is possible to create open pit in civil 3d?

[alexandre_ssp]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF65b_khSCg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlMjVrq43rQ

video follows the creation open pit design
I wonder if it is possible in civil 3d
any tutorial?

[tcorey]

I doubt it will be as automated as a software made specifically for pit design, but you can certainly get the job done with Civil 3D.

Create a feature line at the bottom of the pit and use stepped offset to build the benches. Make a surface from those feature lines.

Create a corridor for the road and a surface from that corridor.

Create a blank surface, paste the benched pit surface and then the corridor surface.

Voila! It's the pits.

Tim

[alexandre_ssp]

unfortunately the civil 3d leaves much to be desired in this part 

[neilyj666]

Comparing Vulcan and Civil 3D is like comparing apples with oranges as the packages are totally different and designed for different applications. Vulcan is a very specialised mine engineering program whereas Civil 3D has wider applications and a broader user base with many different workflow requirements.

Should someone feel the urge to do a lot of coding I'm sure a lot of automation could be achieved within Civil via .NET etc but until then, as Tim said, it can be done in Civil 3D but it is a very manual process...

[alexandre_ssp]

I agree that are aimed at different areas
civil 3d but not updated since the grading its creation
carlson software as the vulcan amongst others is automatically grading
civil 3d manual continues until today

[neilyj666]

Open pit design is a much harder marketing sell compared with fully rendered road schemes and buildings which is what you always see in the Autodesk promotional material....

[alexandre_ssp]

work in mining area
quite civil 3d use
a very useful software
I know thousands of people who use civil 3d in mining
I think autodesk should see mining as customer

[ceethreedee.com]

Coudnt agree more Alex. There is a lot Civil 3D developers could learn from these mining applications that could be applied to both the Landfill/Urban Development and Mining/Dam Design customers like you and me who are using Civil 3D exclusively.

[juanchooo50]

estoy haciendo una investigación acerca de la utilización de civil 3d en minería tanto en cielo abierto como bajo tierra, y quisiera saber si alguien tiene información o conoce a alguien que trabaje en este tema.

[caudata · Accepted solution]

Hola Juan! Utilizamos AutoCAD Civil 3d en mineria. Pero usamos los "plug-in"es porque hemos concluido que para mineria seria hay que perfeccionar civil seriamente en esta question. Tenemos muchos plug-in'es (para mineria a cielo abierto y subterraneo) pero no los vendemos porque de vez en cuando surge la escripcion "fatal error"... Pero eso no influe a nuesro entusiasmo, los mejoramos casi cada dia.  Y a decir verdad todos nuestros plugins "hablan el ruso", pero si te interesa, por ejemplo nuesto el ultimo plug-in:

https://youtu.be/GcvDWGymUfs

Excuse me for my terrible Spanish 🙂

[alexandre_ssp]

Caudata could make mining plugins available for learning
Grateful for the attention

[alexandre_ssp]

Could you share the plugin mine ?

Grateful for the attention

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