactive display window, and display summary volumes. You can establish your own column display outputs for volume information, and output to .csv files and as Tables
Pipes
Volumes Report The Volumes report has been completely re-written. You can now toggle between any strings to review volume reports in an interactive display window, and display summary volumes. You can establish your own column display outputs for volume information, and output to .csv files and as Tables
General
Volumes Report The Volumes report has been completely re-written. You can now toggle between any strings to review volume reports in an interactive display window, and display summary volumes. You can establish your own column display outputs for volume information, and output to .csv files and as Tables
Grading
This ribbon has been enhanced to include functionality previously only contained in the Roads tab – Model Builder and surface creation/editing tools have been included on this ribbon tab
Data Share
This extends the functionality of the software for multi user collaboration. New functionality includes:
Create Share o Share data from the CSD project folder and select what objects are shared o Data can be shared directly from the source project folder (known as a local
share) or to a „shared‟ network location o Data sharing extends across all CSD data types:
Surfaces Alignments Strings Pipe Networks
o Civil 3D data (surfaces and alignments) can be shared to the CSD data folder (it will then be treated as CSD object data)
Sync Share o Click button update of anything shared from the source project/drawing o Changes are reflected automatically in all drawings/projects that are
referencing (reading) the Shared data
Read Share
V16.2
o Establishes a link to any Shared data o Users can pick a Share folder, then choose what individual items/objects to
read into their project o All shared data is „read only‟ but can be used like any other object created in
the drawing o Automatically updates when the source data is updated (or the shared folder
is updated, pending how the data was shared)
Resolved Issues
Pipes
The default cover applied to drainage pipes was being incorrectly applied – the pipe cover was being calculated twice in certain circumstances.
An issue with accuracy of setting pipe slopes using the Set Pipe Slope command in the pipe vertical grading editor has been fixed - this was rounding the slope to the nearest 0.1%
V16.2
Appendix – Model Viewer Help Information
Important Information about the Base Surface The Base Surface in Model Viewer was developed to provide the user with a general representation of the existing terrain - this surface is not an accurate representation of the existing surface specified. The software will re-triangulate the existing surface using the triangle points that make up the existing surface. The only boundaries (hide boundaries) added to the Base Surface are taken from the extents of the design surfaces specified when the Trim Base option is ticked on. At this stage, we have not developed a “paste surface” routine in the software. This is planned for next year. A „paste surface‟ routine would correctly split the triangles of the existing surface data using the extents of the design surfaces and therefore respect the existing triangulation. So in order to more accurately represent this surface, the user could either add more points to the existing surface or add more strings to the design surface, whereby levels of the string are matched to the existing surface. Run Model Viewer Locally (from –DATA folder) By default, all Model Viewer settings are accessed/stored in the Visualisation folder located in the common-10 location. C:\ProgramData\CSS\ARD\Common\common-10\Visualisation This means that styles created or textures added to Model Viewer are stored in the location above and only accessible to the user on that machine. If one of these styles is edited, than all other projects which use that style could be affected. By running the Run Local command, all settings for Model Viewer are stored in the –DATA folder location for the project and therefore become independent. All 3d models and aerial images will also be placed in this location. This means that by running this command, users can share their project with other users (or to the technical support team) and the styles and textures as specified by the originally designer will be used. Model Viewer Corruption (running the Reset command) If for whatever reason data in Model Viewer becomes corrupted, the user can run the Reset command, which is available in the Utilities tab found in the Viewer Settings. Restart Model Viewer after doing this.
** Warning ** – All data (including 3d models) will be removed from the project. Welcome Screen Videos (for BriscCAD users)
BricsCAD users may not be able to watch some videos within the Welcome Screen. If this is the case, hold down shift and select the video link (for the blog entry or YouTube) to open in a new IE window – this should allow you to watch the video. Video Output (for BriscCAD users) BricsCAD users may not be able to record videos from Model Viewer, if this is the case than the following addition to the bricscad.exe.config file will need to be made. This file is found in the directory C:\Program Files\Bricsys\BricsCAD V15 en_US. Add the following to the file inside the <configuration> tag. <runtime> <generatePublisherEvidence enabled="false"/> </runtime> Video output formats
V16.2
Model Viewer only supports the output of AVI files. However, the free program Handbrake can be used to convert or compress the file outputted by Model Viewer. Download Handbrake - https://handbrake.fr/downloads.php
Recording video
When recording a video in Model Viewer, ensure that the Model Viewer window is left as is and no other windows are moved over this location. The video is created by taking screenshots and other windows may appear in the final video if moved within the extents of the Model Viewer window. It is recommended you don‟t use your computer whilst the record is in progress. Assign Materials to Triangle
This command may not work properly when the triangle selected has a material applied that is transparent. Turn off transparency from the Material Groups command prior to running this command. Vertical Exaggeration & 3d Models
It is not recommended that 3d models are added whilst a vertical exaggeration is set to Model Viewer. This can affect how levels are set to the object when the „drape elevation‟ option is used. Sight Distance In this version, the Sight Distance command will not take into account 3d models added to Model Viewer. This feature will be added in a future release of the software. Sight Distance Updating As long as the Sight Distance tab is opened on the ribbon, Model Viewer will update the sight distance check after refreshing Model Viewer. Aerial image drape supported formats Common image formats such as bmp, png, and gif are currently supported in Model Viewer. ECW files are not currently supported. If you wish to use an ECW file, than ER Mapper can be used to convert the
ECW to a JPG. ER Mapper - http://erdas-er-mapper.software.informer.com/download/ Rotation of image for aerial image drape
In this version, the software only supports rotation of the image up to 180 degrees. If it is required to rotate the image further, than it is suggested to flip the image using a program such as paint.net and re-importing into CAD. What is Trim Base? If Trim Base is checked on, than the extents of the surface specified will be used as a hide boundary on the Base Surface. My design surface is not triangulating correctly and applying the correct materials?
