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Page 1 AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 Tutorials April 2010...
Page 2 © 2010 Autodesk, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Except as otherwise permitted by Autodesk, Inc., this publication, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form, by any method, for any purpose. Certain materials included in this publication are reprinted with the permission of the copyright holder.
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents Chapter 1 Welcome to the AutoCAD Civil 3D Tutorials ... . 1 Getting More Information ......2 Setting Up the Workspace .
Page 4 Exercise 2: Changing the Style of a Point Group ..32 Exercise 3: Changing Point Group Display Order ..33 Exercise 4: Removing an Externally Referenced Drawing .
Page 5 Exercise 3: Creating a Composite Volume Calculation ..110 Tutorial: Visualizing Surface Data ....111 Exercise 1: Moving Multi-View Blocks to a Surface .
Page 6 ......195 Exercise 1: Logging In to Autodesk Vault ... . . 195 Exercise 2: Creating User Accounts and Groups .
Page 7 Exercise 2: Viewing and Correcting Alignment Design Criteria Violations ......253 Exercise 3: Working with Design Checks .
Page 8 Exercise 4: Subdividing a Parcel with a Swing Line ..355 Exercise 5: Working with Alignments and Parcels ..359 Tutorial: Editing Parcel Data ..... . . 361 Exercise 1: Sliding a Parcel Lot Line .
Page 9 Tutorial: Saving and Sharing Corridor Assemblies ... 448 Exercise 1: Saving Assemblies to a Tool Palette ..449 Exercise 2: Copying Assemblies to a Tool Catalog .
Page 10 Chapter 15 Sections Tutorials ......569 Tutorial: Creating Section Views ..... 569 Exercise 1: Creating Sample Lines .
Page 11 Exercise 4: Overriding the Style of a Pipe Network Part in a Profile View ......650 Exercise 5: Viewing Pipe Network Parts in a Section View .
Page 12 Exercise 5: Changing a Label Style ....793 Exercise 6: Creating a Label Style that Refers to Another Object ......797 Tutorial: Using Expressions in Labels .
Page 13: Chapter 1
(page 129). Learn the basics about importing, creating, managing, and analyzing survey data. Project Management Tutorials (page 183). Learn how to use the AutoCAD Civil 3D project management features, including data shortcuts and Autodesk Vault. Alignments Tutorials (page 213). Learn about alignments, which are the basis for modeling roads.
Page 14: Getting More Information
Intersection and Roundabout Tutorials (page 495). Learn how to create complex intersections that dynamically react to changes in the model. Sections Tutorials (page 569). Learn how to create cross sections of your corridor design, calculate cut and fill earthwork quantities, and create mass-haul diagrams. Material Calculation Tutorials (page 589).
Page 15: Setting Up The Workspace
Before you begin the tutorials: 1 Open Windows Explorer. 2 Navigate to the Autodesk Documents folder (page 819). 3 Click File menu Folder. Setting Up the Workspace | 3...
Page 16 4 Change the name of the new folder to My Civil Tutorial Data. 4 | Chapter 1 Welcome to the AutoCAD Civil 3D Tutorials...
Page 17: Getting Started Tutorials
Getting Started Tutorials These tutorials will get you started with the application workspace and some important design tools and tasks. In AutoCAD Civil 3D, design data is organized as object collections in the Toolspace window. In Toolspace, the Prospector tab displays the hierarchy of design objects, such as points, surfaces, and alignments.
Page 18: Exercise 1: Finding Tools
For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic The Civil 3D User Interface. Exercise 1: Finding Tools In this exercise, you will learn how to locate the tools that are available for a given task. The drawing you use contains AutoCAD Civil 3D objects to explore. The objects in this drawing are the site elements that you will create in the following tutorials.
Page 19 announcements, display the Favorites panel to access saved topics, and access Help. Ribbon Provides a single, compact location for commands that are relevant to the current task. The ribbon eliminates the need to display multiple toolbars, which reduces clutter in the application and maximizes the drawing space.
Page 20 The TIN Surface tab is displayed on the ribbon. This is known as a contextual tab, and it contains all the tools related to surfaces. Depending on the type of object that is selected, different tools are displayed on the contextual tab.
Page 21: Exercise 2: Understanding The Toolspace
The Corridors tab is displayed on the ribbon. When an object is selected, the appropriate object contextual tab is available on the ribbon. 7 Press Esc. The corridor is deselected, and the Home tab is active, and the contextual tab is removed. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Understanding the Toolspace (page...
Page 22 Explore the Prospector tab NOTE This tutorial uses Intro-1.dwg from the previous tutorial. 1 In Toolspace, click the Prospector tab. Toolspace can be docked, but it can also float. The Prospector tab provides you with a categorized view of all objects in the drawing. NOTE If the Toolspace is not visible, enter ShowTS on the command line.
Page 23 NOTE If the preview does not work, you can activate it. First, ensure that the item preview button at the top of the Prospector tab is pressed in. Then, right-click the Parcels collection and click Show Preview. 6 Right-click one of the Single-Family parcels. Click Properties. The properties of the parcel are displayed in a dialog box.
Page 24: Exercise 3: Using The Panorama Window
To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 3: Using the Panorama Window (page 12). Exercise 3: Using the Panorama Window In this exercise, you will learn how you can use and customize the Panorama window. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic The Panorama Window.
Page 25 3 Click Alignment tab Modify panel Geometry Editor 4 In the Alignment Layout Tools toolbar, click A table called Alignment Entities is displayed in a separate window called the Panorama. Notice that the table name appears on a tab. The main control bar is labeled Panorama.
Page 26 8 Click Pipe Networks tab Modify panel Edit Pipe Network 9 In the Network Layout Tools toolbar, click Two additional tables, called Structures and Pipes are displayed in the Panorama window. 10 Click the three vista tabs in turn to switch from one table to the other. Bring the Alignment Entities table to the front.
Page 27: Tutorial: Using Basic Functionality
4 On the Panorama control bar, click . Click Transparency. 5 In the Transparency dialog box, move the General slider to a position in the middle of the range. Click OK. 6 Drag the Panorama window. When you move the cursor away from the window, notice that you can see some drawing details through the table.
Page 28 6 Click and drag in any direction to move around the drawing. 7 To stop panning and use the normal pointer, right-click and click Exit. Selecting and Deselecting There are several ways to select objects in AutoCAD Civil 3D: To select an object, click it in the drawing window. To select an individual object that is part of a group of objects, press and hold Ctrl while clicking the object.
Page 29: Tutorial: Viewing Autocad Civil 3D Objects
Experiment with OSNAPs 1 Press F1 to open AutoCAD Civil 3D Help. 2 In the left pane, click Search. 3 In the Type In The Word(s) To Search For field, enter Osnap. 4 In the Select A Section To Search list, select All Documentation. 5 Click Search.
Page 30 For more information, see the AutoCAD Help topics Save and Restore Views and Display Multiple Views in Model Space. Divide the drawing area into separate viewports 1 Open Intro-2.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). This drawing contains an existing ground surface, several alignments, and several profile views that contain existing ground and layout profiles.
Page 31: Exercise 2: Changing The Display Of An Object
Three views have been created in this drawing. Each named view consists of a specific magnification, position, orientation, and layer status. Named views are saved with a drawing and can be used any time. When your drawing is displaying a specific view to which you want to return, you can save it as a named view by clicking View tab Views panel Named...
Page 32 3 In the Surface Properties dialog box, on the Information tab, under Surface Style, select a different style, such as Border & Elevations. 4 Click Apply. The appearance of the surface now reflects the settings of the style you selected. 5 To show a different view of the surface, repeat steps 2 through 4, selecting a different style.
Page 33: Exercise 3: Viewing A Drawing In Model
6 In the View Direction list, select Model. In the table, notice that the Layer and Color settings are different from the Profile view direction. When the layout profile line is viewed in model, it uses the display settings listed in this table. NOTE In the View Direction list, notice that a Section selection is available.
Page 34 blue lines under the surface are the horizontal alignments from which the profiles were created. Change the visual style of the surface 1 Click View panel Views panel Visual Styles drop-down Wireframe. AutoCAD visual styles give a fast, basic visualization of an object that is useful for on-screen presentation in AutoCAD Civil 3D.
Page 35 Notice that a cube is displayed in the upper right-hand corner. This is the AutoCAD ViewCube, which provides visual feedback of the current orientation of a model. You can use the ViewCube to adjust the viewpoint of the model when a visual style has been applied. 2 Click a corner of the ViewCube, and drag it to a new position.
Page 36 4 Click View panel Views panel Visual Styles drop-down Realistic. The Realistic visual style shades the surface and smooths the edges between polygon faces. The render material that is specified in the surface style is displayed. 24 | Chapter 2 Getting Started Tutorials...
Page 37: Points Tutorials
Points Tutorials These tutorials will get you started working with coordinate geometry (COGO) points, which are the basis for modeling land surfaces. These tutorials demonstrate how to import survey points into a drawing from a database, and how to classify a large set of points into more manageable groups.
Page 38: Exercise 1: Creating Description Keys
Points can be imported from a text file or a Microsoft Access database. Data created in Autodesk Land Desktop can be migrated to AutoCAD Civil 3D by importing points directly from a project database. You can create a large point set and organize it later. However, it is usually more efficient to classify points into several groups as they are being created.
Page 39: Exercise 2: Creating Point Groups
The asterisk is a wild-card character. The asterisk causes any imported point with a description code that begins with POND, followed by any other characters, to be handled according to the settings in this table row. 3 In both the Style and Point Label Style columns, clear the check box to deactivate these settings.
Page 40 This exercise continues from Exercise 1: Creating Description Keys (page 26). Create point groups NOTE This exercise uses Points-1.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous exercise. 1 In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, right-click the Point Groups collection. Click New. 2 In the Point Group Properties dialog box, on the Information tab, in the Name field, enter Detention Pond.
Page 41: Exercise 3: Importing Points From A Database
4 Click OK to close the Point Group Properties dialog box. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 3: Importing Points from a Database (page 29). Exercise 3: Importing Points from a Database In this exercise, you will import points from a database to a drawing that uses description keys to sort points into groups.
Page 42: Tutorial: Displaying And Editing Points
not been updated with their new content. In the next few steps, you will see how AutoCAD Civil 3D provides several ways to check the point data before adding it to your drawing. Update point groups 1 Right-click the Point Groups collection. Click Properties. The Point Groups dialog box is displayed.
Page 43: Exercise 1: Displaying An Externally Referenced Drawing
You can use point groups to organize points and to control their appearance in a drawing. While points are independent objects that do not have to be categorized into specific point groups, every point in a drawing is always part of the _All Points point group.
Page 44: Exercise 2: Changing The Style Of A Point Group
Display an externally referenced drawing NOTE This exercise uses Points-1a.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous tutorial, or you can open Points-2.dwg from the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). 1 Click Insert tab Reference panel Attach. 2 In the Select Reference File dialog box, make sure that Files Of Type is set to Drawing (*.dwg).
Page 45: Exercise 3: Changing Point Group Display Order
Change the style of a point group NOTE This exercise uses Points-2.dwg and Existing Basemap.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous exercise. 1 Zoom in to the upper left area of the screen where you can clearly see the labels for several POND points and one or more STORM MH points.
Page 46 Change the point group display order NOTE This exercise uses Points-2.dwg and Existing Basemap.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous exercise. 1 In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand the Point Groups collection. Notice the order of the point groups in the Prospector tree. The point group display order determines how points that belong to more than one point group are displayed in a drawing.
Page 47: Exercise 4: Removing An Externally Referenced Drawing
9 In the Point Groups dialog box, select the _All Points point group. Click to move the _All Points point group to the top of the display order. 10 Click OK. Notice that all point labels in the drawing are hidden. This happened because the _All Points point group’s point label style set to <none>, and you placed the _All Points point group at the top of the display order.
Page 48 For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Editing Points. Change the point style NOTE This exercise uses Points-3.dwg, which is similar to the drawing you used in the other exercises in the Displaying and Editing Points (page 30) tutorial. 1 Open Points-3.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page...
Page 49: Tutorial: Adding User-Defined Properties To Points
4 Click the drag label grip. 5 Drag the label down and to the left, until it is in an unobstructed area. Click to place the label in its new orientation. To continue to the next tutorial, go to Adding User-Defined Properties to Points (page 37).
Page 50 2 In Toolspace, on the Settings tab, expand the Point collection. Right-click User-Defined Property Classifications. Click New. 3 In the User-Defined Property Classification dialog box, enter Manhole UDP. 4 Click OK. The new classification is created and added to the list of user-defined property classifications.
Page 51: Exercise 2: Creating A Label Style That Displays A User-Defined Property
Name Property Field Type MH_Pipe Out Invert Elevation MH_Pipe Out Dia- Dimension meter MH_Pipe Out Mater- String 6 Repeat Steps 1 to 4 to add properties to the Trees classification using the following parameters: Name Property Field Type Tree_Common String Name Tree_Genus String...
Page 52 Create a label style that displays user-defined property information 1 Open Points-4b.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). 2 In Toolspace, on the Settings tab, expand the Point collection. Expand the Label Styles collection. 3 Under Label Styles, right-click Standard. Click Copy. 4 In the Label Style Composer, on the Information tab, for Name, enter Manhole UDP.
Page 53: Exercise 3: Assigning User-Defined Properties To Points
13 In the preview pane, your label should look like this: 14 Click OK. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 3: Assigning User-Defined Properties to Points (page 41). Exercise 3: Assigning User-Defined Properties to Points In this exercise, you will use point groups to associate user-defined properties with points in your drawing.
Page 54: Exercise 4: Importing Points With User-Defined Properties
MH_Pipe In Invert MH_Pipe In Material Clearing the check boxes turns off the display of columns you do not need to see for this exercise. 4 Click the row for point 307. 5 Click the Point Label Style cell to display the Select Label Style dialog box.
Page 55 Create a point file format for importing user-defined properties 1 Open Points-4d.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). 2 In Toolspace, on the Settings tab, expand the Point collection. Right-click Point File Formats. Click New. 3 In the Point File Formats – Select Format Type dialog box, select User Point File.
Page 56: Exercise 5: Querying User-Defined Property Information
Import user-defined property data from a text file 1 In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, ensure that the Point Groups collection is expanded, and select the Storm Manholes group. In the item view, note that this group contains only nine points, and some of the data columns are blank.
Page 57 Create a point query 1 Open Points-4e.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). 2 In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, right-click Point Groups. Click New. 3 In the Point Group Properties dialog box, on the Information tab, for Name, enter Storm Manholes - Invert In.
Page 59: Chapter 4 Point Cloud Tutorials
Point Cloud Tutorials These tutorials will get you started working with point clouds, which are dense collections of point data that are obtained from LiDAR scanning. NOTE All drawings used in these tutorials are available in the tutorial drawings folder (page .
Page 60 Specify basic point cloud information 1 In the Create Point Cloud dialog box, on the Information page, specify the following parameters: Name: Point Cloud - Tutorial Point Cloud Style: Single Color Point Cloud Layer: V-SITE-SCAN 2 Click Next. Specify the source data 1 On the Source Data page, under Source Data, select Create A New Point Cloud Database.
Page 61 Verify the point cloud parameters and create the point cloud object 1 On the Summary page, expand the collections in the Property table, and ensure that the properties match what you specified earlier in this exercise. If the property values do not match, use the links on the left side of the dialog box to return to the previous pages.
Page 62: Exercise 2: Working With Point Cloud Styles
Examine the points. The point cloud points are stored in the point cloud database, and they cannot be manipulated individually. 3 Zoom to the extents of the point cloud object. 4 Click View tab Views panel SE Isometric. A three-dimensional view of the point cloud object is displayed. the white box that surrounds the point cloud is the bounding box, which identifies the extents of the point cloud object.
Page 63 This action specifies that the point cloud style parameters determine the display properties of the point cloud. 5 Click OK. The point cloud now shows the major differences in elevation between the point cloud points. In the following steps, you will view point cloud points by the classification code that was assigned to them as they were created.
Page 64 Filter points by classification 1 In the drawing, select the point cloud. 2 Click Point Cloud tab Modify panel Point Cloud Properties drop-down Edit Point Cloud Style. 3 In the Point Cloud Style dialog box, on the Classification tab, click For this exercise, you will specify that the style display only the ground points.
