3D design tools for civil engineering

• Explore and communicate design concepts
• Get projects approved faster and help win work
• Promote greater visibility into project constructability

• Aggregate data from a variety of formats
• Develop more consistent, accurate construction documentation
• Apply industry standards more easily

• Gain greater flexibility to make design changes 
• Apply discipline-specific tools for a more streamlined process
• Improve designs by conducting engineering analysis 

• Manage data from many sources
• Build large data-rich city models 
• Enhance insight into existing conditions 

• Conduct spatial analysis to help see trends
• Facilitate identification of priority locations
• Analyse impacts of new developments

• More quickly model and visualise alternatives
• Show intent more effectively with realistic visuals 
• Create thematic maps to support reporting requirements

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• Design in a AutoCAD environment
• Improve accuracy with rules-based standards
• Work more quickly with templates and workflows

• Calculate voltage drop and flicker
• Calculate underground cable tension
• Calculate overhead sag for wind and ice

• Deliver documentation in a single package
• Provide more complete engineering data
• Automate bill of materials creation

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• Demonstrate a better understanding of project needs
• Create more realistic proposals of design alternatives
• Communicate options more effectively 

• Create visualisations to help validate design decisions
• Help minimise construction documentation errors
• Identify issues before construction

• Use tools to help decrease hours on fixed-cost projects
• Accommodate last-minute changes more easily 
• Support productivity with more consistent data

• Minimise errors with model-based tools
• Optimise with integrated analysis
• Minimise documentation errors

• Share information with teams and stakeholders
• Generate documentation as a by-product of the design 
• Help identify issues earlier to minimise errors in the field

• Attract more competitive bids 
• Improve cost estimate accuracy
• Demonstrate impact with more realistic visuals

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• Improve knowledge transfer
• Optimise workflows to minimise re-work
• Incorporate industry design standards

• Optimise materials with engineering analysis
• Improve design to construction processes
• Deliver more accurate estimates

• Help reduce time-consuming processes
• Minimise as-built backloguES
• Deliver design data to the enterprise

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• Aggregate data for whole-project review
• Understand scope of labour and materials better
• Co-ordinate site and workflow planning more effectively

• Generate material take-offs more quickly 
• Evaluate the cost of design alternatives
• Help resolve conflicts before construction

• Simulate schedules and logistics in 4D
• Assess and quantify scope changes
• Communicate plans to stakeholders more easily