The Enterprise Suite gives you all the Civil Designer modules as a rental package. The modules included in the same installation are Design Centre, Survey & Terrain, Roads, Water, Storm, Sewer, Turn, CAD Pro and BIM (IFC) Export.
CIVIL DESIGNER
The only truly intergrated civil infrastructure design software suite
8 INTEGRATED DESIGN MODULES
DESIGN CENTRE
The graphic base platform
Design Centre combines a bespoke CAD, aerial image handling, and powerful digital terrain modelling to host the design modules and provide all the functionality required to produce your final drawings.
- Fully compatible with DWG, DXF, DGN, LandXML and SHP
- Easily set up different coordinate systems
- Use multiple aerial photographs as a backdrop to your design
- Multiple (400+) drawing layouts and viewports
- Embedded drawings (Xrefs), blocks and coordinate tables
- Extra large DTMs with 255 surfaces
- Super-fast import of DTM points and triangulation
- Intelligent breakline generation using point descriptors
- Proximity analysis in conjunction with design modules
- Dynamic updating of construction drawings
SURVEY & TERRAIN
The module has been optimized to import 4 million points in under a minute and can further handle 95 million points with ease
Advanced survey calculations and draughting routines for bulk earthworks, terrace or dam wall design including material volumetrics and haulage optimization
- Draft Expert – automated draughting from raw survey data
- Multiple terraces with cut/fill optimisation
- Platform & terrace design using relational 3D string method
- Rapid dam water surface area and volume calculation
- Calculate volumes between any 2 of 255 surfaces
- Powerful survey reduction routines
- Observations and figures database for all survey calculations
- Crossing services displayed on plan, long and cross-sections
- Extract long and cross-sections along any alignment
- Draw crossing services for terrain strings long section plots
- Bank lines can be drawn across multiple surfaces
- Survey calculations, error figures and control surveys
ROAD AND HIGHWAY
Roads Design handles more than 400km of road effortlessly with 250 roads per projects
This module is a comprehensive road design program that provides interactive embankment design, intersections and area calculations for urban streets, single/dual carriageway roads, railways, airports, harbours and parking areas.
- Handles up to 2500 roads of 400km each per project
- Super-fast 3D junction, roundabout and cul-de-sac design
- Dynamic 3D surface meshes with contour and drainage displays
- Regression analysis of existing single and dual carriageways
- Fully customizable TD9_93 design criteria
- Roads segmentation for varying design criteria
- Point-to-point sight distance analysis
- Intelligent profile selection for multiple cut and fill conditions
- View and edit individual cross-sections and components
- Climbing / auxiliary lane design with speed profiling
- Minimum sight distance analysis
- Water Film Thickness analysis with water depth gradient display
- Acute angle junction design (as required for ramp terminals)
- Linear road furniture can be drawn on any route
SEWER
Attenuation is calculated at every manhole resulting in a solution, which is more cost-effective than simply adding the inflow peaks together.
Full network analysis and design with connection modelling, which calculates inflows, attenuation, stormwater infiltration, pipe sizes, levels, slopes and trench excavation quantities.
- Foul water connection and network analysis
- Property connection analysis using minimum ground level
- Unit inflows with multiple peak flow formulae
- Dynamic time simulation with multiple inflow hydrographs
- Pump stations with up to 4 pumps with various controls
- Calculates optimal culvert size, slope, inlet and outlet levels
- Pressure flow analysis for surcharged systems
- Calculates trench volumes, pipe lengths and manhole depths
- Generates layout plan with pipe schedule and long sections
- Accurate 3D rendering of node structures
- Analyses flow, overflow, capacity, velocity and flow depth
STORM
The module gives you complete control to tailor the design to your own requirements or that of the local authorities or councils.
The surface drainage (stormwater) module is a comprehensive runoff calculation, drainage infrastructure design and analysis software program. It will calculate catchment runoff, culvert flows, overflows, routing and detention storage through user-defined ponds. It also calculates culvert sizes, invert levels and slopes and supports the Illudus, Rational, Wallingford and SWMM runoff models.
