The Civil Designer Advantage

The Software

TRUE INTEGRATION BETWEEN POWERFUL DESIGN MODULES
Civil Designer's robust platform puts the ultimate design solution at your fingertips with seamless interaction between the infrastructure design tools for even greater productivity. No longer do you have to transfer data between different design programs. In Civil Designer each module will share its data with the other modules when required.

FULLY FLEDGED DESIGN ENVIRONMENT
Civil Designer is far more than an advanced tool for drawing infrastructure. It is first and foremost a design platform that functions in a graphical environment. At all times you have full control, supported by all the information you require to make informed decisions and deliver the optimum design. While many civil programs out there have design elements to them, many are in fact just CAD packages with some design aspects. Civil Designer, on the other hand, has been repeatedly described as a fully-fledged design environment, giving you real benefits with powerful features, calculations and functionality.

ADVANCED FUNCTIONALITY IN EACH MODULE
Civil Designer comes with very powerful toolsets due to the ongoing development of the program. There are tools for road striping, quantity take-offs, landscaping, plan sheet layout, comprehensive survey and COGO tools, DTM editing and that’s just the beginning of it. For more detail on what functions are in each module, please visit our module pages.

POWERFUL DTM ENGINE & CAN HANDLE HUGE DATA/IMAGE SETS
The digital terrain modeling component has been optimized to import 1,3 million points in 1 minute and can handle more than 16 million points. No other package can handle large data sets and multiple aerial photographs with such ease and speed. Civil Designer supports multiple large bitmaps such as aerial survey photographs or orthophotos as backdrops. High-level presentations are handled with ease, as bitmaps, 3D views and 3D drive through's give you the edge on your competition.

SAVES YOU HOURS OF TIME
Every aspect of Civil Designer is designed to get the job done easier and faster, and to make you more productive. The heavyweight design functionality combined with the ability to track the spatial relationship between design elements and identify issues in your design allows you to focus on the design itself. But above all, we have ensured that the system remains easy to use and extremely robust, giving you absolute control over every aspect of your design, the way it should be!

FULLY COMPATIBLE WITH DWG AND OTHER FORMATS
Civil Designer runs on our new titanium strength 3D CAD platform that is fully compatible with DWG, DXF, DGN and other drawing formats. Line styles, hatching, fonts, inserts, Xrefs, paper space, model space, live layouts and viewports will all be handled without problems. In addition we also support loading of Caddie CEX, Arcview SHP, Microstation DGN and Ultimate CAD UCX files. This gives you unprecedented flexibility to move between drawings without having to worry about incompatibilities and data exchange problems.

The Civil Designer Modules

Civil Designer is a truly integrated design platform consisting of the following specialised modules:

