AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018 Essential Training

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.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files

1. What Is Civil 3D?

• What is Civil 3D?

2. Civil 3D Interface

• Application menu
• Quick Access Toolbar
• Ribbons
• Toolspace
• Civil 3D settings hierarchy
• Panorama
• Transparent commands
• The Inquiry Tool

3. Establishing Existing Conditions

• 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

4. Modeling a Surface

• What is a surface?
• Creating surfaces: Point group definition
• Creating surfaces: Breakline definition
• Creating surfaces: Boundary definition
• Labeling surfaces
• Volume surfaces
• Analyzing a surface

5. Layout of Parcels

• 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

6. Design Horizontal Geometry: Alignments

• Sites, alignments, and alignment types
• Creating alignments
• Type of constraints
• Editing alignments
• Labeling alignments: Label set components
• Labeling alignments: Point/segment labels
• Offset alignments

7. Designing Vertical Geometry: Profiles

• 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

8. Civil 3D Corridors

• 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

9. Cross-Sections

• 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

10. Gravity Pipe Networks

• 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

11. Pressure Part Networks

• Understanding pressure parts
• Creating a pipe network
• Adding a pipe network to a profile view
• Editing a pipe network: Profile

12. Feature Lines

• 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

13. Grading Objects

• Grading criteria sets
• Creating grading objects
• Creating grading infills
• Editing grading objects
• Creating grading transitions

14. Share Your Data

• What are data shortcuts?
• See the working folder and data shortcut project paths
• Sharing data
• Referencing data
• Workflow best practice

15. Plan Production Tools

• Creating view frames
• Creating sheets

Conclusion

• Next steps