Customize box culverts for ductanks

[HPGarcia70]

Hello,

I working on a project that we are using box culverts for ductbanks. The issue is I need to add different sizes that are listed. I need to add 6 size and I also need to set the wall thickness to 5 inchs and have that show up instead of the inside wall thinkness. As you can tell I am new to civil 3d.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks

HP Garcia

[Hidden_Brain]

you can add the sizes and wall thickness in parts builder:
http://docs.autodesk.com/CIV3D/2013/ENU/index.html?url=filesCUG/GUID-0A23D3BC-4902-4F01-8536-70E1FC7...

then commandline>partcatalogregen>pipes

then add the new sizes to your parts list

[HPGarcia70]

Thank you

[HPGarcia70]

I'm not familiar with part builder but what I did do was I created a new chapter called Elect Ductbanks and used the conc box culvert as my template.

I think modified the pipe height,width and wall thickness. Next I updated the table for all the sizes I needed and saved the dwg. I ran partcatalogregen. Then I went into my partlist and added the elect ductbank to my part list.

The first thing I noticed that I didn't have the + symbol next to my ductbanks. I also tried to place a new ductbank run but it never came up on my pulldown as a selection.

Any ideas what I did wrong?

Thanks in advanced

HP Garcia

[Hidden_Brain · Accepted solution]

if i were you, i would not have added a new chapter (copy of the rect. culvert). i think (not 100% sure, not in front of C3D at the moment) that if you go that route, you will have to edit the parts builder xml files to add the new part as narrated in the post below:

http://civil2inventor.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/civil-3d-part-builder-part-1/

just a FYI, the post in the link above i the best step by step parts builder that i have come across so far, it is a 7 part series that walks you through the nuts and bolts of creating new parts. I hope it will be of help to you.

how about you edit the out-of-the-box rect. culvert through parts builder, add the sizes and wall thicknesses as necessary, and then add that to your drawing part list with the material type as "DUCTBANK" (after you add the part and then go to add sizes, there is a MATERIAL optional field that you can fill in). see if that helps.

good luck!

[HPGarcia70]

Editing the box culvert didn't work

I noticed the link for part 2 for the part builder is gone. What I end up doing is starting from scratch and created a ductbank. I was able to draw a rectangle. I then was able to set the size of of it with the model parameters. Then reading the autodesk tutorial I was able to create the sizes I need with the size parameters. Where I am stuck at is setting the reference point and getting part builder to generate a bitmap.

I looked all over on the civil3d forums for any other help but they all are for structures not as much for pipes.

Thanks again

HP Garcia