First steps

Having installed everything, in this first tutorial, we'll show you a few commands that can be used. First, let's open a new or existing drawing in Civil3d. If you follow the below commands in order, you will end up with boreholes, detailed boreholes, surfaces, and solid3d representing the volume.

1. Selecting a data source

By using the command GEODIN_SELECT_DATABASE_FILE, this will open an GeoDin compatible database. A sample database is provided in %AppData%\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins\GeoDin Ground GeoDin® Ground.bundle\Contents\DemoDatabase folder.

⚠️ If the selected file paths contains a space in any part of the path, this will throw an error. This is a known issue.

2. Selecting boreholes to be drawn

Once you have selected a datasource, you'll be able to use the next command. The GEODIN_SELECT_LOCATIONS commands opens a dialog where you'll be able to explore the data in the database, and open a project. The recommended steps are:

1. Open a project

2. Select a number of locations

3. Click "Draw boreholes" to see the boreholes being draw in Civil3d

View projects	select boreholes

3. Drawing detailed boreholes

The next command will be GEODIN_DRAW_BOREHOLES. This commands uses the previously selected boreholes and draws them in a more detailed maner. Each borehole has a number of lithology/groundlayers and each of these layers will be draw in a color reflecting the soil (e.g. sand, clay, bedrock, etc).

4. Drawing surfaces and volumes

The final command in this tutorial is GEODIN_DRAW_SURFACES_FROM_SELECTION. This command starts a selection in Civil3d. Based on a selection of boreholes in your 3D view, the plugin will draw you surfaces and volumes. These surfaces and volumes are drawn based on an algoritm to determine a logical group of the respective lithology/groundlayers of all the selected boreholes.