About the Parts Editor

The Infrastructure Parts Editor is a parametric shape editing tool for creating parts catalogs that are compatible with Autodesk InfraWorks and Autodesk Civil 3D. Once you install the Parts Editor , you can open the Parts Editor by clicking the Parts Editor icon from within Autodesk InfraWorks or Autodesk Civil 3D. Users who have experience with Autodesk Inventor and shape modeling can also create custom parametric component parts and assemblies with the Infrastructure Parts Shape Utilities tools for Autodesk Inventor, which can then be used by the Parts Editor.

Infrastructure Parts Editor organizes parametric content by the Drainage Structures and Piping domains. Within each Domain, parametric parts and assemblies are stored in part Catalogs.

There are several ways to review, modify, and publish part families and assemblies:

• You can work with a default library of drainage structure and piping catalogs, in Metric or Imperial units.
• You can open and modify a parts catalog that is associated with a specific Autodesk InfraWorks model.
• You can open a part catalog file from your local system in .ICBT format.
• You can add new parametric parts to your library using .IPT parametric shape template files that were created with the Infrastructure Part Shape Utilties tools for Autodesk Inventor.

Once opened for edit, a draft catalog is maintained while you complete your edits. Parts Editor can reload your current edit session from the Recent Catalogs list. By default, your working Draft catalog is stored in your My Documents folder, in C:\users\username\Documents\Autodesk\Parts Editor. Draft catalogs are stored in .ICBT format with matching folders for draft parts. If you create Excel spreadsheets for size editing using the Parts Editor, they will also be stored in your My Documents folder by default.

Drainage Structures are organized by Assembly and Structure in the Navigation Panel of the Parts Editor.

Inlet and Access Structures: An assembly class made up of inlets and manholes. An inlet and access structure assembles an inlet frame with an underlying catch basin structure and a cover or grate. Surface Structure parts are the Inlet or Inlet Frame base parts for Inlet and Access Structure assemblies. The sizes defined for the Surface Structure part families are the sizes that you see in the assembly. Each part size is matched to the appropriately sized Underground Structure (also known as a catch basin) and a Cover or Grate(also known as a manhole).

For Piping catalogs in the Parts Editor, there are many types of piping assemblies that can be created using piping parts families. For example, you can create a Fittings assembly from Adapter, Cap, Coupling, Cross, Elbow, Plug, Reducer, Lateral, Tee, and Wye part families, or you could create a Valves and Operators assembly using Hydrant, Valve, Valve Actuator, and Valve Body part families, as shown in the image below.