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Changes in Civil Essentials Jan 2016 - Mar 2017

ROUTINE	Changes, additions
Many areas > road ponding	This routine allows you to calculate the ponding volumes around a catch basin
Survey Drafting tools > closure report from text	This routine do a closure report by allowing you to select the distance and bearing as text
Point Tools > text, node, point, surface label to point	converts objects to aecc cogo point
Many Areas > pond volume by slope	This routine will calculate the bottom of a pond by inputting ytop of pond, slope and volume required
Site Drfating Tools > Create Selection Set	Similar to to LDD routine:SS but updated for civil 3D objects
DynaLOT Tools > Count blocks within ROW	Counts all blocks within alignment ROW
Cross Section Tools > label pipes in section view	CADD a label showing invert of pipe in section view

View Video where lot lines are designed, finished ground surface is updated and labels are added.

Changes in Civil Essentials July 2015 - Oct 2015

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Survey Drafting Tools > copy text from XREF	This routine allows you to copy specific text from an xref to the current dwg
DynaLOT Tools > Count Blocks within a ROW	This routine will count selected blocks inside within selected alignment’s ROW
Pipe Tools > Export Pipes to WSPG	Export selected pipes and structures to WSPG, a SWMM program specific to Los Angeles area
DynaLOT > Text to Label	Converts text or mtext to a general note label using current label style or the style that is displayed in add labels dialog box
XPSWW and PCSWMM Tools	Now allows you to select individual pipes, not just the whole network

Changes in Civil Essentials March 2015 - June 2015

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Many Areas > Change Surface in Label	This routine allows you to modify the reference surface in one or multiple surface labels
PipeX >Add strucure Labels	This routine will find all structures with a similar description and place the current label on the structure, this is usefull for labelling all cb or differntiating between storm and sanitary
Site Express Tools > Batch Purge	Open drawing Run command DGNPURGE in 2014 Run command PURGE Run Command AUDIT Delete any unused annotation scales Save drawing Close drawing Open next drawing and repeat.
Layout Tools > Export Surface Labels	Export x y and z of surface labels to a file that can be uploaded to a data collector
DynaLOT	Adds up to 3 elevation points to Feature line from a template
PCSWMM Tools	Option to convert run-off co-efficient to imperviousness

Changes in Civil Essentials December 2014 - February 2015

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
PipeX > Duplicate pipe network labels	View video on duplicating structure and pipe labels in a viewport, with vport layer freeze
PipeX >Trench Volumes	Calculate trench volumes and backfill quantities for each pipe in all networks
PipeX > Label deflection angle	Label deflection angle and clearance for alll pipes at each manhole
Section Tools > Move section views columns	Trim a section View to an even offset beyond the last slope stake
PipeLine Tools	Create a profile at user defined offset from OG profile, with 3d stationing, deflection table for al the PIs and label ROW offset from pipeline
Layout Tools > Grid to Ground	Convert points from gird to ground
Site Drafting Tools > Attribute Tool	Manipulate any attribute of an attribute in acad block
Point Tools > object to Point	Convert text, point or any object to a block ro cogo point
Survey Drafting tools > Draw Arcs and lines	Draw arcs and lines by entering distances, bearings and optionally a radius
Breakline Designer > Draw 3d featureline as profile	This routine will draw profile from a Featureline using view quick profile properties, but will make it permanent
Site Drafting Tools > reset XREF layer	This routine updates layer’s colours and linetypes in an xref’d drawing
River Tools > create profile from 2 surfaces	This routine will create 1 profile from 2 surfaces
Point Tools > Move Point Labels	This routine will allow you to move a group of points with 2 picks!
Site Drafting Tools > Move Labels	This routine will allow you to move a group of general with 2 picks!
Section Tools > Label Featurelines at section lines	This routine will label slected corridor featurelines at each section line

Changes in Civil Essentials June 2014 - November 2014

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITION
Survey Drafting tools > Lot Optimizer	View video on how to break a distance, total lot frontage, into a number of lots with variable lot widths
PipeX >Featureline to pipes	Create a pipeline from 2 FL, one on the ground and one on the top of the pipe
Road Plan Tools > Create Profile	Create a profile with vertical curves from a corridor FL use this for a 3 line profile!
Survey Drafting Tools > Label Parcel	Add labels to all parcels with one pick
Road Plan Tools > Label TOC	Label TOC and Gutter elevations and grades
Survey Drafting Tools > Label Lines and Curves	Add labels to all lines and curves on a layer with one pick
Road Plan Tools > Knuckle Tool	Create a profile along the gutter with crossfall feedback
Breakline Designer > Flatten FL 3DPL	Flatten Featurelines, 3d polylines and Survey Figurelines
Many Areas > Label All Contours	Labels all contours on a surface at a user defined interval

Changes in Civil Essentials Feb 2014 - June 2014

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
PipeX> PCSWMM Tools	Structures and cathcment areas to PCSWMM
PipeX >Export pipes to Excel	PipeX> export civil 3d pipes and structures to your Excel spreadsheet, updated to include USER Defined Properties
PipeX > Copy Invert to HGL	This routine will copy the elevation from the invert to the HGL for each pipe on a network. Some municipalities, ie Calgary, reqire the sanitary pipes to be drawn as a single line
Layout Tools > Slope Stake Report	Export Station Offset and elevation from both left and right daylight lines
PipeX > Create Pipe Network from survey	New routine to take survey shots and create a network
Point Tools > Rotate Block	Now rotate points to a FL, with an option to change the style
PipeX > Add Capacity and Velocity to Profile	Read capacity and Velocity from a spreadhseet and label to profile
Breakline Designer > Flatten FL 3DPL	Flatten Featurelines, 3d polylines and Survey Figurelines
Many Areas > Label All Contours	Labels all contours on a surface at a user defined interval

