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SubscribeThe Future of Civil Design...
Have you ever noticed that the procedures in Civil Design software are based on the old fashioned manual method? The alignment / profile thing works great but with new IT hardware, surely there should be something original coming out.
A wise programmer once told me that the calculations side of a software package is a relatively minor part and most of the main work goes into sorting out the graphical interface…
A wise and well respected road designer recently pointed out the similarities between all the various packages and then showed me what he described as ‘the future of Civil Design’…
Trackmania is the name of the game (literally)
Yes it’s simplified but imagine working like this:
Pick road components from the library at the bottom of the screen…
Sketch the road layout on the DTM (flat in this case) and see how the road looks..
Watch the Kerb Returns automatically show up as you drag the road around - when you’re finished, press one button and you drive around the road system (interactively, at high speed) with all kinds of default textures and shadows showing up.
So what is this exactly?
It’s the level editor for a computer game (free version) called Trackmania. There is a more complex version of the editor as well for people who want to design hardcore complex tracks but the simplified version we used above shows the concept of designing in a 3D view with some lego like components…
(like all games, this one is dangerously addictive so use with caution)
cheers,
SeanT
Comments:
Title: Well overdue Utility requirements in mining engendering and exploration drilling
Why cannot Autodesk design C10 look with MapInfo type geology 3D plug inns’ to seamlessly ship maps in and out as you pan?
I would also suggest it’s very high time Civil3D supported 3D drill/bore holes and metadata displayed down the hole from database, similar to the 3D tools added to MapInfo GIS.
This GIS is moving far beyond C10 in mapping and illustration of geological maps and 3D information including 3D geophysical and geochemical data.
With the making of Map3d under C10 you would think this is all possible.
What’s the point of purchasing another GIS like MapInfo and its plug ins totaling $10K?
This is an opportunity for Autodesk to move into mining and exploration, not such a big leap when a simple GIS like MapInfo or Montage can do it, with great memory stability.
Why not take it on Autodesk?
Regards Bernie
Sep-23 '09 @ 07:01
There might be several reasons why Autodesk did not get involved in mining and exploration business.
We can start guessing and looking for technical reasons yet we do have a feeling that it is purely a way of the Autodesk coverage of the given business segment. It is not impossible at all that there are already high level liaison going on and the executives of Autodesk are already trying to extend their business boundaries into mining.
Even if the case is that, it is going to be a very slow process - ie years.
· http://www.croaxis.com Dec-04 '09 @ 13:03
Future sounds good. Many interesting ideas, but I think the idea that it will go to help is to find a solution to faster execution of works in the field.
Developing software that can retrieve project data I think sounds good.
Design is moving fast enough, the execution is harder.
Succeses!
· http://www.global-software.net/constructions/road-design-software.html Jun-19 '10 @ 12:28
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