Enhanced section views creation
PLUS
Autodesk® Civil 3D® section views booster
Individual section views creation with compacted layout, new elevation range setting method, plot paper saving, reload last settings, section viewports & layouts auto generation and more...
PLUS VERSION unique features
Support both Imperial drawings and Metric drawings
Ability to create section view Layout for individual section views; ready for plotting or creating sheet set;
Ability to insert section view Quantity (material, volume) tables;
Ability to hide band set title from the second column onwards;
Ability to select an arbitrary set of sample lines to draw section views (sample lines in between can be omitted);
Ability to quick load the last configuration, including sample line list;
App dialog is now floating, user can interact with other Civil 3D objects while App is opened;
This App will help ease the section view task by adding the following features:
Section view Band set title can be hidden to save space. In some case, paper consumption may reduce up to 50%;
Precise Section views layout: Number of section view rows and columns per sheet is fixed by users;
New method for determining elevation range: Elevation range is now implicitly set through the minimum distance below & above sections inside a section view;
Command configuration is saved and can be reloaded or transferred to another user;
Batch create section view quantity table (material/volume table);
Batch create section layout, ready for section sheets
Know more about Individual section views
App creates Individual section views, NOT section view group. The following pros & cons of individual section views created by this App should be aware of:
Pros:
Each section view can be manually moved to another position. Position not changed after an update event (eg: annotation scale changed, nearby section view deleted);
Elevation range is implicitly calculated for each section view & recalibration for a section view row; which can minimize blanks & save plot paper;
Cons:
Section views offset range should not be less than the left & right Offset value of sample lines;
When annotation scale change, section views should be deleted and re-created;
Section view bandset cannot be replaced after creation (a critical error will occur if doing so).
General usage instructions:
The procedures of section views creation, in brief, can be divided into 5 steps:
Select alignment, sample line group & sample lines to draw section views;
Set the number of section views per page, row & column gap, paper size;
Set the minimum distance above and below each section view's sections;
Set the label set and section style/ code set style for sections;
Set the section view bandset;
Click "Draw individual section views" to see results.
Previous settings are saved on exit & can be reloaded by "Reload last state" button
Additional information
This App works with Autodesk Civil 3D 64-bit versions 2016 and above.
Section views created a group in Individual section views category. Do NOT change section view Band set after created.
Download link:
Trial: https://bit.ly/ESVPlus
Paid:
(Waiting for Approval from Autodesk App Store)
App is digitally signed.