		DESIGN CENTRE: Combines an industrial strength CAD engine with a powerful Digital Terrain Modeling program for all the functionality to produce your final drawings. more...
Fully compatible with DWG, DXF & DGN formats Southern and Northern Hemisphere coordinates Use multiple aerial photographs as a backdrop to your design Multiple views of your project plus drawing layouts Embedded drawings (Xrefs), coordinate tables Unlimited DTM size with128 surfaces Super fast import of 1,3 million DTM points in under a minute Intelligent breakline generation and fast triangulation Feature lines form permanent break lines Interfaces with data capturing devices & survey instruments Automatic updating of production drawings with intelligent sheet files All the CAD functionality required to produce final drawings And so much more…
		SURVEY & TERRAIN: For dynamic and interactive strings-based earthworks and dam design with contours, slope and height shading and SABS 1200 volumes. more...
Multiple terraces with cut/fill optimization and dynamic update SABS1200 volumes in depth increments Catchment area and drainage flow path analysis Rendered 3D views, image overlays, contours & fly-through Convert polylines to DTM points Trench volume calculator Dam water volume calculated with one click Extract long and cross sections along any alignment Crossing services displayed on plan, long and cross sections Survey calculations, error figures and control surveys Powerful survey reduction routines Helmert and Geo-Topo transformations And so much more…
		ROADS: For interactive embankment design & area calculations for urban streets, single & dual carriageway roads, railways, airports, harbours and parking areas. more...
Handles more than 250km of road effortlessly Graphical or spreadsheet design tools Horizontal & vertical alignment according to TRH17 Super Elevation at multiple speeds according to TRH17 Intelligent profile selection for multiple cut and fill conditions TRH4 pavement classes and Pavement Designer Standard SABS927 kerbs with Kerb Editor for custom kerbs Minimum sight distance check with full 3D analysis Climbing and auxiliary lane analysis with speed profiling Regression analysis of alignment of single/dual carriageways Road rehabilitation function COLTO or SABS1200 volumes with layerworks Creates layout plan, long/cross section with crossing service And so much more…
		CAD: Provides extended 3D & 2D drawing functionality for intensive draughting applications including our specialized toolkits that speed up time-consuming procedures. more...
3D and lightweight polylines, blocks, Xrefs, multiline text 3D functionality, meshes, faces, solid shapes & 3D rendering with light control Extended modify functions such as stretch, mirror, cut/rub Multiple parallel lines with definable styles, line-arc-line Database attributes linked to entities, replace data items Convert geometry into drawing entities for complex shapes Powerful selection filters select entities based on attributes Specialised Toolkits that greatly enhance your productivity: Survey - SG diagram, general and sectional plans, COGO Architectural - makes drawing houses and buildings faster Mechanical - includes fasteners, shafts, gears, parts list Structural - hot / cold rolled steel sections & building grid Enhanced bitmap capability loads multiple large images Maximum compatibility with the latest DWG/DXF formats Embed OLE documents in your drawings And so much more…

Civil Designer 2011

Civil Designer's robust platform puts the ultimate design solution at your fingertips, bringing you all the advanced functionality that you expect from a fully fledged, fully integrated civil engineering infrastructure design system.

Designed for infrastructure services
Civil Designer is far more than an advanced tool for drawing infrastructure. It is first and foremost a design platform that functions in a graphical environment. At all times you have full control, supported by all the information you require to make informed decisions and deliver the optimum design.

Platforms and bulk earthworks are a snap in the Terrain module with cut/fill optimization and SABS 1200 volumes. Drainage flow paths and dam holding volumes are also useful tools.

Both the Sewer and Storm modules take into account the hydraulic and geometric relationship between different branches in the network to calculate optimal culvert sizes, levels and slopes based on your design criteria.

The Sewer module will also calculate the position and level of erf connections as well as the inflow into the network based on the inflow classes including population based attenuation with infiltration as a percentage of inflow or per length of culvert.

Runoff events can be simulated in the Storm module using the Illudas, Rational or SWMM models with comprehensive dual runoff modelling with partial or total flow capture, local storage at inlets, overflows to other nodes and a full reservoir routing analysis available to attenuate runoff.

Similarly, the Water module will automatically assign demands for each node proportionally to the lengths of the adjoining pipes and even draw information from external consumption and tariff tables. The ability to simulate multiple reservoirs, pump stations with up to 8 parallel pumps with pressure, level or time-based control, and an extensive list of control valves allows you to design complex fluid handling networks.

The services database can be used to indicate the positions of crossing pipes/cables/services on long sections, layout plans as well as the vertical alignment control window. This allows you to avoid potential clashes early on in your design.

The Roads module has been extensively used to design single and dual carriageway roads of over 250km in length. The ability to split horizontal and vertical alignments and profiles with intelligent batter selection based on cut depth or fill height allows you to design roads through extremely difficult terrain. It also performs sight distance analysis and calculates speed profiles to determine climbing and auxiliary lanes. Other design elements include TRH17 alignment and super-elevation criteria, TRH4 pavements and SABS927 kerb libraries.