Changes in Civil Essentials Nov 2013 - Feb 2014

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
PipeX> XPSWMM Tools	export export pipes, structures and cathcment areas to XPSWMM, import of pipes to civil 3d and export ponds to XPSWMM.
PipeX >Export pipes to Excel	Updated to export additional fields, including bedding, deflection angle and more! PipeX> View this video to see interaction between civil 3d pipes and your Excel spreadsheet
Site Tools>Many Areas>Remove FL from Surface	An interactive method to remove selected Featurelines from a surface
PipeX >Pipe Interference	Now labels in profile, including drawing the pipe
PipeX > Pipe Drafting tools	Additional tools including Automated drop structures using 1 pipe size smaller Label directions in profile band and plan view with construction north
DynaLOT	Additional tools including Place surface labels at lot endpoints and along Feature Lines A vertex is added to all FL that cross a selected FL A surface label and a slope label being added to all FL on a selected layer
Breakline Designer > create FL from PL and Densify arcs	To create a FL from a 2D pline, automatically selecting the cogo points along the pline and then densifying the arcs with an interval based on the radius
River Tools > Import from HEC	Adds station, 100 year and regional Flood Elevation Import from HEC-RAS: Water Surface Extents; Velocities; Banks; Boundaries, in-effective areas, Channel CL and 2D and 3D Sections

Changes in Civil Essentials Sept 2013 - Nov 2013

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
PipeX > add object data to pipes and manhole	This routine has been updated so you can place the data in pre-defined object data tables View AVI that shows the manholes and pipes with object data being attached
PipeX > Place Watermain Under Sewer	Watermain Deflection around a Sewer this video shows how the watermain can be deflected under a sewer
Breakline Designer > Move Featureline Vertex	New routine to move a FL vertex but maintain original elevation
Survey > Point Tools >surface Labels to Points	New routine to convert Surface Labels to Points View Video
PipeX > place hydrant on Watermain	Now includes an option offset and rotates to watermain

View the latest AVIs:

Changes in Civil Essentials July 2013 - Aug 2013

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Road >sections> Trim Section View	Trim a section View to an even offset beyond the last slope stake
PipeX > Calculate Storm Areas	Now allows you to select parcels or plines for areas and run-off co-efficients. both can be exported to excel
Alignment Tools > arc thru point tangential to line	Place a curve with a fixed radius thru a known point tangental to a line
PipeX > Pipe interference	Now includes pressure pipes, pip networks, Featurelines and plines

Changes in Civil Essentials March 2013 - June 2013

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Site > Site Drafting Tools	2 new routines: copy attributes from 1 block to another block with common Tags, and move all of the attributes of a block as a group
PipeX > Rename Pipes	New routine to rename pipes
Site > DynaLOT	2 new routine to to place surface labels at lot endpoints and along Feature Lines
Site > DynaLOT	Grade and Delta routines now have an option to use dialog box or command line, look in settings, Site > general > G&D dialog box
Site > Many Areas	Primordial Volumes, the routine has been enhanced and is now faster
Site > Site Drafting Tools > Make Legend	New routine to make a legend from all blocks in a dwg, with option to limit the blocks to a control file
Road > Profile Tools	Draw Tangents now adds a reactor so if the primary road is moved the secondary road is adjusted

Changes in Civil Essentials Nov 2012 - March 2013

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Road > Section> Project Points	Places points on CL at section stations in plan, on sections and on profile
Site > Street > Draw 3D CL and Gutters	New routine in street tools to import CL and set elev on gutter line by grade
Pipes > Add Pipe Deflection Angle	New routine to add deflection angle on pipe structure labels
Pipes > Pipe Depth Report	Now has more reporting with additional summaries that will plug into the contract
Site > Many Areas	New routine to create a solid from a surface
Site > DynaLOT> Place points on FL intersections	Places points wher FL crosses a lot line, using the elevation from the FL. if you grade with FL this will aid in the labelling
Survey > Point > Extract Point Description to Acad	Extract description as Mtext, so you don’t loose any User Defined Properties when exporting to acad
Site > Many Areas >Bounded Volumes	New routine to create dynamic strip, pregrade and voume surfaces, View Video

Changes in Civil Essentials Oct 2012 - Nov 2012

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Survey > Layout tools > CL Stationing on Offset Pline	Offset new routine to place points on offset pline/FL with Alignment Stationing
Profile Tools > Move Block by Station and Elevation	New option to move a projected Cogo Point in Profile and update elevation in plan View Video
Section Tools > Move Block by Station and Elevation	New routine to move a projected Cogo Point in Section and update elevation in plan View Video

