Export a road corridor from Civil 3D to Navisworks

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As a civil engineer, you can use various tools from the AEC Collection software to work more efficiently and improve project collaboration.

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In this example, you export a road corridor model from Civil 3D to Navisworks for use in 4D and 5D construction scheduling.

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To export the road corridor model from Civil 3D, it needs to be extracted as solids.

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When extracting solids, ensure that the extracted regions match up as per your construction schedule

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for accurate use in the Timeliner in Navisworks.

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In Civil 3D, select the corridor.

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From the contextual ribbon, in the Corridor Tools panel, select Extract Corridor Solids.

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From the command line, select All regions to extract the entire road corridor.

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In the Extract Corridor Solids wizard, click to display the Codes to Extract section.

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From here, different colors can be assigned to different shape codes described in the Name column.

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The Layer Name Template is formatted by default.

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The Layer Name Template can be edited and formatted by clicking the name.

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Then, in the Name Template dialog, property fields can be added or subtracted.

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Click OK or Cancel to close the Name Template dialog.

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Click Next to switch the Extract Corridor Solids wizard to the Property Data section.

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From here, property set definitions can be enabled or disabled.

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Click Next.

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In the Output Options section, specify the output object type and destination.

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Click Extract Solids to export the corridor to solids.

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The extracted solids can now be imported into your Navisworks model from the Home tab, by clicking Append.