Customised Subassembly

[fraseromalley]

Hello,

It was suggested I move the post below to the general users forum - no response to date but someone must have a solution!

I'd like to create/use a subassembly as described in the Road Rehabilitation & Reconstruction Using AUTOCAD Covol 3D White Paper under Example 5: Driveway Curb Cuts. Would this to hard to do in Subassembly Composer as I haven't used before? I'm now running 2014 but still have 2013 Civil3D/Composer. I'm let to find how to install 2014 version of Subassembly Composer. I read it's an add-on that needs to be selected at the install stage, however it doesn't appear as a selectable option?

Thanks in advance

Fraser

[doni49]

Can you provide a link to this whitepaper?  If anyone here is going to help you, they'll need you to tell them what it is you're trying to do OR they'll have to read (or at least skim) this whitepaper.

[doni49]

As to the question of installing SAC 2014:  http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/AutoCAD-Civil-3D-General/Subassembly-Composer-2014/td-p/4303309

[sboon]

I believe this link is the whitepaper in question.  It seems to be referring to a sample dataset that would be used when working through the examples but there is no indication of where to find it.

Steve
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[fraseromalley]

Hi,

Yes that is the correct link.

Please see attachment below. It other words I want a full height kerb & channel along the road but at property accesses I'd link to model a cutdown kerb & channel.

Any ideas, someone already done this?

Thanks

Fraser

[sboon]

Just to clarify - do you want a single subassembly like the one in the link, that makes a decision based on the presence of the target object and then builds either the curb or driveway, or do you want an assembly that uses multiple stock subassemblies to achieve the same result?

Steve
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[fraseromalley]

Hi,

One is the ideal hence the need to understand/use Subassembly Composer however at worst I methodology to do with multiple assemblies would be my Plan B.

Thanks

Fraser

[fraseromalley]

Nobody up for the challenge???

[sboon]

It's been done a few times on this forum but I can't find one of the old threads at the moment.  I created a simple version using ConditionalHorizontal subs to determine what to do at the edge of the roadway.  If the assembly does not find a featureline at the corridor section it will build a standard curb, sidewalk and daylight.  If it does find one of the featurelines then it builds a reduced height curb, a thickened sidewalk to allow vehicles across and a driveway.  The same featureline is used to control the length of the driveway and the elevation at the far end.

Steve
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