What is civil 3d?

[sivapathasunderam]

Hello;

 

I am new to civil 3d

What is civil 3d?

Is it additional merged Program linked to AutoCAD for 3d works

In Autocad product still there is no command for copytolayouts

It's a lisp routine, like the way we are using additional many type of custom programs for AutoCAD

 

Same way is there any custom programs for civil 3d

 

thanks

Siva

[Tiger]

Civil 3D is a vertical product to AutoCAD, meaning it uses AutoCAD as its base. So everything you can do in AutoCAD, you can do i Civil. There are custom programs for Civil 3D, and if you have customizations and/or Lisps that you use in AutoCAD, they will work in Civil 3D.

 

As to what Civil 3D is, it's a 3D (with caveats) modelling program mainly for road and wastewater design.

[sivapathasunderam]

thanks tiger for replied to my thread

 

1. AutoLISP

2. Visual LISP

3. Visual DCL

4. VBA

5. .NET

6. ARX Programming

 

All these custom programs what we are using for AutoCAD will work with civil3d also.....

[rkmcswain]

Maybe.

What version of AutoCAD and what version of Civil 3D?

[lrm]

Think of Civil 3D as AutoCAD plus some stuff. In fact, if you are using Civil 3D you can give the MENU command, select acad.CUIX and you now have AutoCAD! To get back to the AutoCAD user interface type MENU again and select C3D.cuix. So yes, programs that run with AutoCAD will work with Civil 3D but not necessarily vice versa as there are features in Civil 3D that are not in plain AutoCAD and if your program references those feature they will not work in a pure AutoCAD installation.

[rkmcswain]

In fact, if you are using Civil 3D you can give the MENU command, select acad.CUIX and you now have AutoCAD!

 

You _can_ do that, but Civil 3D comes with a "Run Civil 3D as AutoCAD", which avoids the messy menu swapping.

 

[BlackBox]

thanks tiger for replied to my thread

 

1. AutoLISP

2. Visual LISP

3. Visual DCL

4. VBA

5. .NET

6. ARX Programming

 

All these custom programs what we are using for AutoCAD will work with civil3d also.....

 

Firstly, welcome to the world of Civil 3D.

 

Building on others' apt comments; think of Civil 3D as an onion - Civil 3D is built on top of Map 3D, which itself is built on top of AutoCAD - so anything that works in the 'lesser' platforms of both Map 3D, and 'vanilla' AutoCAD, also work in Civil 3D.

 

That said, as a result, Civil 3D also supports all of 'vanilla' AutoCAD's native APIs, provided compiled code is compiled for the same Framework, employs the correct Assembly References, etc.

 

Civil 3D also provides myriad APIs of its own, appropriately, for the various new Typed Objects (Classes) Civil 3D natively implements as well, such as Alignments, Surfaces, COGO Points, Profiles, Profile Views, etc.

 

Cheers

[rkmcswain]

.......so anything that works in the 'lesser' platforms of both Map 3D, and 'vanilla' AutoCAD, also work in Civil 3D.

 

 

 

Almost....

 

There are a few commands that are part of AutoCAD MAP that are not enabled in Civil 3D. I believe it's limited to MAP functionality, where Civil 3D contains a better different version of, such as COGO/Survey oriented commands.

 

For example: Try the commands MAPCOGO or MAPCGSETUP in Civil 3D.

[BlackBox]

Almost....

 

There are a few commands that are part of AutoCAD MAP that are not enabled in Civil 3D. I believe it's limited to MAP functionality, where Civil 3D contains a better different version of, such as COGO/Survey oriented commands.

 

For example: Try the commands MAPCOGO or MAPCGSETUP in Civil 3D.

 

Perhaps I applied the aforementioned 'with caveats' comment too liberally in posting my own.

 

Correct; RTM Map 3D is a different build of acad.exe than AutoCAD (same version), let alone Civil 3D. I know one stickler who shall not be named (cadtag, ehhehehehe) for identifying such with each release, which is more stable and the like.... Some functionality presents incompatibility issues, etc.

