Dynamo-Civil3D Documentation

[pperales2]

Hello All,

I wanted yall advice regarding the CIVIL3DToolkit for Dynamo. I have read some of the primer, but that doesn't really help me with the Civil3D toolkit. For example, if you need/want to know more of a class, method, etc. you can usually go to the package documentation to learn more about it and what can be called with it. Can I just rely on the Civil3D API reference?

[rl_jackson · Accepted solution]

@Pointdump recently provided this site to another user, and it's the guide to Dynamo

Learn - Dynamo BIM

Getting Started with Dynamo for Civil 3D: A Beginner’s Guide | Autodesk University

Dynamo Packages

HTH

[m_kingdon]

Just wondering, what are your favourite packages in dynamo?  What automated tasks am I missing out on?

[pperales2]

I just started "really" using dynamo. From some sources I am trying to automate lot grading, auto label the elevations, and slopes using the Civil3DToolKit.

[lim.wendy]

Hi Patrick,

To add to Rick's post, @Jowenn.Lua has presented a class on the Civil 3D Toolkit at AU2020 (Virtual).  He presented the basic to intermediate understanding of the Civil 3D Toolkit package in Dynamo for Civil 3D software. 

Supercharge Your Dynamo Graph with Civil 3D Toolkit

[cwr001]

The essential and best Civil3d packages for me are:

* Civil3d Toolkit ("official" Autodesk package)

* Camber (Open soure project from a guy called "mzjensen " who is unbelievable helpful and rapidly developing new features (Camber Feedback Thread)

* Arkance Systems (Another project that was made available - a ton of useful nodes. ( Arkance Systems Feedback Thread)

I use it mainly to cover up Civil3ds abysmal BIM-functionality. (Assigning propertysets to objects, creating solids with model informations,...).  Right now I'm fooling around with projecting map-data (Shapes) to cross sections and profile views and there's a lot of small, but really helpful stuff where Civil3d would just fall short.

(E.g. "Create an alignment label that labels the difference between two profiles").

I found it a bit buggy and unstable but ever since C3d 2022 it works quiet well (and C3d 2023 is a lot better, even).

The potential is huge and the fact that I, a complete idiot, can do stuff I always wanted to do but never could because I was too lazy to learn LISP is really nice. 🙂

(You can connect nodes to a python node and hack away)

Trying stuff out is also really fast: you don't have to compile anything or save and reload a lisp file. Just arrange some nodes and hit play. On a good day it's a lot of fun and I definitely would like to get deeper into it - just a matter of available hours!