During the process of working on a project, drawings often become “cluttered” with unnecessary elements. To maintain order, specialists at the design institute use an automatic cleaning script. This tool has functions for telegram in philippines deleting unused layers, correcting incorrect elements, and bringing drawings into line with corporate design standards.
"Unfortunately, very often we receive such drawings that when we look at them in axonometry, we see that everything is broken. And we spend a huge amount of time to bring the incoming drawing to the standard that is accepted in our company," shared Ksenia Gryaznukhina.
S.23 has developed extensive libraries of elements, comprising over 3,000 items. They cover all aspects of master plan design, including:
Small architectural forms (benches, urns, lanterns, etc.)
Landscaping elements (trees, shrubs, lawns)
Various coverings (asphalt, tiles, rubber coverings)
Each block has attributes and parameters that allow automatic creation of specifications and statements.
To simplify work with libraries, a family manager was additionally developed, helping to quickly find the necessary elements by categories and keywords, insert blocks into drawings with one click and update them when company standards change.
The Family Manager has two levels of access: a user level for designers who use ready-made blocks in their work, and an administrative level for BIM coordinators who monitor the relevance of libraries and make changes.
Introduction of dynamic statements and specifications
Preparing statements and specifications is one of the most labor-intensive stages of design. Using special plugins allows you to automatically generate statements and specifications for documentation, which speeds up the process of preparing drawings and minimizes errors.
The design institute created a plugin that includes three main functions for performing such tasks:
Creating statements . When you click the corresponding button, a window opens where you can select specific statements, queues and stages, as well as set the design parameters. The plugin supports the creation of various types of documents: a statement of landscaping, sidewalks and paths, coatings, small architectural forms, as well as a table of structural units of coatings
Updating statements . Allows you to update data in already created statements when the model changes.
Clearing statements . Completely clears the drawing from all elements created by the plugin.
Vertical planning and automation of geoplastics
One of the most interesting and challenging aspects of working in Civil 3D is vertical planning. One of its varieties, geoplastics, or the creation of artificial hills, requires high precision and careful modeling. At the same time, due to the complexity of forms and smooth lines, traditional methods often lead to errors.
To simplify this process, a script was developed that automatically creates the geometry of the hills and adds it to the surface. It takes into account the features of the shape, ensuring the correct construction of contours and convex surfaces.
3D modeling and creation of BIM models of coatings
One of the main goals of automation is to create a detailed BIM model of the general plan coverings. To achieve this, S.23 has developed a process flow that is performed with one click of a button and allows for obtaining updated 3D models of coverings without any additional actions. It includes four stages:
Create a wireframe based on a surface and hatches from the library
Generation of coating layers according to specified thicknesses and parameters
Extruding layers to create a three-dimensional coating
Automatic assignment of parameters to each layer to form a complete BIM model
Conclusions
Automation of master plan design is the key to increasing the efficiency and quality of designers' work. And the use of Civil 3D, Dynamo and specialized scripts allows S.23 specialists to successfully solve the most complex tasks in this area, saving time and resources.