Welcome

Site3D is a high quality tool for accurate 3D civil engineering design of roads and sites.

Ease of use from the perspective of an engineer is fundamental to Site3D's design philosophy.

Contents

• First Time Configuration
• User Interface Introduction
• Open a Drawing
• Import a Drawing
• Pull from AutoCAD
• Layers
• Layers Window
• Custom layer names
• Project Options
• The Design Toolbar
• Ground Surveys
• 2D to 3D Survey Conversion
• Survey Height Shading
• Survey Contours
• Surface Tools
• Road Design
  • Create a New Road
  • Add/Edit Road Curves
  • Move Road Path
  • Create Channels, Kerbs and Footpaths
  • Channel and Footpath Tools
    • Add Widening or Narrowing
    • Add Parallel item
    • Vertical Transitions / Super Elevation
    • Secondary Channels - Laybys
  • Vertical Alignment Design
    • Add Road Levels
    • Add Vertical Curve
  • Road Junction Creation and Properties
  • Road Junction Lanes and Tapers
  • Road Junction Low Point / High Point
  • Road Junction onto Existing Road
  • Roundabout Creation and Properties
    • Edit a Roundabout Junction
    • Roundabout Junction Vertical Design
  • Road Contours
  • Road Cross-Sections
  • Road Properties
  • Road Cut/Fill Volumes
  • Ramps and Speed Tables
  • Drop Kerbs, driveways, crossing points
  • Setting-Out Information
  • Forward Visibility Splays
  • Level centreline, set start chainage, reverse chainage
  • Truncate Centreline
  • Centreline Parallel
• Footpath Design
• Interfacing Tools
  • Create Interfacing along a road
  • Change Interfacing along part of a road
  • Remove Interfacing from a road
• Earthwork/Pond Tools
  • Earthwork/Pond Design Tools
  • Volume between Two Surfaces
  • Adjust Earthwork Profile in Section
• Drainage
  • Add/Edit Drainage Network
  • Drainage Long-section
  • Drainage Trenches
  • Pond Export
  • Drainable Areas
  • Drainage auto sizing and levelling
  • Storm Simulation
• Housing
  • Create a House Template
  • Place Housing on the design model
  • Adjust House Levels in Section
• Save a Drawing
  • DXF Export
  • Push to AutoCAD
• Design Alerts
• Print/Plot
• The Undo Facility
• Spot Annotation Tools
• Additional Tools
• Construction Line Tools
• Configure Default Settings
  • Advanced Settings
  • Custom Layer Names and Colours
  • Project Options
  • Section View Display Options
• License the software
  • Standalone Licenses
  • Network Licenses
  • Installing the Network License Server
• Glossary of Terms