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Infraworks - Workspace

Infraworks - Workspace

Implement Infraworks into Civil 3D as a Workspace.

 

Call the Workspace: Preliminary Design and Presentation

5 Comments
dgorsman
Consultant

But a workspace is only a layout of UI elements.  Infraworks is a *completely* different program; a lot of what it does cannot be done with the DWG database.  That's like trying to make "Inventor" a workspace of AutoCAD...

fcernst
Mentor
No, it's aimed for ...and it's project mission is to supply Preliminary Design for Final Design in Civil 3D.

It has Preliminary Road and Drainage design capability we need.

Do you think it's just Navisworks? Have you tried it?
fcernst
Mentor

Infraworks is a *completely* different program..

 

This implementation is not another layout of UI elements.. obviously for where the software is at now.

 

The Infraworks Workspace would run in its own program shell, but the integration with Civil 3D would be much more seamless, envisioning linework, Corridors and objects being transferred back and forth between the two without having to create Shape files, configurations, etc.

 

 

dgorsman
Consultant

Perhaps "Workspace" is the wrong term, and we are talking at cross-purposes?  A workspace is stored in the CUIx files, either Main or Enterprise; it determines the layout of various palettes, Ribbon panels, toolbars, and Menus.  If you are referring to something else, less ambiguity would certainly help with implementation.

fcernst
Mentor

Perhaps "Workspace" is the wrong term..

 

Nope, I'm talking the Workspace drop down. Perfect place for it.. for changing to the Infraworks Preliminary Design and Presentation environment. Makes sense with the top down menu structure logic Civil 3D uses.

 

We don't care what program shells are running to make it happen, etc.

 

We are now caught in yet another Import/Export paradigm with Civil 3D and Infraworks..., with Shape files, more configuration settings, etc. just to get the two software packages to work back and forth together as advertised.

 

For years we harped about getting storm sewer analysis actually into the Civil 3D environment, and now they have.

 

So let's do this now. No more Import/Export

 

 

 

 

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