Comparisons between the SOLIDOS program and Civil 3D Native Tools

Below is a comparison between the features of the SOLIDOS program and the Civil 3D Native Tools

Resource	PipeNetwork / PressureNetwork	SOLIDS
Create Device Templates	PartBuilder Requires editing of 'XML' in many cases There is no clear sequence of actions performed Unit conversion fails with degrees To use on other computers, you have to upload the catalog and reset Usually only details the external characteristics of structures Does not allow double or triple pipes without "workarounds" Does not model stairs, or devices that require loopings Do not show internal details of devices in section or profile Preset properties not useful on multiple devices Does not allow addition of "grip points" other than the predefined ones All devices are "isolated", at most they can be "connected" The device is a solid only Definition of locked tables for pipes and fault for structures There is no help for the device created nor resources to create such help	Solids Builder Interface similar to Subassembly Composer Clear sequence of modeling activities Simple unit conversion and formatting built into the program Facilitates the modeling of device characteristics, whether internal or external The catalog used in each project is part of the DWG Models stairs (looping features) Plan, section, or profile views show all device details Few predefined properties, user is free to create/edit all template grip points can be added when convenient The device can be composed of many different solids, blocks, layers and materials Tables implemented via choices, allow locking all lines according to a key (diameter for example) Has device help authoring capabilities
Material Lists	Pipes and structures Predefine style and rule Does not allow copying sections from devices already launched No preview	Point devices (structures), linear devices (pipes, etc.), longitudinal devices (channels) Predefine style, rule and layer Allows you to copy sections from launched devices With preview, which allows viewing "absurd" measures
Device styles	Style controls the view with differentiated layers in plan/profile/section Profile style defined in the same style as the plan Allows schematic representation with blocks in structures Allows you to show inner/outer walls and pipe axis	Style controls view and plan, model with components (cover, body, chimney) Profile style is different from plan style Allow blocks to represent structures Displays the top view of the solids that make up the device and allows you to view the axis of linear/longitudinal devices
Device Rules	Presets. You can edit the values, but not include other checks (programmatically only) Predefined rules interfere with geometry (reposition pipe for example)	Allows you to include any verification with your own editor and allows you to sort with priorities, which are shown in the prospector Rules only evaluate properties. Modifications to geometry must be anticipated in the Constructor
Launch devices in plant	Toolbar for manual launch Network creation by blocks and lines May lose connection between pipes and structures Allows you to preset surface and reference alignment Does not relocate the device by stake/offset predefined grip points Editing properties of one device at a time, in a "modal" dialog box (looks on top of AutoCAD) Uses little AutoCAD "Properties" QSELECT allows you to filter some properties Allows you to check interference between devices There are no tooltips	Launch toolbar manual Network creation by blocks and lines and association with alignment You must make the disconnection explicit with the command SDISCONNECT Allows you to preset surface, alignment and reference profile Allows you to relocate the device by station/offset when there is a reference alignment grip points predefined and also user defined Edition of properties of one device at a time, in a "modal" dialog box (looks on top of AutoCAD) and also of several devices at the same time in its own "Palletset" Uses little AutoCAD "Properties" (it has its own "Properties" tab) The Properties Tab Filter allows you to use any property, whether default or user-defined Allows you to check interference between devices Custom Tooltips
Labels	Have styles that allow adding any standard property or created in PartBuilder or even created by expressions and also in PropertySets Annotative with ViewPort Scale	Have styles that allow you to add any standard property or created in the Constructor (expressions can be created in the Constructor). Does not allow using PropertySet in labels (need it?), they have a different use in SOLIDOS Annotative with Model scale only
Tables	Create schedules for pipes or structures One line for title, one for subtitles and data lines Create a proprietary Civil 3D table, which controls appearance Can rotate with view There are no tables for hammocks or catchments Tables do not export (requires plugins) Civil 3D has some reports for data extraction, they can be edited (requires programming knowledge) Styles control data layout	Create tables for point and/or linear and/or longitudinal devices Create tables with characteristics of networks, catchments and sectors of consumption Any number of lines for headings and subheadings, with option to merge cells Create a regular table using the AutoCAD Table Style Does not rotate with the view, uses a GripPoint to rotate There are tables for catchments and nets, in addition to those for devices Tables can be exported to Excel, HTML, one at a time, or all at once Allows you to create reports as tables, with Excel or HTML templates (which can have a logo, headers, etc.) Styles control data layout
Toolspace	Civil 3D native Manage multiple documents Allows you to copy styles from one document to another directly	Toolspace (no way to integrate it into Civil 3D's native Toolspace) Manage only the current DWG Allows you to copy styles from another saved document just
Designing	Dimensions Drainage Networks in the rational method (HEC - 22) with its own plugin since version 2017 Size Drainage Networks using the SWMM (Storm and Sanitary Analysis) engine Network modifications require statically reDesigning There are no tools for multiple edits or to facilitate or inhibit bad edits Flags on the worksheet indicate stretches with hydraulic problems Does not calculate trenching Does not calculate Pressure Networks	Dimension Drainage Networks in rational (HEC-22) and modified rational method as well as using SWMM Dimensions Sewage Networks by the ongoing contribution method Dimension manholes in DNIT methods and Input/Output Control (HY-8) Size Pressure Networks using EPANET Allows 2 moments: dimensioning and verification Network modifications require statically or dynamically reDesigning It has tools that facilitate multiple editions, profile/3D preview of selected lines in the worksheet Flags with priorities indicate sections or devices with hydraulic or geometry problems, in addition to a table with the evaluation of device rules Calculates rectangular and trapezoidal trenching with or without benches and allows you to export service notes in linear devices
Integration	Use DataShortcuts Allows addition ofPropertySets usable in labels Export devices to AutoCAD Does not allow importing networks and devices from SOLIDOS Doesn't matter INP from EPANET or SWMM	Implements a system of DataShortcuts Allows adding PropertySets, but does not show them in labels Devices are AutoCAD blocks, no need to export. Copy/Paste will suffice Allows you to convert Civil 3D PipeNetwork / PressurePipes networks to SOLIDOS networks Allows import/export INP files from EPANET and SWMM