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    A Practical Guide to AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 Rick Ellis A Cadapult Software Solutions Publication
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    included in this book are for training purposes only. AutoCAD Civil 3D and AutoCAD® are registered trademarks of Autodesk, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Published in the United States of America by: Cadapult Software Solutions (503) 829-8929 books@cadapult
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    of several critically acclaimed books on AutoCAD Civil 3D, Map 3D and Land Desktop. Rick continues to use AutoCAD Civil 3D on projects in a production environment, in addition to teaching classes to organizations both large and small. This practical background and approach has made him a highly
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    to help you learn how to use AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013. The term "practical" is used in the title because this course focuses on what you need to effectively use AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013, and does not complicate your learning experience with unnecessary details of every feature in the product. Should
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    you can refer to the AutoCAD Help system throughout the course to gain the fundamental skills needed to complete the exercises. Conventions The course uses the following icons and formatting to draw your attention to guidelines that increase your effectiveness in AutoCAD Civil 3D, or provide deeper
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    .exe and follow the instructions for installation. Unzip the Files Unzip AutoCAD Civil 3D Training.zip directly to the C drive. The zip file will create the following folder structure: C:\A Practical Guide\Civil 3D 2013\ Several folders are created below the Civil 3D 2013 folder, that contain the
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    Table of Contents Chapter 1 AutoCAD Civil 3D User Interface 1 1.1 Lesson: Navigating the AutoCAD Civil 3D User Interface 2 1.1.1 Navigating the AutoCAD Civil 3D Interface 10 1.2 Lesson: Project Overview ...13 Chapter 2 Data Collection and Base Map Preparation 17 2.1 Lesson: Importing GIS
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    Lines ...141 4.6.5 Creating a Line Table...142 4.6.6 Creating a Parcel Area Table 144 4.6.7 Labeling AutoCAD Objects 151 Chapter 5 Building a Survey Quality Surface 155 5.1 Lesson: Building Surfaces from Survey Data 156 5.1.1 Creating a Point Group to Be Used As Surface Data 161 viii
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    Selection 164 5.1.6 Adding Breaklines to the Surface 166 5.1.7 Viewing the Surface...167 5.2 Lesson: Editing Surfaces ...168 5.2.1 Editing Point Data ...171 5.2.2 Editing Breaklines ...172 5.2.3 Deleting Lines ...173 5.2.4 Pasting Surfaces ...175 5.3 Lesson: Surface Analysis...177 5.3.1 Displaying
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    Creating Parcels Manually 226 6.4.3 Creating Subassembly Catalogs 286 8.1.2 Creating an Assembly...287 8.2 Lesson: Working with Corridors...293 8.2.1 Creating a Corridor...296 8.2.2 Editing a Corridor ...299 8.2.3 Creating Corridor Surfaces 299 8.2.4 Viewing and Editing Corridor Sections
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    Corridor Points 303 8.3 Lesson: Working with Sections ...305 8.3.1 Creating Sample Lines 308 8.3.2 Creating a Section Group Plot Style 310 8.3.3 Creating Section Views 313 8.3.4 Creating Section Creating a Grading Object 359 10.1.3 Creating a Grading Infill 363 10.1.4 Reviewing Grading Group
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    Chapter 11 Data Shortcuts ...379 11.1 Lesson: Sharing Project Data with Data Shortcuts 380 11.1.1 Setting the Working Folder 385 11.1.2 Creating a Data Shortcut Project 386 11.1.3 Creating Data Shortcuts 387 11.1.4 Creating Data Shortcut References 388 xii
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    existing ground surface. You will learn ways to leverage the use of Point Groups to efficiently build and edit a Surface by editing the source data is one of the most important parts of any Civil 3D project. The Profiles, Sections, Corridor Models, and Grading as well as Volume Calculations that
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    based on some of those same survey points. Key Concepts Concepts and key terms covered in this lesson are: • Surface • Points • Point Group • Breaklines • Surface Styles Objectives After completing this lesson, you will be able to: • Create a Point Group for use building a Surface • List the
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    • DEM files (Digital Elevation Models) • Drawing Objects • Point Files • Point Groups • Point Survey Queries • Figure Survey Queries Boundaries A boundary the option to be created as non-destructive breaklines. When this option is enabled it trims the TIN lines at the boundary. When it is not used
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    the TIN o Can be very accurate and efficient if you have drawn the selected object from point to point • Wall o Defined by selecting 3D polylines, 3D lines, feature lines, splines or by selecting points. o You enter the elevation on each side of the wall at each vertex • From file o Can be imported
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    help you skip over extra, unnecessary vertices when the data is added to the surface. While supplementing factors will allow you to sample extra points Drawing Objects AutoCAD object that have elevations can be used to build a surface. These objects include: • Points • Lines • Blocks • Text • 3D
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    updated values when it is rebuilt. Exercises: Build a Surface from Survey Data In these exercises, you create a new surface from point group data. You will draw breaklines from survey points and add them to the surface. Then you will view the surface in the Object Viewer to examine it in 3D from
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    displayed. 2. On the Prospector tab of the Toolspace, right-click on Point Groups and select ⇒ New. 3. Enter Topo for the Name. 4. Select the Raw Desc Matching tab in the Point Group Properties dialog box. 5. Select the description keys AEC, DT, DWYRK, DWYAC, GND, LP, TOE, and TOP. 6. Click
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    add data to the surface. 5.1.3 Adding Point Group Data to a Surface Point information contained in a Point Group can be added to a Surface through the Prospector. Once the Point Group is added the Surface is automatically rebuilt to incorporate and display the new data. 1. On the Prospector tab of
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    Breaklines by Point Number Civil 3D does not use special commands for drawing and defining breaklines the way that Land Desktop and many other programs do. Instead, you draw the breaklines with standard AutoCAD commands, like the 3D Polyline command, and then define these objects as breaklines
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    3P at the command line to start the 3D Polyline command. 5. Enter 'PO to change the prompt to Point Object. Alternatively, you can also select the Point Object button from the Transparent Commands toolbar. 6. Pick point 1110 from the screen. 7. Then pick points 1109, 1108, 1107, and 1106 to draw
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    along the bank of the ditch using the 'PO transparent command and points 1111, 1112, 1113, 1114, and 1115. 14. [Enter] to end the Point Object prompt. 15. [Enter] again to end the line. 16. Save the drawing. The three new breaklines will look like the graphic below. Lesson: Building Surfaces from
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    Click . 8. Select the Breaklines with a crossing window. 9. [Enter] to add the breaklines to the surface. The surface is now updated to include the new breakline data. 10. Select Ribbon: Home ⇒ Layers ⇒ Unisolate to restore the previous layer state. 11. Save the drawing. 166 Lesson: Building
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    , click and drag while holding down the left mouse button to rotate the surface in 3D. Once you rotate to a 3D view the contours will change to 3D faces. This is controlled by the surface object style. 4. If the surface is not shaded right-click and select Visual Styles ⇒ Shades of Gray. 5. Continue
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A Practical Guide to
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013
Rick Ellis
A Cadapult Software Solutions Publication