Page 65: Exercise 3: Adding Point Cloud Data To A Surface
In the drawing, only brown, Ground points are displayed. In the next exercise, you will learn how to create a AutoCAD Civil 3D surface from this subset of point cloud points. NOTE If the display does not change, enter REGEN on the command line. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 3: Adding Point Cloud Data to a Surface...
Page 66 Adjust the visible point density 1 In the drawing, select the point cloud. On the Point Cloud tab, on the Point Cloud Tools panel, the Point Density slider enables you to adjust the density of points displayed at once for all point clouds in the drawing view.
Page 67 3 Click Point Cloud tab Point Cloud Tools panel Add Points to Surface. 4 In the Add Points to Surface wizard, on the Surface Options page, specify the following parameters: Name: Point Cloud Surface Surface Style: Contours 0.5’ and 2.5’ with Points NOTE You may also add the point cloud points to an existing surface in the current drawing.
Page 68 Modify the surface 1 Press Esc to deselect the point cloud object. 2 In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand the Surfaces collection. Right-click Point Cloud Surface. Click Rebuild - Automatic. 3 Zoom in to the surface. NOTE As you zoom in, AutoCAD Civil 3D honors the point cloud density setting by displaying more point cloud points.
Page 69 8 Press Enter to end the command. 9 In the drawing, select the polygon that you used to create the surface. 10 Select one of the grips, and drag it to a new location. Click to place the grip. The surface updates to include the point cloud data that is enclosed in the new area.
Page 71: Chapter 5 Surfaces Tutorials
Surfaces Tutorials These tutorials will get you started working with land surfaces. A surface is a central object for AutoCAD Civil 3D, and can be referenced by alignments, parcels, and other objects throughout the design process. NOTE All drawings used in these tutorials are available in the tutorial drawings folder (page .
Page 72 Contour Data Contours are graphical illustrations of surface elevation changes. You can create a surface from contours drawn as simple 3D polylines, which have x, y, and z coordinate data. Boundaries Boundaries are closed polylines that affect the visibility of the triangles either inside or outside the polylines.
Page 73 Tutorial: Creating and Adding Data to a Surface | 61...
Page 74 Breaklines Breaklines define linear surface features, such as retaining walls, curbs, tops of ridges, and streams. Breaklines force surface triangulation to run along the breakline; triangles do not cross a breakline. Breaklines are critical to creating an accurate surface model. Breaklines are important because it is the interpolation of the data, not just the data itself, that determines the shape of the model.
Page 75: Exercise 1: Creating A Tin Surface
Exercise 1: Creating a TIN Surface In this exercise, you will create an empty TIN surface in a new drawing. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Creating a TIN Surface. Create a TIN surface in a new drawing 1 Click New.
Page 76: Exercise 2: Adding Point Data To A Surface
To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Adding Point Data to a Surface (page 64). Exercise 2: Adding Point Data to a Surface In this exercise, you will import point data from a text file into the current drawing. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Contours.
Page 77: Exercise 3: Adding Breaklines To A Surface
To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 3: Adding Breaklines to a Surface (page 65). Exercise 3: Adding Breaklines to a Surface In this exercise, you will cause the surface to triangulate along a linear feature. Breaklines are used to define surface features and to force triangulation along the breakline.
Page 78 For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Breaklines. This exercise continues from Exercise 2: Adding Point Data to a Surface (page 64). Display the source polylines and change the surface style NOTE This exercise uses the drawing you created in the previous exercises, or you can open Surface-1B.dwg from the tutorial drawings folder (page 819).
Page 79 The surface now shows contours and triangles that illustrate the EG surface triangulation. Create breaklines from the polylines 1 In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand the Surfaces Definition collections. Right-click Breaklines. Click Add. 2 In the Add Breaklines dialog box, for Description, enter Edge of pavement - existing road.
Page 80 4 Select the polylines. Press Enter. The surface triangulation is modified. The edge of pavement breaklines are applied, and the TIN surface is adjusted along the breakline edges, modifying the surface triangulation. 68 | Chapter 5 Surfaces Tutorials...
Page 81 5 Click Home tab View panel views drop-down Extents. The drawing window zooms to the extents of the surface. With the breakline data added, the layer that contained the source data for the breaklines can be frozen. 6 Click Home tab Layers panel Layer drop-down.
Page 82: Exercise 4: Adding An Outer Boundary To A Surface
Modify the surface: Use the DeleteSurfacePoint command to delete surface points that are located exactly on the polylines. Modify the polylines: Add a vertex to the polylines at each location where it crosses a surface contour. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 4: Adding an Outer Boundary to a Surface (page 70).
Page 83 Create an outer boundary from a polyline NOTE This exercise uses Surface-1B.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous exercise. 1 Click Home tab Layers panel Layer drop-down. Next to the _EG-BNDY layer, click . Click in the drawing to exit the Layer Control list.
Page 84 The boundary is added to the surface definition, and the surface display in the drawing is clipped to the area that is defined by the new outer boundary. Hide the polyline and change the surface style 1 Click Home tab Layers panel Layer drop-down.
Page 85: Tutorial: Working With Large Surfaces
To continue to the next tutorial, go to Working with Large Surfaces (page 73). Tutorial: Working with Large Surfaces This tutorial demonstrates several features that can help you manage large surfaces efficiently in AutoCAD Civil 3D. Because surfaces can contain large amounts of data, it is important to use only as much data is necessary for the current task.
Page 86: Exercise 1: Limiting Imported Surface Data
Exercise 1: Limiting Imported Surface Data In this exercise, you will use a data clip boundary to restrict the quantity of points that is referenced by a surface. Points that are in the point file, but outside the specified data clip boundary, will be ignored when the surface is built and during any subsequent surface editing operations.
Page 87 Import surface data from a point file 1 Expand the EG surface Definition collection. Right-click Point Files. Click Add. 2 In the Add Point File dialog box, in the Format list, select ENZ (Comma Delimited). 3 Click at the end of the Source File(s) field. 4 In the Select Source File dialog box, ensure that the Files Of Type field is set to (*.csv).
Page 88 Surface with points imported within a data clip boundary (left) and detail of the surface (right) 8 On the command line, enter ZE to zoom to the extents of the drawing. Restrict the surface data to a smaller area 1 Click Home tab Layers panel Layer drop-down.
Page 89 The polyline is added to the EG surface definition as a boundary, but the point data did not change. Data clip boundaries only affect surface editing operations that are performed after the data clip boundary has been added. Because the points were added to the surface before the Corridor boundary, the boundary currently does not affect the point data.
Page 90 Surface with Corridor data clip boundary applied Further exploration: Rearrange the surface definition operations and observe the results. Before you continue to the next exercise, make sure that the Operation Type table is in the following order: Add Boundary: Corridor Import Point File Add Boundary: Site To continue this tutorial, go to...
Page 91: Exercise 2: Simplifying A Surface
Exercise 2: Simplifying a Surface In this exercise, you will reduce the number of points that are used to define a surface. A surface can be simplified by removing either TIN edges or points. When the simplify surface command is complete, new points and TIN edges are calculated based on specified parameters.
Page 92 6 On the Region Options page, specify the following parameters: Select Objects: Selected Mid-Ordinate Distance: 1.000’ 7 Click Pick In Drawing. 8 In the drawing, click the orange corridor boundary. In the Simplify Surface wizard, notice the value for Total Points Selected In Region.
Page 93: Tutorial: Changing The Surface Style And Display
Simplified surface To continue to the next tutorial, go to Changing the Surface Style and Display (page 81). Tutorial: Changing the Surface Style and Display This tutorial demonstrates how to change and constrain the surface styles and display. Using styles is an efficient way to control surface display. Rather than answering prompts for numerous variables every time you create a surface, you can reference a predefined style that sets all the variables as required.
Page 94: Exercise 1: Editing The Surface Style
Surface styles are managed the way all object styles are managed in AutoCAD Civil 3D, by using the Toolspace Settings tree. All objects have a standard object style grouping on the Settings tree, called an object style collection. You can create, edit, copy, and delete the styles for an object. Surface styles define how the surface components are displayed in the drawing.
Page 95: Exercise 2: Using A Different Style For A Surface
2 In Toolspace, on the Settings tab, expand the Surface Surface Styles collection. This collection contains the existing surface styles in the drawing. 3 The style (Standard) that is being referenced by a surface in the drawing is designated with an orange marker: 4 Right-click the Standard surface style.
Page 96: Exercise 3: Labeling A Surface
Change the surface style NOTE This exercise uses Surface-3.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous exercise. 1 In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand the Surfaces collection. Right-click the XGND surface. Click Surface Properties. 2 In the Surface Properties dialog box, on the Information tab, in the Surface Style list, select Border &...
Page 97 Draw a polyline to use as a guide NOTE This exercise uses Surface-3.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous exercise. 1 Click View tab Views panel views list Surface Labels. 2 On the command line, enter PLine. 3 When prompted for a start point, click in the green circle in the upper left corner of the view.
Page 98: Tutorial: Editing Surface Data
Add spot elevation labels 1 In the Add Labels dialog box, specify the following parameters: Label Type: Spot Elevation Spot Elevation Label Style: Standard 2 Click Add. When prompted, click a point along the ridge to place a label. 3 In the Add Labels dialog box, set the Spot Elevation Label Style to Foot Meter.
Page 99 Deleting TIN Lines Deleting TIN lines may be required, for example, if the surface has TIN triangles on the perimeter that are long and narrow. In this case, the triangles might not be accurate for the surface, and should be deleted. Surface TIN or Grid lines can also be deleted within a pond, for example, to create a void area.
Page 100: Exercise 1: Swapping Tin Edges
Surface Smoothing Surface smoothing is an operation that adds points at system-determined elevations using Natural Neighbor Interpolation(NNI) or Kriging methods. The result is smoothed contours, with no overlap. You perform smoothing as an edit operation on a surface. You can specify smoothing properties and then turn them on or off.
Page 101 Swap TIN edges 1 Open Surface-4A.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). In this drawing, the surface is displayed as TIN lines overlaid on an externally referenced landbase image. 2 Zoom in to the lower edge of the surface. 3 In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand the surface Definition collection.
Page 102 The edge is swapped if the following criteria are met: Two visible triangles are separated by the edge. The quadrilateral formed by the two triangles (which are separated by the edge) is convex. 6 Optionally, continue to click other TIN edges to swap them. 90 | Chapter 5 Surfaces Tutorials...
Page 103: Exercise 2: Deleting Tin Lines
7 Press Enter to end the command. The edits are added as Swap Edge operations to the Edits list view on the Prospector tab. NOTE The Description column in the list view provides the coordinates of the pick point along the edge that was swapped. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Deleting TIN Lines (page 91).
Page 104 3 In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand the surface Definition collection, and right-click the Edits item. 4 Click Delete Line. On the command line, you are prompted to select an edge (line) to remove. 5 Click an edge that crosses the surface of the pond. Press Enter. The edge is removed and an interior border is created, following the adjacent TIN lines.
Page 105: Exercise 3: Adding A Hide Boundary
The edits are added as Delete Line operations to the Edits list view in Prospector. NOTE The Description column in the list view provides the coordinates of the vertices for the edge that was deleted. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 3: Adding a Hide Boundary (page 93).
Page 106 Add a hide boundary 1 Open Surface-4C.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). NOTE This drawing is similar to Surface-3A.dwg with the addition of the C-TOPO-BRKL layer, which displays breaklines. 2 In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, under the Surfaces collection, expand the XGND surface.
Page 107: Exercise 4: Smoothing A Surface
To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 4: Smoothing a Surface (page 95). Exercise 4: Smoothing a Surface In this exercise, you will smooth a surface using the Natural Neighbor Interpolation (NNI) method. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Smoothing Surfaces. This exercise continues from Exercise 3: Adding a Hide Boundary (page 93).
Page 108: Tutorial: Creating A Watershed And Water Drop Analysis
3 Click Smooth Surface. 4 In the Smooth Surface dialog box, specify the following parameters: Select Method: Natural Neighbor Interpolation Output Locations: Grid Based The Grid Based output location interpolates surface points on a grid defined within specified polygon areas selected in the drawing. After the areas are defined, you can specify the grid X and Y spacing and orientation properties.
Page 109: Exercise 1: Configuring A Style For Watershed Display
You use watershed analysis, which is one of several types of analysis that you can perform on a surface, to visualize and analyze the surface watersheds. You use water drop analysis, which is a separate utility, to trace the path that water would take across a surface.
Page 110: Exercise 2: Generating A Watershed Analysis
5 Click Hatch Pattern and click 6 In the Hatch Properties dialog box, specify the following parameters: Pattern: AR-SAND Scale: 15 7 Click OK. 8 On the Display tab, in the Component Display table, click next to Watersheds to turn on display of the watershed components. 9 Click OK.
Page 111: Exercise 3: Creating A Watershed Legend
6 Click 7 On the Watershed Display dialog box, click next to Boundary Point and Boundary Segment to turn off the display of these watershed types. 8 Click OK twice. The watersheds are displayed on the surface in the drawing. 9 In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand the Surfaces XGND collection.
Page 112: Exercise 4: Extracting Objects From A Surface
4 Click OK. 5 Click Annotate tab Labels & Tables panel Add Tables menu Surface Legend Table. 6 At the prompt to specify the table type, enter Watersheds. 7 You are prompted to specify whether you want the table to automatically update if the analysis information changes.
Page 113: Exercise 5: Analyzing Surface Water Runoff
AutoCAD objects are created from each of the watersheds in the drawing. 5 In the drawing, click inside a watershed area. A blue grip appears inside the area, indicating that you have selected an AutoCAD object. 6 On the command line, enter List. The AutoCAD text window displays parameters for the object you selected.
Page 114 2 Click Analyze tab Ground Data panel Water Drop 3 In the Water Drop dialog box, specify the following parameters. Path Layer: C-TOPO-WDRP Path Object Type: 2D Polyline Place Marker At Start Point: Yes Start Point Marker Style: WD Start 4 Click OK.
Page 115 6 Press Enter to end the waterdrop command. Notice that most waterdrop paths in this area drain to the culverts that are indicated by the red arrows. Next, you will use the water drop paths you just created to define a catchment area that influences the culverts. Create catchment areas 1 Click Analyze tab Ground Data panel...
Page 116 Catchment areas defined Combine multiple catchment areas 1 In the drawing, select the polygons that define catchment areas. Right-click. Select Isolate Objects Isolate Selected Objects. The polygons are displayed in the drawing window, but all other objects are hidden. 2 Select the polygons again. 3 On the command line, enter LineWorkShrinkWrap.
Page 117: Tutorial: Generating Surface Volume Information
Combined catchment areas 4 In the drawing, right-click. Click Isolate Objects End Object Isolation. The remaining drawing objects are displayed in the drawing window. TIP You can transfer individual or shrinkwrapped catchment area polygons to a hydrology application for further analysis. To continue to the next tutorial, go to Generating Surface Volume Information (page 105).
Page 118: Exercise 1: Creating The Base And Comparison Surfaces
For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Calculating Surface Volumes. Exercise 1: Creating the Base and Comparison Surfaces In this exercise, you will create base and comparison surfaces, from which to derive volume calculations. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Creating Surfaces. To create a base surface 1 Open Surface-6.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder...
Page 119 Style: Standard Render Material Style: ByLayer 4 Click OK. 5 In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand the drawing Surface-6 and the Surfaces collection. The Berm surface is listed in the Surfaces collection, but it does not contain any data. This will be the comparison surface for the volume calculations.
Page 120 Explode Explode: Selected 4 Click OK. The polylines are inserted into the drawing. Add 3D polylines to the surface as breaklines 1 On the command line, enter QSelect. 2 In the Quick Select dialog box, specify the following parameters: Apply To: Entire Drawing Object Type: 3D Polyline Properties: Layer Operator: = Equals...
Page 121: Exercise 2: Creating A Tin Volume Surface
Exercise 2: Creating a TIN Volume Surface In this exercise, you will create a TIN volume surface. A TIN volume surface is a persistent, differential surface object created from a composite of points based on base and comparison surfaces. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Creating a TIN Volume Surface.
