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posted 05/17/07 by Jack Strongitharm Rabbit Gate and Corridor Hatching

Rabbit Gate????

Mr Dan Philbrick on http://civilcommunity.autodesk.com/blogs/blog/4/blogpost/5425/ last week mentioned his trip over to Autstria with us and that I would stay into Saturday to go to Kaprun a ski resort with no snow!. I had to go home like most normal people. Anyway we got talking and both Dan and myself have a large collection of animals. I had mentioned that we had just gained a new addition of a Giant Continental Rabbit. He did not belive me, so I got my wife Vicky to send me a picky which he posted. However the picture was from when we got him and was 8 weeks old http://civilcommunity.autodesk.com/files/blog/daveanddan/JackRabbit.html.

So let me show you how big he is now at 14weeks


That is my Labrador (Ollie) behind him that is coming upto 11 years old. I think the rabbit is getting big already!



Back to AutoCAD Civil 3D and of course 2008.

So one of the things that everyone should like that is into corridor design of some kind, is hatching the plan drawing. So I am sure that a lot of users out there have done loads of bpoly commands so to hatch what is asphalt, footpaths, earthworks etc.
We now can hatch automatically from the sub assemblies. Also using the same technique we can add render materials to the corridor without making a single surface.

This all comes from Code Set Styles. Many of you have probably tried to ignore this upto now, but this year it comes into its own and once you have adjusted your existing styles like I have for this years Country Kit (to be released for UK and Ireland from myself by the end of May) you will never have to do it again.

From corridor properties, codes you will have some styles



Note the new areas, Render Materials and Material Area Fill Styles on the panel




Basically it works by applying a render style or material hatch style to the links that already exist in your corridor.
Such as pave, Kerb (curb), footpath (sidewalk), daylight

Then apply the style

2D AutoCAD Hatching, remember contractors still do back and white copying


2D Solid Colour hatching, for presentation purposes etc



And Finally, flip to 3D




Does it get easier or what and you don’t even have to think about it. Spend time on design rather just trying to make it look good!! Of course it is all dynamic.

Until next time

Civil regards
Jack Strongitharm

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