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Colours File

The Colours.4d file is large! To help you find out all the details you need to know about it, please watch the video below to uncover it all. Colours.4d For each 12d colour number, the red, green, blue (rgb) for each colour number, an alternate text name, pop-up number and pen number are defined in [...]

Component Libary File

12d Model is installed with several "Base" (or templates) Road Design Components. The video below will show you how the 12d installed file can be amended to match your Companies Standards. Once saved and loaded, all 12d Model Users within your office can quickly and easily produce complex geometry elements with your correct standards and [...]

CAD Text – Special Character Map

This page is for users wishing to add special text characters to the your 12d Projects for the purpose of drafting and plan presentation etc. Often a special character (not typically found on the standard keyboard) might need to be added to define a unit of measurement (³) or diameter of a pipe (Ø) etc [...]

Strings from Sections

The strings from sections option creates strings by joining the common named points on successive 4d strings (usually generated as sections). There really isn't much to this option. It simply finds the 4th dimemsion on the section which is the name of the Cut string typically and joins these points together longitudinally to create a [...]

Read X-Section file

This option is used to read in cross section data from a file and convert it to x-section strings. The panel provides multiple options for how the data (text file) can be provided. We suggest having a read of the 12d Reference Manual, as examples for the various formats are provided and will help you [...]

Design Quick

This option has been developed to allow 12d Model users to "Design Quick" using set specific standards and produce detailed and accurate 3d Models with ridiculous ease. The video below covers just the first step in using the "Design Quick" options. Please click on the link here to watch all three training videos covering the [...]

Text Special Characters

The following information is for the addition of Text "special characters" to your 12d Model project. There are any number of unique reason for wanting to add such characters to you project labelling and text. Step 1: On your PC Windows icon, simply start typing "Character Map" to open the default installed app. Step 2: [...]

Write Google Earth

This option has been written to export your project data to either a KML or KMZ file to be loaded into Google Earth (GE) Pro, not the web browser addition. It has been enhanced with additional features as requested by 12d Model Users and can contain ppf plotted details, string attributes and much more. Please [...]

Section plot as attributes

This option has been developed to be used with the following PPF file types. Longitudinal Section plotting Cross Section plotting Drainage /Sewer (Water) Long Section plotting The option works by selecting the model of strings to be plotted (eg, Cross Section Strings) and applying the settings from the ppf file back onto the strings as [...]

Old Write KML file

This option is now superseeded with the newer "Write KML/KMZ file" option. Whilst this option writes out a KMZ file to be loaded and utilised within the Google Earth software the newer version within 12d Model will produce and provide many additional benifts for you as a user. Please follow the link below to access [...]