Changes in Civil Essentials June 2012 - Sept 2012

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Survey > Layout tools	2 new routines for u/g and service layout specifc to Calgary, Lot Servicing AVI UG Servicing AVI
Survey Tools > Survey Drafting > Pocket Plans	New routine to place building envelope with offset from front back and side lot lines with labelling of all distances View AVI View Video placing elevations at 4 corners of bldg envelope
Profile Tools >3 line profile	New routine to lable 3 line profiles, taking corridor FL and labelling station offset and description on profile View Video
LRT Tables	New routines that creates the tables required for LRT construction View Video
Breakline Designer > Islands	New routine to create islands in a parking lot, View Video
PipeX > Check All manhole Drops	New routine to check drop across the mh based on deflection angles
Point Tools > add block to point	New routines that will place the block in a point style with the actual block. This will allow you to rotate the block separate from the point. symbol legend that will create a table of blocks and description
Point Tools > Create point group	Create point group by selecting points now has option to create the group by style
Profile Tools > Label lines, plines, Featurelines and pipes from plan to profile	New routine that labels station, offset, Layer Name and elevation of Blocks, Featurelines, Pipes and Plines within a swath from a CL in plan onto profile
PipeX > Trench Excavation	Modified so it will vary in width based on pipe size, also new options for slopes and drawing FL. it will also now allow you to calculate the volumes to a surface, usefull if you have to calculate the amount of rock excavation

Changes in Civil Essentials February 2012 - June 2012

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Ribbons	The civil3d-tools.cuix now has ribbons, pulldowns and toolbars!
Point Tools > renumber points along pline	New routine to renumber points along a pline, this should make it easier for staking
Many Areas	New routines to export surface faultlines to file, create surface faultlines by layer, export Corridor Fault lines to surface
Many Areas > Extract contours from a surface	New routine allows you to select a contour from a surface and will create a lwpolyline with the contours elevation
Site Express Tools > Copy Label	New routine to duplicate any label and place it anywhere
PipeX > Tables to excel	New routine to export pipe tables to excel
PipeX > Change Pipe Network Labels	New routine in pipex to move pipes, structures and labels to layers as defined in the style in plan and profile
DynaLOT > place elev block at block insertion points	New routine rsi:eblock to place elev block at block insertion points
PipeX > Add object data to Pipes and Manholes	Additional fields are now including, year, alignment, part size family, part family name and year, inverts

Changes in Civil Essentials Sept 2011 - Jan 2012

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Ribbons	The civil3d-tools.cuix now has ribbons, pulldowns and toolbars!
Section Tools > corridor featurelines to grading report	New routine to export seleted corridor strings to an easy to read report
Reactors	Have been enhanced with new documentation!
Profile > 3Line Profile
Survey Drafting Tools > LABEL-FRONTAGE-AT-OS	Labels frontage at setback
Survey Drafting Tools > parcel2envelope	Draw Building Envelope from Parcel
Many Areas > prismodial Volumes	Now offsets each subsite by 0.05 and makes a FL AVI
Breakline Designer	New routine to offset gutter line to create medians and islands.
Site Drafting Tools > Parking Stalls	New routine to easily create parking stalls

Changes in Civil Essentials June 2011 - Sept 2011

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Survey Drafting Tools > Rotate Bearing from astronomic to grid	New routine to rotate bearings, includes spaces that are in the original label N80%%d06’40″E minus 01°03’10” would become N79°d03’30″E
Brealine Designer > Make Copy of FL in 2D	Copy featurelines as 2d polylines and place the featureline on a no plot layer. This allows you to have 2d plines with a LT scale and 3d FL for surfaces.
Breakline Designer > Control FL from points	New routine to control that updates a FL if the elevation of all Points asscociated are modified
PipeX >set invert across manhole	Pick 2 pipes across a MH and you can modify the inverts of the second pipe
Site Tools > Match Styles	Now matches Layers as well
Many Areas > Slice Volumes	Volume calculation between 2 surfaces showing the cut fill net for each increment. This is useful for Flood Plain analysis
PipeX > Place Invert and Directions in Bands	New options to place direction as suffix or prefix, layer selection and text width Also displays the deflections at each manhole
Profile Tools > Draw FL from Profile	Now FL updates if profile is modified
Layout Tools > MH Offsets	New routine to stakeout manholes by offsets
Profille Tools > Create 3dPoly in plan from Pline in Profile	New routine to create a offset 3d poly in plan from a pline in profile
Many Areas > Find High Low elevation in pline	New routine to locate and label lowest or highest elev in pline
Section Tools > Import Corridor FL in 2D	New routine to extract multiple FL from corridor as 2d plines
Section Tools > Super Elevation Table from corridor	New routine to create super elevation table from corridor

Boreholes AVI this video shows how to place boreholes in plan, in profile and create a subsurface!
Multiple AreaVolume AVI calculate Volumes by Areas each with its own topsoil and pre-grade depth. Strip, Rough Grade and Cut/Fill surfaces are created
Create Underground Surfaces this video show the process to create a tunnel with surfaces and sections and volumes
WaterMain AVI Place a pline offset from CL; Add bends to watermains, plot to profile with depth from profile, create 3d pline in plan; show pipe interference with c3d pipes and new watermain

Changes in Civil Essentials Feb 2011 - May 2011

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Layout Tools > Corridor to d45	Export corridor feature lines to Leica D45 file format
Site Tools > Global Style Changer	Changes layer, color, line type and lt scale in all point, alignment and surface styles
Survey > Point Tools > grid 2 ground	Converts external csv file from grid to ground or back
PipeX >Export to excel by alignment	Exports mhs and pipes to excel based on offset from CL
DynaLOT > blocks at lot endpoints by descriptor	New routine to place blocks at lot endpoints based on user defined descriptor
Alignment Tools > Rail Turnouts	New routine to locate rail turnouts
Many Areas > Boreholes	New routine to place boreholes in plan , place info on profile and build surface from boreholes
Many Areas > Prisomodial Volumes	New routine to calculate volumes by subsites, creates differentials, strip and pregrade surfaces and even does engineer fill!
Section Tools > Create surface from sections	New routine in section tools to creatre surface from section edits
Menu now has 4 toolbars	Integratted all of the LP tools into the civil essentials menu