Page 122: Exercise 3: Creating A Composite Volume Calculation
The Berm Volume surface is listed in the collection, with an icon indicate that it is a TIN volume surface. View the volume surface statistics 1 On the Prospector tab, right-click the Berm Volume surface. Click Surface Properties. 2 In the Surface Properties dialog box, click the Statistics tab. Expand the Volume statistics to see the cut, fill, and net volumes.
Page 123: Tutorial: Visualizing Surface Data
2 In the Composite Volumes vista, click Create New Volume Entry. 3 In the Base Surface column, click <select surface>. Select the Existing Ground Without Berm surface from the list. 4 In the Comparison Surface column, click the <select surface>. Select the Berm surface from the list.
Page 124 Insert multi-view blocks into the drawing 1 Open Surface-7.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). 2 Click View tab Views panel views list Plan Detail. The drawing view shows a two-way road with a median separating the lanes.
Page 125 11 Repeat steps 6 and 7 to insert the Light Pole 01.dwg block. When prompted to specify an insertion point in the drawing window, click the symbol near the middle of the median. Press Enter to accept the default scale factor and rotation angle. Move multi-view blocks to the surface 1 Click View tab Views panel...
Page 126: Exercise 2: Rendering A Surface
Exercise 2: Rendering a Surface In this exercise, you will use some of the visualization features in AutoCAD Civil 3D to render a surface. Like other AutoCAD Civil 3D objects, you must apply a render material to the surface using the Surface Properties dialog box. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Object Rendering.
Page 127 effect is less realistic, but it can make the details of the model easier to see. Render the surface 1 On the command line, enter RPREF. Examine the many render settings that are available, including variations in image quality and output size. If you wanted to save the rendered image to a file, you would click and use the Output File Name control to specify a file name and destination.
Page 128: Tutorial: Obtaining An Aerial Image And Draping It On A Surface
Tutorial: Obtaining an Aerial Image and Draping It on a Surface This tutorial demonstrates how to drape an image on an AutoCAD Civil 3D surface object. You can drape an existing image on a surface. However, this tutorial ™ demonstrates how to obtain a useful image by using the Google Earth mapping service import/export features in AutoCAD Civil 3D.
Page 129: Exercise 1: Publishing Surface Data To Google Earth
For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topics Draping Images on Surfaces and Google Earth Import and Export. Exercise 1: Publishing Surface Data to Google Earth In this exercise, you will publish the surface data of a drawing to Google Earth. Then, Google Earth will use the coordinate system specified in the drawing settings to retrieve an image of the area around the surface.
Page 130 2 Start Google Earth. 3 Click Output tab Publish panel Publish To Google Earth 4 In the Publish AutoCAD DWG To Google Earth wizard, on the Describe page, you can enter information that will be used to create a new, temporary entry in the Temporary Places folder, in the Places pane in Google Earth.
Page 131 9 In the Publish AutoCAD DWG To Google Earth wizard, on the Items page, notice that one entity (the surface extents boundary) has been selected. Ensure that Publish Entity Information is selected. 10 Click Next. 11 On the Geo-Reference page, notice that the Drawing Coordinate System Transform option is selected.
Page 132 Google Earth takes focus, panning and zooming to the specified coordinates and displaying the polygon that defines the extents of the surface. Notice that the name and description that you entered in the Publish AutoCAD DWG To Google Earth wizard has been used to create a new entry in the Temporary Places folder in the Google Earth Places pane.
Page 133: Exercise 2: Importing A Google Earth Image
TIP If you do not want to get your surface image from Google Earth, you can use Autodesk Raster Design to prepare images from other sources. Using Raster Design, you can combine multiple images into a single image.
Page 134 For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Importing a Google Earth Image to AutoCAD Civil 3D. This exercise continues from Exercise 1: Publishing Surface Data to Google Earth (page 117). Import a Google Earth image NOTE This exercise uses Surface-8.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous exercise.
Page 135 To reorient the view so that North is oriented toward the top of the screen, click . Alternatively, you can press the N key to reset the North orientation. To pan back to the view that was originally published, double-click the appropriate link under Temporary Places.
Page 136: Exercise 3: Draping An Image On A Surface
Exercise 3: Draping an Image on a Surface In this exercise, you will drape an image onto a surface, creating a render material from the image. First, you will review a surface style to learn about some common settings that provide an acceptable view of the draped image on the surface.
Page 137 Drape the image on the surface 1 Click Surface tab Surface Tools panel Drape Image 2 In the Drape Image dialog box, select the following information from the Image and Surface lists. All the images and surfaces available in the current drawing appear in the lists.
Page 138 8 Click View tab Views panel Visual Styles drop-down Realistic. The gray scale Google Earth image appears draped over the surface. Notice that because the image was larger than the surface, the image has been clipped to the extents of the surface. 126 | Chapter 5 Surfaces Tutorials...
Page 139 9 On the command line, enter Materials. 10 On the Materials palette, notice that a new render material has been created and is using the imported image as a diffuse map. The render material name and image name correspond to the names that you specified.
Page 141: Survey Tutorials
Survey Tutorials These tutorials will get you started working with the AutoCAD Civil 3D survey features. AutoCAD Civil 3D contains a complete set of tools that surveyors can use to download and process survey information, perform adjustments on network and traverse data, and import survey points into a AutoCAD Civil 3D drawing.
Page 142: Exercise 1: Creating A Survey Database
Exercise 1: Creating a Survey Database In this exercise, you will open the Survey tab in Toolspace, create a local survey database, and then open a drawing to display the survey data. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Survey Databases. Create a survey database 1 Open Survey-1.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder...
Page 143 This exercise continues from Exercise 1: Creating a Survey Database (page 130). Create an equipment database NOTE This exercise uses Survey-1.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous exercise. 1 In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, right-click the Equipment Databases collection.
Page 144: Exercise 3: Adjusting And Verifying Settings
2 In the Figure Prefix Database Manager dialog box, click 3 Specify the following parameters: Name: LOT Lot Line: Selected Site: Survey Site All figures that match the LOT prefix name will have the Lot Line setting set to Yes. When the figure is inserted into the drawing, AutoCAD Civil 3D will create lot lines in the drawing in the Survey Site.
Page 145 2 In the Survey User Settings dialog box, specify the following parameters: Miscellaneous Use External Editor: Yes Network Preview: All Selected Setup Preview: All Selected Figure Preview: All Selected Selecting the check boxes enables the previewing of all survey components in the Toolspace Survey tab.
Page 146: Exercise 4: Setting Survey Styles
4 Click OK. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 4: Setting Survey Styles (page 134). Exercise 4: Setting Survey Styles In this exercise, you will review the survey network styles and create a figure style. The survey network and figure styles control the way that survey features are displayed in the drawing.
Page 147: Exercise 5: Setting Up A Linework Code Set
4 In the Component Display table, change the color for the Figure Lines. To do this, click in the Color column. In the Select Color dialog box, in the Color field, enter 11. Click OK. 5 Click OK. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 5: Setting Up a Linework Code Set (page 135).
Page 148: Tutorial: Importing Survey Data
The field codes for the Sample linework code set are displayed in the Edit Linework Code Set dialog box. Each property has a user-definable code assigned to it. Compare the codes with the line you selected in the text editor. The selected lines define the beginning of a top of curb figure: In Survey-X.fbk, the selected lines consist of the feature code (BEGIN TC1), FC1 VA 105 horizontal angle, slope distance, zenith angle, and...
Page 149 The field book file that you will import contains the linework codes that you examined in the Setting Up a Linework Code Set (page 135) exercise. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Importing Survey DataImporting Survey Data. Set up the project 1 Open Survey-2A.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder...
Page 150 Create a survey network 1 On the Specify Network page, click Create New Network. 2 In the New Network dialog box, for Name, enter Survey Network 1. 3 Click OK. 4 Click Next. Specify import options 1 On the Import Options page, specify the following parameters: Current Equipment Database: Sample Current Equipment: Sample Show Interactive Graphics: Yes (Selected)
Page 151: Exercise 2: Updating Imported Survey Data
3 Click Save As. 4 Navigate to the My Civil Tutorial Data folder (page 819). For File Name, enter Survey-2B.dwg. Click Save. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Updating Imported Survey Data (page 139). Exercise 2: Updating Imported Survey Data In this exercise, you will modify some of the imported survey data, and then reprocess the linework to apply the changes.
Page 152 Reprocess the survey points NOTE This exercise uses Survey-2B.dwg, which you saved in the My Civil Tutorial Data folder (page 819) during the previous exercise. If you did not do this, you can use the copy of Survey-2B.dwg that is in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819), but you will get duplicate objects when you update the survey data.
Page 153 The BLDG7 figure is displayed in the drawing. The ending line segments are incorrect, and the figure is not closed. You will edit the survey point to correct the figure. 3 In the drawing, select survey point 804. Exercise 2: Updating Imported Survey Data | 141...
Page 154 4 Click Survey Point tab Modify panel Survey Point Properties In the Description, two errors are evident. First, a - (hyphen) was omitted from one of the values, which caused the line to extend in the wrong direction. Second, the close code is CLO, while the close code specified in the linework code set is CLS.
Page 155 NOTE All survey points must be reprocessed because any point potentially can contribute to the definition of any generated figure. 8 Click Yes. 9 In the Process Linework dialog box, clear the Insert Survey Points check box. In this case, it is only necessary to update the figure linework. The point coordinates did not change.
Page 156: Tutorial: Viewing And Editing Survey Data
Tutorial: Viewing and Editing Survey Data This tutorial demonstrates how to view and modify survey data in your drawing. NOTE Before performing the steps in this tutorial, you must have already set up the survey database. For more information, see the Survey Setup (page 129) tutorial.
Page 157 NOTE By default, if the Toolspace is docked, the list view is the lower part of the Toolspace. 3 To view the setups, select the Setups collection. The setups are displayed in the Toolspace list view. 4 To view observations for a setup, right-click the setup and click Edit Observations.
Page 158: Exercise 2: Editing A Figure
3 In the drawing window, hover your cursor over one of the survey network components extending from BLDG1. Notice that the properties for the network object are displayed in the tooltip. 4 Right-click the network object. Click Browse To Survey Network. In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, the survey network is selected.
Page 159: Tutorial: Analyzing And Reducing Survey Data
Edit a figure NOTE This exercise uses Survey-3.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous exercise. 1 In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, expand the database Survey 1 to display the Figures collection. NOTE If a is displayed beside the Figures collection, click the collection to refresh it and then click to view all the figures.
Page 160: Exercise 1: Querying Survey Data
Using the network least squares adjustment method. Each method produces slightly different results. The standard compass rule adjustment method adjusts the traverse loop and sideshots. The least squares method adjusts each of the observations so that the sum of the residuals is at a minimum.
Page 161 4 Right-click Survey 1. Click Edit Survey Database Settings. 5 In the Survey Database Settings dialog box, expand the Survey Command Window property group. Specify the following parameters: Point Course Echo: Yes Figure Course Echo: Yes Point Coordinate Echo: Yes Figure Coordinate Echo: Yes Command Echo: Yes These settings determine what information will be displayed in the Survey...
Page 162: Exercise 2: Performing Traverse Analysis
! POINT 2 NORTH: 5087.9995 EAST: 5286.8036 259.9600 7 Close the Survey Command Window. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Performing Traverse Analysis (page 150). Exercise 2: Performing Traverse Analysis In this exercise, you will reduce some of the survey data using the traverse analysis Compass Rule adjustment method.
Page 163 Run a traverse analysis 1 On the Survey tab, in the list view, right-click Traverse 1. Click Traverse Analysis. 2 In the Traverse Analysis dialog box, specify the following parameters: Horizontal Adjustment Method: Compass Rule Vertical Adjustment Method: Length Weighted Distribution Use the default values for the other properties.
Page 164: Exercise 3: Performing Least Squares Analysis
All sides shots from adjusted setups within the traverse are updated. All figures that reference points within the traverse are updated. Any of the above data that is displayed in the current drawing is also updated. Because you will use this survey database to perform other analyses in later exercises, you will not reprocess the linework.
Page 165 2 Right-click the Standard network style. Click Edit. 3 In the Network Style dialog box, click the Components tab. 4 Under Error Ellipse, set the Error Ellipse Scale Factor to 10000.00. 5 Click OK. Run the least squares analysis 1 In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, expand the Survey Databases Survey Networks collection.
Page 166: Exercise 4: Translating A Survey Database
Exercise 4: Translating a Survey Database In this exercise, you will translate the contents of a survey database from assumed coordinates to that of known coordinates. This command is useful when you must move all the data in the survey database from an assumed location to a known location.
Page 167: Tutorial: Manually Creating Survey Data
On this page, you specify the base point from which the survey network will be moved. 3 Click Next. On the Rotation Angle page, you specify the base point from which the survey network will be moved. For this exercise, you will not change the rotation of the survey network.
Page 168: Exercise 1: Creating Survey Data Using The Toolspace Survey Tab
In the following exercises, you will use three different methods to create survey data: The Toolspace Survey tab collections and commands The Traverse Editor The Survey Command Window commands You will also learn how to calculate an azimuth using the astronomic direction calculator, as well as how to create figures from Civil 3D parcels.
Page 169 Vertical Type: None Target Type: None 6 Click OK. Create a survey network 1 In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, expand the Survey 2 database. Right-click the Networks collection. Click New. 2 In the Network dialog box, for Name, enter Survey Network 2. 3 Click OK.
Page 170 Create setups and observations 1 On the Survey tab, under Survey Network 2, right-click the Setups collection. Click New. 2 In the New Setup dialog box, specify the following parameters: Station Point: 1 Backsight Point: 4 3 Press Tab to move to the next field. A dialog box is displayed indicating that point 4 is not defined.
Page 171 13 In the Observations Editor, right click in the grid. Click New. 14 For the new observation, specify the following parameters: Point Number: 3 Angle: 90.0000 Distance: 100.00 NOTE After you enter the Distance value, you must click Description: STA 3 15 Click to save the new observation.
Page 172: Exercise 2: Creating Survey Data Using The Traverse Editor
Distance: 100.00 18 On the Survey tab, right-click Survey Network 2. Click Insert Into Drawing. The new survey data is displayed in the drawing. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Creating Survey Data Using the Traverse Editor (page 160). Exercise 2: Creating Survey Data Using the Traverse Editor In this exercise, you will use the Traverse Editor to create survey data.
Page 173 Create a new survey database 1 Open Survey-4B.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). 2 In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, right-click Survey Databases. Click New Local Survey Database. 3 In the New Local Survey Database dialog box, for the name, enter Survey 3.
Page 174 Initial Backsight: 4 5 Click OK. 6 A message is displayed indicating that initial station point 1 is not defined. Click Yes to define it. 7 In the New Control Point dialog box, specify the following parameters: Point Number: 1 Easting: 1000 Northing: 1000 Description: STA 1...
Page 175 14 For Station 2, Backsight 1, specify the following parameters: (point number): 3 Angle: 90 Distance: 100 NOTE After you enter the Distance value, you must click Description: STA 3 15 For Station 3, Backsight 2, specify the following parameters: (point number): 4 Angle: 90 Distance: 100...
Page 176: Exercise 3: Creating Survey Data Using The Survey Command Window
To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 3: Creating Survey Data Using the Survey Command Window (page 164). Exercise 3: Creating Survey Data Using the Survey Command Window In this exercise, you will create survey data using the Survey Command Window.
Page 177 2 In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, right-click Survey Databases. Click New Local Survey Database. 3 In the New Local Survey Database dialog box, for the name, enter Survey 4. Click OK. 4 In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, right-click the database Survey 4. Click Edit Survey Database Settings.
Page 178 These are the survey language commands that will create four setups. NE 1 1000.00 1000.00 “STA 1” AZ 1 4 45.0000 STN 1 BS 4 AD 2 90.0000 100.00 “STA 2” STN 2 BS 1 AD 3 90.0000 100.00 “STA 3” STN 3 BS 2 AD 4 90.0000 100.00 “STA 4”...
Page 179: Exercise 4: Calculating An Azimuth In The Astronomic Direction Calculator
To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 4: Calculating an Azimuth in The Astronomic Direction Calculator (page 167). Exercise 4: Calculating an Azimuth in The Astronomic Direction Calculator In this exercise, you will use the Astronomic Direction Calculator to calculate an azimuth from solar observations by the hour angle method.
