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Integrated BIM tools, including Revit, AutoCAD, and Civil 3D
Professional CAD/CAM tools built on Inventor and AutoCAD
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Transcript
00:01
Welcome to the third objective in the course,
00:04
export for use in Civil 3D.
00:08
In the previous objective, we cleaned up
00:10
the surface that was generated from the point cloud data.
00:13
Now, let's review how the hierarchy of the surface layers
00:16
can help us to get the best of both surface processing.
00:21
If you arrange the order of the surface layers,
00:24
you can control which takes precedence.
00:27
We will use this condition for the surface data export
00:29
for use in Civil 3D.
00:35
Now, we're ready to begin the export process.
00:39
From the present share menu, I will use the export to IMX
00:44
and select the entire model.
00:58
To see the surface in Civil
01:02
And on the Insert tab, I insert an InfraWorks model.
01:06
I'll select the just made IMX file.
01:10
It will give a warning about the coordinate system,
01:12
which we can easily set to match that of the InfraWorks model.
01:25
And after import, we see that the AIW existing ground
01:29
surface is imported and is a good representation
01:33
of the ground as captured from our point cloud data.
01:38
Here are a few things to remember about the surface
01:41
results in Civil 3D.
01:43
The surface is imported using IMX.
01:46
The number of surface points in Civil 3D
01:48
is controlled by the grid spacing,
01:50
which is set in InfraWorks.
01:54
To summarize, InfraWorks is a good way
01:56
to automate the process of filtering ground data
01:58
points from point cloud data.
02:01
And it's important to understand the settings to give us
02:04
the best results.
02:06
This completes the objective, export for use in Civil 3D.
02:12
It also completes the course, creating surfaces
02:15
from point cloud data in InfraWorks.
Video transcript
00:01
Welcome to the third objective in the course,
00:04
export for use in Civil 3D.
00:08
In the previous objective, we cleaned up
00:10
the surface that was generated from the point cloud data.
00:13
Now, let's review how the hierarchy of the surface layers
00:16
can help us to get the best of both surface processing.
00:21
If you arrange the order of the surface layers,
00:24
you can control which takes precedence.
00:27
We will use this condition for the surface data export
00:29
for use in Civil 3D.
00:35
Now, we're ready to begin the export process.
00:39
From the present share menu, I will use the export to IMX
00:44
and select the entire model.
00:58
To see the surface in Civil
01:02
And on the Insert tab, I insert an InfraWorks model.
01:06
I'll select the just made IMX file.
01:10
It will give a warning about the coordinate system,
01:12
which we can easily set to match that of the InfraWorks model.
01:25
And after import, we see that the AIW existing ground
01:29
surface is imported and is a good representation
01:33
of the ground as captured from our point cloud data.
01:38
Here are a few things to remember about the surface
01:41
results in Civil 3D.
01:43
The surface is imported using IMX.
01:46
The number of surface points in Civil 3D
01:48
is controlled by the grid spacing,
01:50
which is set in InfraWorks.
01:54
To summarize, InfraWorks is a good way
01:56
to automate the process of filtering ground data
01:58
points from point cloud data.
02:01
And it's important to understand the settings to give us
02:04
the best results.
02:06
This completes the objective, export for use in Civil 3D.
02:12
It also completes the course, creating surfaces
02:15
from point cloud data in InfraWorks.
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