Technocad offers a large variety of professional training courses aimed at increasing the civil engineer’s or civil engineering technician’s knowledge of the TECHNoCAD civil engineering application software and AutodeskĀ® software.
For Autodesk training courses for AutoCAD etc. contact us for the latest schedule.
Listed below is our current schedule for TECHNoCAD Civil Engineering software and AutoCAD Civil 3D courses for January to December 2012.
This course schedule will be updated regularly during the year, so check back regularly to view latest updates!
| Package | Summary | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Civil 3D*** | Part 1 | C3D User Interface, Points and Point Groups, Point Styles, Transparent commands, Surface Creation, Surface Editing, Breaklines, Surface Analysis, Volume Surfaces | 17 October 2012 |
| Civil 3D*** | Part 2 | Viewing Surfaces in 3D, Surface Masking, Boundaries and Contour Labels, Sites and Stand Boundaries, Creating and Editing Aignments, Creating Profiles, Creating Sections, Creating Corridors | 18 October 2012 |
| Civil 3D*** | Part 3 | Creating Assemblies, Editing Corridor Models, Corridor Volumes, Corridor Volume Reports, Corridor X-Sections, Grading Objects, Grading Solutions, Exporting C3D Data, Introduction to working with Vault (Autodesk Data Management System) | 14 November 2012 |
| Civil 3D*** | Part 4 | Creating Sheet Sets, Pipe Network Parts, Creating a simple pipe network, Editing pipe networks, Pipe Network Profile and Section Views, Grip Editing, Creating Part Rules. | 15 November 2012 |
| PipeMate | Sewer and Storm water gravity reticulation system design and analysis including pipe network Layouts, Inflows, Hydraulic design and Hydraulic Analysis, House connections, Utility pipe crossings, Long-sections, trench and pipe quantities, modifying an existing network, GIS database connection etc. | 24 May 2012 02 August 2012 11 October 2012 |
| RebarMate | Reinforced Concrete detailing and scheduling including calling-off bars in a mat (constant and varying bar spacing), Beams/Columns, customising bar bending schedules & shape code cutting lengths, template files, customising call-odd labels, scaling details in paper space etc. | 21 June 2012 06 September 2012 22 November 2012 |
| RoadMate | Urban roads design including horizontal alignments, vertical alignments (Long-sections), dynamic vertical alignment re-grading, cross-sections, volumes, mass haul, creating 3D Road feature lines. | 19 July 2012 04 October 2012 |
| SurfMate | Advanced | Handling large data sets, advanced configuration settings, surface editing techniques, polyline modeller, use of 3D-splines, flow arrows, Earthworks design (includes platform design and cut/fill optimisation), height/volume calculations, design of Dams/ponds, Volumetric analysis, stockpile volume calculations etc. | 07 June 2012 16 August 2012 01 November 2012 |
| SurfMate | Basic | Fundamentals of Digital Terrain Modelling, Importing survey data, Breaklines, TIN & Grid Surfaces, 3D viewing, Surface manipulation, Contouring, Creating sections, Boundaries etc. | 05 July 2012 13 September 2012 06 December 2012 |
| WaterMate | Advanced | Pressurised water reticulation dynamic time simulation (extended period simulation), pattern files, hydraulic control devices, rules and controls etc. | 14 June 2012 23 August 2012 08 November 2012 |
| WaterMate | Basic | Pressurised water reticulation system design, pipe network layout and draw-offs, reservoirs and tanks, static hydraulic analysis and longitudinal section/Profile generation, air valve and scour valve placement for distribution mains, pipe and trenching quantities. | 12 July 2012 20 September 2012 |
***Note: All parts (1-4)Ā of the Civil 3D Essentials training course are compulsory.
Notes:
- All the above courses require a working knowledge of AutoCAD software (at least to the AutoCAD Level 1 standard). In addition, delegates are expected to have attained a post-matriculation qualification in Civil Engineering and/or Surveying.
- We endeavour to adhere to our published schedule for course dates. However, we reserve the right to change the course schedule due to unforeseen circumstances.
- The price includes refreshments during the course and also includes a finger lunch. Should you have any special dietary requirements, please supply your own finger lunch.
- A workstation will be provided for each delegate during the course. The latest software versions will be used for training, where applicable.
- Our fully equipped training centre is situated in Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa.
- If you would like to attend one or more of these courses, please contact us now, so that we can reserve your place. We already have applicants for the courses, so book NOW to avoid disappointment.