Changes in Civil Essentials Oct 2010 - Feb 2011

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Site Tools > Grade Tool	If you move the grade arrow or text, position is remembered
License Borrowing	Updated to the latest version of flexlm, fixed returning early problems
PipeX > pipe lengths to excel by alignment	New routine exports pipes lenghts and sizes and mhs to excel by alignment
Site Tools > dynalot > Blocks at lot endpoints by user defined descriptor	New routine to place blocks at line endpoints using
PipeX> Draw pipes to Profile by alignment	New routine to draw all pipes along alignment to the correct profile view
Many Areas > calcualte stockpile volumes	New routine to incrementally calculate stocpile volumes from 1 surface
PipeX > Label Pipes in Plan	New routine to label pipes in plan, remember label location if moved
Street tools > gutter tables	New routine to show stations, elevations and grades on curb returns
PipeX > As Built Service Connections to Excel	New routine to export locations and elevations of points to excel spreadsheet
Profile tools > flags to plan	New routine to export locations and elevations of points to excel spreadsheet
Survey drafting > label lines and arcs	Now allows curved dimension arrows and you can select by point or objects

Changes in Civil Essentials July - Sept 2010

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Profile Tools > create profile with 3d stationing	Slope distance stationing along 3d pline or create from surface, one example of this is for pipelines
PipeX > Place Safety Platforms in Profile	New routine that will place a line and label halfway up a MH if the MH depth exceeds specified depth
PipeX > watermain Tools	New set of tools to place watermains onto profile
Site Tools > Many Areas > GRid to Ground	New routine to convert a surface with a scaling factor
Road > Profile Tools > Volumes from Profile	New routine to calculate the volume between 2 profiles
Pipe Tools > pipex > Service Connections	New options including getting the low and high elevation in a lot
Road > Section Tools > Label Offset Alignment to Sections	New routine to label an offset alignment on a section with station and elevation
Site > Grade Tool	In c3d now has reactors on the grade label
Survey > Survey Drafting Tools> draw pline by quadrant	New routine to easily create a pline by entering quadrant, angle and distance. Automatically labels distances and bearings

Changes in Civil Essentials April - June 2010

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Tutorials have been updated	Site tools and river tools tutorials have been updated for C3D, erase the c3d steltman example before downloading for the new files
Road Tools > Rail Tools > compare rail to road stationing	Added station equations at the end of each curve
Site Tools > Many Areas > GRid to Ground	New routine to convert a surface with a scaling factor
Road > Profile Tools > Volumes from Profile	New routine to calculate the volume between 2 profiles
Pipe Tools > pipex > Service Connections	New options including getting the low and high elevation in a lot
Site > Grade Tool	In c3d now has reactors on the grade label

Changes in Civil Essentials Dec 2009 - March 2010

ROUTINE	CHARGES, ADDITIONS
tutorials have been updated	Site tools and river tools tutorials have been updated for C3D, erase the c3d steltman example before downloading for the new files
Road Tools > Draw plines in Plan/Profile from high low Points in Sections	New tool to plot the high and low points in sections to profiles. We developed this for runway approaches
Pipe Tools > Pipe Interference	New routine to label pipe interference in plan and create and table with depth between obvert and invert. Also checks for 3d plines, great if you need to check service connections
Pipe Tools > depth of cover at manholes	New routine to calculate the depth of cover at all pipes at each manhole
Profile Tools > create profile from pline in profile	New routine to create profile from pline in profile
Section Tools > Draw 3d plines in plan/profile from points in sections	Added option to plot pline in profile from pick points in sections to plan
Site Tools > Tool Tip On/Off	Pick entities to easily turn tool tips on or off
River Tools > create hybrid profile from points and profile	Allows you mix surveyed points and surface profiles; create alignments now goes to 1 decimal place

Changes in Civil Essentials April 2009 - July 2009

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Pipe Tools > Pipe Editor	Pipe editor completely redesigned. Create runs from networks, design from upstream or downstream, inverts at CL or edge of manhole, change slopes or pipe sizes 1 at a time or by column many more enhancements View AVI
DynaLOT > Set Point by daylight	Now has option to force cut or fill
Site Tools > Match Style	Now does pipe styles too
River Tools > Draw data from HEC-RAS SDF file	Now Draws: Water Surface Extents; Velocities; Banks; Boundaries, in-effective areas, Channel CL and 2D and 3D Sections. NEW options to label the sections and add object data. Now imports multiple reaches View AVI
Survey to Plan > Dripline canopy	New routine that allows you to take a shot on the trunk and edge of canopy and block will be scaled accordingly
Street Tools > elbow knuckle and CDS	New options to selct offset pline or offset alignment
River Tools > Draw banks in plan from picking points in sections	New routine that allows you to draw the banks in plan
Dynalot > Lot corner delta from CL	If you already have a lot front selection set you can add or remove from the existing rather than starting from scratch
DynaLOT > Grade Tool	New options for interpolate or to measure along an alignment or arc
Many Areas > Volumes from grid tics and parcels	Now auto selects the area to process, and has an option to leave the Difference Text on the drawing when finished
Point Tools > Compare points to DTM	Now has option to lower surface selected

