Civil Site Design 22.10 Release Notes

Interface
- Surface command icons changed: Create/Edit Surface, Auto Model, Auto Model Datum, Toggle Display, Rebuild Models, Model creation, Total Model On/Off
- The Vertical Grading Editor now includes toggle options (bottom left) to display
. Vertical and horizontal grid lines, with user controls in the VGE Settings form
. Crosshairs for the mouse position
- The Cross Section window now includes toggle options (bottom left) to display
. Vertical and horizontal grid lines, with user controls in the VGE Settings form. The grid origin can also be set to a Code on the cross section, instead of based on 0,0
. Crosshairs for the mouse position
- The Welcome Screen has been reconfigured to open web pages using the system web operating system (instead of via a dedicated window attached to the Welcome Screen). Also added revolving text at bottom with click to open web links
Design
- The Kerb Return > Use Alignments tab now includes a pick option to select user alignment from the drawing
- Multi String Edit command added
. All created Strings are listed for the user to make bulk changes
.. Reference Surface
.. Tangent, arc and spiral spacings
.. Applied template (when only one Template is applied to the string)
String from Code command added
- A select string and code can be created as alignment/s and string/s over a chainage/station range
- Elevations are applied for a select design surface model
- A Template can be applied to the created string/s
- Over the selected chainage/station range the user can select to
. Create variations to delete all codes outside the selected code, and associated the Code to the string
. Create a batter ovrride to remove the batter/daylight applied
Toggle Display form enhanced:
- In Models and Linework tab
. Users can now select to display:
.. The 'Fast Draw' linework option (current behaviour)
.. CAD Entities (polylines).
. Added a button to open the Drawing Cleanup form on close of Toggle Display
New Thread tab
- A selected Thread can be set to automatically be applied whenever a Model updates (by default, editing in the Vertical Grading Editor is set to update Models)
. In the Auto Profile Form users can choose whether or not to reapply all Auto Profile entries when the Sync button is pressed in the Vertical Grading Editor
. Slope patterns now dynamically update to design changes.
. The Add/Edit String form > Use Points form has been:
.. Enhanced to support Civil Site Design Point Groups (for AutoCAD and BricsCAD platforms)
.. revamped to improve usability
Grading
- The total polyline length is now displayed on the form
- Access to the Slope Patterns form has been added
Alignments
Alignment Grips
- Alignments can now be set as grip editable. When enabled and an alignment is selected, grips will appear at the alignment IP's for grip selection and move
- Not; The 'Frame' control in the Alignment Colour Style controls the layer that grip editable alignments are displayed on
- New command Alignment Grip Settings added, to manage alignment grip display and behaviour
- Editing Grips on alignments used in Variations can be set to automatically update Models.
Alignment Grid Editor command added
- Review all IP's on any selected alignment
- Edit the Radius, Spiral In and Spiral Out for any IP
- Check minimum radius
- Change the start chainage (station)
- Export to a table
LandXML Import now includes a new 'IP Method' tick box.For supported line and curve combinations, when ticked on the imported alignment/s will be grip editable (previously only non-editable alignments could be imported). During import the software will automatically detect alignments not able to support the IP method - these will be imported as non-editable alignments.
Points
- Export Points command added
- The Import Points command now allows for creation of survey lines with editing of point groups and String Set Tables
- Point Groups form
. Added visibility toggles to turn off the Point Marker or the Point Text display for all points in a point group
. The Point Property List can now be reordered
. Multiple edits can be applied to selected points in a Point Group
.. Renumber
.. Datum shift
.. Match elevation to a selected surface
.. Change Code
.. Edit Dynamic Position
.. Change Style (including the Point Style and Point Code Format
.. Apply Style from Code Set (reapply styles using point codes)
.. Append saved property list
. Include and exclude options now include filters for:
.. Point Groups
.. Style
.. Format
. Point properties expanded to include: VC length, style, format
. Point Styles form
.. Tick box added to apply fixed scaling on the block
. For new users, the default Point Style blocks include dynamic grips enabling text repositioning, rotation and flipping left/right of the marker
Surfaces
- The Statistics tab in the Surface Manager now displays the Slope (3D) surface area.
- A 'Disconnect Reference Surface' button will display for surfaces created from Point Groups to disassociate the point group input from the Surface
- The LandXML import can now convert between International Feet and US Survey Feet, by reading the units in the import file and referencing the feet units in the current drawing.
- The LandXML export tool can now convert between International Feet and US Survey Feet when creating an output LandXML file.
Active Drawing Settings
- New fields have been added for USA Imperial customers to set the current Feet measurement in the drawing (International Feet or US Survey Feet) and whether to prompt for scaling of the output XML.
Outputs
- Batch Print command added to enable digital production output of all layouts in a drawing (eg: pdf)
- Auto Text Resizing and Page Setup command added
. Tick on to apply automatic label scaling for Viewports. When selected, all Civil Site Design text for all labels will be automatically rescaled to be annotative for any viewport scale
. A Page Setup can be applied to new layouts created via the long section and cross section production outputs, with control over the output print device and the page (media) size
Multi Setout
. For AutoCAD and BricsCAD users, Civil Site Design Points can now be created via Multi Setout
- 'Fast Draw' objects (mline objects) will now Description (this applies to the code linework for strings/models as well as alignments). Previously users needed to use the CAD Output command to convert the fast draw objects to CAD entities (lines, arcs, polylines)
Model Viewer
- Reference image support has been enhanced to allow for non-uniform x,y scaling
- Image quality has been improved for image display in model viewer
Project Assist
- Added a new Plugin - Model Viewer. The plugin enables the setup and opening of Model Viewer when Project Assist completes, as well as applying AI Model Trim on the created surfaces.
- The Kerb Return Details form inputs are retained when project Assist is re-run on a project
- Using Delete Project will not delete cul-de-sac alignments created by Project Assist
BricsCAD platform
- Civil Site Design commands are now displayed in the Quad under the heading CSD
. Different commands display pending the object hovered over
. Different commands display pending the status of the project
- A new Quad Settings command has been added
. Users can add commands to display in the Quad, with conditions for the object type selected and objects already created.
- Civil 3D Surface and Alignment import tools
. IMPORTANT NOTE: In BricsCAD V21, only certain geometry configurations are supported (tangency is required, tangent-curve-tangents and tangent-spiral-curve-spiral-tangents are supported).
. Import Civil 3D Drawing command added. Allows the user to select a drawing from file and be able to import the surface/s and alignment/s directly to Civil Site Design
. Convert Civil 3D Objects command added. This will convert Civil 3D alignment/s and surface/s in the currently open drawing
. Upon opening of a Civil 3D drawing a check will be made if Civil Site Design has been used on the drawing in Civil 3D. If detected, the user will be automatically prompted to convert Civil 3D surface/s and alignment/s from the drawing upon opening
- Information Grips have been added to BricsCAD. Clicking on linework for design string codes will display text information for the selected line (Chainage/Station, code selected, crossfall, offset)
Rebuild Settings
- form has been revamped to improve usability and accessibility to performance tools.
- A Performance Settings button has been added to the Vertical Grading Editor > Settings form.

