Autodesk Civil 3D 2020 Essential Training

Learn the basics of AutoCAD Civil 3D for civil engineering. Learn how to model surfaces, lay out parcels, create corridors and pipe networks, and more.

Introduction

• Civil 3D essentials

1. What Is Autodesk Civil 3D?

• What is Autodesk Civil 3D?

2. Civil 3D Interface

• Application menu
• Quick Access Toolbar
• Ribbons
• Toolspace
• Civil 3D settings hierarchy
• Panorama
• Transparent commands
• 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 are Civil 3D sites and parcels?
• 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
• Types of constraints
• Editing alignments
• Labeling alignments: Label sets
• Labeling alignments: Point and segment labels
• Offset alignments
• Connected alignments

7. Design Vertical Geometry: Profiles

• Alignments, profiles, and profile views
• 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
• Linked profiles

8. 3D Corridors

• What is a Civil 3D corridor?
• Assemblies, subassemblies, points, links, 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

10. Gravity Pipe Networks

• Understanding parts lists
• 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 view
• Showing crossing pipes
• Interferences

11. Pressure Pipe Networks

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

12. Feature Lines

• Feature lines and sites
• Creating a feature line
• Creating a feature line from an object
• Editing feature line geometry
• Editing feature line elevations

13. Grading Objects

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

14. Plan Production Tools

• Creating view frames
• Creating sheets

Conclusion

• Next steps