- Supports Illudas, Rational, Wallingford and SWMM models
- Simulate dual runoffs with partial flow capture and overflows
- Provision for detention storage at inlets
- Graphically define catchment areas with attributes from DTM
- Attenuate runoff by means of detailed reservoir routing
- Analyses flow, overflow, capacity, velocity and flow depth
- Calculates optimal culvert size, slope, inlet and outlet levels
- Calculates trench volumes, pipe lengths and manhole depths
- Generates layout plan with pipe schedule and long sections
- IH124 or FEH runoff calculation methodology
- Hydraulic routing by Continuity Equation or Time Shift method
WATER
Analysis of fluid handling networks has never been easier
This module includes items such as reservoirs, pressure release chambers, pump stations with multiple pumps, valves and all pipe types that are fully editable and can link to external consumption data tables. Water losses can be determined based on a number of factors.
- Demand patterns for large cities, villages & rural communities
- Water loss analysis and consumption databases
- Variable peak factor and PRP consumption analysis
- Link external data tables such as consumption & tariff details
- Borehole hydraulic modeling and water quality analysis
- Pump station control by pressure, water level or time-based
- View velocities, flow, pressure, losses & hydraulic grade lines
- Graphically show and analyze connections and flow rates
- Calculates trench volumes, pipe lengths, bends and junctions
- Highly detailed pump performance curves
- Customisable pipe database with definable pipe types & sizes
CAD
The CAD module provides the full drawing functionality contained in AllyCAD for intensive draughting applications.
This module is a comprehensive road design program that provides interactive embankment design, intersections and area calculations for urban streets, single/dual carriageway roads, railways, airports, harbours and parking areas.
- Fast import and manipulation of large scale drawing files
- Handle multiple large aerial images with ease
- ’Reality Mesh’ image import and dynamic rendering
- Render Views with environment, terrain settings & preset views
- Sub-surface 3D fly-throughs for service proximity verification
- Touch Screen Gestures (Pan, Rotate, Zoom) for use on tablets
- Import PDF to CAD functionality
- BIM IFC integration
- Cropped geo-referenced image functionality
- Time saving Survey, Structural, Mechanical, Architectural Toolkits
- Google Earth integration with KML file output
- 3D rendering & animation for realistic video model production
TURN
Track path definition and creation with smallest turning circle calculation
Simulation of low speed turning manoeuvres along a specified tracking path for cars, trucks, articulated vehicles, trailers, commercial aircraft, and forklifts in both forward and reverse.
- Dynamic simulation of vehicle tracking paths
- Multiple vehicle libraries including UK standards
- Easy track path definition and creation
- Define way points along the track path
- Projecting load clearance analyzed
- Cargo Point tracking function
- Forward and reverse movements
- Track path to CAD layer with test vehicle profile
- Works in conjunction with existing CAD entities
CHOOSE A PACKAGE AND LICENSE CONFIGURATION THAT SUIT YOU
Civil Designer Enterprise Suite
The Complete Civil Infrastructure Design Software Platform
The license gives you access to our Support Centre for as long as the rental term you purchase. Our support service includes technical support via telephone, email, video and team viewer. You are also able to take advantage of current software upgrades.
We will gladly discuss your module requirements, offer recommendations and provide a quotation according to your specific needs.
The Network License
Save money & time by customising your unique design plan. The most cost-effective way forward
By sharing modules within your design team, according to your current project demands, you benefit from a significant cost saving.
You only require additional Design Centre licenses for additional users who can then share the other modules where they are not simultaneously required.
We will gladly discuss your module requirements, offer recommendations and provide a quotation according to your specific needs.
EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PRIORITY
Training
Our training programs have been developed to ensure that you can quickly become competent with all of our civil infrastructure design modules and we provide a range of training options to suit your requirements.
Updates
While working on the latest unreleased version of our software, updates are also made available for existing versions. Check our updates page and make sure you are using the latest build.
Resources
Our FAQ videos, webinars, technical tips and introductory self-learning videos are all immediately available to help you with your civil infrastructure project challenges.
Support Centre
Our Support Centre is manned by technical professionals whose sole responsibility is to answer support calls. You deal directly with us and don’t have to liaise with a reseller or call centre.
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