Surveying/Site Planning/Civil Design Software
Surveying/Site Planning/Civil Design Software
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Is anyone familiar with SiteComp? I am in need of getting an affordable program to incorporate into undergraduate civil engineering program, and I am looking into this software among others. Any input will help me.





RE: Surveying/Site Planning/Civil Design Software
RE: Surveying/Site Planning/Civil Design Software
Have you tried talking to software companies to see if they are willing to participate in a computer software laboratory. The aim being for the University to have a computer lab setup with the appropriate software as used in industry. This means that the students do not need to purchase the software and that the university can run on decent software instead of the cheapest available.
Call it cheap advertising for the software company as the students will end up in industry and if they were able to use the software they will generally try and obtain it for use when working.
Good luck
sc
RE: Surveying/Site Planning/Civil Design Software
I know that you are not after structural software, but have a look at the spacegass site for an example of what I mentioned previously.
go to: www.spacegass.com
look at: academic copy
regards
sc
RE: Surveying/Site Planning/Civil Design Software
Regards
Eve1
RE: Surveying/Site Planning/Civil Design Software
I have used Terramodel and AutoCAD.
TMOD is adequate in its abilities, but extremely un-user friendly (lots of clicking and commands to do simple tasks).
ACAD is my favorite for ease of use and universal acceptance - I used to do work in CA, USA for clients in Hong Kong, and we never had to convert anything! But I have heard the modules (plug-ins to do specific tasks) are less user friendly than other softwares.
Our company also uses Microstation extensively. I have never used it, but those who use both say the modules are easier to use than ACAD.
I have never heard of Carlson Software, so I can't comment on it.
Generally, your students will absolutely have to use (or have software that interacts fluently with) AutoCAD in the civil field. It is, for better or worse (ongoing, endless debate here!) the industry standard.
RE: Surveying/Site Planning/Civil Design Software
RE: Surveying/Site Planning/Civil Design Software