Sharing Civil 3D object catalogs

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When you customize objects or catalogs within your Civil 3D project,

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such as pipe catalogs or subassemblies,

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you can easily share these customizations with other project members.

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This helps to maintain consistency and standardization throughout the project.

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In this example, begin by sharing a custom pipe catalog.

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With your project open in Civil 3D, on the Modify tab, in the Design panel, click Pipe Network.

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Then, on the contextual tab, select Parts List > Set Network Catalog.

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In the Pipe Network Catalog Settings dialog, for Catalog folder,

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click Browse to locate and select the folder for the SQLite file with the catalogs that you wish to share.

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Here, leave the default location and click Open.

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Back in the Pipe Network Catalog Settings dialog, select the desired Pipe catalog and Structure catalog, then click OK.

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Prior to sharing, you may need to create different rules for your catalog,

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which are stored in the styles of your template.

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On the Toolspace Settings tab, within Pipe, expand Pipe Rule Set, and within Structure, expand Structure Rule Set.

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This allows you to view the existing rules for each.

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To create a new rule set, here, right-click Pipe Rule Set and select New.

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In the dialog, on the Information tab, type a Name, such as “Custom”.

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Then, to add a rule, on the Rules tab, click Add Rule.

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Select the Category, such as Storm Sewer, and then select the Rule name.

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Here, Cover and Slope is used.

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Click OK.

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You can now adjust parameter values to define the rule.

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Expand Cover and Slope, and in this case, set the Minimum Slope to 2,

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the Maximum Slope to 10, the Minimum Cover to 5,

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and the Maximum Cover to 15.

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To add another rule, click Add Rule and follow the same steps.

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In this case, click Cancel, then click OK twice.

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Next, follow the same steps to create a new structure rule set.

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In this case, create a set called “Custom”, then add a Set Sump Depth rule, with the Sump Depth set to 3.

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Click OK.

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Once you have finished creating and adding pipe and structure rules,

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share the template to make these styles available to project members.

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If your project contains infrastructure elements, such as roadways,

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you may also want to share custom subassemblies;

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for example, if you have created a custom palette.

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First, import the subassemblies into the drawing, if needed.

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On the Home tab, in the Palettes panel, click Tool Palettes, which opens to the Assemblies tab.

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Right-click the Tool Palettes title bar and select Import Subassemblies.

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For the Source File, click Browse to search for and select the appropriate .pkt file, then click Open.

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Once the subassemblies are imported into your Tool Palettes,

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you can create a custom profile to share with team members.

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Right-click a blank space in the drawing and select Options.

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On the Profiles tab, select the profile, and then click Export.

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In the Export Profile dialog, type a File name, and then click Save to create the .arg file.

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Click OK.

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To access the shared subassembly palette, from the Options dialog,

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team members can now click Import, select the .arg file for the custom profile,

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and then click Open.