As most of you have seen by now, Civil 3D 2013 has some functionality for creating pressure pipe. While we are all used to editing various pipe and structure parameters in parts builder, pressure pipes have their own tool called Content Catalog Editor. The Content Catalog Editor can be found in the following location:
START-PROGRAMS-AUTODESK-AUTOCAD CIVIL 3D 2013-CONTENT CATALOG EDITOR
The screen capture below shows the content editor.
After selecting the editor, you will need to choose open and pick the appropriate sqlite file containing the pipe you want to modify. These files will typically be found in the following location:
C-PROGRAM DATA-AUTODESK-C3D2013-ENU-PRESSURE PIPE CATALOG-IMPERIAL
After choosing the appropriate file, you will see the content editor populate as follows:
At this point, it is just a matter of selecting the appropriate field, modifying the parameter, and ultimately saving the file.
The next time you get into Civil 3D, the part will be modified and ready for use.
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Rob,
ReplyDeleteI'm getting into creating my own content for things that were not provided. Do you have any suggestions on creating a part that has multiple dia. & wall thickness? I don't see anything that says we can use associative dimensions like we could in the gravity part builder. Is this just scaling the part to the information entered into the Connection Points section?
I think the information you are looking for is in this directory. c:\program files\autodesk\autocad civil 3d 2013\sample\civil 3d api\part publishing wizard\PartPublishingWizardUserGuide.doc. You are correct, the process isn't like it is for creating gravity pipe in part builder.
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