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Richard Scott posted 06-22-2026 21:52

As an estimator I find that TBC utilities has to be one of the most underrated tools in the industry and it has so much potential

Most of the time in tenders we get the drainage design in a schedule of pits / pipes showing set out, type etc


One thing that is still a bit clunky is the whole import points (i bring in ID, Description and ENZ with my Z = invert) and then having to create each pit/pipe node by node

Has anyone worked out how to bring them in with all the data. A fancy xml conversion perhaps?

Also, does anyone have a trick to have the ends of your run come-up in a batter in the trench template? My work around is to set them when I combine all the surfaces but that's a bit clunky.

Thanks for any help you can give