So glad to see finally that manufacturer’s are joining the BIM process to enable better modelling of civil engineering and landscape designs with real world content.
ACO, a company that manufactures sustainable civil drainage products has recently released content to use with AutoCAD Civil 3D to enable engineers to design with real world products to enhance the quality of their projects.
ACO is a world leader in the design, development and implementation of sustainable surface water management systems. For over 50 years, ACO have pioneered unique solutions that satisfy the need for high performance, environmental excellence, optimal return on investment and long operational life across a vast range of applications.
‘ACO is the first surface water management manufacturer to launch a BIM offering targeting civils and infrastructure projects. Through conversations with our customers, we have recognised the growing desire to gain the same advantages BIM offers construction building projects, and as a result popular ranges from the Water Management and Building Drainage divisions are now available.’
Here I have applied their ACO Kerb drain product in a urban shopping street.
The subassembly has the abilities to change product type, so for example to create a dropped pedestrian crossing and maintain the water channel in the kerb line.
Here the solids extracted from the Civil 3D corridor model used in Autodesk Navisworks
Thanks for this: I hadn’t spotted the tool had graduated from the Toolbox in 2014 to the Ribbon in 2015…:)
Neil the solids I produced in 2015, you can find the capability also in the toolbox in 2014 release of Civil 3D
Regards
Jack
Were those solids extracted in C3D 2015 as I can’t see the tool (it is in 2014 though)??