HowtouseCIVIL3Dtocreatepipelineplanimetryandprofile: Civil3disaprogramusedforcivilwork,butweusesomeof itsfeaturestodrawpipelines. Theconceptofmakingpipelineplanimetryandprofileisas follows: Usethepointfromtheroutesurvey. Createsurfacecontainingthelinedrawnanduseitto determinethelevels. Createalignmentpassingthesamepipelineroute. Createtheprofilebytheintersectingpointbetweenthe surfaceandthealignment.

Programinterface:

YoushouldstartnewfilewithFile>Newandchoosethe _AutoCADCivil3D(Metric)NCSExtended. ToopenToolspace:General>ToolSpace

 CreatingPoints: Twomainmethodstocreatepoint 1stfromthepipelinesurvey(textfile) 2ndmanually 1stFrompipelinesurveyfile: ThefilewillbeintheformofEasting,Northingandlevel (Hardcopy)andyouwillhavetoputitintoaproperform (SoftCopy). Howtomakeinputfile:

Then:

IntheCivil3d:

Then:

Spacedelimitedandcommadelimitedisthemethodthe eachcolumnisspacedfromthenextone. PointGroupisusedtogroupsomepointstohavethesame customizationorediting.

 Inthisstagethepointsarecreatedandtoseeityoushould zoom>extended. Manualpointcreatingwillbediscussedlater. Stepsbeforecreatingsurface: 1 Toconnectthepointstomakethelinetype 3dpolythentype'PNthenyoushouldenterthepointwhich theprogramhastoconnect.Ifyouhave15pointstype115.

2 Asthesurfaceshouldbecreatedontheareanotona line,wewillmakeareaparalleltothelineandcreatethe surfaceonit. Bysteppedoffseticon>selecttheoffsetdistance >selecttheside>andtheelevationdifferenceiszero.

 CreatingSurface:

 Thenselectthethreelines. Note: Youwillnotneedthesethreelinesagain,soitis recommendedtoputthemintoanewlayerandcloseit. Creatingalignment: Beforecreatingthealignmentyoushouldmakelinepassing thepipeline. Tocreatelinepassingthroughthepipelinetype PLthen'PNthenthenumberofpointsaspreviousinthe polyline

Then

Thenyouselecttheline. Note(VeryImportant): Whenyouselectthelineyoushouldselectitfromthestart nottheendbecauseitwillreversethedirection. TosetthelabelsontheAlignment(Importantonthisstage)

CreatingProfile: Atthisstagewecreatedaplanimetrytothepipelineandwe aregoingtoproducetheprofileoftheline. Profile:itisaschematicdrawingrepresenttheheightsofthe pipelineeveryfixedlength.

 Itisimportanttocheckthelabelschapteronhowtomake bandsonthisstage. Creatingsheets: Creatingsheetswillbedoneintwostepsandeachstephas itscustomizationanddatainput. 1stwewillcreateviewframeswhichdeterminethesizeof eachsheet. 2ndwewillproducesheetsfromtheframesandthenumber ofsheetsisequaltoframes. Tocreateviewframes:

 Thenextstepisveryimportantandyoumustmakesure thatyouselectthepredefinedband.

Then:

 Weshouldediteverysheettobeproducedandthisediting willbeasthefollowing:

 Asthepipelinesareeitherundergroundoraboveground,we shouldrepresentboththegroundandthepipeline.

 Inthepreviousstage,wearegoingtodrawtheground profilesymmetricaltothepipelineprofilewhichwillbeas thefollowing:

Andthen:

Thevalueenteredisdependondepthofthepipeline underground(+ve)orsupportelevation(ve). Repeatthesestepswitheveryprofile.

 AllsheetsmusthavetheborderofPETROJETandtodoso wewillusethefollowingsteps:

 BeforethisstepyoumustcopyPETROJETborderfrom previousprojectwithbasepoint.(CTRL+SHFT+C)andselect thebasepointindicatedbelow.

 Youshoulddeletethefollowingsfromtheborder,whichare fromthedefaultborder.

 Wehavetworemainingstepstofinishtheproject: 1stcreatinggridsontheplanimetry 2ndcreatingbendinganglesontheprofile Beforemakingthesestepsyoushouldhavethefollowingfiles: C3DTOOLS&LOADFORMS

Inthecommandlinetype"appload"

Tomakegradesontheplanimetry: Onthecommandlinetype"addgrid" Andthenmarkontheplanimetry Enterthegridspacingvalue'dependonthesizeofthesheet' TomaketheprogramcalculatetheBendangle:

Ontheoriginalfiletype'appload'andloadtheC3DTOOLS& LOADFORMS

Type'ABA'inthecommandlinethenselecttheplanimetryandthen selecttheprofile Youwillfindthebendanglesproducedontheprofileasthefollowing:

Andthenyoushouldmoveitintotheproducedsheeteachonitsplace.

Andthefinalformofthesheetwillbeasthefollowing:

LabelEdit&Customization
Forthealignment: Afterthisstage

Wewilleditlabelsasthefollowings:

Then:

Toedittheprofilelabels:

Then

And

And

Tomakeandeditthebandset:

 Youwillselectthebandandedititasthefollowing:

Eachbanddetailconsistsoftwomainsections:
1stManualdata:whichisthedatayouinsertedasbandname,size, location,etc. 2ndAutomaticData:Thedatathattheprogramgetfromboththe planimetryandprofileandenteritsvalue(dependonthebandtype) ateverystation.

 Toeditthemanualdata:

Toedittheautomaticdata:

Tocreatepointsmanually:

Then:

Then:

Thenentertheelevationofthepointandthepointwillbecreated withthedefaultstyle. By:MohamedEzzat MechanicalEngineer