A guide to civil 3d junction design

Since we ran our first training course on this subject, nearly 12 years ago, Autodesk Civil 3D and Infraworks have developed into extremely powerful tools for junction design.. The Civil

We are often asked how to create a junction in Civil 3D Well over the years, we have developed a great

training programme that covers Roundabout Design, including the Stockdale Method for our UK customers,

as well as Cross Roads, T-Junction designs and Grade Separated Junctions

Since we ran our first training course on this subject, nearly 12 years ago, Autodesk Civil 3D and Infraworks have developed into extremely powerful tools for junction design They help to automate some of the more complex aspects whilst also providing the functionality required to complete the whole job for you

The Civil 3D Junction Wizard has been around for some time now (or a number of years), and in the 2019 release the UKIE country kit has the best assemblies we have ever had In previous versions I have had to create these, but with this release the process is automated Sometimes you have something that has specific restraints that requires some creative thinking So, doing the junction manually is a better option

In the 2018 Civil 3D release Autodesk released some of the functionality carried out previously by Wizard, giving us a way of doing the same thing with any different alignments This is the dynamic profile on an offset alignment, and the connected alignment with dynamic profiles

This means that when you create your offset alignment geometry you can automatically generate the channel line profiles, and if you were to change the centre line profile this automatically updates the channel line profile as well

Where the real power lies within this software is in its dynamic nature Any changes carried out in the

horizontal or vertical geometries will automatically update all the offset alignments and profiles as well

Note that all the alignments and profiles automatically resolve themselves

Have a look at my video where I create the junction manually with AutoCAD Civil 3D Even if you are

going to use the junction tool, it’s better to know what the tool is doing, so that you can take ownership of the result or simply adjust it to your needs

PS If you want to know how I made the white lines in the title image, let me know, and I’ll write that one down as well (Clue, its’s just a feature line style used in the corridor, so it doesn’t replace your line software, but does look great in your model)

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