Changes in Civil Essentials Nov 2008- March 2009

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Civil Essentials	All Tools have been updated to work in C3D 2010
New toolbars for C3D civil essentials	Dynalot toolbar has been expaned and a second tool bar has been aded with the 10 most used routines
Road > River Tools > Import SDF file	New option to import ineffective areas from HEC-RAS sdf file
Site > DynaLOT > 1 LOT	Now works with C3D aecc points
Road > Section Tools > draw plines in plan from picks in sections	New routine to draw plines in plan from picks in sections
Survey > Survey Drafting Tools > Label Lines	New routines to dimensiuon lines
Pipes > pipe tools > Pipe Editor	Routine has been enhanced to show drop across the manhole. i talso show the inverts at the manhole edges and not at the Centre of the manhole
Pipes > pipe tools > Trench volumes	New routine to create to calculate trench excavation volumes
Site > dyanlot > label all grades	New routine to label all grades between point on all lines selected View AVI

Steltman Software Acquires Landproject.com intellectual property
This acquisition includes the complete “Landproject Suite” of tools which includes PipeX, DirtDemon, LandTools and PointTools for all AutoCAD Land Development Desktop and AutoCAD Civil 3D platforms.
Street tools creates alignment and profile
View AVI Calculate invert at point from main by grade

Changes in Civil Essentials Aug 2008- Oct 2008

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Survey > Poin Tools > Pack Database	New tool to renumber points so they are contiuous
Street Tools > Create Curb Return alignment and Profile	New routine to create curb returns
Street Tools > Create Elbow alignment and Profile	New routine to create Elbow
Pipe Tools > Calc invert at point from main	New routine to calculate the service connection elevation at the property line from the main at a grade View AVI
Profile Tools > Reverse Profile	New routine that will reverse the selected profile, because even if you reverse an alignment your design profile does not reverse
Profile Tools > Create align/Profile from 3d poly or Featureline	Routine updated to create alignment and profile
Profile Tools > List Elevations at intersections	Updated to allow you to change the design if the profiles do not match
Pipe Tools > Label invert elevation from plan to profile	Now labels the invert elevation in plan and profile

These were some of the most popular demonstrations at our booth at AU 2007:

Go to web or View AVI Create Civil 3D prototype drawing from LDD description keys and cogo block library in 1 pick., than draw 3d plines
View AVI Profile Tools quickly and interactively draws design profile
View AVI DynaLOT does subdivsion grading in half the time
View AVI Many Areas calculates Volumes by Parcels each with it’s own topsoil and pregegrade Depth and creates a Surface in Civil 3D
View AVI Pipe Tools edits pipes in Civil 3D or import/export to Excel
View AVI Hydaflow Tools exports drainage areas to Hydraflow and imports the design data back to Civil 3D
View AVI create stage storage volume table from a pond surface in Civil 3D using Many Areas
View AVI River Tools brings data from Civil 3D to HEC-RAS and back!
View AVI match styles in 1 pick!

Changes in Civil Essentials Febrary 2008- April 2008

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Survey to Plan Tools > Draw Sewer from block by depth	New routine to to draw 3d pline by selecting survey points and putting in depth to invert
DynaLOT Tools > place house elevations at 4 corners	New routine place house offset from PL, calculates house corner; first floor; basement and footing elevations
Profile Tools > intersect by grade	New routine to calculate station and elevation from 2 known points and interesecting by grade
Pipe Tools > Define ponding area from point	New routine calculates where user defined elevation intersects surface around a point
Pipe Tools > Define catchment area from point	New tool finds the highest elevation before surface slopes away around a point
Hydraflow Tools > update hydraflow file with storm areas	Update stm file with latest area circle information; area value in block updates when the pline is changed
River Tools > Import data	Selecting section option will now draw the banks
River Tools > Export data to Hec-ras	You can now select overbanks if different than the banks

Changes in Civil Essentials December 2007-January 2008

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Many Areas> Volumes by Slice	New routine to calculate volumes of stockpile or landfill by elevation increment
Breakline Designer > Create breaklines by Descriptor	Now optionally adds breaklines to existing surface
Street Tools > Multiple 3D plines	Now optionally adds breaklines to existing surface
Pipe Tools > Calc Storm Areas	Area Circles now update if pline is modified
HydraFLOW Tools > Import HGL	New tool that reads the STM and draws HGL on selected profile
Pipe Tools > Export to Excel	Now will export up to 3 areas and co-efficients to excel
DynaLOT > Pad Extents	New tool to calcualte freeform pad extents based on point and where elevation intersects surface
Alignment Tools > Join Alignemnts	New tool to create new alignment from 2 selected alignments
Pipe Tools > Pipe Elevation to Profile	New routine to draw ellipse on profile from selected point on pipe in plan

Changes in Civil Essentials October-November 2007

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
River Tools > Draw Bank in Plan by Picking in Sections	New routine to draw the banks between by picking points on sections View AVI for Civil 3D
Pipe Tools > Import / Export Pipes to Excel	New routine to Export and Import pipes from Excel in Civil 3D View Pipe tools for Civil 3D AVI
Pipe Tools > Pipe Editor	New routine to easily change pipe sizes and inverts in Civil 3D View Pipe tools for Civil 3D AVI
Many Areas > Volumes from Surface and Parcels	New routine to calculate Volumes in Parcels each with it’s own topsoil and pregegrade Depth. Creates a Surface in Civil 3D View AVI for Civil 3D
Survey Drafting > Lot Siting	New options for area coverage table, co-ordinate table, slopes, dimensions
Breakline Designer > Place blocks at vertices	Now optionally allow you to select points on the pline

