HowtouseCIVIL3Dtocreatepipelineplanimetryandprofile: Civil3disaprogramusedforcivilwork,butweusesomeof itsfeaturestodrawpipelines. Theconceptofmakingpipelineplanimetryandprofileisas follows: Usethepointfromtheroutesurvey. Createsurfacecontainingthelinedrawnanduseitto determinethelevels. Createalignmentpassingthesamepipelineroute. Createtheprofilebytheintersectingpointbetweenthe surfaceandthealignment. Programinterface:
YoushouldstartnewfilewithFile>Newandchoosethe _AutoCADCivil3D(Metric)NCSExtended. ToopenToolspace:General>ToolSpace
CreatingPoints: Twomainmethodstocreatepoint 1stfromthepipelinesurvey(textfile) 2ndmanually 1stFrompipelinesurveyfile: ThefilewillbeintheformofEasting,Northingandlevel (Hardcopy)andyouwillhavetoputitintoaproperform (SoftCopy). Howtomakeinputfile:
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IntheCivil3d:
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Spacedelimitedandcommadelimitedisthemethodthe eachcolumnisspacedfromthenextone. PointGroupisusedtogroupsomepointstohavethesame customizationorediting.
Inthisstagethepointsarecreatedandtoseeityoushould zoom>extended. Manualpointcreatingwillbediscussedlater. Stepsbeforecreatingsurface: 1 Toconnectthepointstomakethelinetype 3dpolythentype'PNthenyoushouldenterthepointwhich theprogramhastoconnect.Ifyouhave15pointstype115.
2 Asthesurfaceshouldbecreatedontheareanotona line,wewillmakeareaparalleltothelineandcreatethe surfaceonit. Bysteppedoffseticon>selecttheoffsetdistance >selecttheside>andtheelevationdifferenceiszero.
CreatingSurface:
Thenselectthethreelines. Note: Youwillnotneedthesethreelinesagain,soitis recommendedtoputthemintoanewlayerandcloseit. Creatingalignment: Beforecreatingthealignmentyoushouldmakelinepassing thepipeline. Tocreatelinepassingthroughthepipelinetype PLthen'PNthenthenumberofpointsaspreviousinthe polyline
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Thenyouselecttheline. Note(VeryImportant): Whenyouselectthelineyoushouldselectitfromthestart nottheendbecauseitwillreversethedirection. TosetthelabelsontheAlignment(Importantonthisstage)
CreatingProfile: Atthisstagewecreatedaplanimetrytothepipelineandwe aregoingtoproducetheprofileoftheline. Profile:itisaschematicdrawingrepresenttheheightsofthe pipelineeveryfixedlength.
Itisimportanttocheckthelabelschapteronhowtomake bandsonthisstage. Creatingsheets: Creatingsheetswillbedoneintwostepsandeachstephas itscustomizationanddatainput. 1stwewillcreateviewframeswhichdeterminethesizeof eachsheet. 2ndwewillproducesheetsfromtheframesandthenumber ofsheetsisequaltoframes. Tocreateviewframes:
Thenextstepisveryimportantandyoumustmakesure thatyouselectthepredefinedband.
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Weshouldediteverysheettobeproducedandthisediting willbeasthefollowing:
Asthepipelinesareeitherundergroundoraboveground,we shouldrepresentboththegroundandthepipeline.
Inthepreviousstage,wearegoingtodrawtheground profilesymmetricaltothepipelineprofilewhichwillbeas thefollowing:
Andthen:
Thevalueenteredisdependondepthofthepipeline underground(+ve)orsupportelevation(ve). Repeatthesestepswitheveryprofile.
AllsheetsmusthavetheborderofPETROJETandtodoso wewillusethefollowingsteps:
BeforethisstepyoumustcopyPETROJETborderfrom previousprojectwithbasepoint.(CTRL+SHFT+C)andselect thebasepointindicatedbelow.
Youshoulddeletethefollowingsfromtheborder,whichare fromthedefaultborder.
Wehavetworemainingstepstofinishtheproject: 1stcreatinggridsontheplanimetry 2ndcreatingbendinganglesontheprofile Beforemakingthesestepsyoushouldhavethefollowingfiles: C3DTOOLS&LOADFORMS
Inthecommandlinetype"appload"
Tomakegradesontheplanimetry: Onthecommandlinetype"addgrid" Andthenmarkontheplanimetry Enterthegridspacingvalue'dependonthesizeofthesheet' TomaketheprogramcalculatetheBendangle:
Ontheoriginalfiletype'appload'andloadtheC3DTOOLS& LOADFORMS
Type'ABA'inthecommandlinethenselecttheplanimetryandthen selecttheprofile Youwillfindthebendanglesproducedontheprofileasthefollowing:
Andthenyoushouldmoveitintotheproducedsheeteachonitsplace.
Andthefinalformofthesheetwillbeasthefollowing:
LabelEdit&Customization Forthealignment: Afterthisstage
Wewilleditlabelsasthefollowings:
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Toedittheprofilelabels:
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Tomakeandeditthebandset:
Youwillselectthebandandedititasthefollowing:
Eachbanddetailconsistsoftwomainsections:1stManualdata:whichisthedatayouinsertedasbandname,size, location,etc. 2ndAutomaticData:Thedatathattheprogramgetfromboththe planimetryandprofileandenteritsvalue(dependonthebandtype) ateverystation.
Toeditthemanualdata:
Toedittheautomaticdata:
Tocreatepointsmanually:
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Thenentertheelevationofthepointandthepointwillbecreated withthedefaultstyle. By:MohamedEzzat MechanicalEngineer
