AU 2010: Down the Drain with Peter Thomson

You might remember me mentioning my friend Peter Thomson of MWH in New Zealand. He’s one of my favorite email pen pals! I saw him teach at Civil 3D University in Auckland last year and I was impressed by his knowledge of the software and how he works with labels and styles that really make a big impact.

Peter is teaching at AU this year, and he sent me a video that gives you a bit of a preview of his class. Check it out!

CV333-2P Down the Drain with AutoCAD® Civil 3D® Pipes: Getting Started with Company Standards and Smart Ideas 

Class Audience

Those who are tasked with building an effective AutoCAD Civil 3D template for pipes for their company

Class Description

This class covers top tips for getting started with pipe networks in AutoCAD Civil 3D. The class will take you though some dos and don'ts for setting company standards, application of command settings, presentation of data for company consistency, defining a company naming system for all pipe network elements, settling on a company "way of doing things", designing a range of company styles, building a company catalog, creating a parts list, precooking settings in empty networks, creating networks demonstration, manipulating pipes in profile views, force mains, and a myriad of top tips to help you avoid common pitfalls in creating a company template for Civil 3D pipes. And we'll have some fun along the way!

Key Learning

• Build a template for a workplace for pipes and learn some tricks and concepts to do this effectively
• Set company rules for use of pipes
• Learn about styles for pipes
• How to use command settings and styles to use Civil 3D pipes effectively
• Understand the power of a well-constructed template and learning tools associated with a template for staff training

Prerequisite Software

Attendees should be familiar with creation and manipulation of alignments,surfaces and profile views in Civil 3D

More about Peter:

Peter Thomson on Pipes

Civil 3D and a New Zealand Airport

Using a Pipe Network Tools to Create a Rising Main

If you are a speaking on a civil, utility or related topic, make a quick video or send me some screen captures- I would love to highlight your class!