New powerful 3D CAD engine
Civil Designer 2011 runs on a new graphics platform that includes numerous improvements in addition to allowing you to work in either a 3D or 2D environment. It is much more powerful than the widely respected Civil Designer 6.5 offering you even greater productivity. So look forward to the following benefits:

• Full DWG, DXF and DGN compatibility
• Blocks (symbols)
• Xrefs (embedded drawings)
• Switch between multiple views of your drawing or project
• Edit, cut and paste between views and drawings
• Named viewports to quickly zoom into areas of interest
• Auto-updating layouts keep design and drawings in sync
• 3D entities with rendering and light shading
• Control Centre for easy access to blocks, hatch, text, dimension and line styles, DTM surfaces, display centre

Who uses Civil Designer

2010 FOOTBALL WORLD CUP INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES & STADIUMS (SOUTH AFRICA)
Civil Designer has been used extensively and is the software of choice for large engineering consultancies that were involved in upgrading South Africa for the 2010 World Cup. Civil Designer was used for the following projects:

• Green Point Stadium, Cape Town
• Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
• Nelson Mandela Stadium, Port Elizabeth
• Soccer City, Johannesburg
• Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
• NASREC 2010 Infrastructure Developments
• Quality Public Spaces throughout SA for 2010 World Cup

THE SOUTH AFRICAN INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR MUNICIPALITIES AND CONSULTING ENGINEERS
South Africa is the home of Civil Designer and it has been right there working for our clients on all the major infrastructure projects. It is the South African civil engineering software standard. Take a look at our customer showcase page to view just a few of the successful projects completed with Civil Designer.

SOUTH AFRICAN CONSULTING ENGINEERS:
Civil Designer is the software of choice for over 80% of infrastructure designers in Southern Africa. It has been used extensively by both large and small engineering consultancies in upgrading South Africa. Some Civil Designer projects include:

M5/Koeberg Interchange design Hospital Bend Pre Selection Lane upgrade R21/N1 interchange freeway alignment & widening Lynwood interchange freeway alignment and widening R300 Link Gautrain Rapid Rail Link The King Shaka International Airport N4 Nelspruit Bypass N1 Johannesburg Western Bypass Widening Kei Rail Project N2 Gateway Chapmans Peak Drive

Gansbaai Coastal Developments Coega Development Zone Waterkloof Air Force Base East London IDZ Durban Harbour Port Harcourt, Nigeria Visserhok Solid Waste Landfill Site Integrated Rapid Transport (IRT) N1 N/S freeway & bridge widening N3 N/S freeway & bridge widening

And virtually every other important highway, road and town infrastructure project.

A few of the civil engineering consultancies that use Civil Designer:

Kv3 Engineers	Jeffares & Green	Aurecon
Goba	SSI Engineers	Arcus Gibb
SNA Engineers	PD Naidoo & Associates	Bergstan South Africa
UWP Consulting	HHO Africa	Endecon
Ekcon Engineers	Sigodi Marah Martin	SMV Consultants
Chidaya Consulting Engineers	Hekima Projects cc	Windhoek Consulting Engineers

The Support

CONTINUAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
With over 21 years of ongoing development, based on direct feedback from top engineering firms and municipalities, Civil Designer is the premier design solution that helps exceptional engineers realize their visions as they tackle today's service delivery and infrastructure challenges.

The Knowledge Base development team is continually improving Civil Designer to meet our users’ requirements as well as keeping up to date with the latest industry developments. There have been many new functions and enhancements specifically written from our support logs and user feedback that forms an integral part of our service to you. Our Subscription contract ensures that you receive the latest updates as soon as they are released.

TALK TO US - WE WILL GO THE EXTRA MILE
There are very few (if any) software developers that you can call and ask to add a new function and they will look into it! When you are under pressure to perform, Knowledge Base will deliver and go out of its way to customise a solution for you in the shortest time possible.

