Introduction to SUE/SUDA Engineering\CADD Systems Office

Introduction to SUE/SUDA
Engineering\CADD Systems Office
Topics Covered
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Retired Utility Levels, QC Legacy
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Laying out utilities using Features and viewing them in Cross Sections
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Explain SUE and SUDA and the licensing
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Laying out utilities using SUE and viewing them in the Cross Sections
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Clash Detection
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Flex Tables
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Drainage Preview
Utility Features
Utility Features must be turned
on using the FDOT Menu
Configuration tool for those
Features to be available.
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The menus selected and
options to include Survey and
Utility Features will trigger
selected DGN Libraries
(.DGNLIB files) to be loaded
when MicroStation is
launched.
Utility Levels Changes
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All utility levels without Quality Levels have been retired.
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Other utility level names have been updated to for consistency:
 All “power” levels have been changed to “elec”
 Fiber Optic has been broken out into 3 different types (FOCable, FOElec,
and FOTele)
 Other miscellaneous changes have been made also.
QC Legacy
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QC Legacy scans the file looking for elements still using old symbology and
gives you an opportunity to update them.
Quality Levels
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Quality Level D: Lowest level of accuracy. Information is obtained from
existing utility records.
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Quality Level C: More accurate than Quality Level D. Information is obtained
from topographic surveying of visible utility features.
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Quality Level B: More accurate than Quality Level C. Information is obtained
from the use of scanning technologies.
This information can be found in the PPM Ch. 5; Section 5.3: Utility Locates.
Civil Features Approach to Utilities
Utilities can be shown in the 3D model and on cross sections if a Feature
Definition is defined.
1. Apply Feature Definition to underground utilities in 2D plan view
2. Set an active profile for each underground utility
3. Label Cross Sections with Ancillary Features
Apply Feature to 2D Utility Lines
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Use the “Set Feature Definition” tool in the “Civil Tools
> Horizontal Geometry” task menu
Apply Feature Using “Complex By Elements”
If utility lines are made up of many small elements it will be
best to chain them together as a single element.
You can do this and apply a Feature Definition at the same
time using the “Complex By Elements”
Create Active Profile
Use the “Profile Offset Transition” tool from the “Civil
Tools > Vertical Geometry” task menu to create a
profile at a depth of cover.
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Open Profile view of 2D utility line
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Click “Profile Offset Transition”
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Follow prompts on Cursor
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Once Created, set new Profile to Active
Cross Section Viewing
Once a utility’s Feature Definition and Active Profile is set a
3D line of the utility will be created. The Feature Definition
also has information on how the line should be displayed in
a cross section view.
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Click “Open Cross Section View” on the “Civil Tools > Corridor
Modeling” task menu.
Follow prompts on cursor to open cross section view
Note: The symbology
of the utility will not
appear correctly until
cut to sheets.
What is SUE or SUDA?
Subsurface Utility Design and Analysis
(SUDA)
Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE)
StormCAD Hydraulic Analysis/Design Engineering
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•
Conflict
Management /
Clash
Detection
SUE Attribution
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3D Modeling of
underground
objects.
Integrate with
OpenRoads
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Storm/Sanitary
Hydraulic
Analysis and
Design
Hydrology
SUE Model
When any of the SUE tools are launched for
the first time in a file the user will prompted that
a utility model will be created in the design file.
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Container for Utility data
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Cannot be undone
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The utility model will be processed each time
the file is opened
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Save early and often. (MicroStation: File > Save)
 Utility model could be lost if crash occurs
Results
Here you can see the results in the 3D model where water and sanitary sewer
were done with SUE and the buried telephone was done using standard
Features placed using Horizontal and Vertical Geometry tools.
Extracting Utility Features from Graphics
Use SUE’s “Extract Utilities From Graphics” tool to create a 3D model from 2D
UTEXRD files.
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Vertical based on a vertical Offset from existing surface
FDOT SUDA Drainage Tools in Development
FDOT is currently developing tools and processes to support the new drainage
tools available in SUDA.
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Features
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Annotation
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Reporting
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Training
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Until complete continue using current methods
Contact Info
Jimmie Prow
CADD Support Coordinator
Phone no: (850) 414-4863
Toll Free no: (866) 374-3368 extension 4863
email [email protected]
[email protected]
web:
http://www.dot.state.fl.us/ecso