Project Assist
- Default Settings
. Default settings fixed for new customers
. Existing customers, we HIGHLY RECOMMEND changing some search settings - in Project Assist Settings > Advanced Tab > Parallel Tolerance ensure this is set to 5 (instead of 40)
- If only the Auto Model surface was being created, the Thread didn't include a rebuild of this surface
- Project assist could display deleted alignments
- Project Assist was forcing a 30' radius on all Auto Curb Returns. It now applies the value specified in the Workflow
- A drawing regen is now applied at the end of the Project Assist actions
Model Viewer
- Addressed an issue with image positioning and scaling for differential x,y scaling of images
- An issue with linemarking not displaying, pending the case of the layer name, has been resolved.
Cul-de-sac form
- Removed a non-functioning parametric option (By Center 2). You can achieve the same geometry result using By Center 1.
The alignment import XML calculation has been improved for spiral-spiral curves.
Civil Points and Survey Lines
- Fixed a scaling issue for CSD Points
- When adding a Code in the Point Code Sets, it now pre-populates some fields to enable point use
- Fixed an issue where adding codes to the survey line settings did not result in recreation of the linework for that code.
- Deleting a string (linework ) in the drawing will now be recreated as per the Survey Line Settings. Previously it would remove the linework in the drawing but continue to display it in the Survey Line Manager.
- An issue with 3D linework disappearing with CSD points were moved in the drawing has been resolved. 3D polyline output is important if you want to add breaklines to a designed surface or manually created surface
- When CAD Point was ticked on in the Point Style, the Point would be removed from the drawing when it was closed and reopened
- Only one instance of Survey Line Manager can be opened at a time now, to prevent conflicts.
- A crash message would display if a user tried to import a point file that was otherwise open for editing. A more managed message will now display.
- The Point Code Set will now sort for the longest string first (before a wildcard)
Add Extra Sections
- Prevented sorting of the columns to prevent data issues
Having a space at the end of a Model Name in the Stringer Code Surace Extend command would result in an error.


