The CIM Project Suite™ by CTC Software invigorates the dependable and functional Autodesk® Civil 3D® software. With powerful Civil 3D add-ins, like the Pipe Designer™ and Clash Seeker™, the CIM Project Suite relieves you of mundanity, economizing your design experience so you can focus on what you do best: creating. Learn more by working with CTC Software today.
Why Does Autodesk Civil 3D Need to Be Supercharged?
Autodesk describes Civil 3D as software tailor-made for the digital 3D modeling of civil infrastructure. With this program, Autodesk expanded civil engineers’ virtual drafting capabilities beyond the enclave of Computer-Aided Design. Civil 3D boasts of acceleration and automation for civil design. Moreover, Autodesk promotes Civil 3D as an empowering platform for designers, as well as an environment that fosters collaboration amongst civil engineers and other stakeholders in an architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) project.
Civil 3D certainly provides a vast arsenal of updated design assets (e.g., automated electrification and control over survey data). But Civil 3D alone is not a robust program for interdisciplinary coordination or a tacklebox without room for additional swivels.
One significant problem with Civil 3D is that it isn’t Civil Information Modeling (CIM) software. With a CIM program, designers can manipulate and assimilate the data constituting their 3D models. Plus, CIM allows each member of an AEC venture to analyze and share data stored in Civil 3D.
Autodesk only offers Building Information Modeling (BIM) products that can be linked to Civil 3D. BIM affords similar benefits as CIM but lacks the specificity needed for optimal civil infrastructure modeling. Furthermore, Autodesk’s BIM applications are expensive add-ons to the already significant per-person cost of Civil 3D, with annual subscriptions for BIM Collaborate.
CTC Software’s CIM Project Suite fills this void without breaking the bank.
How Can CTC Software’s CIM Project Suite Supercharge Civil 3D?
Foremost, CTC Software developed its Project Suite for Autodesk Civil 3D as a CIM software. Accordingly, the CIM Project Suite’s add-ins not only meet the particular demands of civil design but also increase data communication and cooperation across an AEC team. The Pipe Designer and Clash Seeker extensions included with this Suite illustrate CIM’s advantages.
The Pipe Designer is demonstrative of the niche quality of CIM. With this tool, designers are able to devise whole piping networks within Civil 3D drafts via spreadsheet. Commands entered into the integrated spreadsheet can govern slope calculations between pipe components. This ensures conformity with preset rules, which may reflect legal standards (e.g., Federal Pipeline Safety Regulations) that civil engineers are responsible for following.
The Clash Seeker is a CIM Project Suite add-in that shows how CIM can synergize an AEC team. Two or more objects existing within the Civil 3D environment “clash” when they occupy the same space, interfere with each other’s functioning, and/or result in an incompatible design. The Clash Seeker comprises various mechanisms for conducting clash checks, compiling reports, and revising reported conflicts. Production specialists, construction managers, and other AEC experts can review and interact with these reports throughout a project’s lifecycle.
CTC Software’s CIM Project Suite Elevates Design Efficacy in Civil 3D
With the CIM Project Suite, CTC Software gives Civil 3D designers a boost in productivity with reasonable pricing options. Under our three-tier pricing structure, you save according to how many yearly subscriptions you purchase.
See how you can maximize your civil design potential and Return on Investment (ROI) with the CIM Project Suite by visiting our website. Contact our team today to inquire about other CTC Software products for Autodesk Civil 3D.
