The Corridor EZ Surface Output feature provides a faster, smarter, and more automated way to generate corridor surfaces.
It reduces manual work, improves accuracy, enhances performance, and eliminates common surface errors, making it superior to Civil 3D’s traditional corridor surface workflow.
Once your design is complete, you can export your design to Civil 3D Surfaces at the click of a button, including all breaklines and boundaries. If you make a change in your design, re-run the export to update all the surface definitions, maintaining all your surface labels surface analysis and applied surface style.
The Corridor EZ Surface Output feature outperforms Civil 3D’s surface output tools in several critical ways:
1. Faster Surface Generation
Surface Output automates surface creation, eliminating the need for manual definition of links and breaklines.
In Civil 3D, users must manually extract feature lines, define breaklines, and configure surfaces, which is time-consuming.
2. Intelligent & Automatic Surface Refinement
Corridor EZ automatically optimizes surface triangulation and refines data to reduce irregularities.
Civil 3D requires users to manually adjust breaklines, smooth surfaces, and troubleshoot errors like gaps or spikes.
3. Improved Performance & Processing Speed
Surface Output processes large corridor surfaces faster and more efficiently, reducing lag in complex models.
Civil 3D corridor surfaces can slow down performance, especially when working with detailed road models.
4. Simplified Corridor-to-Surface Workflow
One-click surface output in Corridor EZ reduces the steps needed to generate and update surfaces.
Civil 3D requires multiple steps: selecting links, creating feature lines, assigning breaklines, and manually refreshing surfaces.
5. Automatic Surface Updates
When corridor modifications are made, Surface Output automatically updates surfaces without requiring manual intervention.
Civil 3D requires users to rebuild surfaces manually, which can lead to errors if not properly updated.
6. Error Reduction & Troubleshooting
Built-in validation tools in Corridor EZ help detect and correct common surface errors, such as missing breaklines or incorrect elevations.
In Civil 3D, users must manually troubleshoot and adjust surfaces, which can be tedious.
7. Enhanced Surface Customization
Corridor EZ allows for easy modifications to surface settings, such as adding or removing breaklines, smoothing, and applying elevation adjustments.
Civil 3D’s approach is more rigid, requiring users to redefine breaklines and manually reconfigure surfaces for changes.
8. Seamless Integration with Other Design Tools
Surface Output integrates smoothly with other corridor tools, such as Corridor EZ Templates and Multi-Baseline Corridors, ensuring consistent, high-quality surfaces.
Civil 3D often requires additional steps to align surfaces properly across multiple baselines.
