NMDOT Parts Catalog Part 2

NMDOT PARTS CATALOG – PART 2

DEVELOPMENT REPORT

drawing exported from Inventor. Because of the way IPE feeds parameters into Civil 3D, Inventor parameters need to be created in a specific way with specific names. For example, the underground structure requires the parameter “BaseTh”, which represents the depth of the bottom slab of a structure. The names of these parameters must match the specific names used in IPE. A full list of required parameters with their proper names is included in Appendix B . It can also be found on the Autodesk webpage on Infrastructure Part Shape Utilities. The user will create structures either from templates in the default library or from exported parts from Inventor. These structures are classified into three categories: surface structure, underground structure, and grate structure. The grate structure is not required for the creation of a C3D structure, but the underground and surface structures are. The structures can either be round or rectangular, and the shape controls how many parameters are available to be used as dimensions. These structures can be combined into an IPE part called an assembly, as shown in Figure 5 . Special attention must be given to the dimensions of the structures and their type, since the underground, surface, and inlet structures must have certain matching parameters. From IPE, these assemblies can be exported into both Civil 3D and Infraworks.

Figure 5: Combining Surface Structure and Underground Structure in Assembly View

2.3 CIVIL 3D The pipe network catalog exported from IPE can be loaded into Civil 3D, and part lists can be generated from this catalog. Pipe networks can then be created from these part lists. Because the intent is to have all parts exist in a single catalog, some manipulation of the files has been performed to combine all the catalogs. Having both existing and proposed pipes included in one catalog means the user does not need to reload

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