CULTEC Launches New StormGenie Automated Drawing Program

CULTEC, Inc. Jun 04, 2009

Unique AutoCAD Plug-In Simplifies Design of CULTEC Stormwater Systems

BROOKFIELD, CT/May 27, 2009 - CULTEC has launched a new StormGenie(TM) automated drawing program, allowing customers to generate project-specific AutoCADÂ® drawings for the company's ContactorÂ® and RechargerÂ® retention and detention stormwater systems.

Designed to simplify the stormwater system's design phase, CULTEC StormGenie works in conjunction with the company's Stormwater Design Calculator. It generates automatic CAD drawings in three simple steps:

Input a project's stormwater design parameters into CULTEC Stormwater Design Calculator, available at www.cultec.com/sdc.html, choose the Recharger or Contactor model that will be specified for the project, and save the spreadsheet. This will provide such data as a list of required materials, bed area, provided storage, cost estimate, and incremental storage.

Select CULTEC StormGenie on the AutoCAD toolbar and open the saved spreadsheet.

StormGenie will automatically create a CAD drawing that can be incorporated into the engineer's plans. The drawings will include retention or detention bed layouts, correct chamber sizing and center-to-center spacing, dimensional call-outs and hatching.

CULTEC StormGenie is a convenient tool for engineers, contractors and landscape architects to create preliminary system proposals without spending a lot of time. The program also provides a quick way to draw accurate bed layouts that can be modified into irregular-sized beds.

Customers must have the latest version of CULTEC Stormwater Design Calculator IMP 2009-1 and the full AutoCAD 2008 or a later version to run the CULTEC StormGenie program. StormGenie is available for download at www.cultec.com/stormgenie.html. For more information, please call (800) 4-CULTEC.

CULTEC, Inc., headquartered in Brookfield, Conn., is a national manufacturer of plastic chambers used in subsurface retention/detention stormwater management and septic applications. The company currently provides the largest selection of chamber types and sizes of any chamber manufacturer. It also designed its own manifold and water quality systems to complement its product line, which has an established history on the market dating back to 1986. RechargerÂ® and ContactorÂ® models meet HS-25 wheel load requirements and are included in HydroCAD, BOSS International's StormNET and Streamline Technologies' ICPR modeling software. CULTEC offers a complete stormwater management plan to help engineers and their clients meet Phase II regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Water Act. In addition, CULTEC products can contribute to the U.S. Green Building Council's credits, under the LEED rating system, when the project is designed per LEED requirements.