AutoCAD Civil 3D: Topographic and Boundary Survey

Learn how to leverage AutoCAD Civil 3D to tackle the different tasks involved in a survey project, including boundary analysis and creating TIN surfaces.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What to know
• Exercise files

1. Getting Started

• Survey data, field data, and field codes
• Drawing or survey
• Setting up your survey database
• Point properties and display styles

2. Field to Finish

• Field to Finish workflow
• Description key sets
• Figure prefix database
• Linework code sets
• Creating automatic linework
• Support files for survey databases

3. Creating TIN Surfaces

• TIN surface basics
• Adding definition to the surface
• Quality checks
• Surface boundaries
• Surface display styles
• Adding surface labels
• Working with different data sources
• Contours as surface definition

4. Boundary Survey in Civil 3D

• Drawing a boundary
• Labeling a boundary
• Creating tags and tag tables
• Using parcels
• Using Mapcheck
• Coordinate Geometry Editor
• Balancing a traverse
• Reports
• Translating surveys
• Translating a database

5. Productivity Tips and Tricks

• A360 and Bing Maps
• Transparent Commands
• Inquiry Tools
• Sharing Civil 3D data
• Quick Select
• Autosave

Conclusion

• Next steps