Civil Site Design v26 delivers a major upgrade to its Custom Variations functionality with the introduction of Standard Kerb Transitions.
Since v25, Custom Variations have been a core feature of Civil Site Design, allowing users to apply conditional logic and geometry overrides to cross sections at specified chainages. With v26, this functionality is significantly expanded through the inclusion of pre-configured kerb transition scripts. The Standard Kerb Transitions are installed with the software (not available via downloads) and provide ready-to-use profiles tailored to specific States and Territories, such as Queensland, New South Wales, and others.
Each transition script contains a group of kerb types that can be applied directly within the Custom Variation. Users simply double-click on a variation, select Custom Variation, and navigate to the Standard Kerb Transitions folder. From there, designers can assign start and end chainages, define in/out transition lengths, and maintain control over key feature codes like edge of bitumen, lip, or invert.
What sets this apart is the precision with which users can control geometric behaviour. Variations can hold offsets, maintain slopes, or apply fixed slopes to adjacent codes—ideal for complex urban design environments. This ensures seamless integration of kerb changes while preserving surface integrity and modelling accuracy.
Civil Site Design V26 introduces support for IFC 4.3 export, giving users a powerful new way to share detailed 3D models with full classification and geometry data. This enhancement allows designers to export corridor models, road elements, and subgrade components as fully structured, BIM-ready files compatible with a wide range of IFC viewers and […]
A new feature of Civil Site Design V26 is the Best Fit Alignment command. This command is available to AutoCAD and BricsCAD users and allows you to create an alignment based on Cogo Point or polyline data. When the command is run, the Best Fit algorithm analyses the Cogo Points in the specified Point […]
One of the exciting new features in the Civil Site Design V26 and Stringer Topo V26 release is the Surface from LAS command. Often LiDAR and point cloud data is saved as a LAS file, which previously required interpreting in another software prior to being imported to create a surface. This new command allows you […]
An exciting new tool in Civil Site Design v26 is the Vertical Grading Optimiser which can create vertical design profiles based on the parameters you set. Previously, the vertical best fit design profile was based on matching closely to the terrain (within preset cut/fill depths) and adding vertical curves. Mostly, you would remove these and […]