Our Support Service is also widely used for the resolution of simple problems such as how to approach a design, what the best methodology is in a certain situation, how Civil Designer applies design criteria, what you should look out for when beginning a new design task etc.

UNBEATABLE SUPPORT IN THE INDUSTRY
Our support is regarded as the best in the industry. Our attitude to support is quite simple. We know that time is money, and if you have a problem then we have a problem. We will do everything we can to help you resolve the matter as soon as possible. Your Civil Designer Subscription allows you access to our Customer Support Centre where we offer telephone, email, remote desktop sharing and onsite support services for Civil Designer.

Furthermore, our programmers are not situated in some office shut off to what is happening in the real world, but interact with our clients, sales, training and support staff on a daily basis. We even get them to do a day of support here and there to have them liaise directly with you and to give them a better idea of your needs.

		WATER: Water is a program for the full analysis and extended time simulation of fluid handling networks. It includes items such as reservoirs, pump chambers with multiple pumps, valves and all pipe types which are fully editable and can link to external consumption data tables. more...
Demand patterns for large cities, villages & rural communities Link external data tables such as consumption and tariff details Customizable pipe database with definable pipe types & sizes Pump stations with up to 8 pumps in parallel with various controls Display results graphically, in tables or on time-based curves View velocities, flows, pressures, losses & hydraulic grade lines Also view reservoir levels and pump duty points Hydraulic and pressure contour plotting SABS 1200 quantities with bedding material/selected backfill Culvert clash analysis with crossing services Generates layout plan with pipe schedule and long sections And so much more…
		STORM: Stormwater is a network analysis and design program for runoff events which calculates catchment runoff, culvert flows, overflows, and routing and detention storage through user-defined ponds. It also calculates culvert sizes, invert levels and slopes and supports the Illudus, Rational and SWMM runoff models. more...
Supports Illudas, Rational and EPA SWMM runoff models Simulate dual runoffs with partial flow capture and overflows Provision for detention storage at inlets Standard and user defined culverts Graphically define catchment areas with attributes from DTM Attenuate runoff by means of detailed reservoir routing Hydraulic routing by Continuity Equation or Time Shift method Analyzes flow, overflow, capacity, velocity and flow depth Calculates optimal culvert size, slope, inlet and outlet levels SABS 1200 quantities with bedding material/selected backfill Culvert clash analysis with crossing services Generates layout plan with pipe schedule and long sections And so much more…
		SEWER: Sewer is a network analysis and design program with erf connections and interactive drawing functionality for foul water networks. This program calculates inflows with attenuation and dynamic time simulation as well as determining flows, overflows, sizes, invert levels and slopes. more...
Unit flow classes, Harmon formula or hydrograph inflows Calculates attenuation according to population Dynamic time simulation with multiple inflow hydrographs Infiltration by percentage flow or by length of culvert Pump stations with up to 4 pumps with various controls Standard and user defined culverts Culvert hydraulics using proportional flow depth Analyzes flow, overflow, capacity, velocity and flow depth Calculates optimal culvert size, slope, inlet and outlet levels Full erf connection drainage analysis using minimum erf level SABS 1200 quantities with bedding material/selected backfill Culvert clash analysis with crossing services Generates layout plan with pipe schedule and long sections And so much more…
		TURN: Turn provides dynamic and interactive simulation for low speed turning manoeuvres along a specified tracking path which includes cars, trucks, articulated vehicles, trailers, commercial aircraft and forklifts. Easy track path definition and creation with smallest turning circle calculation. more...
Multiple vehicle libraries including TRH17 criteria User Configurable Vehicles Easy track path definition and creation Define way points along the track path Smallest turning circle calculation Cargo Point tracking function Projecting load clearance analyzed Forward and Reverse movements Plot output graphs and data tables Track path to CAD layer with test vehicle profile Works in conjunction with existing CAD entities And so much more…

With CIVIL DESIGNER all your design tasks will be faster and easier, and you will be able to do so much more than before.