 

In any event, good clarification, RK - I certainly wouldn't want to confuse, or worse, mislead someone - just making generalizations.

 

Cheers

[BIGAL]

We run a 3rd party program that takes advantage of CIV3d capabilities such as input survey data, surface modelling and then autocad functions like producing plans for layouts, cross & long sections. It runs all my lisp and vba developed over 30 years.

[rkmcswain]

just making generalizations.

 

 

"anything that works in the 'lesser' platforms of both Map 3D, and 'vanilla' AutoCAD, also work in Civil 3D." ....... sounds more like an absolute statement.

 

[BlackBox]

"anything that works in the 'lesser' platforms of both Map 3D, and 'vanilla' AutoCAD, also work in Civil 3D." ....... sounds more like an absolute statement.

 

 

Perhaps you should familiarize yourself with what a generalization _actually_ is then ....

 

Examples of Generalization

 

A generalization is defined as a broad statement or an idea that applies to a group of people or things. Oftentimes, generalizations are not entirely true, because there may be examples of individuals or situations wherein the generalization does not apply.

 

Statements of Generalization

• All parents try to make life difficult for their children.
  
• Every salesman lies to make more money on a sale.
  
• Homework is very easy.
  
• Homework is very hard.
  
• The United States is colder than Europe.
  
• Women all want to have large families.
  
• Men are all afraid of commitment.
  
• The best way to make new friends is to just start talking to people.
  
• Nobody really believes that the Earth is flat.
  
• Most politicians are greedy and manipulative.
  
• No American thinks staying in Iraq is the best solution.
  
• Cats are nicer than dogs.
  
• Dogs are smarter than cats.
  
• Most people find church very boring.
  
• Everyone likes a little bit of excitement and variety in their life.
  
• Only a fool would believe what that commercial says.
  
• Learning to drive isn’t difficult.
  
• College is the only way a person can be properly educated.
  
• Everyone who goes to college is an elitist.
  
• Rich people are greedy.
  
• Poor people are lazy.
  
• Men don’t enjoy window shopping.
  
• Everyone is a cynic these days.
  
• No one could complete a marathon without the appropriate training.
  
• It’s impossible for children to appreciate art.
  
• Children should be seen and not heard.
  
• If you believe you can do it, you will always succeed.
  
• All success is brought about by good luck.
  
• Gentlemen with his kind of upbringing are very trustworthy.
  
• No one is born evil.
  
• Everybody loves a trip to the theme park over the summer.
  
• Police officers are corrupt.
  
• Police officers are heroes.
  
• Girls don’t enjoy playing with cars the way boys do.
  
• Boys don't enjoy playing with dolls the way girls do.
  
• The only way to learn another language is to visit the country where it is spoken.
  
• It’s never a good idea to drink coffee after noontime.
  
• To be an author, you need to have a large vocabulary.
  
• Only dead fish go with the flow.
  
• All criminals have troubled backgrounds.
  
• All criminals can be rehabilitated.
  
• Nobody truly thinks the world is going to end.
  
• Everyone thrives on drama.
  
• Photographers can’t earn very much money in this economy.
  
• A long commute to work makes a person much less productive.
  
• Cooking isn’t difficult; all you need are the right ingredients.
  
• Anyone can learn to cook if they only try.
  
• Everyone loves a delivery of flowers and a box of chocolates.
  
• All women want men to be romantic.
  
• Your family will always be there for you.
  
• Friends are people who will never let you down no matter what.
  
• Men all want the same thing – money, power, and fame.
  
• Football players are arrogant, cocky people.
  
• Nerdy kids are all going to grow up to be rich.
  
• Pretty people are always stuck up.
  
• Overweight people always overeat.
  
• The customer is always right.
  
• RK is always right.
  

[BlackBox]

Generally speaking, any absolute statement is most definitely going to be a generalization.