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Creating a bridge using Civil3D to Revit ..................................... 1
Shane Brown, AEC Systems............................................................ 1
Class Description ....................................................................................... 1
About the Speaker: .................................................................................. 1
Documentation ................................................................................... 3
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Configuration of corridor................................................................ 9
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For information about all other bridge software programs that can
coordinate with Civil3D or Revit e.g. 12D and MX. refer to this website.
http://www.aecsystems.com.au/bridge-extension.html
The chart below illustrates the bridge design workflow for a project.
Highway Engineers and Bridge Engineers are treated separately to
assume
requirements
for
design
practice
and
preference
of
technologies.
System Requirement
To continue your bridge design with Civil 3D and Revit Structure, the
system must meet the following requirements.
Software Products and Version.
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 (32 or 64
bit) with proper licence
Working Platforms
Autodesk Revit Structure2011 (32
or 64 bit) with proper licence
Extension Tool
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NOTE:
1. You need to have licensed version of both Revit Structure 2011 and
Civil3D 2011 either standalone or network licensed installed on your PC.
2. You need to have Civil3D open with the .dwg
.dwg file when importing to
Revit Structure.
3. The bridge extension for Revit Structure is part of the advantage pack
you down load from subscription centre. (currently only available in
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Documentation
The Documentation generation for Bridges extension is designed to simplify
the generation of bridge drawings in Revit Structure. After specifying the
parameters of all required bridge views and cross sections of the bridge
elements, the extension will generate the drawings of the bridge and its
elements in Revit Structure. The Revit Structure project browser lists all
generated drawings in the View (all). The drawings generated by this
extension are grupped in 3 subcategories:
Structural plans
3D views
Detail views
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Import an XML file with the previously defined road and terrain
parameters.
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Procedures
Platform
AutoCAD Civil
Autodesk Revit
Structure
Autodesk Revit
Structure
Use pre-configured
bridge families
Customize new
bridge components
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Customization
of bridge
families
Autodesk Revit
Structure
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3. Starting Integration
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4. Configuration of corridor
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3D view of an
imported corridor
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2. Configuration of bridge
Users can define the
locations of the
abutments, number and
locations of piers
according to the design
specification. For
demonstration purpose, a
bridge with three piers will
be created here. The pier
location and length of
span between each pier
should refer to the design
specification.
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2.12. In Abutment
205.041m, select
Copy from first.
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1.7.
1.8.
Set lower
bridge to be
0.000m to
284.334m.
In vertical
profile page,
set the profile
to V-Designlow bridge-(38).
In the Cross
Section page,
change the
width to 3000
and the slope
to -3%.
1.10. Set the
topography
material to
Site Earth
1.9.
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2.
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The Documentation
tool
will
instantly
create different views
for the bridge and its
components including
plan view, elevation
view and 3D view. It
also allows users to
change the setting of
the grid, annotation
tag and etc.
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Examples of views
generated by
extension
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Examples of views
generated by
extension
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Examples of views
generated by
extension
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2.1. The list of parameters required for the family consists of 3 columns:
Bridge parameter represents the parameter names of the selected family
category.
Symbol represents the symbols related to the parameters of the selected family
category.
Family parameter consists of lists that include all parameters of the family that
you loaded.
2.2. To define the new family parameters you assign the appropriate parameters
(loaded after you opened the family for modification) to the parameters required
for the selected family description.
2.3. For each parameter in the Bridge parameter column you assign the similar
parameter in the Family parameter column. The latter column consists of lists that
include all parameters of the loaded family. During subsequent parameter definition
(in the subsequent row), all previously assigned parameters are not displayed in the
subsequent lists of the Family parameter column. If there is no parameter assigned,
the message None displays in the Family parameter column.
Note: In case after you define the required parameters and the Family parameter list is not
empty, all of the remaining parameters appear under the More parameters tab.
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2.4. The More parameters tab defines the additional parameters that describe the
loaded family. The More parameters tab includes all parameters that have not
been classified as the required parameters and includes the following 4 columns:
Active check boxes to add or remove the selected parameter to the More
parameters group.
Element parameter displays the parameter names appropriate for the loaded
family.
Description defines the new parameter name.
Symbol defines the new parameter symbol.
2.5. The file path to the file with the auxiliary image is displayed at the top right of the
dialog. The image represents the description and the additional parameter
location. If you modify an existing family from the Bridges extensions, the image
shows the location of the standard additional parameters. To illustrate the solid
modification and the location of the user-defined parameters, update the image
and save it as the PNG file. The browse button
(in the right upper corner of the
dialog) is used to browse the folders in order to select the location of the userdefined image.
Note: The additional parameters definition is optional.
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When you click Yes, the application generates the set of files in the user-selected location and
the same set of files in the location required by the Bridge extensions.
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2.8.
2.9.
Define the
additional
parameters in the
More parameters
page.
Set the image path
to be the location
where the .png file
was saved
previously.
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