Autodesk Land Desktop

Autodesk Civil Design

Autodesk Survey

Features and Benefits Matrix

The Autodesk® land development products are complete software solutions for visualizing,
creating, and managing your land development needsland and environmental planning,
surveying, and civil engineering.
Autodesk® Land Desktop 3, built on the AutoCAD® 2002 and Autodesk® Map foundation,
delivers specialized land planning features such as COGO and map creation, terrain
modeling, alignments, and parcels. An easy-to-use interface and centralized project data
management help your entire team share large amounts of drawing and project data accu-
rately and efficiently. Whether you’re a civil engineer, planner, or surveyor, you’ll benefit
from powerful, automated drafting and analysis tools, optimized Windows® interfaces,
logical menus, 3D terrain models, robust TIN, contour, and point processing, and style-
based controls that help you meet your submittal requirements. Plus, a comprehensive
development API enables customized solutions and product extensions.

New Feature Function Benefits

LandXML Use project data in new ways without Project teams can easily share land
Import/Export relying on the original authoring project data (points, alignments,
software. Once in LandXML format, the parcels, and more) with others who
project data can be archived and stored. can read or write LandXML data. And
It can also be viewed and reported over this data is extended to others on the
the Internet and shared with other team who do not have access to design
applications that support LandXML. software. Style sheets make the data
customizable based on users’ needs.
Improved Retain sorting criteria used to define Streamlined interface allows for more
Point Group point groups. Changes to point database efficient use and quicker learning. Point
Management, are automatically reflected in applicable sorting and editing information can be
Listing and point groups with a visual display to tracked, improving quality control
Editing notify you that modifications have been reports at every stage during a
operations made. Tab control dialog box provides project—helping to reduce errors and
heads-up review of options and settings. omissions in fast-paced projects.
Improved Quick Extract sectional data along any polyline Critical to communicating the surface
Surface Section (including polylines with arcs). This is information to all potential consumers
critical in analyzing surface conditions of the project. The dynamic behavior of
and exploring design scenarios. Draft the Quick Section allows you to explore
AutoCAD entities into your drawing that design scenarios and to confirm the
reflect the sectional data. validity of the surface model. The
added capability to support Multiple
Surfaces in the viewer allows you to
quickly compare relationships between
surfaces for faster design decisions.

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New Feature Function Benefits

Improved Drape arcs in a polyline onto a surface This increases ability to communicate
Object model. Display the relationship between design intent and improves users’
Projection plan geometry such as parcels, ability to analyze surface conditions.
alignments, and base line work.
Export Points A direct link to Trimble equipment results Extends digital design data quickly and
and Surfaces to in a more efficient process of moving efficiently to the field, minimizing the
Trimble TSC1 design information into the field during chance of errors, and helps speed up
construction. the design to build process. Allows
construction equipment to work off
original design data.
Oracle Spatial Autodesk Land Desktop 3 stores, ac- Mapping, GIS, FM, and engineering
integration cesses, and analyzes Oracle Spatial data data in DWG form can be stored and
quickly and efficiently. This direct link accessed in one central data source,
provides a method not only to migrate Oracle Spatial. Organizations already
data between Autodesk DWG files and using Oracle can expand their data
Oracle Spatial database tables, but also store to include geospatial data once
to query and import database informa- held in drawings available only to
tion and perform edit operations using mappers and engineers using Land
Land Desktop editing tools. Includes Desktop—making it available to the
import/export to and from Oracle Spatial. rest of the organization.

Autodesk® Civil Design 3 delivers engineering-specific capabilities for Autodesk Land

Desktop, streamlining the design and drafting process for civil engineering. Autodesk Civil
Design 3 is for all types and ranges of road, rail, runway, and channel design; site
development and grading for commercial, industrial, institutional, and residential projects;
and hydrology and hydraulics for projects ranging from roads to parking lots. Because this
software is built for project collaboration, multiple team members can simultaneously access
data such as roadway alignments and pipe runs. Autodesk Civil Design 3 blends AutoCAD
with specialized engineering commands in the same environment to create one seamless
solution.

New Feature Function Benefits

New Vertical All critical vertical design data is in a The new interface enables you to more
Design Editor single, logical interface that now incor- efficiently complete design tasks. By
porates road design speed rules into the incorporating engineering rules and
horizontal and vertical curve calculations, design speeds into the road design
providing better interaction between process, you can easily analyze the
graphics and the tabular editor. The vertical design based on user-definable
editor now uses XML reporting to give criteria and incorporate this
you the ability to publish data into HTML- information into the final design.
based reports that you can easily
customize and share with others.
Nonparallel Superimpose vertical design and You can bring together critical related
profiles alignment information from a separate design criteria such as offset align-
road alignment onto a master profile ments and ramps onto a roadway
allowing for heads-up analysis and profile for plotting and use in resolving
planning when doing such tasks as road engineering issues, improving turn-
reconstruction and widening. around time and helping to ensure
correct design solutions.

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New Feature Function Benefits

Superelevation Superelevation points are stored as part Improved confidence in the integrity of
sampling of the design information processing. As the design data gives you assurance
designs are reprocessed and modified that you have roadway cross-sectional
these critical stations are held and information at all key superelevation
accounted for in the sampling. stations. This is critical when plotting
accurate superelevation profiles.
Export Roads in Export complete road design information Direct links to Trimble equipment move
Trimble directly to SiteVision format for use on all digital design data right into the cabs
SiteVision machine guidance/controlled equipment of the computer-controlled heavy
format that utilize SiteVision, such as bulldozers equipment, optimizing the construction
and graders. process and reducing cycle time and
redundant data.

Autodesk® Survey 3 software extends the functionality of Autodesk Land Desktop 3,

offering the most efficient and cost-effective way to get professional survey data to and
from the field. The software interfaces with a host of industry-standard data collectors,
survey instruments, and GPS receivers, allowing line work and field coding for automatic
mapping capabilities. It’s easy to share survey data with civil engineering, GIS, and land
planning professionals. Autodesk Survey streamlines data collection, helps eliminate
numerous steps and keystrokes, and avoids converting data from one system to another.
Autodesk Survey can create DWG files simply by importing survey data, saving time and
increasing accuracy.

New Feature Function Benefits

Export Geoid Utilize datum grids and geoid Helps save time. Survey users do not need to re-
Model, Datum models in field GPS surveys create field code lists in the field, resulting in
Grid, & Feature without requiring other improved efficiency and reduced potential for
Code Library to software in applications. errors. Additional geoid data provides for more
Trimble TSC1 accurate results and fewer processing steps.

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