Civil 3D 2015 - ProSoft PowerTools for Civil 3D

I wrote an article recently for AUGI on the ProSoft PowerTools.  Some info is below on some of the new 2015 features, the full article is here:

http://www.augi.com/augiworld/june-2014/

New for Civil 3D 2015!!

There are several new items new for the first rollout of the 2015 version.  One I chose to highlight here is the grading tools.

Grading tools enables you to create 3D projection polylines from any polyline or feature line. Grading is defined with a set of grading criteria, which are applied to a footprint. The following grading criteria are supported:

o    Offset/Slope

o    Offset/Relative elevation

o    Slope/Relative elevation

o    Slope/Surface

o    Drape

o    Offset/Drape/Elevation

Grading object consist of several 3D polylines each one representing grading criteria. Grading definition can be saved and applied on other footprints. Several grading objects can be applied on a single polyline or feature line.

Grading tools enables you to verify different designs by changing grading criteria or footprint. You can move or modify a footprint – grading is updated automatically. Or run an edit grading command and add, change or remove grading criteria from a grading dialog. 

This powerful functionality will help you design complex 3D objects and tasks: road/railway embankments, dikes, intersections, road islands, sidewalks, landfills, plateaus…

PIPE DEPTH SUMMARY REPORT - This tool calculates pipe depths for selected Civil 3D profile and creates a summary report. We can set different depth intervals: 0-8, 8-10, 10-12, … 20+. Pipe depth can be calculated from: bottom, invert, center, crown or top of the pipe. If pipe profile is changed, summary depth report is updated automatically.

- Shawn Herring