Using AutoCAD Civil 3D Advanced Integration
ProjectWise delivers both basic and advanced integration for AutoCAD Civil 3D.
Basic integration is the same general integration that ProjectWise provides for AutoCAD and all other supported AutoCAD-based vertical applications. For details, see Using Integrated AutoCAD.
The rest of this section discusses the advanced integration provided for AutoCAD Civil 3D.
Advanced integration provides:
- support for data shortcut / data reference workflows
- support for creation of surfaces
- integration of the Prospector Tree
- a Data Shortcut Project panel on the ProjectWise tab in AutoCAD Civil 3D with the following options:
In support of this advanced integration, the following file extension / application associations are added to new / upgraded datasources in ProjectWise Administrator:
- CivilDSProj="AutoCAD Civil3D Data Shortcut Project File"
- MMS="TIN Surface Companion File"
- GRS="Grid Surface Companion File"
- TIN="TIN Surface File"
- DEM="Grid Surface File"
Also, data shortcut project files will have the MIME type 'application/zip.civil3d'.