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Engineering Design Innovations (EDI) was created to be a design and automation resource provider for civil engineering firms of all sizes. EDI provides management and support for the company’s foremost product, ASE Civil design software. By partnering with EDI and implementing ASE Civil, your firm will be at the forefront of innovative engineering design practices. EDI continually strives to introduce innovative products and services to their clients ranging from cost and time-saving software applications to outsourcing of specialized civil engineering services.

EDI PRESIDENT

NICK MERCHANT
Nick is the primary designer and creator of ASE Civil. He has over 20 years of experience designing, visualizing, drafting and managing Arizona subdivisions and commercial projects and has integrated that experience and knowledge into the application development of ASE. Nick has worked for a variety of civil engineers in Arizona and has designed many high-profile projects, such as Troon North in Scottsdale, Arrowhead Lakes and Pointe South Mountain. Nick attended California State University, Long Beach as an engineering major with a minor in computer science.

 

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February 2008

Design Markers rotation has been updated account for changes in the 2007 version of AutoCAD.

Surface management tools have been optimized for design data export cycles.

A new Plan Labels extension has been integrated. This new style-based system allows the user to create persistent, dynamic labels that conform to virtually any standard of appearance and may contain various combinations of ASE, LDD, Civil 3D or user data.

November 2007
Design Markers may now be selected by picking near a Marker instead of picking the Marker directly.

Flow Labels can now be configured to match generated profile grade label values exactly.

Profile label text edits may now be reverted to their original values.

Base Map Control tolerances command was added with project-based preference sharing.

Enhanced support for Pipeworks layers was added.

Profile Generator vertical scale factors now include “20”.

August 2007
New assemblies have been added to the 3-D road modeling library.

Base Map Control interpretation sensitivity is now user-adjustable.

Alignment and surface interface between ASE and Autodesk is now compatible with all versions of LDD or Civil 3D through 2008.

The user may now select any number of alignments for 3-D road model refreshing.

3-D road models now allow alignment-specific preference editing.

ASE now manages surface building and volume calculation for a total site surface definition.

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.

Program modifications have been made to support application of  ASE Civil’s  vertical control, 3-D modeling and surface management tools to commercial and site design projects.

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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