Originally built for Civil 3D and now expanded to operate on AutoCAD and BricsCAD,Civil Site Designprovides you with highly efficient and simple-to-use civil design tools for road and corridor based projects, land development and site grading, stormwater, sewer and pipe design.
Built for all civil designers, you can quickly and easily generate road network designs complete with dynamic intersections and cul-de-sacs, updating as you make changes to any element. The software is also purpose built for road reconstruction designers. Generate outputs including long and cross section sheets, setout points, volume reports and more, directly into your drawing environment and customisable to suit your local drafting standards.
In Civil 3D, Civil Site Design uses the surfaces and alignments in Civil 3D, and can export surfaces, alignments, profiles and corridors and COGO points directly to the drawing.
For CAD based systems, Civil Site Design comes complete with surface modelling and alignment design tools, as well as dynamic site grading functionality.
Civil Site Design supports multiple platforms and multiple product releases: Civil Site Design has been developed to operate on AutoCAD, Map 3D and Civil 3D from 2012 to the latest release, and recently has been updated to operate on BricsCAD.
Civil Site Design for Civil 3D
Civil Survey Solutions is an Autodesk Silver Partner,Autodesk Training Centre and independent software developer. We are the leading provider of software solutions and services to the civil engineering and survey industry.
As an Autodesk partner, we have the expertise and industry knowledge to deliver high-quality software with a premium customer experience. We provide real-time support and assistance from a team of qualified civil engineers and surveyors.
When it comes to our specialty - civil engineering and surveying software - we are the industry-recognised experts in Civil 3D, and can offer complementary civil and survey applications to improve your processes and productivity.
Product:Civil Survey Solutions Civil Site Design
Version:22.10 *
Supported Architectures:x64
Website Home Page :

https://civilsitedesign.com/

Languages Supported:english
System Requirements:PC **
Size:3.0 Gb

Civil Survey Solutions Civil Site Design Plus 22.10 Standalone
Civil Survey Solutions Civil Site Design 22.10 for Autodesk Civil3D 2015-2022


CRITICAL INFORMATION
AUTODESK USERS
Grading Optimization for Civil 3D 2022 Causing Fatal Errors Operating Civil Site Design V22
During testing we have found that adding the Grading Optimization for Civil 3D 2022 module will result in Fatal Errors when operating Civil Site Design V22.00 to this release. Fatal errors occur during the creation/updating of kerb returns.
This issue affects Civil 3D 2022 users only, if the Grading Optimization for Civil 3D 2022 add-on is installed.
We are working with Autodesk to resolve this issue and recommend against installing the Grading Optimization add-on if wishing to use Civil Site Design. If added, the Grading Optimization add-on can be removed via Windows program uninstallation.