This can occur when the last code on your design cross section is matched to the existing surface (at the same location as the batter). To resolve this, raise this code by 10mm My design surface is not trimming the base surface properly?
If the design surface is not trimming the base surface correctly, then there may be an issue with your design surface boundary. The best option to resolve this issue is to build your design surface using Model Builder and remove triangles using either CSD boundaries or by using the Delete Edge
command. Does anyone actually read readme’s? I run Model Viewer from the ribbon, but the window does not display?
V16.2
If you run Model Viewer, but the window does not display then it could be possibly be displayed on a secondary screen. To ensure the window is displayed on your primary screen, try the following:
1) Click the icon in the taskbar to ensure that the program has focus. Then hold down the
Windows key and press the right-arrow a few times
2) Try the steps outlined in this blog (http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows/bring-misplaced-
This readme contains important information regarding the installation and use of Advanced Road Design versions as described above. Advanced Road Design for Civil 3D is available for:
Multiple AutoCAD Civil 3D based releases: o AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 to AutoCAD Civil 3D 2016
Advanced Road Design for AutoCAD is available for:
Multiple AutoCAD based releases: o AutoCAD 2012 to AutoCAD 2016 o All AutoCAD derivatives (eg: AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Map 3D) release
versions 2012 to 2016
BricsCAD V15 (32bit and 64bit installs) .
Installation Instructions
You do not need to uninstall any previous versions of Advanced Road Design. This installation will install over the top of any previous ARD installation.
Network Installation Notes
A new version of the Network License Manager is available – this version addresses issues with proxy servers. See more details and install from the Civil Survey Solutions Subscription Centre – http://subscriptions.civilsurveysolutions.com.au
Installation Location Change
For Autodesk installations, there has been a requirement to change the installation location for the software. Previously the software was being installed to the C:\ProgramData folder. All installations new install the software to C:\Program Files.
About Licensing
This version uses the Infralution Licensing. For the ARD V16, release, all subscription customers will have received a new Serial Number (Activation Key) for this version. The V16 license key will activate any ARD V16 across all platforms (eg: ARD V16 on AutoCAD 2016 and ARD V16 on AutoCAD 2012 will both access the same license file). You can obtain your Serial Number directly from the Civil Survey Solutions Subscription Centre: http://advancedroaddesign.com.au/ardau/index.php/subscription-login
V16.2
New Features
Roads
Volumes Report o The Volumes report has been completely re-written. You can now toggle
between any strings to review volume reports in an interactive display window, and display summary volumes. You can establish your own column display outputs for volume information, and output to .csv files and as Tables directly in the drawing.
The new Volumes report will display when the volumes button is selected on the
Vertical Grading Editor window
Auto Plotting o You can now plot all Strings at once, for both long and cross
sections o You can set default plotting behaviour to apply to new
projects o Whenever new strings are introduced, the Auto Plot Settings
form will display for you to manage outputs of the new string/s
V16.2
General
Labels o New Labelling tools have been introduced.
Users can establish Label Styles to manage display of labels for different objects. Labels can consist of any combination of blocks, text objects and polyline objects. Grip edit of objects within the label group is fully supported, and text can be oriented relative to any line in the label style. Depending on the label, grip edit relocation of the label marker is also supported. You can now create Label Styles and generate Labels for the following objects:
o In Plan: Surface Labels: this includes spot elevations and slope direction
labels Elevations on Polyline: displays elevation and other information at
the vertices of a polyline Chainage (Station) at Polyline: displays chainage (station)
information for an alignment at a polyline vertex – the text position can be moved along the polyline and oriented relative to the polyline.