Page 180 Calculate an azimuth using the Astronomic Direction Calculator NOTE This exercise uses Survey-4C.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous exercise. 1 Click Analyze tab Ground Data panel Survey drop-down Astronomic Direction 2 In the Astronomic Direction Calculator dialog box, specify the following parameters: Calculation Type Calculation Type: Sun Shot Calculation...
Page 181 Direct Backsight Observation: 0.00 Sun Observation: 351.0835 Stop Time: 0.121590 Reverse Backsight Observation: 180.0005 Sun Observation: 171.3520 Stop Time: 0.154210 NOTE The observations will determine the true astronomic direction from the station point to the backsight point. Notice that after you enter the stop time for an observation, the observed and average direction are calculated automatically.
Page 182: Exercise 5: Creating Figures From Parcels
8 Specify the following parameters for Set:3: Direct Backsight Observation: 0.00 Sun Observation: 351.1450 Stop Time: 0.13112 Reverse Backsight Observation: 180.0005 Sun Observation: 171.4145 Stop Time: 0.16313 After you have entered the above data, notice that the Mean Direction value calculated by the Astronomic Direction Calculator is SOUTH87.967088EAST (if the drawing settings Direction Measurement Type is set to Bearings).
Page 183: Tutorial: Outputting Survey Information
2 In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, right-click Survey Databases. Click New Local Survey Database. 3 In the New Local Survey Database dialog box, for the name, enter Survey 5. Click OK. Create survey figures from existing parcels 1 In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, expand the database Survey 5. Right-click the Figures collection.
Page 184 The Mapcheck command checks the figure for length, course, perimeter, area, error of closure, and precision. It starts at the beginning of the figure and computes the figure vertex XY coordinates for each segment. These computations are based on the inverse direction and distance/curve data and the Linear and Angle precision (set in the Survey Database Settings).
Page 185: Exercise 2: Performing A Mapcheck Analysis With Parcel Labels
View mapcheck information for a figure 1 In the list view, right-click a figure. Click Display Mapcheck. The figure mapcheck information is displayed in the Figure Display vista. 2 When you have finished reviewing the mapcheck data, click to close the vista.
Page 186 2 Click Analyze tab Ground Data panel Survey drop-down Mapcheck 3 If a message that states that the command line mode cannot be used while a command is active is displayed, click OK. 4 In the Mapcheck Analysis dialog box, make sure that the Command Line Interface option is toggled on.
Page 187 icon appears at the end of the current line, and the command line states that there is not enough data to define the segment. This happened because the current segment is a lot line that is shared by all the parcels on the left side of the site. 11 Select the bearing portion of the label.
Page 188: Exercise 3: Performing A Mapcheck Analysis By Manually Entering Data
Exercise 3: Performing a Mapcheck Analysis by Manually Entering Data In this exercise, you will manually enter survey data to perform a mapcheck analysis. This method of performing a mapcheck analysis is useful when you must check survey data that does not exist as labels in the drawing. For example, you can use this method to enter survey data from a paper drawing.
Page 189 2 In the Mapcheck Analysis dialog box, for the name of the mapcheck, enter Parcel Manual Input. 3 To specify the point of beginning, enter the following values: Easting: 5576.199 Northing: 5291.0640 icon indicates the point of beginning. 4 Click New Side.
Page 190 Radius: 75.00 Arc Length: 80.800 10 Click New Side. 11 Expand the Side 4 collection. Specify the following parameters: Side Type: Line Angle: N90 00 00E Distance: 99.990 12 Click New Side. 13 Expand the Side 5 collection. Specify the following parameters: Side Type: Line Angle: S0 00 00E Distance: 100...
Page 191: Exercise 4: Working With Mapcheck Data
16 Click Output View. The Output View displays the results of the mapcheck analysis. You will learn how to work with the output data in Exercise 4: Working with Mapcheck Data (page 179). To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 4: Working with Mapcheck Data (page 179).
Page 192 2 On the Edit Command Settings dialog box, expand the Mapcheck collection. Examine the default settings that are available. The colors in this collection specify the appearance of the mapcheck objects. Notice that Mapcheck Color currently is set to green. 3 Click in the Mapcheck Color Value cell.
Page 193: Exercise 5: Creating Surface Breaklines From Figures
To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 5: Creating Surface Breaklines from Figures (page 181). Exercise 5: Creating Surface Breaklines from Figures In this exercise, you will use figures to add breaklines to a surface. The breaklines will define the edge of pavement (EP) features, such as retaining walls, curbs, tops of ridges, and streams.
Page 194 8 Click to save the changes to the survey database. 9 Click to close the Figures Editor vista. 10 In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, right-click the Figures collection and click Create Breaklines. 11 In the Create Breaklines dialog box, click the Select Surface drop-down list and click Figure Surface 1.
Page 195: Chapter 7 Project Management Tutorials
Autodesk Vault. Data shortcuts are managed in Toolspace on the Prospector tab, in a structure that is similar to Autodesk Vault. However, data shortcuts do not provide the editing controls, protection, and data security that Autodesk Vault does.
Page 196: Exercise 1: Setting Up A Data Shortcut Folder
referenced object is changed in the source drawing, changes are updated in any drawings that reference the object. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Using Data Shortcuts. Exercise 1: Setting Up a Data Shortcut Folder In this exercise, you will set up a folder in which to store objects that are referenced through data shortcuts.
Page 197 2 In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, select the Master View. Set the working folder 1 Right-click the Data Shortcuts collection. Click Set Working Folder. The working folder is the parent folder where you save project folders. For this exercise, you will specify a folder on your hard drive as your working folder.
Page 198: Exercise 2: Creating Data Shortcuts
Create a data shortcuts project 1 Right-click the Data Shortcuts collection. Click New Data Shortcuts Project Folder. 2 In the New Data Shortcut Folder dialog box, select the Use Project Template check box. 3 Under Project Templates Folder, click 4 In the Browse For Folder dialog box, navigate to the Civil 3D Projects folder (page 819).
Page 199 For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Creating Data Shortcuts. This exercise continues from Exercise 1: Setting Up a Data Shortcut Folder (page 184). Save the source drawing with the project NOTE This exercise uses Project Management-1.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous exercise.
Page 200: Exercise 3: Referencing Data Shortcuts
Examine the data shortcuts in the project 1 In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand the Data Shortcuts collection. Expand the Surfaces and Alignments collections. Notice that data shortcuts have been created for the objects you selected in Step 4. In the next exercise, you will reference these objects in another drawing.
Page 201 For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Referencing a Project Object. This exercise continues from Exercise 2: Creating Data Shortcuts (page 186). Reference data shortcuts in a new drawing NOTE Before you perform this exercise, you must have created data shortcuts as described in the previous exercise.
Page 202 Now that the data shortcuts have been referenced, the current drawing is associated with the data shortcuts project. Notice that, in the AutoCAD Civil 3D title bar, [Tutorial Data Shortcuts Project] is displayed after the drawing name. 6 In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand the Project Management-2 Surfaces collection.
Page 203 Create an object from the referenced objects 1 Click Home tab Create Design panel Profile drop-down Create Surface Profile 2 In the Create Profile From Surface dialog box, specify the following parameters: Alignment: First Street Select Surfaces: EG 3 Click Add. 4 Click Draw In Profile View.
Page 204 to create other objects in the current drawing, but you cannot change the source objects. Save the current drawing 1 Click Save As. 2 In the Save Drawing As dialog box, navigate to the Civil 3D Projects folder (page 819)\Tutorial Data Shortcuts Project\Production Drawings. Click Save.
Page 205 Next, you will modify the alignment in the source drawing, and then update the current drawing to reflect the changes. Change a referenced object in the source drawing 1 In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, click Project Management-1.dwg. Right-click. Click Switch To. 2 Select the alignment.
Page 206 Also notice that the surface profile that you created from the alignment has been updated. NOTE This is the end of the data shortcuts tutorial. The next tutorials in this section demonstrate how to structure a project using Autodesk Vault. 194 | Chapter 7 Project Management Tutorials...
Page 207: Tutorial: Vault Setup
For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Using Vault. Exercise 1: Logging In to Autodesk Vault In this exercise, you will log in to Autodesk Vault to prepare for other project tasks. Tutorial: Vault Setup | 195...
Page 208 5 Click OK. The system logs you in to Autodesk Vault. 6 Right-click the Projects collection and click Properties. 7 In the Properties – Civil 3D Projects dialog box, note that the default location for the Working Folder.
Page 209: Exercise 2: Creating User Accounts And Groups
Therefore, you should create some user accounts before creating groups. Create user accounts 1 To open Autodesk Vault Explorer, in Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, right-click the Projects collection, and click Autodesk Vault. NOTE You can also open Autodesk Vault Explorer from the Start menu...
Page 210 8 In the New User dialog box, enter the following information: First Name: Pat Last Name: Red User Name: pred Password: red123 Confirm Password: red123 9 Select Enable User. Click OK. 10 Repeat steps 7 through 9 to create another user profile as follows: First Name: Kim Last Name: Green User Name: kgreen...
Page 211: Exercise 3: Creating A Project
Vault Projects. The following procedure assumes that you are already logged in to the database as described in Exercise 1: Logging In to Autodesk Vault (page 195). Create a project 1 In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, right-click the Projects collection, then click New.
Page 212: Tutorial: Creating, Referencing, And Modifying Project Object Data
When you select this option, you can specify a template to use in structuring your project. This option enables you to structure similar projects in the same way. 4 In the Project Templates Folder area, click 5 In the Browse For Folder dialog box, navigate to the Civil 3D Project Templates folder (page 819)\_Sample Project folder.
Page 213: Exercise 1: Adding A Drawing To The Project
(page 819)\Tutorial Vault Project\Source Drawings\Surfaces 4 For File Name, enter Project-XGND.dwg. 5 Click Save. NOTE You must be logged in to Autodesk Vault to perform the following steps. see Exercise 1: Logging In to Autodesk Vault (page 195) for instructions.
Page 214: Exercise 2: Creating A Reference To A Project Object
Create a reference object 1 On the Prospector tab, ensure that Master View is selected, and expand the Open Drawings collection. Right-click Project-XGND.dwg and click Check In. 2 In the first Add To Project dialog box, select Tutorial Vault Project. 3 Click Next.
Page 215 This exercise continues from Exercise 1: Adding a Drawing to the Project (page 201). Create a reference to a project object 1 Click New. 2 In the Select Template dialog box, click _AutoCAD Civil 3D (Imperial) NCS.dwt. Click Open. 3 Click Save As.
Page 216: Exercise 3: Checking Out And Modifying A Project Object
To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 3: Checking Out and Modifying a Project Object (page 204). Exercise 3: Checking Out and Modifying a Project Object You check out a project object by checking out the drawing that contains the object.
Page 217: Exercise 4: Checking In A Project Object
2 Expand Open Drawings Project-XGND Surfaces XGND Definition. 3 In the surface Definition, right-click the Breaklines collection. Click Add. 4 In the Add Breaklines dialog box, optionally give the breakline a name. Click OK. In the drawing window, click the polyline to convert it to a breakline.
Page 218: Exercise 5: Updating A Project Object
Before starting this exercise, ensure that you are logged in to the database as pred, or the same user who checked out the drawing Project-XGND.dwg. Check in a project object 1 On the Prospector tab, expand the Open Drawings collection. 2 Right-click Project-XGND, and click Check In.
Page 219: Tutorial: Creating And Modifying Project Point Data
To update a project object 1 Click Open. Navigate to Civil 3D Projects folder (page 819)\Tutorial Vault Project\Production Drawings, and click the drawing Project-1.dwg. 2 In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand the Surfaces collection. Right-click the surface XGND, and click Surface Properties. 3 In the Surface Properties dialog box, change the Surface Style to one that will make the breaklines visible, such as any of the Contours styles.
Page 220 To create project points, you first create a drawing that contains the points. When you are ready to share the points with others, you use the Add To Project command to add the points to the project point database. The project points can then be accessed by others.
Page 221: Exercise 2: Checking Out And Modifying Project Points
To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Checking Out and Modifying Project Points (page 209). Exercise 2: Checking Out and Modifying Project Points In this exercise, you will check out one project point and correct its elevation. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Checking Out Points.
Page 222: Exercise 3: Checking In Project Points
icon in the drawing list views indicates that the point is a checked-out project point. 12 To modify point 3 by adjusting its elevation, click in the list view under Point Elevation and enter 96.434. 13 Save the drawing. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 3: Checking In Project Points (page 210).
Page 223: Tutorial: Exporting And Importing Vault Projects
Tutorial: Exporting and Importing Vault Projects This tutorial demonstrates how to export a Vault project, and how to import a data shortcuts project into Vault. You will export the Vault project that you created in the Vault Setup (page 199) tutorial. Then, you will import into Vault the data shortcut project that you created in the Using Data Shortcuts (page 183) tutorial.
Page 224: Exercise 2: Importing A Data Shortcut Project Into Vault
Exercise 2: Importing a Data Shortcut Project into Vault In this exercise, you will import a data shortcut project into Vault, creating a new Vault project in the process. Project import is more than just the reverse of export. You can use this operation to import a data shortcut project into Vault, or to import several drawings that are not part of a formal project.
Page 225: Chapter 8 Alignments Tutorials
Alignments Tutorials These tutorials will get you started working with horizontal alignments, which are the basis for modeling roads. NOTE All drawings used in these tutorials are available in the tutorial drawings folder (page . If you want to save your work from these tutorials, save the drawings to the 819) My Civil so that you do not overwrite the original drawings.
Page 226: Exercise 1: Creating An Alignment With The Alignment Layout Tools
Exercise 1: Creating an Alignment with the Alignment Layout Tools In this exercise, you will use the alignment layout tools to draw an alignment that has curves. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Creating an Alignment Using the Alignment Layout Tools. Specify alignment properties 1 Open Align-1.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder...
Page 227 Alignment Layer: C-ROAD Alignment Label Set: Major Minor and Geometry Points Setting the site to <None> prevents the alignment from interacting with other objects in the drawing. The <None> selection is helpful when you do not want parcels to be created when either intersecting alignments form closed regions or an alignment crosses an existing parcel.
Page 228 3 Click OK. 4 On the Alignment Layout Tools toolbar, click the drop-down list Select Tangent-Tangent (With Curves). 5 Snap to the center of circle A to specify a start point for the alignment. 6 Stretch a line out, and specify additional PIs by snapping to the center of circles B, C, and D (in order).
Page 229: Exercise 2: Adding Free Curves And Spirals To An Alignment
Exercise 2: Adding Free Curves and Spirals to an Alignment In this exercise, you will add a free curve and a free spiral-curve-spiral to a simple alignment. The drawing contains a simple alignment consisting of three tangents. In the next few steps, you will add free curves at circles B and C. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topics Adding Curves and Adding Curves with SpiralsAdding Curves with Spirals.
Page 230 2 As prompted on the command line, click the tangent that enters circle C from the left (the ‘first entity’). 3 Click the tangent that exits circle C on the right (the ‘next entity’). 4 Press Enter to select the default value of a curve less than 180 degrees. 5 Enter a radius value of 200.
Page 231: Exercise 3: Adding Floating Curves To An Alignment
Exercise 3: Adding Floating Curves to an Alignment In this exercise, you will add two floating curve entities to a simple alignment. First, you will add a best fit floating curve that follows the most likely path through a series of points. Then, you will add a floating reverse curve with spirals.
Page 232 7 The command line prompts you to Select Point Objects or [Numbers/Groups]. Enter G. 8 In the Point Groups dialog box, select _All Points. Click OK. The points in the drawing are selected. The Regression Data vista displays information about each of the points that are included in the regression analysis.
Page 233 The Regression Data vista closes, and the regression point markers disappear. Modify the best fit curve 1 In the drawing, select the alignment. Click the grip at the end of the floating curve, and drag it toward one of the other points. Click to place the grip in its new location.
Page 234 The entity returns to its original location. 4 On the Home tab Layers panel, in the Layer Control list, in the C-POINTS row, click to turn off the C-POINTS layer. To add a floating reverse curve with spirals to the alignment 1 On the Alignment Layout Tools toolbar, click the arrow next to Select Floating Reverse Curve with Spirals (From Curve, Radius,...