Changes in Civil Essentials April-September 2007

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
All menus items load faster	New loading routine will only load program if selected from a different pulldown than the previous program
Steltman tool setting > civil essentials general > Land desktop installed	New option for c3d to use aecc points
DynaLOT > All routines	Now optionally use aecc cogo points in c3d
River Tools > Stretch 3dPline to Surface	New routine to create banks between section
River Tools >	Now all “.in” control files use the stream alignment name
Pipe Tools > define catchment area from point	New routine to define catchment area
DynaLOT Tools > Place elevation and Drainage Arrows	New routine to show drainage when lots drain from back to front
Street Tools > Elbow Knuckle stationing	New routine to label beginning and ending stationing necessary for Corridor ezy knuckle routines
Many Areas > Label pregrade elevations from proposed surface	New routine to take surface labels in ldd and subtract pregrade depths
Many Areas > Label pregrade elevations from proposed surface	New routine to take surf labels in ldd and subtract pregrade depths
Steltman tool setting > site tools > cul-de-sac	Street tools layers moved from the menu to steltman tool setting
Steltman tool setting > survey tools > Create Breaklines	Create Breaklines from Descriptors arguements moved from the menu to steltman tool setting
Pipe Tools > Pipe Utilities > Pipe Editor	New routine for c3d to view and change pipe sizes and inverts
Pipe Tools > Pipe Utilities > Export/Import Pipe Data to/from Exce	New routine for c3d send pipe data to and from YOUR excel spreadsheet
Profile Tools > draw tangents in plan	New routine to do vertical design in plan; intersection matching and station and surface elevation display while moving the cursor

Changes in Civil Essentials February-March 2007

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Pipe Tools > Pipe Interference	Now labels clearance on the drawings
Road > Section Tools > Label points or pline	Added option to label selected point in plan from selected point on section
Road > Profile tools > flags to plan	Now has option to put additional elevations along vertical curve
Road > Section Tools > draw culverts	Now asks to select additional lines for culverts that do not cross cL
Survey > Breakline Designer > 3d Polyline to LW polyline	New tool to convert 3d polys to lw plines
Site > Drafting Tools > Layer move	New tool to move all entities on source layer to selected layer but retain colour of original layer

Changes in Civil Essentials November 2006 to January 2007

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Road > Design Tools > Calculate Stripping	New routine to calculate stripping volumes from selected pcodes to slope stake
Site > DynaLOT Tools > Offset Swale	New routines to place elevations along offset swale at user defined grade
Civil 3d > survey > point tools >	New tool to to rotate point without going through panorama
Civil 3d > site express tools > match styles	New routine that updates style of target point, alignment, profile or surface from selected object
Civil 3d > survey > point tools	Migrated Civil Essentials from LDD to C3D
Civil 3d > survey > Survey to Plan Tools	Migrated Civil Essentials from LDD to C3D
Civil 3d > Site > Many Areas > Pond Stage Storage from Surface	New routine to calculate volumes from a surface at user defined interval

Changes in Civil Essentials October 2006

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Site > Many Areas > Volumes from Grid Tics and Parcels	Added new option to select a default topsoil and pregrade depth to apply to points in a parcel that are not in any of the other parcels
Site > DynaLOT Tools > Count Blocks inside ROW	New routines that will count blocks inside user defined width from selected alignments
Site > DynaLOT > Place Elevation Block at Daylight Point	New tool to place a point at the daylight point
Site > DynaLOT > 1 Lot Copy	New routine that copies the layout from 1 lot design to a second lot
Road > Section Tools > Label Total Cut Fill Areas on sections	New routine to label cut/fill areas on each plotted cross-section
Road > Section Tools > Label Template Areas on Sections	New routine will place areas from the template into a table on each
Road > Section Tools > Label Lines and plines from plan to sections	New option to place vertical line at offset of pline at each section
Site > DynaLOT > Label Grade between 2 3d plines	Label Grade between 2 3d plines
Road > Section Tools > Label Last Slope	Added option to label run over rise or rise over run
Road > River Tools > Draw Data from Hec-Ras SDF file	When importing sdf boundaries now will process all profiles in the file. also added left and right elevations when importing water extents
Road > Profile Tools > Flags to Plan	Added option in profile flags to plan to select alignment intersections to be labeled
Road > Profile Tools > Draw Tangents	Now steps through each pi and prompts for k or LVC

View River Tools for Civil3D AVi

Changes in Civil Essentials September 2006

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Site > DynaLOT > Label Grade from block perp to 3d Pline	Added new option when labelling grade to 3d pline for selecting point on pline or perpendicular to pline or to Elevation from CL
Survey > Layout >Sokkia > Import SDR Station Offset	New routines to read an SDR station offset file and create pline or import points
Site > DynaLOT > Extended Label Grade	New routine to label slopes with additional options
Site > DynaLOT > Lot Design 2 points	New routine to design lot line between 2 points
Site > Admin > Tools Setting > General > Use AECC points	Now toggle between Softdesk Point Blocks and AECC Point Objects