Pipe Network labels: display pit and pipe information on plan House Connection Labels: display house connection information on
plan
o Labels can be access from the General Ribbon Tab, Roads Ribbon tab and Pipes Ribbon tab.
o AutoCAD and BricsCAD users will have direct menu/ribbon access to the following additional label types
Multi String – labels codes in plan along a String VC Labels – labels vertical geometry on plan, along an alignment Distance – labels distances along polyline tangents
Backup option now includes the 7zip format. 7zip is a free file zip utility.
V16.2
Enhanced Features
Roads
Model Builder and Auto Model o Previously, including Auto Model created a trimmed model of all roads, kerb
returns, cul-des-sacs, knuckles and roundabouts, from which you could then append additional string objects and edit the model. If Auto Model changed, with inclusion of new strings or changes to kerb return radii, the entries in the Model Builder form did not update. Now, when you reopen your Model it will update all Auto Model entries.
Resolved Issues
Roads
The Reference Line command incorrectly calculated crossfalls when the Crossfall from Table option was selected
Model builder didn‟t correctly trim intersections that included roundabouts, when users opted to start with the automatic road model
Model builder included LBAT and RBAT codes on strings that did not have templates assigned, with these two codes set with an elevation of zero. These codes are now not included
When you edited a String in the Multi Setout form, it would reset the Point Number and Order columns back to zero.
The NSW Super Tables allow for a centreline offset to be included – this was not being applied.
Pipes
House connections now display on the Vertical Grading Editor – in the previous version the linework of the house connection did not display
In the Pipe Properties, the Level Adjustment was not being applied when From Surface was selected for the pit top lid level
The Plot to File option now includes more control over the output .dwg – previously the software built a .dwg using ACAD.dwt as the originating drawing
V16.2
Known Issues
The Plot to File option may use ACAD.dwt as the originating drawing when creating output files. We are still working on resolving this. Users impacted by this would need to set the Units of the drawing and type ADC at the command line to transfer data from a „good‟ drawing/template to the output drawing.
Labelling o If using a text Anchor to Symbol control, the symbol that is being anchored
must be above the text in the list and flagged to be an anchor for text o Changing label styles in the Surface Label Styles form, then using Move
Label, will result in an apparent duplication of labels using the old and new style. Click on Add/Update labels to restore the labels correctly
Grading o The new Volumes tool will not correctly describe grading volumes. Use the
Civil 3D volume tools or the Advanced Road Design Surface Volumes command, or the Volumes button on the Grading form
o Grading Strings are not output to long and cross section outputs in the Auto Plot routine
o Grading will trim between two adjoining sections only – it will not resolve grading between non-adjacent lines without overlapping
When creating a kerb return, there is an option to set the Connection Point Code. This can only be applied at the time of creating the kerb return – changing it later will not update the kerb connection. The kerb return would need to be deleted and recreated using the Delete button on the kerb return form.
Adding a curve to a service pipe that results in intersecting of a sewer or drainage network twice, will not register any intersections/clashes.
In Advanced Road Design for BricsCAD, ensure MTFLAGS (for multi-threading), is turned OFF. Some users have experienced the software crashing when this system variable is turned on.
When assigning Sewer Manhole symbols, it is possible to automatically assign the symbol from one Pit Type to the next selected Pit Type, if that second Pit Type did not already have a symbol actively defined. Once the symbol is set by the user, it does not get edited when toggling between Pit Types.
If curved pipes are given a negative radius they will not update display on road long and cross sections, even if they are subsequently deleted. First, change the radius value on curved pipes to a positive value, then edit/delete as appropriate.
V16.2
Tables (BricsCAD Customers Only)
If you cannot create BricsCAD tables from the Advanced Road Design table output commands, there is an option to revert to standard CAD entity tables. The process is:
Open the Active Drawing Settings > Styles Tab
Tick on the option „Draw Tables as Lines and Text‟ When you select table output, the pick list of available table styles will change to match with the ARD Table Styles you have set up.
About Editing the BricsCAD Table output – ARD Table Styles
Users can edit the table output by opening the file ardtablestyles.txt in the ARD Settings folder – this table sets out the text font, text heights (and row heights) for the title, headings and data rows. Edit in Notepad as required: A view of a sample file is below for your reference and to „see‟ the format of the file
V16.2
Important information - .NET Framework 3.5.1
If you're experiencing issues running Advanced Road Design (i.e. you receive an 'Unknown command' whilst running the software), ensure that Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 is turned on. You can turn on Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 by following these steps... 1. Type 'Windows Features' in the Windows Start menu 2. Run 'Turn Windows Features on or off'. 3. Ensure Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 is ticked on.
