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Making Dirt Look Good: Autodesk® Civil View

Kristina BollinTechnical Specialist, U.S. CAD

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Class Summary

Autodesk® Civil View provides a user-friendly purpose-built design visualization workflow for civil engineers. In this class, you will discover how you can take advantage of the powerful rendering capabilities of 3ds Max Design to validate your design in context and communicate your ideas visually.

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Learning Objectives

At the end of this class, you will be able to:

Describe best practices for preparing an Civil 3D file for use in 3ds Max Design Import a Civil 3D file into 3ds Max Design Use basic rendering tools in 3ds Max Design Use Civil View to populate your scene with vehicles, cameras, road markings, and signage

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What is Civil View?

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What is Civil View?

Tool within 3ds Max DesignCivil VisualizationFor Civil Engineers, not Visualization ProsEasy to use

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What is Civil View?

Communicate your design Other team members Owners

Evaluate your design During design process Sight line requirements Visual impacts Safety concerns even when all design

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Benefits:

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What is Civil View?

Enables user to populate scene with:CamerasVehiclesPlantsBridgesRailingsRoad MarkingsBuildingsCustom Objects

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The Workflow

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The Workflow

Project1234.dwg(Civil 3D)

Project1234.vsp3d

Project1234.max(3ds Max Design)

• Still Image (jpeg, etc.)• Animation (.avi, etc.)

Export

Import

Output

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Export from Civil 3D

Subsurface corridor surfaces are ignoredDuplicate points are removedMaterials applied by subassemblies and link codesRecognized Objects:

- Point Groups

- Grading/Site Feature Lines

- Corridor Baselines

- Corridor Feature Lines

- Corridor Surfaces

- Corridor Offset Assemblies

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Style Editors

Open Preset Styles

Add new object or set of objects

Select Parent Shape

Select Parent Surface

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Let’s See it in Action!

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Materials & Maps

Map + Map + Map (+ Map, etc.) = Material

Diffuse Map(Color)

Opacity Map(Transparency)

Triangle-shaped sign

+ =

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Exposure

Adjusting for light levels Computer settings for what the human eye does naturally Transitions from light to dark Adjust appearance of brightness, not actual light levels

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Mahalo for coming!kristina.bollin@uscad.com

"My method is different. I do not rush into actual work. When I get a new idea, I start at once building it up in my imagination, and make improvements and operate the device in my mind. When I have gone so far as to embody everything in my invention, every possible improvement I can think of, and when I see no fault anywhere, I put into concrete form the final product of my brain."

Nikola Tesla1856-1943, Croatian Physicist and Electrical Engineer

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