Page 235: Tutorial: Editing Alignments
Tutorial: Editing Alignments This tutorial demonstrates some common editing tasks for alignments. Editing the layout parameter values of an alignment allows you to make fine adjustments to alignment sub-entities. Grip editing provides a convenient method of manually reshaping an alignment. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Editing Alignments.
Page 236 Each curve group has a two-part entity number and a separate table row for each spiral and curve. Values shown in black can be edited. 4 On the Alignment Layout Tools toolbar, click Sub-Entity Editor . The Alignment Layout Parameters window is displayed, containing no data. 5 In the Alignment Entities table, click any row for segment no.
Page 237: Exercise 2: Grip Editing An Alignment
To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Grip Editing an Alignment (page 225). Exercise 2: Grip Editing an Alignment In this exercise, you will use grips to move alignment curves. You will learn how to grip edit offset and curb return alignments in the Working with Offset and Curb Return Alignments (page 232) tutorial.
Page 238 Grip edit a floating curve entity 1 Pan to the area around circles D and E. 2 Select the grip in circle D. It turns red. 3 Click a new location for the grip. Notice that the pass-through point grip in circle F does not move. 4 Select the pass-through point grip in circle E.
Page 239: Exercise 3: Applying A Mask To An Alignment
Exercise 3: Applying a Mask to an Alignment In this exercise, you will hide a portion of an alignment from view. When you apply a mask to a portion of an alignment, the alignment sub-entities, labels, and marker points are not drawn. These items still exist, but are hidden from view.
Page 240 Specify the alignment stations to mask 1 Open Align-5.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). The drawing contains a four-way intersection. Notice that the offset alignments along Road A are not displayed in the intersection area. Each of these alignments has a mask applied to the region that passes through the intersection.
Page 241 4 In the Alignment Properties dialog box, click the Masking tab. 5 On the Masking tab, click 6 In the drawing, click the end point on the northwest curb return to specify the start point of the masked region. 7 Click the end point on the northeast curb return to specify the end point of the masked region.
Page 242 8 In the Alignment Properties dialog box, click Apply. The mask is applied to the specified region. 230 | Chapter 8 Alignments Tutorials...
Page 243 Further exploration: Apply masks to the west-to-east road offset alignments. Exercise 3: Applying a Mask to an Alignment | 231...
Page 244: Tutorial: Working With Offset Alignments
To continue to the next tutorial, go to Working with Offset Alignments (page 232). Tutorial: Working with Offset Alignments This tutorial demonstrates how to create and modify offset alignments that are dynamically linked to a centerline alignment. The process of creating offset alignments is similar to that of the standard AutoCAD OFFSET command.
Page 245: Exercise 1: Creating Offset Alignments
When your design requires a varying offset value, you can add widening regions to an offset alignment. This option is useful in roadway design, when you must add turn lanes, bus bays, or parking lanes. Add widening regions to a new or existing offset alignment. NOTE Most of the procedures in this tutorial can be applied to adding widening regions to curb return alignments, which are automatically generated as part of the intersection creation process.
Page 246 Create offsets of a centerline alignment 1 Open Align-6A.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). The drawing contains a surface and an alignment. 2 Click Home tab Create Design panel Alignment drop-down Create Offset Alignment 3 Select the alignment in the drawing. 4 In the Create Offset Alignments dialog box, specify the following parameters: No.
Page 247 No. Of Offsets On Right: 1 Incremental Offset On Left: 12 Incremental Offset On Right: 12 Alignment Style: ETW Alignment Label Set: Offset Labels You can also specify design criteria for the offset alignments. 5 Click OK. An offset alignment is created on either side of the centerline alignment. Exercise 1: Creating Offset Alignments | 235...
Page 248: Exercise 2: Editing An Offset Alignment
6 In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand the Alignments Offset Alignments collection. Notice that the two alignments you created were placed in the Offset Alignments collection. You can create profiles, profile views, and sample line groups from offset alignments, just as you can for standard, Centerline alignments.
Page 249 3 Click Offset Alignment tab Modify panel Geometry Editor On the Alignment Layout Tools toolbar, most tools are not available, because the offset alignment geometry is dynamically linked to the parent alignment. You can use the Alignment Entities vista and Alignment Layout Parameters window to view the parameters of a dynamic offset alignment, but you cannot change the values.
Page 250 2 In the Alignment Properties dialog box, on the Information tab, expand the Type list. You can change an offset alignment to any of the types in this list. However, if you change the alignment type, the alignment will not be dynamically linked to the centerline alignment.
Page 251: Exercise 3: Adding A Widening To An Offset Alignment
Further exploration: Experiment with the centerline alignment grips. Notice that when you change the centerline alignment geometry, the geometry of the offset alignment automatically updates. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 3: Adding a Widening to an Offset Alignment (page 239).
Page 252 For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Widenings. This exercise continues from Exercise 2: Editing an Offset Alignment (page 236). Create a widening on an offset alignment 1 Open Align-6C.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819).
Page 253 3 Click Offset Alignment tab Modify panel Add Widening 4 Follow the command line prompts to specify the following parameters: Create Widening Portion As A New Alignment?: No Start Station: 150 End Station: 1000 Widening Offset: 24 The widening region is created, and the parameters you entered are displayed in the Offset Alignment Parameters dialog box.
Page 254 The offset alignment parameters, including the parameters of the existing widening, are displayed in the Offset Alignment Parameters dialog box. 2 In the Offset Parameters dialog box, click Add A Widening. 3 Follow the command line prompts to specify the following parameters: Start Station: 550 End Station: 750 Widening Offset: 42...
Page 255: Exercise 4: Editing An Offset Widening
Exercise 4: Editing an Offset Widening In this exercise, you will change the transition between an offset alignment and its widening region, and then use grips to modify the widening geometry. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Editing Offset Alignments and Widenings.
Page 256 7 Under Transition Parameters, for Transition Length, enter 50. The transition updates to reflect your changes. Grip edit the widening region 1 On the centerline alignment, select the widening start grip near Station 4+50. The grip turns red. 2 Click to place the grip at Station 5+00. Notice that when you changed the starting location of the widening, the transition moved with it, while its parameters were maintained.
Page 257 3 On the offset alignment, click the offset grip. The grip turns red. 4 While the grip is active, enter 50 as the new offset value. The widening region expands to accommodate the new offset value. Exercise 4: Editing an Offset Widening | 245...
Page 258 NOTE The grip enables you to add another widening region. 5 Click the grip. grips are now gray, and grips are displayed at the beginning and end of each transition sub-entity. These grips are used to modify the transition geometry. 246 | Chapter 8 Alignments Tutorials...
Page 259 6 Experiment with using the grips to change the transition geometry. As you grip-edit the transition geometry, notice that the applicable parameter values are automatically updated in the Offset Parameters dialog box. To continue to the next tutorial, go to Designing an Alignment that Refers to Local Standards (page 248).
Page 260: Tutorial: Designing An Alignment That Refers To Local Standards
Tutorial: Designing an Alignment that Refers to Local Standards This tutorial demonstrates how to validate that your alignment design meets criteria specified by a local agency. To create an alignment using design criteria, you use the same basic workflow that you use to create an alignment without design criteria. During alignment creation, you can select a design criteria file, from which you can specify the superelevation attainment method and minimum radius and transition (spiral) length tables.
Page 261 You will correct the violations in Exercise 2: Viewing and Correcting Alignment Design Criteria Violations (page 253). Second, you will create an alignment entity that meets the design criteria specified in the design criteria file. You will use the minimum default values that are displayed on the command line to ensure that the entity meets the specified design criteria.
Page 262 When this option is selected, the criteria-based design tools are available. There are two check boxes that are selected by default: Use Design Criteria File The design criteria file is an XML file that contains minimum design standards for alignment and profile objects. The design criteria file can be customized to support local design standards for design speed, superelevation, and minimum speed, radius, and length of individual entities.
Page 263 of Circles B, C, and D (in order). Then, right-click to end the horizontal alignment layout command. 3 On the Alignment Layout Tools toolbar, click Free Spiral-Curve-Spiral (Between Two Entities). 4 As prompted on the command line, click the tangent entity that enters Circle B from the left (the ‘first entity’).
Page 264 In step 14, you accepted the minimum radius value specified in the design criteria file, yet a warning symbol is displayed on the curve. This happened because while the curve meets the design criteria specified in the design criteria file, it violates the design check that is in the design check set. You will learn how to correct design criteria and design check violations in the next exercise.
Page 265: Exercise 2: Viewing And Correcting Alignment Design Criteria Violations
Notice that a warning symbol is not displayed on this curve. The radius value you entered in step 4 exceeds the minimum value defined in the minimum radius table that you specified. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Viewing and Correcting Alignment Design Criteria Violations (page 253).
Page 266 3 Hover the cursor over the middle symbol in Circle B. The tooltips are a convenient way to review design criteria violations in the drawing window. Two violations are displayed in the tooltip: First, the curve does not meet the recommended minimum radius. The curve radius and minimum acceptable parameter values are both displayed.
Page 267 6 In row 2.2, hover the cursor over the warning symbol in the No. column. Notice that the tooltip displays the design criteria and design checks that have been violated. 7 Hover the cursor over the warning symbol in row 4. Notice that the name of the design check that has been violated is displayed in the tooltip.
Page 268: Exercise 3: Working With Design Checks
2 Change the Spiral Out Length Value to 33.000m. Press Enter. 3 Change the Curve Radius Value to 100.000m. Press Enter. warning symbol is cleared from the Curve Radius row, as well as from the Alignment Entities vista. Notice that the warning symbol is still displayed on all the curve sub-entity.
Page 269 This exercise continues from Exercise 2: Viewing and Correcting Alignment Design Criteria Violations (page 253). Create an alignment design check 1 Open Align-7C.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). 2 In Toolspace, on the Settings tab, expand the Alignment Design Checks collection.
Page 270 9 Click Insert Property. Select Length. 10 In the Design Check field, enter >=310,1) (including the closing parenthesis). The following formula should be displayed in the Design Check field: IF({Design Speed}>=50,Length>=310,1) NOTE In this formula, the ending numeral 1 specifies that the preceding formula is acceptable.
Page 271: Exercise 4: Modifying A Design Criteria File
6 If the Alignment Layout Tools toolbar is not open, select the alignment. Right-click. Click Edit Alignment Geometry. 7 On the Alignment Layout Tools toolbar, click Alignment Grid View . Click Sub-Entity Editor 8 In the Alignment Entities vista, select row 5. 9 In the Alignment Layout Parameters dialog box, examine the Length value.
Page 272 2 In the drawing, select the alignment. 3 Click Alignment tab Modify panel Design Criteria Editor When the Design Criteria Editor dialog box opens, it displays the design criteria for the default design criteria file. The folders on the left side of the dialog box contain tables that specify the units of measure used in the design criteria file, and design criteria tables for alignments and profiles.
Page 273 Add criteria to a table 1 In the Design Criteria File Editor dialog box, on the left-hand side, ensure that the Local Standards eMax 7% table is selected. 2 On the right-hand side of the dialog box, select the first row in the table. Click the Speed cell.
Page 274: Tutorial: Applying Superelevation To An Alignment
Tutorial: Applying Superelevation to an Alignment In this tutorial, you will calculate superelevation for alignment curves, create a superelevation view to display the superelevation data, and edit the superelevation data both graphically and in a tabular format. The superelevation feature enables you to apply your local roadway design standards to automatically calculate roadway cross slopes around curves.
Page 275 6 Click Next. The Lanes page contains specifications for the number, width, and slope of each lane. 7 Specify the following parameters: Symmetric Roadway: Selected This specifies that the same parameters are used for both sides. Number of Lanes Right: 1 Normal Lane Width: 6.000m Normal Lane Slope: -2.00% 8 Click Next.
Page 276: Exercise 2: Calculating Superelevation For An Individual Curve
11 Specify the following parameters: Design Criteria File: _Autodesk Civil 3D Metric Roadway Design Standards.xml, which is located in the Data folder (page 819) in Corridor Design Standards/Metric This is the same design criteria file that the criteria-based design feature uses to validate the alignment and profile geometry.
Page 277 In the drawing that is used with this exercise, the alignment has a fourth curve, for which superelevation has been calculated. You will make a change to the alignment that will cause the superelevation data of the fourth curve to be out of date, and then you will recalculate the superelevation data for that curve.
Page 278 7 In the second row, enter the following parameters: Start Station: 0+820.00 Design Speed: 70 km/h 8 Click OK. In the Superelevation Curve Manager dialog box, the Design Speed value did not change because the station at which you changed the design speed is located after Curve.3.
Page 279: Exercise 3: Creating A Superelevation View
6 Click Finish. On the Superelevation Tabular Editor window, examine the superelevation values for Curve.4. 7 On the Superelevation Curve Manager, scroll down to the Superelevation Criteria category. Expand the category. 8 Right-click the Normal Shoulder Width row. The Apply To Entire Alignment option enables you to update the design criteria at a curve, and then quickly apply the change to all curves in the alignment.
Page 280 4 In the Create Superelevation View dialog box, under Superelevation View Style, click Edit Current Selection. 5 In the Superelevation View Style dialog box, on the Display tab, change the Graph Reference Line Component Type Color to White. In a superelevation view, the reference line is a horizontal line that indicates the zero lane slope.
Page 281: Exercise 4: Adding And Modifying Superelevation Stations
At station 0+304.54, the left lane (dark red) starts to transition from the normal -2% slope. NOTE For the remainder of the curve, the dark red line is not visible because it is obstructed by the light red line. At station 0+316.71, the left lane and shoulder are at 0% slope. At station 0+328.88, the right lane (dark blue) starts to transition from the normal -2% slope.
Page 282 Examine the superelevation parameters 1 Open Align-Superelevation-4.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). 2 In the top viewport, zoom in to the middle of the superelevation view. Near station 0+558.66, the indicates that the two curves overlap. At the bottom of the superelevation view, the light blue and red lines, which represent the left and right shoulders, cross over each other.
Page 283 2 Change the Start Station value to 0+560.00. Remove a superelevation critical station 1 In the Superelevation Tabular Editor, under Curve.3 Transition In Region, select the End Normal Shoulder row. 2 Click The End Normal Shoulder superelevation critical station is removed. Add a superelevation critical station 1 In the Superelevation Tabular Editor, select the Curve.3 row.
Page 284: Exercise 5: Editing Superelevation Parameters Graphically
To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 5: Editing Superelevation Parameters Graphically (page 272). Exercise 5: Editing Superelevation Parameters Graphically In this exercise, you will use grips in a superelevation view to modify the superelevation cross slopes and critical station values. For more information, see Creating and Editing Superelevation Views.
Page 285 5 Press Esc. Remove or apply curve smoothing 1 Pan to the transition out region of Curve.4. 2 Near station 1+147.69, Ctrl+click the light red curve. 3 Hover the cursor over the grip at station 1+147.69. The cursor snaps to the grip, and a menu of options is displayed. You can use this grip to change the cross slope at this critical station, remove the grade break, or remove curve smoothing.
Page 286 Change the cross slope between superelevation curves 1 Pan to the left until you see the grip near station 1+000.00. 2 Hover the cursor over the grip. The cursor snaps to the grip, and a menu of options is displayed. You can use this grip to change the cross slope of either one or both of the shoulders or lanes between the previous and next superelevation critical stations.
Page 287: Profiles Tutorials
Profiles Tutorials These tutorials will get you started viewing and designing the elevation profile of land surfaces along a horizontal alignment. NOTE All drawings used in these tutorials are available in the tutorial drawings folder (page . If you want to save your work from these tutorials, save the drawings to the 819) My Civil so that you do not overwrite the original drawings.
Page 288 For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Understanding the Profile Object. Display an existing ground profile in a profile view 1 Open drawing Profile-1.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). This drawing contains an existing ground surface, an alignment that represents a road centerline, and a polyline that represents the centerline of an intersecting road.
Page 289 The First Street Profile view is displayed, containing the dashed profile that represents the existing ground (EG) surface. The left and right sides annotate elevations. The bottom annotates the stations. Create a layout profile 1 Click Home tab Layers panel Layer drop-down.
