Anyone know Civil 3D?

Does anyone here use Civil 3D 2009?

Chase OldSparky, Viv...he's an expert with it.

Sorry Viv I'm a Machinist, SParky's your man

Dear Rickard5 and Allan Cullen,
Thanks for the lead guys.

Old Sparky! Do you know about grading? Like under a bridge?
Regards, Vivian

Viv...I sent Sparky a message telling him you wish his good counsel.

Mwhahaha.....

BTW...his name is Steve.....a very, extremely, helpfull bloke.

Well just
Me ke aloha
Aloha au iaoe
Mahalo nui loa

Dear Alan,
Thank you! You're such a sweetie. How can you possibly be excluded from anywhere?

Dear Rickard,
You sweet talker you! What else do you have up your ACAD sleeve.
What? This is not the Tavern or the Lounge. I knows how to watch my p's & q's.

OXOXO to you both!
Regards, Vivian

Sorry for the delay . . . I've been hiding over the holiday and can't log in here from work.
Before dumping a bunch of Civil 3D jargon upon you I must ask, how much experience do you have with Civil 3D? The interface is an absolute BEAR until you become familiar with it. This is especially true for experienced Land Desktop people.
Grading is not the most stable Civil 3D feature, but it can be done without too much torture.

Hi Sparky,
I've had 2 days of instruction on the basics and corridors and 2 weeks of head-banging, 4-letter word reading and tutorials.
I tried some grading but can't get it right.
Thanks for answering.
Regards, Vivian

Hi Sparky,
By the way, I'm a structural drafter on ACAD 09 and have to learn C3D for a design build with contractors. Exciting.
Regards, Vivian

Hi again Sparky,
Just to define the problem a bit. We need to grade existing ground under (to match bottom of footing) and around our bridge abutments and to clear the underspans near the abutment. 4' clear around the abutment structure and slope is 2:1. After clearing about 4' below the underspans, it goes to match existing. I calculated about 7300 CY long hand for cut.

Any suggestions on how to proceed?

Regards,
Vivian

vthi wrote:Dear Alan,
Thank you! You're such a sweetie. How can you possibly be excluded from anywhere?

Dear Rickard,
You sweet talker you! What else do you have up your ACAD sleeve.
What? This is not the Tavern or the Lounge. I knows how to watch my p's & q's.

Dearest Vivian,
Alan is never excluded from any Reindeer Games, He's like that little kid that's in EVERY Family Picture ever taken, Hamming (spam) it up! and like that Precocious little keiki, he's our Mea Aloha

And I have nothing up my "sleeve" except my undieing Respect and Platonic Love for our little Island Wahine and I think this Phrase sums it all up Ko Aloha Makamae E Ipo

I found this just for you


P.S. I'll watch your P'as and Q's any day of the year

Hmm . . . never heard of a tutorial for 4-letter words. They usually just come out natural . . . especially working with Civil 3D. Could be handy though come to think of it.
How do you get along with TOOLSPACE? It will become your best friend out of necessity no matter how much you hate the interface now. Definitely turn off the ribbon . . . there is nothing useful there for Civil 3D as yet and it will only bog things down as will the properties and layer manager pallets but if at all possible keep TOOLSPACE open or at least hidden in a flyout.
Scope of work . . . Are you helping out a team of users with some experience or are you blessed with the whole spoiled cabbage? You will need an existing surface or a proposed one to target your grading. If you are going to have to develop your own corridor we are in for a l o n g haul.
My old instructor has been holding Civil 3D classes at a couple firms in the Islands the past few months. He may have been working with this firm. Ask about Michael Farrell . . . if he has taught them, they will at least know what they are doing.

Dear Rickard,
You really know the way to my little thumper .
And Thank you for the pic!
Aloha e Mahalo, Vivian
ps Where'd you learn Hawaiian?

Hi Sparky,
Toolspace I can deal with. That's the one with Prospector right? Ribbons went out a loooong time ago. Even in my vanilla ACAD.
I am surely blessed with the whole mess! Hallelujah! NOT! My co-drafter is not even a little fan of civil even though I made him take the same 2-day class.
I got the xml file for the existing ground and I actually made a corridor for the upper deck of our first bridge. My co-drafter did a beautiful job on a 3d model of our bridge that fits pretty well.
I just can't seem to put the grading pieces together. Like I have a big hole where the bottom part of my grading is supposed to be. The slopes are fine except for a couple of glitchey places. And I can't figure out what I'm missing to show the new grading with the existing.
Michael Farrell sounds familiar. You wouldn't know what firm he's working with? I had Willy Campbell from USCAD. But he has since left.
Thanks again.
Regards, Vivian