Templates & New Features Increase EfficiencyĪnother benefit of TBC is the ability to create templates, which increases Womack’s efficiency as he gains more repeat customers. “It was just as easy as right click, edit, add VPI or edit VPI, to get the water out of there,” he says. He explained they needed to change the elevations in the curb to keep the water moving away. He recalls working on one project where someone engineered a model that had the water flowing uphill. He mostly uses it on parking lots where the curb and flow line changes a lot. He explains that it helps add vertical points of intersection (VPIs), which makes it a lot easier when there are spot grades along a flow line or pavement edge. He does a 100 offset on almost everything so he doesn’t get flags when contours or different elevations are butting up against a building or corridor or road.Īnother function Womack finds particularly helpful is the edit line string. Womack is also a big fan of TBC’s offset command, because he doesn’t want anything touching his pads. “One of things I do is either send them the VCE or the VCL and they can take a look at it, do a proof or check on the model and let me know if I missed anything,” he says. Project cleanup not only gets rid of any layers Womack doesn’t want or need, it also creates a cleaner, smaller file that he can export out easily to customers who use TBC. To solve this, he highlights all of the contours and runs project cleanup, then deselects everything except segment link, and runs project cleanup again. “Usually when you have the elevation in your CAD data, it creates maybe a 4-foot space,” he explains. Recently, he was working on a model and after standardizing all of the layers, immediately saw contours going all over the place. He runs it whenever he works with CAD data. “Getting rid of all those blank layers, all those zero layers, and just being able to do large tasks in the click of a button,” he says. Another major one he uses routinely is the project cleanup tool. The clipping function is just one feature of TBC that Womack relies on in his business. Project Cleanup and Offset Command Simplify Workflow I was able to use TBC’s clipping function to actually fix that issue the customer was having and send it out pretty quickly.” For instance, he worked with a client who was building an apartment complex, but the building pads had contours running through them at different elevations. With TBC, Womack can use the various functions to correct the model promptly. One part of his business is fixing problems with models that the customer had created by someone else. But whether the client is a small family-owned operation or the Department of Transportation, he counts on TBC to exceed the customer’s expectations, especially when they’re in a time crunch. Womack has worked on a range of projects - from apartment buildings, to track and softball fields, to billion-dollar highways, to even an RV and tiny home development. With more than 20 years of combined experience in construction and 3D modeling, Womack relies on Trimble Business Center (TBC) to not only build his site models but help show companies where they can possibly save and be more efficient. Which led him to launch New Legacy Design in Oklahoma City.
“It just became a passion after that to help those smaller companies get a foothold on technology and not get scared away by the wow factor, the cost, and all those things,” he says. But Womack knew that with software, there was an easier way. When his brother had his own company, he followed the mindset of doing things the way they’ve always been done. Growing up in a construction family, Dwight Womack saw a disconnect between the mom-and-pop shops and technology.
Founded in 2017 by Dwight Womack, New Legacy Design is focused on delivering a personalized experience with every client they work with, which has included the Department of Transportation, Duit Construction, and United Track and Turf.īusiness Challenge: Helping small construction companies reap the benefits of technology
Customer Profile: New Legacy Design is a site modeling consultant that specializes in machine control models, 3D design, site takeoff, data prep, and Trimble Business Center software training.