Automated Drawing Program streamlines stormwater system design.
Press Release Summary:
As AutoCAD® plug-in tool, StormGenie® v.2.5 lets user create preliminary stormwater system proposals and final designs as well as generate project-specific drawings for Contactor® and Recharger® stormwater chambers. Information can be taken from Stormwater Design Calculator or HydroCAD Chamber Wizard, and fully functional CAD drawing may be modified and incorporated into existing plans. Automatically generated CAD drawings include dimensional call-outs, materials list, and storage capacity.
Original Press Release:
Cultec Launches New StormGenie® Drawing Software for Sreamlined Stormwater System Design
New Version Includes Added Drawing Capability from HydroCAD® Chamber Wizard
BROOKFIELD, CT — CULTEC, Inc. has released StormGenie® v.2.5, the newest version of its automated drawing program. StormGenie is a convenient AutoCAD® plug-in tool used by engineers, contractors and landscape architects to quickly create preliminary stormwater system proposals and final designs and generate project-specific drawings for the company’s Contactor® and Recharger® stormwater chambers. The updated version of the software can now draw from both CULTEC’s Stormwater Design Calculator and HydroCAD’s Chamber Wizard.
Based on client preference, StormGenie can take information from either the Stormwater Design Calculator or HydroCAD’s Chamber Wizard to create the proposed system in AutoCAD. The generated CAD drawing is fully functional and may be modified and incorporated into existing plans. StormGenie automatically generates CAD drawings that include project-specific designs, accurate center-to-center spacing and dimensional call-outs, a list of materials for easy take-offs and storage provided.
CULTEC’s Stormwater Design Calculator is a Microsoft Excel® spreadsheet used for designing the company’s stormwater systems. It may be used as a stand-alone design tool to generate report outputs in both English and Metric. Based on design parameter input, the program calculates a list of materials for easy estimating, the bed area required, a breakdown of storage provided and a custom cross section detail.
Storage calculations are also easily generated using HydroCAD, a computer-aided design tool for modeling stormwater runoff. HydroCAD’s Chamber Wizard produces storage calculations from CULTEC stormwater chambers included in the design library. In addition to providing similar calculations as the Stormwater Design Calculator, HydroCAD also routes the stormwater system for hydrology reporting, a design requirement for engineers.
Those without access to HydroCAD can choose to download the free HydroCAD CULTEC edition software, which will construct basic watershed models of up to 5-nodes, including complete storage, runoff and routing calculations. This edition only includes CULTEC products and can downloaded from www.cultec.com/hydrocaddownload.html.
At a minimum, clients must have Microsoft Excel 2002 or later and AutoCAD versions 2010 or later to run the CULTEC StormGenie program from the Stormwater Design Calculator files. If the client wishes to run the CULTEC StormGenie from HydroCAD Chamber Wizard .txt files, they must also have a version of HydroCAD. Full versions of HydroCAD are available for purchase from HydroCAD Software Solutions LLC at www.hydrocad.net or a free 5-node version of HydroCAD CULTEC edition can be downloaded at www.cultec.com/hydrocaddownload.html. StormGenie is available for download at www.cultec.com/stormgenie.html.
For more information about CULTEC’s new StormGenie automated drawing program or other stormwater management products, please call (800) 4-CULTEC or visit www.cultec.com.
About CULTEC
CULTEC, Inc., manufacturer of the Contactor® and Recharger® plastic HDPE septic and stormwater chambers, is a family-owned and operated company with experience in the drainage industry dating back to the 1950's. Introducing its Contactor and Recharger chambers to the industry in 1986, CULTEC helped begin a revolution toward using plastic construction products. Since then, several product developments and strategic alliances have made CULTEC a cutting-edge R&D-based manufacturer.
The company currently offers the largest variety of chamber sizes ranging from 8.5” – 48” high to fit almost any installation requirement. CULTEC’s products meet traffic wheel load criteria and are manufactured at ISO 9001:2008 facilities for strict quality control. To support the engineering community, CULTEC is modeled in Bentley Systems' PondPack V8i, HydroCAD, Autodesk Storm and Sanitary Analysis and Streamline Technologies' ICPR and can assist with any design by performing preliminary calculations and supplying job-specific AutoCAD® layouts free of charge. For more information, visit www.cultec.com.