Changes in Civil Essentials June/July/August 2006

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Road > Road Plan Tools > Label Grades in Plan between PCodes	Routine to label grades between pcodes in plan
Road > Road Plan Tools > Sopelines	Now allows you to specify a gap between a group of slopelines, remembers last setting
Road > Alignment tools > Set alignment by grade from contours	Now includes plines, lwplines and aecc contours
road > Profile Tools > Skewed Utilities to Profile	Routine to plot skewed utilities to profile
road > Profile Tools > Point Groups to Profile	Updated with new labelling options, text will not overlap
road > Profile Tools > Display Elevations	Routine to list elevation from profile by user entering stations
Site > DynaLOT > Edit Blocks along Pline	Now adds and deletes blocks modified in dialog box
Site > DynaLOT > Blocks On Arcs	Routine to place blocks at arc endpoints
Site > Express > Bill of Materials	Now allows you to count nested blocks and length by line type
Survey > Layout Tools > Centerline Station and offset pline	Routine to calculate pline offset and distance and elevation from CL
Survey > Layout Tools > Service Connections	Now allows you to put 2 points for each connection
Survey > Layout Tools > Centerline Station and Offset	Now you can have multiple offsets defined in 1 pass
Survey > Layout Tools > Elev from CL	Routine to place an elevation on select points or objects
Survey > Layout Tools > Field	Added a save button
Survey > Point Tools > Multiply Elevation	Routine to multiply aecc point objects by user defined factor

Changes in Civil Essentials April/May 2006

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Road > alignment tools > Add Curve Tables	Now draws location of horizontal PI of curve
road > river tools > import from HEC	Added option to import sections as 3d plines from SDF file created in HEC-RAS
road > river tools > import from HEC	Added option to import stream CL from SDF file created in HEC-RAS
Survey > Layout Tools > Export alignments to DC	Export multiple horizontal and vertical alignments to trimble dc format
Survey > Breakline Designer > Create 3d pline	New option to query surface at each vertex while drawing 3d poly
Survey > Breakline Designer > Edit 3d pline	New options to reverse, plot and label 3d poly

Changes in Civil Essentials March 2006

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
site > DynaLOT > blocks at lot endpoints	Now is UCS aware
site > drafting tools > Block:Delta angle Rotate	Now is UCS aware
Road > Profile tools > CL Elev flags	Now places stations with “+” and removes space before “%”
site > DynaLOT > Label Grade from Block to 3D Pline	New routine that labels grade, use for labellling driveway grade from house fron to curb
site > dynalot> Flatten Blocks	New routine to set block insertion Z to 0, the reverse of add Z
road > river tools > Create HEC-RAS SDF file from points and SDF file	New routine to update sdf file with points from dwg. Use this routine to paste points from dwg into section in an existing SDF file. Great way to merge survey data with models created from Lidar data
road > river tools > Create Hybrid Profile from points and Profiles	New routine to update profiles with points from dwg. Use this routine to paste points from dwg into existing profiles. Great way to merge survey data with models creating clean profiles
Survey > Migration Tools	LDD to Civil 3D Description Key translator now moved to Survey Tools, also includes routine to import all blocks from a Folder into current dwg
Survey > Mapping Tools	Mapping tools now moved to Survey Tools

Changes in Civil Essentials February 2006

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Road > river tools > Create alignments	New routine to create alignments from lines and plines that cross channel alignment, and export alignment names to file
Road > river tools > Export to hec ras	Now calcualtes actual reach lengths along pline
Survey > pipeline tools> Parcel alignment intersection report	New routine to display the the station of selected aligment with all parcels it intersects
Survey > breakline designer > Create breaklines from descriptors	New option to NOT read point database, this speeds up the routine significantly
Site > dynalot> lot corner delta from CL	Now remembers the delta for each alignment
Pipe > Place catch basin	New routine to place a catch basin and set invert elevation from obvert of pipe
Site > DynaLOT > Place blocks along	Will now do arcs, lines and plines and will optionally read the elevation and update the block

Changes in Civil Essentials January 2006

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Road > river tools > Create HEC-RAS SDF file	Now will create, cut lines, bank positions and reach limits
Road > river tools > Create profiles from surface	New routine will create and plot profile for each alignment selected
Road > river tools > Process Sections from alignments and Surfaces	New routine to create profiles from a surface and a list of alignments
Site > DynaLOT > Label-Design grade on arc	Now places curved grade label
Survey > pipeline tools> parcel percentage area report	New routine to display each parcel’s area as a percentage of the total of all the areas of all the parcels
Survey > layout tools> bolt pattern	New routine to output bolt locations based on number of bolts on each pier
Road > road plan tools> 3 line profile	New options to dimension tranition profile along offset alignment in profile

Changes in Civil Essentials November 2005

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Survey > breakline designer > Create breaklines from Descriptors	Added option to define curves with multiple points
Road > profile tool > Dimension Offset Alignment to Profile	New tool to dimension offset alignment to baseline profile
Road > road plan tools> label superelevaion points	New routine to label station and descriptor of critical superelevaion points in plan

Changes in Civil Essentials September and October 2005

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Site > dynalot > Edit Block Elevations along Pline	New tool that selects all blocks along a pline and allows you to edit elevations and set grades
Site > many areas> Contours to Cut Fill Balance Layers	Updated so you can specify engineer fill contours
Site > street tools> cul-de-sac and elbow	Layers are now controlled in site > admin > steltman tool settings

