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posted 10/29/07 by Jack Strongitharm Change of terms?

Users from the UK and Ireland, we have our own terminology and language version called British Language Version.

However within the country kit I did not fully address some of the terminology that appeared from the corridor.

However I have made some changes and brought it here.
For everyone else, this may still apply as we all have our variations and would like to control it a little more.

So say goodbye to ETW, Sidewalk and more besides.

Located in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\C3D 2008\enu is a file called

C3DStockSubassemblyScripts.codes

BEFORE I GO FURTHER, IF YOU HAVE A GO WITH THIS, PLEASE BACK UP YOUR ORIGINAL .CODES FILE FIRST

This controls the regional variations and gives the user the ability to have your own version

The file looks like this in Notepad

//Attention; do not use commas in comments,,,,
//,,,,
//Index No.,Localized code,Original Code,Description,
//,,,,
1,Crown,Crown,Crown point between travel lanes on finish grade,
2,Crown_Pave1,Crown_Pave1,Crown point on the Pave1 layer,
3,Crown_Pave2,Crown_Pave2,Crown point on the Pave2 layer,
4,Crown_Base,Crown_Base,Crown point between travel lanes on the base layer,
5,Crown_Sub,Crown_Sub,Crown point between travel lanes on the subBase layer,
6,EC,ETW,Carriageway Edge; inside or outside edges of travel lanes on finish grade,
7,EC_Pave1,ETW_Pave1,Carriageway Edge on the Pave1 layer,
8,EC_Pave2,ETW_Pave2,Carriageway Edge on the Pave2 layer,
9,EC_Base,ETW_Base,Carriageway Edge on the base layer,
10,EC_Sub,ETW_Sub,Carriageway Edge on the subBase layer.,
11,Lane,Lane,Slope break point between lanes on finish grade for broken back roadway.,
12,Lane_Pave1,Lane_Pave1,,
13,Lane_Pave2,Lane_Pave2,,
14,Lane_Base,Lane_Base,,
15,Lane_Sub,Lane_Sub,,

But in Excel it makes a little more sense



The second column is where we can change the code and the third is the original US language which is how the supplied sub aseemblies are coded.

If you change any codes here, save your excel as a .csv then rename it to the original name 'C3DStockSubassemblyScripts.codes' and start Civil 3D.

The only thing that needs considering is the Code Set Style, you will need to add some point codes to match your naming and or change the originals. Check them first by placing a relevant subassembly, right click and check its properties.




For my UK and Ireland users, take this one and it will work with the Country kit template you already have

Download file


Jack Strongitharm

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