Page 290 You will use the circles in the profile view as a guide to draw a layout profile. 2 Click Home tab Create Design panel Profile drop-down Profile Creation Tools 3 Select the profile view that you created. 4 In the Create Profile - Draw New dialog box, specify the following parameters: Name: Finished Grade Centerline - First Street Profile Style: Design Profile...
Page 291: Tutorial: Using Surface Profiles
11 Click Home tab Layers panel Layer drop-down. Next to the PROF-ROAD-FGCL-PL layer, click . Click in the drawing to exit the Layer Control list. To continue to the next tutorial, go to Using Surface Profiles (page 279). Tutorial: Using Surface Profiles This tutorial demonstrates how to create surface profiles and display them in a profile view.
Page 292: Exercise 1: Creating And Displaying Surface Profiles With Offsets
Exercise 1: Creating and Displaying Surface Profiles with Offsets In this exercise, you will create a surface profile from an existing surface. After creating the profile and several offsets, you will create a profile view to display the profiles. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Creating Surface Profiles.
Page 293 8 In the Profile List, in the Update Mode column, for the left offset, change the value to Static. This option specifies that the left offset reflects the surface elevations at the time of its creation. It will not update to reflect future changes in the surface.
Page 294: Exercise 2: Changing The Profile Style
8 Repeat Steps 6 and 7 for the other two profiles. 9 Click Create Profile View. 10 In the drawing, pan and zoom to a blank area at the lower right of the surface. Click at a suitable location for the lower left corner of the profile view grid.
Page 295 Create a profile view 1 Open Profile-2B.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). 2 Click Home tab Profile & Section Views panel Profile View Drop-down Create Profile View. 3 In the Create Profile View wizard, on the General page, under Select Alignment, click Ridge Road.
Page 296 Change a profile style 1 Select the PV - (1) profile view grid. Right-click. Click Profile View Properties. 2 Click the Profiles tab. On this tab, you can change properties of a profile line after it has been drawn in a profile view. 3 On the Profiles tab, scroll until you can see the Style and Override Style columns.
Page 297: Exercise 3: Reviewing Surface Profile Characteristics
profile view, but did not change the profile style. You can use a style override to preserve the profile style within a profile view, protecting it from later style changes. Further exploration: In the Profile View Properties dialog box, clear the Override Style check box for the left offset.
Page 298 For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Editing Profile Curve and Tangent Parameter Values. This exercise continues from Exercise 2: Changing the Profile Style (page 282). Examine the profile view characteristics 1 Open Profile-2C.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819).
Page 299: Tutorial: Using Layout Profiles
Because this line is a static profile, and detached from the surface, you can edit it in various ways, including copying and moving it. You would not edit this line if you wanted to preserve it as a snapshot of the surface at a particular time.
Page 300: Exercise 1: Creating A Layout Profile
Vertical curves can be one of two basic types: crest curves or sag curves. A crest curve exists at a hilltop, or wherever the incoming tangent has a higher grade than the outgoing tangent. There are three types of crest curves: a positive to negative grade transition, positive to positive, and negative to negative.
Page 301 3 In the Profile View Properties dialog box, on the Profiles tab, clear the Draw check boxes for the right offset and left offset profiles. The Profiles tab displays all existing profiles for a given horizontal alignment, both surface profiles and layout profiles. You can use the Draw check boxes to specify which profiles to display in the profile view.
Page 302 6 In the Profile Label Set dialog box, on the Labels tab, specify the following parameters: Type: Horizontal Geometry Points Profile Horizontal Geometry Point: Station & Type 7 Click Add. 8 In the Geometry Points dialog box, examine the geometry points that can be labeled.
Page 303 4 In the Profile Layout Tools toolbar, ensure that Draw Tangents With Curves is selected. You are now ready to draw the layout profile by clicking in the drawing at the proposed locations of PVIs. At each PVI, the application inserts a curve.
Page 304: Exercise 2: Editing A Layout Profile
8 Zoom and pan along the layout profile to examine the labels. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Editing a Layout Profile (page 292). Exercise 2: Editing a Layout Profile In this exercise, you will modify the layout profile by using grips and entering specific attribute values.
Page 305 profile. Subsequent rows provide data about the PVIs. The last row provides data about the end point. 5 Examine the Grade In and Grade Out columns with the aim of reducing one or more of the steeper grades in the profile. Notice that the Grade Out value for one PVI is the same as the Grade In value for the next PVI.
Page 306: Exercise 3: Copying A Profile And Offsetting It Vertically
Notice that the affected attributes update in the Profile Entities vista and Profile Layout Parameters window. Further exploration: Click another grip and move it to a new location. Note how other grips react. 3 Click the triangular grip at the curve midpoint. 4 Move the cursor to a new location closer to or farther from the PVI, then click.
Page 307 2 In profile view PV-1, select the red layout profile. Right-click. Click Edit Profile Geometry. 3 In the Profile Layout Tools toolbar, click .Copy Profile 4 In the Copy Profile Data dialog box, specify the following parameters: To use more advanced features of the product, you will make the profile copy shorter than the original.
Page 308 TIP Instead of removing a profile from the profile view, you can try selecting a profile to move it. However, the process described here is more reliable with overlapping profiles. 3 Click OK. The Profile View Properties dialog box closes and the profile view is redrawn, showing the copy of part of the layout profile.
Page 309: Tutorial: Designing A Profile That Refers To Local Standards
To continue to the next tutorial, go to Designing a Profile that Refers to Local Standards (page 297). Tutorial: Designing a Profile that Refers to Local Standards This tutorial demonstrates how to validate that your profile design meets criteria specified by a local agency. To create a profile using design criteria, you use the same basic workflow that you use to create a profile without design criteria.
Page 310: Exercise 1: Specifying Profile Design Criteria
to validate profile design criteria other than minimum K values. To apply a design check to a profile, you must add it to a design check set. NOTE For detailed exercises on creating design checks and modifying the design criteria file, see the Designing an Alignment that Refers to Local Standards tutorial (page 248).
Page 311: Exercise 2: Drawing A Profile That Refers To Design Criteria
6 Under Use Design Check Set, click the arrow next to . Click Create New. In the next few steps, you will create a new design check set to validate that the sag and crest curves meet a minimum length value. 7 In the Profile Design Check Set dialog box, on the Information tab, for Name, enter Profile Curve Length.
Page 312 Draw profile tangents NOTE This exercise uses Profile-4A.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous exercise. 1 On the Profile Layout Tools toolbar, ensure that Draw Tangents selected. 2 In the profile view, snap to the center of each of the circles that are labeled A through E.
Page 313: Exercise 3: Viewing And Correcting Profile Design Criteria Violations
Add a free curve that meets the design standards 1 On the profile view, click the tangent that enters Circle D on the left (the “first entity”). 2 Click the tangent that exits Circle D on the right (the “next entity”). 3 Press Enter to accept the minimum radius value that is displayed on the command line.
Page 314 NOTE The warning symbols do not automatically scale when you zoom in. Enter REGEN on the command line to resize the warning symbols. 3 Hover the cursor over the symbol in Circle C. The tooltips are a convenient way to review design criteria violations in the drawing window.
Page 315 Warning symbols appear next to each value that violates the design criteria that are specified in the design criteria file. 7 In row 2, hover the cursor over the warning symbol in the No. column. Notice that the tooltip displays the design criteria and design checks that have been violated.
Page 316: Tutorial: Displaying And Modifying Profile Views
2 In the Profile Entities vista, click row No. 2, which is the curve entity in Circle B. 3 In the Profile Layout Parameters window, on the Layout Parameters panel, change the Length Value to 30.000m. Press Enter. warning symbol is cleared from the Design Checks panel, but not from the K Value row or the Profile Entities vista.
Page 317: Exercise 1: Editing The Profile View Style
Multiple profile views are most useful when you are creating final construction documents from your design. For best results, design your profile in a single profile view, then use the plan production tools to create multiple profile views. When you must annotate centerline and offset profiles extensively, you can create stacked profile views, in which each profile line is displayed in a separate profile view grid.
Page 318 5 Click Edit Current Selection. 6 In the Profile View Style dialog box, examine the contents of the various tabs to see the many settings that can be included in a style definition. For example, on the Title Annotation tab, you can change the format and location of the profile view title.
Page 319 Notice that in the drawing, there is now one full major grid between the profiles and the profile view extents. 4 Under Grid Options, select Clip Vertical Grid and Clip Horizontal Grid. Under both selections, select Omit Grid In Padding Areas. Notice that the graphics in the dialog box change to demonstrate the effect the setting has on the profile view.
Page 320 NOTE If the style changes have not been applied to the profile view, enter REGEN at the command line. Modify the axis annotation in the profile view style 1 Pan and zoom to see the upper left corner of the profile view grid. Zoom in so you can clearly see the tick marks on the horizontal and vertical axes.
Page 321 NOTE The bottom axis controls the major and minor grid spacing. 4 Under Major Tick Details, specify the following parameters: Tick Size: 0.2500 Y Offset: 0.1000 5 Click Apply. The major ticks are longer, and the station labels move up. 6 On the Vertical Axes tab, make sure Left is selected as the axis to control.
Page 322: Exercise 2: Adding Hatch Patterns Between Profiles
X Offset: -0.1000 8 Click OK. The ticks are longer, and the elevation labels move to the left. Further exploration: Experiment with the other settings in the Major Tick Details area. Make the same changes you made in the previous steps to the right axis.
Page 323 Hatch patterns can be applied to areas that are formed by two profile lines. Hatch patterns are applied in the Profile View Properties dialog box. You can either specify the area type, or use an existing quantity takeoff criteria. You use shape styles to apply the desired hatch patterns and colors to the areas you have defined.
Page 324 2 Click the Profile View PV - (3) grid to select the profile view. Right-click. Click Profile View Properties. Define a cut area hatch 1 In the Profile View Properties dialog box, on the Hatch tab, click Cut Area. A Cut - (1) area is displayed in the Hatch Area table. For Upper Boundary, the first surface profile in the list is automatically assigned.
Page 325 Define a fill area hatch 1 In the Profile View Properties dialog box, on the Hatch tab, click Fill Area. A Fill - (1) area is displayed in the Hatch Area table. For Upper Boundary, the first layout profile in the list is automatically assigned. For Lower Boundary, the first surface profile in the list is assigned automatically.
Page 326: Exercise 3: Projecting Objects Onto A Profile View
6 In the Select Color dialog box, for Color, enter 92. Click OK. 7 In the Component Hatch Display table, for Pattern, click the Dash entry. 8 In the Hatch Pattern dialog box, for Pattern Name, select Cross. 9 Click OK four times. The Profile View Properties dialog box closes, and the new hatch pattern is displayed in the fill areas between the profiles.
Page 327 For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Working with Projected Objects. Project multi-view blocks onto a profile view 1 Open Profile-5C.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). Two viewports are displayed in this drawing. A plan view of COGO points that represent an existing road, and a proposed corridor is displayed in the left viewport.
Page 328 All the light posts along the proposed road corridor are selected. When you insert a multi-view block into a drawing, it is created as a standard AutoCAD block. Before it can be projected onto a profile view, a multi-view block must be exploded from its original AutoCAD block form.
Page 329 Project COGO points and 3D polylines onto a profile view 1 In the left viewport, select the three COGO points that are along the proposed road centerline. Exercise 3: Projecting Objects onto a Profile View | 317...
Page 330 2 Click Home tab Profile & Section Views panel Profile View drop-down Project Objects To Profile View. 3 In the right viewport, click the profile view grid. 4 In the Project Objects To Profile View dialog box, click Pick Objects. 5 In the left viewport, zoom out and select each of the blue 3D polylines that represent the front of building footprints.
Page 331 The COGO points and building 3D polylines are displayed in the profile view. Edit the projected object elevation 1 In the left viewport, select the 3D polyline in parcel 101. 2 On the command line, enter LIST. In the AutoCAD Text Window, notice that the elevation values for the polyline vertices are approximately 38.
Page 332 4 In the right viewport, select the 3D polyline that crosses between stations 0+060 and 0+080. When you select the 3D polyline in the profile view, notice that the 3D polyline in plan view is highlighted. 5 Drag the left grip down toward the bottom of the profile view.
Page 333: Exercise 4: Splitting A Profile View
NOTE Like other AutoCAD Civil 3D labels, label parameters are changed by selecting the desired label, and then using the Labels contextual tab on the ribbon. 2 In the Profile View Properties dialog box, on the Projections tab, clear 3D Polylines check box. 3 Click Apply.
Page 334 Profile View Style: Standard 4 On the left side of the wizard, click Profile View Height. 5 On the Profile View Height page, specify the following parameters: Profile View Height: User Specified Maximum: 670.00’ Split Profile View: Selected The split profile view controls are now available. These controls allow you to select separate profile view styles for the first, intermediate, and last segments of the split profile view.
Page 335 Modify the properties of the split profile view 1 In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand the Alignments Centerline Alignments Ridge Road Profile Views collections. Notice that a single new profile view (PV - (4)) was created. 2 On the Prospector tab, right-click PV - (4). Click Properties. 3 In the Profile View Properties dialog box, on the Elevations tab, under Elevation Range, change the Height to 15.000’.
Page 336: Exercise 5: Creating Multiple Profile Views
Exercise 5: Creating Multiple Profile Views In this exercise, you will produce a set of profile views to display short, successive segments of a profile. Multiple profile views are most useful when you are creating final construction documents from your design. For best results, design your profile in a single profile view, then use the plan production tools to create multiple profile views for plotting or publishing.
Page 337 7 On the Profile View Height page, specify the following parameters: Profile View Height: User Specified User Specified: 50.00’ Profile View Datum By: Mean Elevation This option specifies that the profile lines will be positioned in the profile based on the mean of the highest and lowest elevation value of the profiles that are drawn in the grid.
Page 338: Exercise 6: Creating Stacked Profile Views
16 On the Multiple Plot Options page, set Maximum in a Row to 4. 17 Click Create Profile Views. 18 When prompted, pan and zoom to a clear area in the drawing window, then click to create the profile views. 19 In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand the Alignments, Oak Road, and Profile Views collections.
Page 339 For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Working with Profile Views. This exercise continues from Exercise 5: Creating Multiple Profile Views (page 324). Create stacked profile views 1 Open Profile-5F.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819).
Page 340 3 In the Create Profile View wizard, on the General page, specify the following parameters: Select Alignment: North-South Road Show Offset Profiles By Vertically Stacking Profile Views: Selected The graphic at the bottom of the page changes color to indicate that the option is active.
Page 341 10 In the Specify Profile Display Options table, select the Draw check box for the following profiles: EG Left Offset EOP Left 11 In the Select Stacked View To Specify Options For list, select Bottom View. 12 In the Specify Profile Display Options table, select the Draw check box for the following profiles: EG Right Offset EOP Right...
Page 342: Tutorial: Working With Data Bands
W-E Pipe - (2) W-E Structure - (1) W-E Structure - (2) 21 In the Select Stacked View To Specify Options For list, select Top View. 22 In the Select Pipe Networks To Draw In Profile View list, select the Select check box.
Page 343: Exercise 1: Adding Data Bands To A Profile View
For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Adding Data Bands to a Profile View. Exercise 1: Adding Data Bands to a Profile View In this exercise, you will add data bands along the bottom of a profile view. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Adding Data Bands to a Profile View.
Page 344 5 Click Apply. The new data band is displayed at the bottom of the stack of data bands. This data band labels the vertical geometry points of the first profile in the list. In this case, the existing ground profile was selected by default. You will change the referenced profile later in this exercise.
Page 345 9 In the Profile View Properties dialog box, on the Bands tab, specify the following parameters: Band Type: Profile Data Select Band Style: Horizontal and Vertical Geometry Point Distance Location: Bottom Of Profile View 10 Click Add. In the Geometry Points To Label In Band dialog box, you can specify the individual horizontal and vertical geometry points to label using the current style.
Page 346 Change the profiles referenced in data bands 1 In the List Of Bands table, in the Profile1 column, change the value to Layout (1) for the Profile Data band at the bottom of the list. 2 Click Apply. Now, the Profile Data band shows elevations of both the existing ground and finished grade profile at each major station.
