Randy McCollum | Applications Expert Converting a Civil 3D Pipe Network into an EPA SWMM model is a relatively straight-forward process, if not the most directly. Currently, there is no way to convert a Pipe Network into a SWMM model without using an intermediary software. Luckily, Storm and Sanitary Analysis is just that intermediary and it is installed with Autodesk’s Civil 3D. The first step in creating an EPA SWMM model from a pipe network is exporting the pipe network to Storm and Sanitary Analysis (SSA). SSA gives us the ability to run SWMM models directly if we chose but... Continue reading

James Musselman | Applications Expert In my previous blog posts I detailed ways to create disappearing labels and how to show stacked fractions. In this post I’d like to continue with this theme and show another common label style that has been requested. In this label style the requirement is to truncate the first digit of an elevation. An example of this is displaying an elevation of 123.45 as 23.45. The contours around the elevation imply the hundreds and therefore we can utilize this technique to save space while labeling or specifying elevations. To create this label we need to... Continue reading