AutoCAD Civil 3D Fundamentals

Course Description:

  The AutoCAD Civil 3D Fundamentals course is for Civil Engineers and Surveyors that want to utilize the AutoCAD Civil 3D dynamic and interactive design functionality.

The AutoCAD Civil 3D software helps users to rapidly develop alternatives through its model-based design tools.

The course teaches students techniques that will enable them to organize project data, work with points, create and analyze surfaces, model road corridors, create parcel layouts, perform grading and volume calculation tasks, and layout pipe networks.

The course is taught using the Windows version of AutoCAD, and is not designed for Mac users

Topics covered in the course include:

• Learn about the AutoCAD Civil 3D user interface.
• Creating and editing parcels and print parcel reports.
• Creating points and point groups and working with survey figures.
• Creating, editing, viewing, and analyzing surfaces.
• Creating and editing alignments.
• Creating data shortcuts.
• Creating sites, profiles, and cross-sections.
• Creating assemblies, corridors, and intersections.
• Creating grading solutions.
• Creating gravity fed and pressure pipe networks.
• Performing quantity takeoff and volume calculations.
• Using plan production tools to create plan and profile sheets.

Target Student: This course is ideal for students who have experience with AutoCAD or AutoCAD-based products (such as Autodesk Land Desktop) and a sound foundation of civil engineering terminology.

Section 1: The AutoCAD Civil 3D Interface
- Product Overview
- AutoCAD Civil 3D Workspaces Start Tab
- AutoCAD Civil 3D User Interface
- AutoCAD Civil 3D Toolspace
- AutoCAD Civil 3D Panorama
- AutoCAD Civil 3D Templates, Settings, and Styles

Section 2: Project Management
- AutoCAD Civil 3D Projects
- Sharing Data
- Using Data Shortcuts for Project
- Exercise 2a: Starting a Project
- Exercise 2b: Manage File Sizes with Data Shortcuts
- Exercise 2c: Share Projects with Team Members Outside the Office Network

Section 3: Parcels
- Lines and Curves
- Exercise 3a: Beginning a Subdivision Project
- Introduction to Parcels
- Exercise 3b: Create Parcels From Objects
- Creating and Editing Parcels by Layout Overview
- Creating and Editing Parcels
- Exercise 3c: Creating and Editing Parcels
- Renumbering Parcels
- Exercise 3d: Rename/Renumber Parcels
- Parcel Reports
- Parcel Labels
- Parcel Tables
- Exercise 3e: Reporting On and Annotating the Parcel Layout

Section 4: Survey
- Survey Workflow Overview
- Survey Figures
- Exercise 4a: Creating Figure Prefixes
- Points Overview
- Exercise 4b: Point Marker Styles
- Point Settings
- Creating Points
- Exercise 4c: Creating AutoCAD Civil 3D Points
- Description Key Sets
- Exercise 4d: Creating a Description Key Set
- Importing Survey Data
- Exercise 4e: Importing Survey Data
- Point Groups
- Exercise 4f: Creating Point Groups
- Reviewing and Editing Points
- Exercise 4g: Manipulating Points
- Point Reports

Section 5: Surfaces
- Surface Process
- Surface Properties
- Contour Data
- Other Surface Data
- Exercise 5a: Creating an Existing Ground Surface
- Breaklines and Boundaries
- Exercise 5b: Add Additional Data to an Existing Ground Surface
- Surface Editing
- Surface Analysis Tools
- Exercise 5c: Surface Edits
- Surface Labels
- Surface Volume Calculations
- Surface Analysis Display
- Exercise 5d: Surface Labeling and Analysis
- Point Cloud Surface Extraction
- Exercise 5e: (Optional) Create a Point Cloud Surface

Section 6: Alignments
- Roadway Design Overview
- AutoCAD Civil 3D Sites
- Introduction to Alignments
- Exercise 6a: Creating Alignments from Objects
- Alignments Layout Tools
- Exercise 6b: Creating and Modifying Alignments
- Alignment Properties
- Labels and Tables
- Exercise 6c: Alignment Properties and Labels

Section 7: Profiles
- Profiles Overview
- Create a Profile View Style
- Create Profiles from Surface
- Create Profile View Wizard
- Exercise 7a: Working with Profiles Part I
- Finished Ground Profiles
- Create and Edit Profiles
- Exercise 7b: Working with Profiles Part II
- Exercise 7c: Working with Profiles Additional Exercise

Section 8: Corridors
- Assembly Overview
- Modifying Assemblies
- Exercise 8a: Creating Assemblies
- Exercise 8b: Creating Assemblies Additional Exercise
- Creating a Corridor
- Corridor Properties
- Exercise 8c: Working with Corridors - Part I
- Designing Intersections
- Exercise 8d: Working with Corridors - Part II
- Corridor Surfaces
- Corridor Section Review and Edit
- Exercise 8e: Working with Corridors - Part III
- Corridor Visualization
- Exercise 8f Working with Corridors - Part IV

Section 9: Grading
- Grading Overview
- Feature Lines
- Exercise 9a: Working with Feature Lines
- Grading Tools
- Exercise 9b: Create Grading Groups
- Modifying AutoCAD Civil 3D Grading
- Exercise 9c: Modify Grading and Calculate Volumes

Section 10: Pipe Networks
- Pipes Overview
- Pipes Configuration
- Exercise 10a: Configuring Pipe Networks
- Creating Networks from Objects
- Exercise 10b: Creating Pipe Networks by Objects
- The Network Layout Toolbar
- Exercise 10c: Creating Pipe Networks by Layout
- Network Editing
- Exercise 10d: Editing Pipe Networks
- Annotating Pipe Networks
- Pressure Pipe Networks
- Exercise 10f: Create a Pressure Pipe

Section 11: Quantity Take Off/Sections
- Sample Line Groups
- Exercise 11a: Creating Sections - Part I
- Section Volume Calculations
- Exercise 11b: Quantity Take Off - Part I
- Pay Items
- Exercise 11c: Quantity Take Off - Part II - Integrated Quantity Takeoff
- 11.4 Section Views
- Exercise 11d: Creating Sections Part II

Section 12: Plan Production
- Plan Production Tools
- Plan Production Objects
- Plan Production Object Edits
- Exercise 12a: Plan Production Tools I
- Creating Sheets
- Exercise 12b: Plan Production Tools II
- Sheet Sets
- Exercise 12c: Plan Production Tools III