Changes in Civil Essentials September 2005

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Site > dynalot > Edit Block Elevations along Pline	New tool that selects all blocks along a pline and allows you to edit elevations and set grades

Changes in Civil Essentials August 2005

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
survey >layout tools	All layout tools now work in Civil 3D
Site >Many Areas > Pond Volumes	New option to display in ft3 or yd3 or acre feet
Site >Many Areas > Volumes from Grid Tics and Parcels	Now totals areas, prompts if you wish to erase, cleaner display of results
Road >River Tools > Import Banks	New option to import banks or boundaries from HEC-RAS GIS export
Road>Road Design Tools >Blocks on Profile to offset alignment	New tools allows you to pick points and blocks on profile and locate them on an offset alignment

View AVi that shows how you create a 3D pline along an offset alignment from a pline on a profile. Usefull for watermains

Changes in Civil Essentials July 2005

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
survey >layout tools > service connections	Modified so you can export service connections by layer
survey >layout tools > MHS and Inverts	Now allows you to select which runs to export
Site >Street Tools > Cul-De-Sac	Now allows you to set radius to 0 on second return
Site >Many Areas > Volumes from tics	New options to allow you to set the colours and to import the results into the drawing
Road>Profile Tools >Label station and block	New option to allow you to place label by entering station, calculates elevation from design profile

View AVi that shows how you create a 3D pline along an offset alignment from a pline on a profile. Usefull for watermains

Changes in Civil Essentials June 2005

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
survey >layout tools > Translate auf to nikon job	New routine converts auf file to nikon Transit format for stakeout
survey >drafting tools > lot lines	Now allows you to create parcels with widths based on front or rear setback
Site >Many Areas > Label Contours along pline	New routine to label all contours that cross user defined pline
Site >DynaLOT > 1 Lot	New option Backsplit walkout, sets grades to 2%, 3:1 on the bank, and the bank depth varies
Site >Street Tools > Multiple 3d plines	Now has a mirror button so template creation is even easier!
Pipes >Update rim elevation	Now prompts for which runs to update
Road >Design Tools > Pline on Profile to Offset Alignment 3D Pline	New routine creates 3d pline along offset alignment, usefull for watermains

View AVi or go to web details on how to Create Civil 3D prototype drawing from LDD description keys and cogo block library
View AVi that shows how you can label contours along a pline

Changes in Civil Essentials May 2005

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Site >Dynalot > Place Elev in Descriptor by Delta	New routine places elevation in descriptor delta elevation from elev attribute. Use for setting basement elevations
Site >Many Areas > Pond Stage Storage Tables	Now allows you to save output to user defined file
Site >Many Areas > Import Parcels	New routine that allows you to draw parcels
Road >Section Tools > Label Plotted Sections	Now allows you to save output to user defined file
Site >Site Tools > rotate Text to Line	New routine that sets rotation angle of text to the same angle as selected line

View AVi that shows how you can draw service connections, driveways and optionally label distance from manhole to sanitary service connection by selecting the mains and the lot lines
New Service to Create Civil 3D prototype drawing from LDD description keys and cogo block library

Changes in Civil Essentials April 2005

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Site >Dynalot > Place Block at XREF endpoints	New routine places elevations at selected lines in attached XREF
Road > Express > list line length in profile	New routine that lists the true length of a line in a Profile with Vertical Exaggeration

Changes in Civil Essentials March 2005

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Survey >points > import from ascii file	New routine to import points in ACAD
Road > Rail > draw Spiral	New routine that draws a spiral and curve in ACAD
Pipes > Service Connections	Now you can set low high double on all connections
Site > 3d Curb Returns	Now works better on curved roads
LDT 2006	All routines tested
Site > Volumes from grid tics	Now prompts for Engineer Fill Depth and sets different colours for cut, fill, balance and engineer fill
Pipes > pipe interference	Highlights the pipes that do not exceed minimum clearance in red versus green that do meet minimum

View AVi showing how you can take survey shots of culverts and create 3d plines, rotate culvert ends, label in plan, draw and label on profile and section

Changes in Civil Essentials February 2005

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Road > River > sections from alignments	Now optionally creates OG profile for each alignment
Road > River > List alignments	New routine list all alignments and create lines.in
Road > Express > Set profile Colours	New Routine to set colour for all profile layers
Site > Express > Bill of Materials	Updated to save and select template file
Survey > Layout > pline offset	Now allows you to select addittional points
Road > Express > Set Section Colours	New Routine to set colour for all cross-section layers
Road > Section > Culverts to Section	New Routine to plot and label culverts from plan to sections

Changes in Civil Essentials August 2004

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Site > many areas>calc pregrade depths	New routine to aid in calculating pregrade subgrade depths
Road > alignment tools> draw taper	Added dialog box, now allows tpaer details to be read from file
Pipe tools > pipe interference	Now generates report even if the manholes do not have unique ids
Survey tools > breakline designer	Now has slopelines routine

Changes in Civil Essentials July 2004

ROUTINE	CHANGES, ADDITIONS
Site > dynalot > Slope between points	Now gives options in dialog box
Site > Street tools > 3D curb returns	Now label bvc, hi-low pt evc and grades, new dialog box
Site > Street tools > Elev from CL	Now uses pick box
Road > Section >Label points	Now saves dialog box changes in drawing
Pipe > Calc Area	Now updates hydraflow .stm with area and run-off co-efficient
Survey > Layout > CL station offset	Now allows “+” to be added to station values
Survey > Layout > Pick	Updated dialog box

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