Civil 3D already within your drawing file. Select Create as shown in Figure 13.
Figure 10: Create Strata Surfaces
When selecting Strata, the module will bring up a dialog box showing you all the geology within your drawing. By checking the surfaces for Top and Bottom (See figure 11) you can automatically create surfaces for that type of geology. How cool is the fact that you can create a top and bottom surface and come up with a volume of material for your project?
Figure 13: Create the profile.
Once you select create the process is very similar to creating a profile view in in Civil 3D. Follow these 5 steps to create your profile as shown in Figure 14. 1.
Name your profile.
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Select the Civil 3D Style.
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Select the Band Set or No Bands.
4. Select the Alignment. If no alignment is within the drawing you can create the alignment by selecting the create alignment button as shown. Figure 11: Displaying Surfaces
You have now created surfaces based off the geotechnical data updated from your imported files. If the data changes, the strata changes.
Figure 14: Create the profile view.
Figure 12: Surfaces Created
CREATING PROFILES The best way to do this in my opinion is create your alignment in Civil 3D then create the profile using the tools provided within the Profile panel of the Ribbon. You can create your alignment within the Geotechnical module or have an existing one 10
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Your output will contain your borehole data along with strata information, including hatches and geology code. You can also apply a buffer to capture additional borings as necessary. With a little manipulation of styles and settings your profile should look like the profile shown in Figure 15.
ADDING THE MODULE TO CIVIL 3D 2022 The geotechnical module for Civil 3D 2022 has not been released at the time of writing this article. With the Autodesk app or your Autodesk Account you can download the geotechnical module for Civil augi.com