Full compatibility with DWG, DXF and DGN
Civil Designer runs on our new titanium strength 3D CAD platform that is fully compatible with DWG, DXF, DGN and other drawing formats. Line styles, hatching, fonts, inserts, Xrefs, paper space, model space, live layouts and viewports will all be handled without problems. In addition we also support Caddie CEX, Arcview SHP and Ultimate Cad UCX files.

More powerful DTM
The digital terrain modelling component has been optimized to import 1,3million points in under a minute and can handle more than 25 million points. No other design system can handle large data sets with such ease and speed.

Huge data and image handling ability
Civil Designer is renowned for supporting multiple large bitmaps such as aerial survey photographs or ortho-photos as backdrops to your design. High-level presentations are handled professionally, as bitmaps, 3D views and 3D drive-through's give you the edge on your competition.

Sheet files save you hours of work
Our powerful sheet files allow you to define exactly what the final production drawings should look like saving you hours of postproduction CAD editing. Sheet files can include other drawings, complete title blocks with company logos, data lists and annotations. The improved Sheetfile Editor makes it easy to create and edit these sophisticated drawing templates.

Production drawings update on the fly
Our system will also automatically generate all your final plans as dynamically updating layouts which will reflect all drafting and design changes instantly so that your design and production drawings are always in sync.

Automated Key Plan generation
If you have 100km of highway or a town layout that requires multiple sheets, Civil Designer will generate a key plan to show you where a specific drawing fits in to the whole design with a specified overlap between drawings.

Greater productivity
Every aspect of Civil Designer is designed to get the job done easier and faster, and to make you more productive.

The heavyweight design functionality combined with the ability to track the spatial relationship between design elements and identify issues in your design such as pipe day lighting and clashes with crossing services allows you to focus on the design itself.

But above all, we have ensured that the system remains easy to use and extremely robust, giving you absolute control over every aspect of your design, the way it should be!

With over 21 years of ongoing development based on feedback from top engineering firms and municipalities, Civil Designer is the South African standard for infrastructure design with unbeatable local support and training that sets us apart from all others in the industry.

SOUTH AFRICAN MUNICIPALITIES:
Both large and smaller municipalities use Civil Designer. In 2009, the top municipalities like 'The City of Cape Town' and others have resurrected their own in-house design departments to help facilitate increased service delivery. Following a thorough examination of design software available both locally and internationally, Civil Designer was described as the only fully-fledged design solution and was chosen to implement.

Furthermore, the Development Bank of South Africa in conjunction with the South African Institute of Civil Engineering (SAICE) conducted a similar exercise last year for a multi-million Rand tender to implement Civil Designer into 113 smaller municipalities across South Africa. The general consensus was that no other infrastructure software offers the depth of design features that are available in the Civil Designer/AllyCAD system.

A few of the South African municipalities and authorities that use Civil Designer:

Dept of Agriculture	EThekwini Municipality	Ekurhuleni Municipality
City of uMhlathuze	Buffalo City	City of Cape Town
Nkomazi Municipality	Mbombela Municipality	Dept of Transport
King Sabata Dalindyebo	Dept Water Affairs	Govan Mbeki Municipality

GROWING AFRICAN AND INTERNATIONAL USER BASE
Africa is recognized as the continent which is experiencing one of the highest rate of returns in comparison to the rest of the world. A number of development corridors are evolving as trade routes through Africa and the necessary associated infrastructure has now become a priority. This growth in Africa is great news for Civil Designer which is being used more and more throughout the continent.

The following countries have municipalities and consulting engineering firms that use Civil Designer:

AFRICA
Angola Botswana Ethiopia Lesotho Malawi	Mauritius Mozambique Nigeria Namibia Swaziland	South Africa Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe

REST OF WORLD
Australia Greece	Grenada Italy	United Arab Emirates United Kingdom