Page 347 3 For the Vertical Geometry band, change the Profile1 setting to Layout - (1). 4 Click Apply. Now, this band shows the length of each grade segment along the layout profile. Rearrange the data bands 1 In the table of bands list, select the Vertical Geometry band. Click twice, then click Apply.
Page 348: Exercise 2: Moving Labels In A Data Band
To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Moving Labels in a Data Band (page 336). Exercise 2: Moving Labels in a Data Band In this exercise, you will learn how to rearrange labels in data bands. Data band labels may overlap one another if the points they label are close together.
Page 349 The horizontal and vertical geometry labels overlap in this area. 3 Select one of the geometry labels in this band. Right-click. Click Properties. 4 In the Properties palette, under Staggering, specify the following parameters: Auto Stagger: Stagger Both Sides Stagger Line Height: 0.0250 The band labels are evenly spaced along the data band, and leader lines are created to the label anchor points.
Page 350 Move data band labels 1 In the bottom data band, Ctrl+click the following label. 2 Drag the grip down and to the right. Click to place the label. 3 Click the grip. Drag the grip to the left. Click to place the grip. A new vertex is added to the label leader line.
Page 351: Exercise 3: Modifying A Data Band Style
4 Repeat Steps 1 through 3 to move the labels that are to the left of the one you just moved. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 3: Modifying a Data Band Style (page 339). Exercise 3: Modifying a Data Band Style In this exercise, you will learn how to change the data that is displayed in a data band.
Page 352 Notice that in the bottom, Vertical Geometry band, the labels in the uphill tangents are obscured by the tangents. 2 Select the profile grid. Right-click. Click Profile View Properties. 3 In the Profile View Properties dialog box, on the Bands tab, in the Location field, select Bottom Of Profile View.
Page 353: Parcels Tutorials
Parcels Tutorials These tutorials will get you started creating and editing parcels. Parcel objects in AutoCAD Civil 3D are typically used to represent real estate parcels, such as lots in a subdivision. NOTE All drawings used in these tutorials are available in the tutorial drawings folder (page .
Page 354 Parcel layout tools are available to create and edit parcels with precision. You will learn more about the Parcel Layout tools in later AutoCAD Civil 3D tutorial exercises. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Creating Parcels from Objects.
Page 355 4 In the Create Parcels – From Objects dialog box, specify the following parameters: Site: Site 1 Parcel Style: Single-Family Area Label Style: Parcel Number And Area NOTE Parcels must have area labels, but segment labels are optional. Automatically Add Segment Labels: Selected Erase Existing Entities: Selected 5 Click OK.
Page 356 Change the parcel numbering 1 Click a parcel number to select it. Click Parcel tab Modify panel Renumber/Rename 2 In the Renumber/Rename Parcels dialog box, specify the following parameters: Renumber: Selected Starting Number: 101 Increment Value: 1 3 Click OK. 4 To specify a start point, click to top-most parcel.
Page 357: Exercise 2: Subdividing A Parcel With A Free-Form Segment
To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Subdividing a Parcel with a Free-Form Segment (page 345). Exercise 2: Subdividing a Parcel with a Free-Form Segment In this exercise, you will successively subdivide a parcel with segments that can be placed along any lot line. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Creating Parcels by Layout.
Page 358 3 On the Parcel Layout Tools toolbar, click Free Form Create. 4 In the Create Parcels - Layout dialog box, click OK. 5 In the drawing, snap to the endpoint shown in the following image. Notice that frontage does not need to be specified. 6 To specify the lot line direction, move the cursor straight up, and snap to the intersection of the back lot line.
Page 359 The new parcel is created and labeled. 7 Repeat Steps 5 and 6 to create another lot line as shown in the following image. Exercise 2: Subdividing a Parcel with a Free-Form Segment | 347...
Page 360: Exercise 3: Subdividing A Parcel With A Slide Line
8 Press Esc to end the command. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 3: Subdividing a Parcel with a Slide Line (page 348). Exercise 3: Subdividing a Parcel with a Slide Line In this exercise, you will successively subdivide a parcel with segments that are defined by their angle at the frontage.
Page 361 Specify parcel creation settings 1 Open Parcel-1C.dwg, which is available in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). 2 Click Home tab Create Design panel Parcel drop-down Parcel Creation Tools 3 On the Parcel Layout Tools toolbar, click 4 Specify the following parameters: As you specify each parameter, notice that a preview graphic is displayed at the bottom of the Parcel Layout Tools window.
Page 362 Create individual parcels using a slide line 1 In the Parcel Layout Tools toolbar, click Slide Line – Create. 2 In the Create Parcels – Layout dialog box, for Parcel Style, select Single-Family. Leave other settings at their default values. Click OK. 3 Click the area label for parcel Single-Family: 101.
Page 363 Preview graphics of the parcel creation parameters and proposed solution are displayed. The graphics are similar to those that were displayed while you were specifying parcel creation parameters in the Parcel Layout Tools window. 6 Press Enter. The new parcel is created and labeled, and a preview of the next parcel is displayed in the drawing.
Page 364 Create multiple parcels simultaneously 1 In the Parcel Layout Tools toolbar, click Slide Line – Create. 2 Under Automatic Layout, specify the following parameters: Automatic Mode: On Remainder Distribution: Place Remainder In Last Parcel 3 Click the area label for the large parcel on the south side of the site. 4 Specify the start and end points of the parcel frontage as shown in the following image.
Page 365 5 Enter a frontage angle of 90 degrees. A preview of the proposed parcels is displayed. Exercise 3: Subdividing a Parcel with a Slide Line | 353...
Page 366 6 Press Enter. The new parcels are created and labeled. NOTE You will correct the placement of some of the lot lines in the Editing Parcel Data (page 361) tutorial. 354 | Chapter 10 Parcels Tutorials...
Page 367: Exercise 4: Subdividing A Parcel With A Swing Line
7 Press Esc to end the command. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 4: Subdividing a Parcel with a Swing Line (page 355). Exercise 4: Subdividing a Parcel with a Swing Line In this exercise, you will subdivide a parcel with a segment that swings from a reference point on the back line.
Page 368 Specify parcel creation settings 1 Open Parcel-1D.dwg, which is available in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). 2 Click Home tab Create Design panel Parcel drop-down Parcel Creation Tools 3 On the Parcel Layout Tools toolbar, click 4 Specify the following parameters: As you specify each parameter, notice that a preview graphic is displayed at the bottom of the Parcel Layout Tools window.
Page 369 3 In the drawing, select the area label of the large parcel in the northeast corner of the site. 4 Specify the start and end points of the parcel frontage as shown in the following image. Notice that when you move the cursor to specify the end point, a yellow line displays the proposed frontage.
Page 370 6 Press Enter to create the parcel. The new parcel is created and labeled. 358 | Chapter 10 Parcels Tutorials...
Page 371: Exercise 5: Working With Alignments And Parcels
7 Press Esc to end the command. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 5: Working with Alignments and Parcels (page 359). Exercise 5: Working with Alignments and Parcels In this exercise, you will create an alignment outside of a site and move existing alignments out of sites.
Page 372 Examine alignments in a site 1 Open Parcel-1E.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). This drawing contains five roads off of a main West-East road. The two Northern side roads have centerline alignments, each of which created a parcel in the roadway and cul-de-sac center island.
Page 373: Tutorial: Editing Parcel Data
2 In the Move To Site dialog box, make sure that the Destination Site is set to <None>. 3 Click OK. Notice that in Toolspace on the Prospector tab, Alignment - (4) has moved to the top-level Alignments collection. In the drawing window, the parcel label and hatching has been removed from the cul-de-sac center island.
Page 374: Exercise 1: Sliding A Parcel Lot Line
editing tools to edit only attached lot lines. In this tutorial, you will learn how to use two precise editing tools: The Slide Angle Edit tool slides a lot line at a specified angle through a selected parcel until a target area is enclosed. The Swing Line Edit tool swings a lot line from a specified point through a selected parcel until a target area is enclosed.
Page 375 Frontage Offset: 20.0000 Minimum Width: 40.0000 Minimum Depth: 50.0000 Use Maximum Depth: Yes Maximum Depth: 200.0000 Multiple Solution Preference: Use Smallest Area Automatic Layout Automatic Mode: Off Remainder Distribution: Place Remainder In Last Parcel Slide a parcel lot line 1 In the Parcel Layout Tools toolbar, click Slide Line - Edit.
Page 376 5 Specify the parcel frontage as shown in the following image. 364 | Chapter 10 Parcels Tutorials...
Page 377 6 Enter a frontage angle of 90. Preview graphics of the parcel creation parameters and proposed solution are displayed. The displayed solution slides the lot line along the frontage at the angle specified. The proposed solution encloses an area that meets the parcel creation parameters you specified at the beginning of this exercise.
Page 378 7 Press Enter. 366 | Chapter 10 Parcels Tutorials...
Page 379 Further exploration: Use Steps 3 through 8 to move the lot lines that are between parcels 108, 109, and 110 to match the parcel layout of parcels 101, 102, and 103. Exercise 1: Sliding a Parcel Lot Line | 367...
Page 380: Exercise 2: Swinging One End Of A Parcel Lot Line
8 Press Esc to end the command. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Swinging One End of a Parcel Lot Line (page 368). Exercise 2: Swinging One End of a Parcel Lot Line In this exercise, you will resize a parcel by swinging an attached lot line from a specified reference point.
Page 381 2 Click Home tab Create Design panel Parcel drop-down Parcel Creation Tools 3 On the Parcel Layout Tools toolbar, click 4 Specify the following parameters: As you specify each parameter, notice that a preview graphic is displayed at the bottom of the Parcel Layout Tools window. Parcel Sizing Minimum Area: 8000.00 Minimum Frontage: 40.0000...
Page 382 5 Specify the parcel frontage as shown in the following image. 370 | Chapter 10 Parcels Tutorials...
Page 383 NOTE You must turn off OSNAP to perform the following step. 6 Move the cursor to the approximate location in the following image. Exercise 2: Swinging One End of a Parcel Lot Line | 371...
Page 384 7 Click to place the reference point. Preview graphics of the parcel creation parameters and proposed solution are displayed. The displayed solution swings the lot line along the reference point. The proposed solution encloses an area that meets the parcel creation parameters you specified at the beginning of this exercise. 372 | Chapter 10 Parcels Tutorials...
Page 385 8 Press Enter. Exercise 2: Swinging One End of a Parcel Lot Line | 373...
Page 386 Further exploration: Use Steps 3 through 8 to move the lot line that is between parcels 106 and 107. 374 | Chapter 10 Parcels Tutorials...
Page 387: Exercise 3: Editing Parcel Lot Line Geometry
9 Press Esc to end the command. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 3: Editing Parcel Lot Line Geometry (page 375). Exercise 3: Editing Parcel Lot Line Geometry In this exercise, you will use the feature line editing tools to modify parcel lot line geometry.
Page 388 This exercise continues from Exercise 2: Swinging One End of a Parcel Lot Line (page 368). Add a point of intersection to a parcel lot line 1 Open Parcel-2C.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). 2 Select the back lot line that is shared by parcels 105 and 106. 3 Click Parcel Segment tab Modify panel Edit Geometry.
Page 389 The back lot line now has a point of intersection at the point at which the parcels meet. With a PI in this location, you can edit the lot line on one of the parcels without affecting the other. Grip edit a parcel lot line 1 In the drawing, select the lot line that separates parcel 104 and 105.
Page 390 Notice that the area of parcel 105 has changed. However, there is now an unnecessary lot line remaining to the North of the parcel. You will delete the unnecessary portion of that lot line in the following steps. Trim an extraneous parcel lot line 1 Click Parcel Segment tab Edit Geometry panel Trim.
Page 391 4 Press Enter to end the command. Break a parcel lot line 1 Click Parcel Segment tab Edit Geometry panel Break. 2 Select the back lot line that is shared by parcels 106 through 110. 3 On the command line, enter F to specify the first point to break. 4 In the drawing, snap to the intersection of the back lot line and the lot line that separates parcels 107 and 108.
Page 392 5 Press Enter. Two lot lines are created, separated at the point you specified. Join two parcel lot lines 1 Click Parcel Segment tab Edit Geometry panel Join. 2 In the drawing, click the two lot lines that form the southeast corner of parcel 106.
Page 393: Tutorial: Displaying And Analyzing Parcels
4 Press Enter twice to end the command. To continue to the next tutorial, go to Displaying and Analyzing Parcels (page 381). Tutorial: Displaying and Analyzing Parcels This tutorial demonstrates using parcel styles and display order to control the appearance of parcels, and exporting reports to analyze parcel data. The parcel display order, which is set in the Site Parcel Properties dialog box, controls the display of shared parcel segments.
Page 394: Exercise 1: Changing Parcel Style Display Order
For a tutorial on using the AutoCAD Civil 3D survey tools to perform a mapcheck analysis, see the Outputting Survey Information (page 171). Exercise 1: Changing Parcel Style Display Order In this exercise, you will control the display of overlapping parcel lines. Parcel style display order in AutoCAD Civil 3D controls which lot lines are visible where different types overlap.
Page 395 3 In the Parcel Style Display Order list, select Standard and click to move it to the top of the stack. 4 Click Apply. After the model regenerates, notice that the blue Standard lot lines have overwritten the pink ones for Single-Family lots. Exercise 1: Changing Parcel Style Display Order | 383...
Page 396 5 Repeat steps 3 and 4, but give the Property style the highest display order. This setting displays a light blue line around the extents of the site. 384 | Chapter 10 Parcels Tutorials...
Page 397: Exercise 2: Exporting Parcel Data
Further exploration: Change the display order again, moving the Road (Local) parcels to the top of the display order, then moving them to a position between Standard and Single-Family. These settings change the display of the curved road edges. 6 Click OK. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Exporting Parcel Data (page 385).
Page 398 This exercise continues from Exercise 1: Changing Parcel Style Display Order (page 382). To export parcel data NOTE This exercise uses Parcel-3A.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous exercise. 1 On the Toolspace Prospector tab, expand Sites Site 1 Parcels.
Page 399: Chapter 11 Grading Tutorials
Grading Tutorials These tutorials will get you started with adjusting grading settings, creating gradings, and editing gradings to balance cut and fill volumes. A grading object in AutoCAD Civil 3D, like an alignment or a surface, has its own properties and behaviors.
Page 400: Exercise 1: Reviewing Grading Settings
Exercise 1: Reviewing Grading Settings In this exercise, you will learn how to use grading settings. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Changing Grading Settings. Review grading settings 1 Open Grading-1.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819).
Page 401 Create a criteria set NOTE This exercise uses Grading-1.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous exercise. 1 In Toolspace, on the Settings tab, expand the Grading collection. 2 Expand the Grading Criteria Sets collection. The Grading Criteria Sets collection displays the existing grading sets for the drawing.
Page 402 Create a second grading criteria 1 Create a second criteria by repeating the previous procedure. However, use the name Surface @ 4-1 Slope and set the following values for the criteria: Target: Surface Projection: Cut/Fill Slope Search Order: Cut First Set the following values for both the Cut Slope Projection and Fill Slope Projection property groups: Format: Slope...
Page 403: Exercise 3: Creating Grading Styles
When you create a criteria by copying, the new criteria name must be unique within the drawing, regardless of criteria set. To continue this tutorial, continue to Exercise 3: Creating Grading Styles (page 391). Exercise 3: Creating Grading Styles In this exercise, you will create a new grading style and slope pattern. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Using Grading Style.
Page 404: Tutorial: Creating Gradings
Further exploration: For Component 1, in the Slope Line section, change Percent Of Length to a higher value. You can see the results in the Preview pane. 10 Click OK. The new Ditch Slope pattern is selected for the Ditch grading style.
Page 405 A feature line can be used as a grading baseline, but not as a target. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Creating Feature Lines. This exercise continues from the Setting Up Grading Standards (page 387) tutorial. Create feature lines from AutoCAD objects NOTE This exercise uses Grading-1.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous tutorial, or you can open Grading-2.dwg from the...
Page 406 4 In the Apply Feature Line Names dialog box, place the cursor at the beginning of the Name field. Enter ABC. The Name field should contain ABC <[Next Counter]> Click OK. 5 In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand Sites Site 1.
