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Intergraph Smart 3D Civil

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12 (2018)

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  1. Place a designed equipment or a designed equipment component using the Equipment > Civil > Miscellaneous equipment type.

    Place designed equipment

    Place designed equipment component

    You must use the Equipment > Civil > Miscellaneous equipment type for the software to correctly calculate the mass properties of the solid (volume, surface area, weight, and center of gravity).

  2. With the designed equipment or designed equipment component that you created in step 1 selected, click Place Designed Solid Command to add the new designed solid as a child of the designed equipment or equipment component.

  3. Click Place Shape Command , and then select the first shape for your designed solid.

  4. In the Shape Properties Dialog, type the dimensions of your first shape, and then click OK to add the shape to the designed solid in the Workspace Explorer and to place the shape in the model at the specified location.

  5. On the ribbon, select whether the shape adds , subtracts , or is suppressed . Use suppressed for construction graphics and for shapes you want to temporarily remove from affecting the design solid.

  6. Click Place Shape Command , and then select the next shape for your designed solid.

  7. In the Shape Properties Dialog, type the dimensions for the second shape, and then click OK.

  8. Identify the location of the second shape in the model. If you are placing a cylinder, cone, or eccentric cone shape, use the Shape Reference option on the toolbar to select the end plane of the cylinder or cone when using the Mate relationship to a plane of another shape.

  9. On the ribbon, select whether the second shape adds , subtracts , or is suppressed .

  10. Continue to added shapes to the designed solid using the add, subtract, and suppress options as needed.