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Newsletter - 23rd
March 2005
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COMPANY NEWS
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Knowledge Base
Educational Social
Responsibility
Over the last few
years we have taken
a vested interest in
the educational
development of our
secondary and
tertiary school
learners. This
commitment is
largely contained in
our corporate social
responsibility
policy, which
prescribes an
ongoing partnership
with various
educational
institutions.
Currently, more than
95% of all South
African Technikons
have incorporated
our Civil Designer
and AllyCAD software
with great success
into their
engineering
curriculum.
Technikons in the
various regions
include Cape
Peninsula University
of Technology,
Border Technikon,
Eastern Cape
Technikon, Free
State Technikon,
Durban Institute of
Technology (DIT),
Vaal University of
Technology,
Technikon Western
Gauteng and
Technikon South
Africa.
We also have a
long-term joint
venture with
secondary
institutions in
light of the CAD
component in
‘Curriculum 2006’.
Our decision to help
the Department of
Education with the
implementation of
AllyCAD in secondary
schools is part of a
two-year plan to
enable skilled and
proficient teachers
to teach this
world-class product
to the next
generation of civil
engineers.
We are committed to
inspiring design
excellence and offer
various incentives.
Recognition to top
achievers is
afforded in the form
of the Civil
Designer and AllyCAD
Certificate of
Merit, Trophies and
Cash prizes.
We will be featuring
various Educational
leaders in the
upcoming showcase
stories. Be sure to
look out for them!
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PRODUCT NEWS
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Nodes and Links in
Sewer
In Civil Designer,
the graphical
functions allow you
to easily insert
nodes and links,
make changes to an
existing layout by
moving a node,
change the flow
direction, or even
query a node or link
with a simple click
of the mouse. These
functions can
however only be used
if the data includes
coordinates for the
nodes.
To activate the
display of the newly
imported data, click
on the Display
Settings icon or
select the
‘Settings’ -
‘Display Settings’
option to view the
Display Settings
dialog. This dialog
allows you to
specify how the data
must be displayed
(and plotted).
The Display Settings
dialog has the
following options:
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The ‘Show sewer
layout’ check box
specifies that the
Design Centre must
show the sewer
node and link data
during redraws.
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The ‘Annotation
Font’ dropdown box
allows you to
select the font
that will be used
to label the nodes
and links.
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The ‘Nodes’
sub-item on the
left of the
dialog, displays
the Node settings
that allow you to
define the pen,
symbol size and
line type for the
node. It also
defines the text
pen and the text
size in points for
the node
annotations as
well as which
annotations must
be displayed. In
the Node text box
simply right click
and select any
range of
attributes from
the display list
to be included on
the plan. You can
also add a pre- or
post-script to
this text.
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The Links sub-item
allow you define
the pen, line
thickness in mm
and line type of
the link display
as well as the
text pen and size
in points.
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Once you have
indicated all your
settings, click on
the OK button of the
Display Settings
dialog. The Design
Centre display will
now be updated to
show the sewer nodes
and links. To test
this, position your
cursor near a node
and zoom in using
the [Z] key or the
[M] key to magnify.
You will find that
the node name is
displayed next to a
circle representing
the manhole.
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SUPPORT AND
DEVELOPMENT
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Send in a Request
For a Tech Tip
If there is a
specific area in
CIVIL DESIGNER that
you would like us to
provide a Tech Tip
on, then please let
us know. Send your
request to
support@knowbase.co.za
and indicate the
subject heading as "Tech
Tip Request".
Note:
We will attempt to
create Tech Tips for
all responses, but
this may be a time
consuming process
depending on the
amount of requests
that we receive.
Should you require
an immediate
response, then
please liaise with
our Support Centre
telephonically or
via e-mail.
Latest Updates From
the Development Team
Here are the latest
downloads available
on the
updates
page:
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Civil Designer
v6.3
Build 18
(11/03/2005)
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Civil Designer
v6.3
Updated Water Help
file (14/05/2004)
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Civil Designer
v6.2
Build 33
(31/05/2004)
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TRAINING AND
VISITS
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CIVIL DESIGNER
Training Contact
Details
If you are
interested in
training, please
contact your
regional office to
make your booking as
the courses are
extremely popular.
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REGIONS |
CONTACT |
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Western Cape,
East Cape,
Namibia &
International |
Cape Town
(Head Office) |
Shantell
Tel: (021) 701
1850 |
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Kwazulu Natal,
Free State,
Lesotho,
Swaziland,
Mpumalanga &
Zimbabwe |
Durban
Office |
Nalini
Tel: (031) 566
3323 |
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Gauteng,
Limpopo, North
West Province
&
Botswana |
Johannesburg
Office |
Barbara
Tel: (011) 675
3959 |
Current Visits and
Training Activities
Our Customer
Consultants will be
involved in the
following
visitations and
training activities
over the next couple
of weeks. Please
feel free to give us
a call on (021)
701-1850. We
would be happy to
meet up with you to
discuss your
training or product
needs.
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REGION |
DATE |
ACTIVITY |
PERSON/S |
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Cape Town |
29 Mar
to
1 April |
Moving to new
office |
All |
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Johannesburg |
4 – 8 April |
Civil Designer
& AllyCAD
client visits |
Paul |
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Cape
Town |
4 – 6 April |
AllyCAD
training |
Solly |
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Durban |
4 – 7 April |
Civil Designer
training
(Design
Centre, Survey
Terrain and
Road) |
Cedric |
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East London |
11 – 13 April |
AllyCAD
training |
Solly |
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Durban |
11 – 13 April |
Civil Designer
& AllyCAD
client visits |
Charles |
There are still some
openings for the
East London AllyCAD
training course
scheduled for the
11th - 13th April.
Contact Shantell
Ruthenberg on (021)
701-1850 to secure
your booking now!
Best Regards,
The Knowledge Base
Team
www.knowbase.co.za
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