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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 Data ................................................................................................................ 18
2.1.1 Importing ESRI Shapefiles ............................................................................................... 21
2.1.2 Controlling the Display of Polygons .................................................................................. 27
2.1.3 Viewing GIS Attributes in AutoCAD .................................................................................. 27
2.1.4 Inserting a Registered Image (Rectified Aerial Photography) .......................................... 28
2.1.5 Adding the Project Area .................................................................................................... 30
2.2 Lesson: Using Queries to Manage and Share Data ........................................................................... 32
2.2.1 Attaching Source Drawings .............................................................................................. 39
2.2.2 Defining a Query ............................................................................................................... 42
2.2.3 Saving Changes Back To the Source Drawings .............................................................. 44
2.2.4 Defining a Compound Query ............................................................................................ 46
Chapter 3 Preliminary Layout ................................................................................................................ 53
3.1 Lesson: Creating a Preliminary Existing Ground Surface................................................................... 54
3.1.1 Creating a Surface ............................................................................................................ 57
3.1.2 Adding Surface Data ........................................................................................................ 59
3.1.3 Changing the Surface Style to Control Display ................................................................ 62
3.1.4 Managing Drawing Settings.............................................................................................. 64
3.1.5 Using the Object Viewer ................................................................................................... 65
3.2 Lesson: Creating a Preliminary Alignment .......................................................................................... 66
3.2.1 Drafting the Preliminary Alignment Using Transparent Commands ................................ 68
3.3 Lesson: Creating Points from an Alignment........................................................................................ 71
3.3.1 Establishing the Point Settings ......................................................................................... 75
3.3.2 Setting Points on an Alignment ........................................................................................ 76
3.3.3 Creating a Point Group ..................................................................................................... 78
3.3.4 Creating a Point Import/Export Format ............................................................................. 79
3.3.5 Exporting Points to an ASCII File ..................................................................................... 81
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