Civil 3D
by: Sam Lucido
Geotechnical Modeler INTRODUCTION
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hen I finished last month’s article in AUGIWorld on the Geotechnical Module, Autodesk was working behind the scenes on a new version of capturing geotechnical data in Civil 3D. On February 9 of this year Autodesk released the Geotechnical Modeler for Civil 3D 2022. The Autodesk Geotechnical Modeler is a Civil 3D extension which enables you to visualize and analyze your geotechnical data directly within the Civil 3D drawing environment. Now that you have knowledge of the Geotechnical Module let’s explore the Modeler and the capabilities it can provide for producing geotechnical BIM within Civil 3D.
AUTODESK INTRODUCES GEOTECHNICAL MODELER
Figure 1: Geotechnical Modeler on the Ribbon
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The Geotechnical Modeler for Civil 3D is an add-on extension that can be installed for Civil 3D 2022 and available through the desktop app or within your Autodesk account. After installing you will see a Ribbon tab named Geotechnical Modeler as shown in Figure 1. The goal of the modeler is to produce geotechnical data derived from a spreadsheet with the ability to update in Civil 3D.
SAMPLE DATASET FILES The Geotechnical Modeler includes a sample geotechnical project as shown in Figure 2 which users can quickly explore the subsurface modelling and visualization tools. There are two formats of the same project file. The first dataset is in AGS 4.0 format with the filename “GM-Sample Project.ags”. The second dataset is in CSV with the standard file naming convention: “Location Details.csv”, “Field Geological Descriptions.csv”, and “Orientation and Inclination”. Use these files to test out using the module and watch how it inserts the data into your current drawing. You need to keep the format the same as the examples including the headers and columns, do not delete and/ or replace even if there is no data in the column. augi.com
