Civil Survey Solutions

Autodesk have released Subscription Advantage Packs for various 2010 products including AutoCAD Civil 3D.

If you are on subscription for Civil 3D 2010 you should download it from the Autodesk Subscription site.

Advantage Packs provide new functionality to Autodesk products well ahead of next year's releases.  For Civil 3D users there are some significant inclusions in the advantage pack, all accessible from the Civil 3D Toolbox:

A brand new object type is included - Point Clouds.  Point Cloud technology will allow you to quickly import and display millions of points - this has immediate benefits in sorting valuable point data before building a surface as well as providing a frame for establishing Data Clip Boundaries before importing points.

The Roundabout tool is great for quickly laying out your roundabout geometry directly from centreline alignments.

Some of the surface breakline tools are invaluable for surveyors wanting to sort out where breaklines are crossing.

The Create Surface from GIS Data suddenly makes it both quick and easy to create surfaces directly from GIS data.

The Visibility Check tools give you a quick 'engineering' view of the model to sort out any immediate design deficiencies.

The Best Fit tools for alignments and profiles are also worth a look.

Download it and take advantage of subscription.