Welcome to EDI

The Premier Design Resource for Civil Engineers.
As the leading design resource for civil engineers, Engineering Design Innovations (EDI) was created by a diverse group of land development professionals to be a licensor of civil design software, and a general solutions and resources provider for civil engineering companies of all sizes. EDI provides management and support for the company’s principle design product, ASE Civil design software.

EDI Presents ASE Civil
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ASE Civil provides engineering firms with specialized software tools developed to streamline grading/paving design and production workflow for subdivisions and commercial sites.

A model-based design and production system works inside AutoCAD to create, manage and distribute vertical design data. The latest design changes and the associated earthworks volumes may be shared with all team members for real-time, automated production drafting and fast, easy, accurate updating.

ASE Civil’s powerful tools allow designers and engineers to focus on meeting project budgets and schedules, maintaining design integrity and compliance with regional standards while also minimizing or altogether eliminating the need for manual drafting or tedious calculation checking of detailed vertical design data. [more info]

BENEFITS OF USING ASE CIVIL

Dynamic 3D road modeling which requires no setup
Dynamic earthworks* which includes road models and finished pads
Dynamic contouring* with automatic labeling
Fast, dynamic, detailed, multi-line road profiles with label branching
Interactive, dynamic vertical design constraints with drainage flow indicators
Reactive lot grading with dynamic pad & floor labeling
Automatic alignment creation
Increases production speed through automation of repetitive tasks
Eliminates errors by minimizing manual drafting and design calc’s
Streamlines software implementation with a simple user interface
Reduces the impact of vertical design changes
Standardizes output throughout a project
Minimizes personnel requirements and production team sizes
Minimizes overall project costs
Eliminates missed deadlines
Addresses regional design standards and submittal requirements

Time and Savings Comparison

"… a great program. We could've never finished our project this quickly without this program. In just a couple of days, we were able to generate 30 sheets of paving profiles with a single CAD tech who had limited profile drafting experience. I'm definitely going to use ASE Civil on ALL of my future projects. " - Patrick, Engineer/CAD Designer

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Cadalyst Magazine Features ASE Civil- April 25, 2006
Cadalyst Magazine Introduces ASE Civil- Dec. 12, 2005

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July 2007
3-D Road Modeling flexibility has been enhanced: Individual corridors may now be configured to use both local and global preferences. Left or right offset curbs, medians and/or intersections may also be independently assigned specific assemblies, sub-grade depths, controls and resolution values.

ASE Civil surface management now includes the creation and dynamic updating of an “Integrated Site” surface that includes all roads, pads and user-defined features on the site. Volume results now include the “Integrated Site” with the individual corridor volumes for easy comparison. The preferences dialog has also been simplified.

June 2007
ASE Civil alignments have been modified to provide enhanced support for commercial & site grading applications.

Curb labels may now be copied and attached to any alignment and component.

May 2007
Base Map Control definitions may now be displayed graphically in plan view from any drawing connected to an ASE Civil project.

April 2007
ASE Civil now automatically initiates and manages surface building, contouring and earthworks calculations and reporting for alignments and sites using the Land Desktop or Civil 3D TIN modeling interface. Corridor and cumulative volume are reported as-needed or automatically after each design data export cycle and includes the top or datum surface of 3D Road Models, ASE Pads and Pad Ties, as well as user-defined geometry and boundaries.

March 2007
Curb return tangent point elevations now automatically adjust to account for changes in the vertical design.

New custom 3D Road Modeling assemblies have been added.

February 2007
Profile grade labels will now automatically adjust their positions on the profile to avoid text conflict and enhance legibility.

Profile-based vertical design controls have been enhanced.

Plan-view grade labels have been refined and improved.

3D Road Model output now includes section geometry through assemblies for easier viewing.

Vertical curves can be defined through cul-de-sac and knuckle offset curb runs.

Curb design control may now reference various user-specified locations on curb assemblies.

New custom 3D Road Modeling assemblies were added.

January 2007
28 new videos have been added to the Video Training Tutorials page to provide additional technical support to our clients.

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