grading software
grading software
(OP)
We would like to get software that makes grading easier (especially if someone makes a change to the overall site layout and we need to then recalculate the stormwater flow. We were thinking either Inroads for AutoCAD or Civil 3D.
Any thoughts to the capabilities, advantages and disadvantages to each?
We do small site designs of parking lots and transit facilities.
Perhaps something to keep in mind, along with grading we do the stormwater calcs...I know Civil 3D has stormwater software now too but what about Inroads?
Thanks
Any thoughts to the capabilities, advantages and disadvantages to each?
We do small site designs of parking lots and transit facilities.
Perhaps something to keep in mind, along with grading we do the stormwater calcs...I know Civil 3D has stormwater software now too but what about Inroads?
Thanks





RE: grading software
RE: grading software
As for stormwater, I haven't found the C3D stuff all that more efficient to do watershed delineation (all the menus got confusing quickly). Also didn't find anything that would do a pervious/impervious (or soil type area breakdown) calculation. But I never really got into it, some others may have found a time-efficient way to get all the needed info.
If you're going to do it, make sure you have a 3 GHz processor with at least 2 gigs of RAM.
RE: grading software