Downstream analysis (watershed?)

Downstream analysis (watershed?)

Chaznsc
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Downstream analysis (watershed?)

Chaznsc
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So I need to perform a simple dosntream impact analysis for an area downstream of my site. Can C3D delineate a basin by pikcing a study point within a defined basin? 

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jameshitt
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I'm not aware of a way of doing that in out-the-box Civil 3D. The only workaround I've found is using the WaterDrop command and sort of uncovering the boundary high points that way (clicking a bunch of water drops all over).

There may be third party applications that can do that, or even better, maybe a dynamo script that someone might possibly have made?

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fcernst
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It does, and can be helpful to analyze your proposed grading, but it appears to not have any terrain sink/fill preprocessing routine so it fails on analyzing DEM/LiDAR existing condition terrain..



Fred Ernst, PE
C3D 2026
Ernst Engineering
www.ernstengineering.com
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