Overview
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Get up and running with AutoCAD Civil 3D. Learn how to model a surface, lay out parcels, design geometry, create corridors, make cross sections, add pipe networks, and more.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- Using the exercise files
- What is Civil 3D?
- Application menu
- Quick Access Toolbar
- Ribbons
- Toolspace
- Civil 3D settings hierarchy
- Panorama
- Transparent commands
- The Inquiry Tool
- What is the point? Styles
- Managing points with point groups
- Managing points with description keys
- Survey databases
- Importing survey data
- Managing figures
- Creating points within a drawing (COGO points)
- Creating point tables
- What is a surface?
- Creating surfaces: Point group definition
- Creating surfaces: Breakline definition
- Creating surfaces: Boundary definition
- Labeling surfaces
- Volume surfaces
- Analyzing a surface
- What is a Civil 3D site and parcel?
- Creating parcels from objects
- Creating parcels by layout
- Editing parcels
- Labeling parcels: Segment labels
- Labeling parcels: Label and renumber area labels
- Parcel tags and tables
- Sites, alignments, and alignment types
- Creating alignments
- Type of constraints
- Editing alignments
- Labeling alignments: Label set components
- Labeling alignments: Point/segment labels
- Offset alignments
- Alignments, profiles, and profile views
- Types of profiles
- Creating surface profiles and profile views
- Creating layout profiles
- Editing profiles
- Labeling profiles
- Labeling profile views
- Profile view bands and band sets
- Projecting objects to profile views
- Multiple profile views
- What is a Civil 3D corridor?
- Assemblies, subassemblies, links, points, and shapes
- Creating an assembly
- Creating a simple corridor
- Corridor targeting
- Corridor surfaces
- Creating an advanced corridor: Cul-de-sac
- Intersection objects
- Bringing it all together
- Sample lines, cross-sections, section views, and relations
- Creating sample lines and sections
- Creating multiple section views
- Code set styles
- Labeling section views
- Project objects to section views
- Understanding a parts list
- Creating a pipe network
- Editing a pipe network: Plan
- Adding a pipe network to a profile view
- Labeling a pipe network
- Editing a pipe network: Profile
- Showing crossing pipes
- Interference checking
- Understanding pressure parts
- Creating a pipe network
- Adding a pipe network to a profile view
- Editing a pipe network: Profile
- Feature lines and sites
- Creating a feature line
- Creating a feature line from an object
- Editing a feature line's geometry
- Editing feature line elevations
- Grading criteria sets
- Creating grading objects
- Creating grading infills
- Editing grading objects
- Creating grading transitions
- What are data shortcuts?
- See the working folder and data shortcut project paths
- Sharing data
- Referencing data
- Workflow best practice
- Creating view frames
- Creating sheets
- Next steps