Page 407: Exercise 2: Assigning Feature Line Elevations
9 In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand Sites Site 1. Select the Feature Lines collection. Notice that the three feature lines you created are displayed in the list view. You can use this box to edit the feature lines’ name, style, and layer, and view other properties of all the feature lines.
Page 408 In the next few steps, you will insert an elevation point on the feature line. Insert an elevation point on a feature line 1 In the Grading Elevation Editor, click (Insert Elevation Point). On feature line AB, you see a small circle and a tooltip that shows the station value and elevation of the point.
Page 409: Exercise 3: Creating A Grading
Drape a feature line on a surface 1 If necessary, press Esc once or twice to deselect feature line AB. 2 Click Modify tab Edit Elevations panel Elevations From Surface. 3 In the Set Elevations From Surface dialog box, click OK. 4 Click feature line BC, then right-click and click Enter to end the command.
Page 410 Create a grading group and specify grading creation settings NOTE This exercise uses Grading-2.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous exercise, or you can open Grading-3.dwg from the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). 1 Click Home tab Create Design panel Grading drop-down Grading Creation Tools...
Page 411 one side of a ditch, extending down from the baseline at a 6% grade for a distance of 10 feet. 5 Press Esc to end the command. In the next few steps, you will create another grading from the target line of the first grading to the existing surface.
Page 412: Tutorial: Editing Gradings
NOTE The Event Viewer might notify you that duplicate points have been ignored. A surface was created from the two gradings, which share a common feature, and therefore share point data. The daylight line of the first grading is the baseline of the second grading. When the surface is created, the data from the points was extracted for each grading.
Page 413 3 In the drawing, select the baseline for the grading (rectangular line). NOTE The surface style for the building pad grading has borders turned off, making it easier to select the baseline. Otherwise, the surface border would be on top of the baseline. The Elevation Editor shows the following grading settings for each corner of the feature line in a clockwise direction.
Page 414: Exercise 2: Balancing Cut And Fill Volumes
The first two points are set to the same grade, and the shape of the grading changes in response to the elevation change. Flattening the grade holds the elevation values of the first and last selected points and modifies elevations of the points in between. 3 Click Show Grade Breaks Only.
Page 415: Exercise 3: Editing The Grading Criteria
for Cut, Fill, and Net show that the grading as designed requires the net cutting and removal of a large volume of surface material. 2 Click Raise the Grading Group to raise the building pad elevation by one foot. Note the changes to cut and fill requirements. Further exploration: You can also click Lower the Grading Group and you can change the elevation increment to a value other than 1.0.
Page 416: Tutorial: Grading From A Complex Building Footprint
This exercise uses the drawing Grading-3A.dwg, which contains two grading groups that use the same grading criteria. Edit the grading criteria 1 Open Grading-3A.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). 2 Click Modify tab Design panel Grading.
Page 417: Exercise 1: Simplifying A Building Footprint
The drawing used in this tutorial contains a surface and a building pad that consists of two tiers connected by a small ramp. The elevation of the top portion of the building pad is 402 feet, and the bottom portion is 400 feet. Projection grading, also known as slope grading, involves projecting a slope from a feature line to a specified target.
Page 418 For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Editing Feature Lines. Create a stepped offset feature line 1 Open Grading-6.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). 2 On the command line, enter OffsetGapType. Enter 1 as the value. The OffsetGapType variable controls how potential gaps between segments are treated when closed polylines, such as the building pad feature line, are offset.
Page 419 Add fillets to the feature line 1 Click Modify tab Edit Geometry panel Fillet 2 Click the offset feature line when prompted to select an object. 3 On the command line, enter R to specify a radius for the fillet. Enter 15.000 as the radius value.
Page 420: Exercise 2: Grading From A Building Footprint To A Surface
5 Press Enter twice to end the command. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Grading from a Building Footprint to a Surface (page 408). Exercise 2: Grading from a Building Footprint to a Surface In this exercise, you will grade from the simplified, offset footprint to the existing ground surface.
Page 421 Create a grading group and specify grading creation settings NOTE This exercise uses Grading-6.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous exercise. 1 Click Home tab Create Design panel Grading drop-down Grading Creation Tools 2 On the Grading Creation Tools toolbar, click Set The Grading Group.
Page 422: Exercise 3: Filling Holes In A Grading
6 Press Enter to accept the default 2.00:1 Cut Slope. 7 Press Enter to accept the default Slope Fill Format. 8 Press Enter to accept the default 2.00:1 Fill Slope. 9 Press Esc to end the command. The stepped offset feature line is graded to the EG surface. Notice that while the cut and fill slopes are shown in red and green, there are still open areas inside the grading group.
Page 423 Create infill gradings NOTE This exercise uses Grading-6.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous exercise. 1 On the Grading Creation Tools toolbar, from the Select A Grading Criteria list, select Grade To Distance. NOTE Although an infill has no criteria, you select its grading style from an existing criteria.
Page 424: Tutorial: Using Feature Lines To Modify A Grading
To continue to the next tutorial, go to Using Feature Lines to Modify a Grading (page 412). Tutorial: Using Feature Lines to Modify a Grading This tutorial demonstrates how to use feature lines to control grading around inside corners. Feature line grading involves creating a set of feature lines to define the graded region as surface breaklines, and then adjusting the elevation of key points to control the shape of the surface.
Page 425 Modify feature line arc tessellation NOTE This exercise uses Grading-6.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous exercise, or you can open Grading-7.dwg from the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). 1 Click the right viewport to make it active. 2 Click View tab Views panel Visual Styles drop-down...
Page 426: Exercise 2: Adjusting Grading Triangulation With A Feature Line
In the left viewport, notice that the triangulation of the arcs along the ramp has improved. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Adjusting Grading Triangulation with a Feature Line (page 414). Exercise 2: Adjusting Grading Triangulation with a Feature Line In this exercise, you will use a feature line to break a poorly triangulated grading surface.
Page 427: Exercise 3: Working With Crossing Feature Lines
3 Click Home tab Create Design panel Feature Line drop-down Create Feature Lines From Objects 4 Click the polyline between Circles A, B, and C. Press Enter. 5 In the Create Feature Lines dialog box, under Site Name, make sure that Grading - Building Pad is selected.
Page 428 To work with crossing feature lines NOTE This exercise uses Grading-7.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous exercise, or you can open Grading-8.dwg from the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). 1 In the right viewport, select feature line ABC. Right-click. Click Elevation Editor.
Page 429 to the same grade, effectively eliminating the grade breaks. You may flatten either the entire feature line, or a selection of points. 4 In the row, in the Elevation column, change the elevation value to 402.00’. 5 In the Grading Elevation Editor, click Select A Feature Line, Parcel Line, Or Survey Figure.
Page 430 8 In the Grading Elevation Editor, in the row, change the Elevation value to 400.00’. 9 In the right viewport, select feature line ABC. Using the grip inside Circle A, move the beginning point of the feature line toward the lower left of Circle A.
Page 431 13 In the Flatten dialog box, select Constant Grade. Click OK. The grade flattens, and the elevations updates to accommodate the new grade. Exercise 3: Working with Crossing Feature Lines | 419...
Page 433: Chapter 12 Corridor Assembly Tutorials
Corridor Assembly Tutorials These tutorials will get you started working with the corridor assemblies, which create the primary structure of AutoCAD Civil 3D corridor models. The tutorials in this section demonstrate common tasks for working with corridor assemblies for any application. You will learn how to build assemblies for specific types of corridors, including divided highways and corridors with transition lanes, in the Corridors Tutorials (page 459).
Page 434: Exercise 1: Creating An Assembly
Divided highway assembly (page 472) For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Creating Assemblies. Exercise 1: Creating an Assembly In this exercise, you will use some of the subassemblies that are shipped with AutoCAD Civil 3D to create an assembly for a basic crowned roadway with travel lanes, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, and slopes to an existing surface.
Page 435 Add a lane subassembly 1 If the Tool Palette containing the subassemblies is not visible, click Home Palettes panel Tool Palettes 2 In the tool palette, right-click the Tool Palettes control bar. Click Civil Metric Subassemblies. 3 Click the Lanes tab. 4 Click LaneOutsideSuper.
Page 436 Add a curb subassembly 1 In the Tool Palettes window, on the Curbs tab, click UrbanCurbGutterGeneral. 2 In the drawing, click the marker point at the top-right edge of the travel lane. NOTE If you attach the subassembly to the wrong marker, you can move it to the correct location.
Page 437 Buffer Width 1: 0.5 Buffer Width 2: 0.5 3 In the drawing, click the marker point at the top, back of the curb. Add a daylight subassembly 1 In the Tool Palettes window, on the Basic tab, click BasicSideSlopeCutDitch. 2 In the Properties palette, under ADVANCED, specify the following parameters: Side: Right Cut Slope: 2.000:1...
Page 438 4 Press Esc. This action ends the subassembly placement command. Mirror the subassemblies to the left of the baseline 1 In the drawing, select the four subassemblies you added. 2 Right click. Click Mirror. 3 Click the marker point on the assembly baseline. The subassemblies are displayed on the left side of the assembly marker.
Page 439: Exercise 2: Modifying The Subassembly Name Template
All the subassembly parameters, except for the Side parameter, are retained. NOTE The parameters of the mirrored subassemblies are not dynamically linked. If you change a parameter value for a subassembly on one side of the assembly baseline, the change will not be applied to the opposite side. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Modifying the Subassembly Name Template...
Page 440 This drawing contains an assembly baseline that does not have any subassemblies attached to it. 2 If the Tool Palette containing the subassemblies is not visible, click Home Palettes panel Tool Palettes 3 In the tool palette, right-click the Tool Palettes control bar. Click Civil Imperial Subassemblies 4 Click the Basic tab.
Page 441 The Name field should contain the following formula: <[Macro Short Name(CP)]> - (<[Subassembly Side]>) TIP To display the subassembly name in the local language, use the <[Subassembly Local Name]> property in place of the <[Macro Short Name(CP)]> property. 5 Click OK twice. Examine the updated subassembly naming convention 1 In the Tool Palettes window, click BasicCurbAndGutter.
Page 442: Exercise 3: Managing Assemblies And Subassemblies
5 In the drawing, click the marker point at the top-left edge of the travel lane. 6 Press Esc. 7 In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, select the Subassemblies collection. In the Toolspace list view, notice that there are two new subassemblies, BasicCurbAndGutter - (Left) and BasicCurbAndGutter - (Right).
Page 443 In the Toolspace list view, notice that a specific name was assigned to the assemblies when they were created. The names describe the type of corridor, as well as the specific portion of the corridor to which they apply. In the drawing, notice that each assembly has a label that corresponds to the assembly name.
Page 444 The subassembly parameters are displayed in the Input Values panel. You can modify the parameters as necessary from this panel. 5 Click the LaneOutsideSuper - (Right) (1) subassembly again to highlight the text. 6 Replace the LaneOutsideSuper - (Right) (1) text with LaneOutsideSuper - (Right) Main Road.
Page 445: Tutorial: Creating An Assembly With Conditions
Tutorial: Creating an Assembly with Conditions This tutorial demonstrates how to use the ConditionalCutOrFill subassembly to build a corridor assembly that applies different subassemblies depending on the cut or fill condition at a given station. Conditional subassemblies enable you to reduce the number of corridor regions and assemblies to maintain.
Page 446 3 On the Section Editor tab, use the buttons to examine how the Through Road assembly is applied to at the corridor stations. The assembly creates a ditch on either side of the road. At the beginning and end of the corridor, the cut and fill is relatively consistent on both sides.
Page 447: Exercise 2: Adding Conditional Subassemblies To A Corridor Assembly
4 In the View/Edit Corridor Section Tools toolbar, click to return to station 0+00. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Adding Conditional Subassemblies to a Corridor Assembly (page 435). Exercise 2: Adding Conditional Subassemblies to a Corridor Assembly In this exercise, you will add ConditionalCutOrFill subassemblies to an existing corridor assembly.
Page 448 You will add a second level of ConditionalCutOrFill subassemblies to the ditch subassembly that is applied in cut conditions: Cut < 5.0000’: Daylight to the surface at a point that is 60’ from the baseline. Cut > 5.0000’: Add a 12.0’ daylight link at a -2.0% slope, and then add a retaining wall.
Page 449 Add three conditional subassemblies 1 If the Tool Palette containing the subassemblies is not visible, click Home Palettes panel Tool Palettes 2 In the tool palette, right-click the Tool Palettes control bar. Click Civil Imperial Subassemblies. 3 Click the Conditional tab. 4 Click ConditionalCutOrFill.
Page 450 Layout Width: 20.0000’ Layout Grade: 1.000:1 Type: Fill Minimum Distance: 5.0001’ Maximum Distance: 10000.0000’ 8 Add a third ConditionalCutOrFill subassembly to the left guardrail using the following parameters: Side: Left Layout Width: 20.0000’ Layout Grade: 1.000:1 Type: Cut Minimum Distance: 0.0000’ Maximum Distance: 10000.0000’...
Page 451 Add a daylight bench subassembly 1 Using the Daylight tool palette, add a DaylightBench subassembly to the Fill 5.00 : 10000.00 conditional subassembly using the following parameters: Side: Left Cut Slope: 4.000:1 Max Cut Height: 5.0000’ Fill Slope: 4.000:1 Max Fill Height: 5.0000’ Bench Width: 6.0000’...
Page 452 When you are finished, the assembly should look like this: Add a second level of conditional subassemblies 1 Using the Conditional tool palette, add a ConditionalCutOrFill subassembly to the hinge point on the daylight basin subassembly for the cut condition using the following parameters: Side: Left Layout Width: 12.0000’...
Page 453 2 Add a second ConditionalCutOrFill subassembly to the hinge point on the daylight basin subassembly using the following parameters: Side: Left Layout Width: 12.0000’ Layout Grade: 1.000:1 Type: Cut Minimum Distance: 0.0000’ Maximum Distance: 5.0000’ 3 Add a third ConditionalCutOrFill subassembly to the hinge point on the daylight basin subassembly using the following parameters: Side: Left Layout Width: 12.0000’...
Page 454 Add subassemblies to the second level 1 Using the Generic tool palette, add a LinkWidthAndSlope subassembly to the Cut 5.00 : 10000.00 conditional subassembly using the following parameters: Side: Left Width: 12.0000’ Slope: -2.000% 2 Using the Retaining Walls tool palette, add a RetainWallVertical subassembly to the LinkWidthAndSlope subassembly using the default parameters.
Page 455: Exercise 3: Adjusting Conditional Subassembly Properties
4 Using the Generic tool palette, add a LinkSlopeToSurface subassembly to the Fill 0.00 : 10000.00 conditional subassembly using the following parameters: Side: Left Slope: 4.000% Add Link In: Fill Only NOTE The Fill 0.00 : 10000.00 conditional subassembly that is attached to the cut branch of the assembly will be applied if the daylight basin subassembly were to end in a fill condition.
Page 456 Give each subassembly a specific, meaningful name to make it easy to identify when you are assigning targets. Meaningful names also help you identify subassemblies in the Subassemblies collection in Prospector. This exercise continues from Exercise 2: Adding Conditional Subassemblies to a Corridor Assembly (page 435).
Page 457 3 In the Item list, select the ConditionalCutOrFill - Left subassembly. Click it again to highlight the text. Change the name to COND Fill 0-5 for TR-L. A descriptive naming convention helps to distinguish between the many ConditionalCutOrFill subassemblies that are present: COND: Conditional Fill: The specified condition 0-5: The minimum and maximum distance values...
Page 458: Exercise 4: Rebuilding The Corridor And Examining The Results
RetainWallVertical - Left: Retaining Wall (Cut 0-10000 -- Cut 5-10000) for TR-L LinkOffsetOnSurface: Daylight Offset On Surface (Cut 0-10000 -- Cut 0-5) for TR-L LinkSlopeToSurface - Left: Daylight Slope To Surface (Cut 0-10000 -- Fill 0-10000) for TR-L 7 Click OK. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 4: Rebuilding the Corridor and Examining the Results...
Page 459 6 In the Pick A Surface dialog box, click Existing Ground. 7 Click OK three times to close the dialog boxes and rebuild the corridor. Examine the rebuilt corridor 1 In the View/Edit Corridor Section Tools toolbar, click to return to station 0+00.
Page 460: Tutorial: Saving And Sharing Corridor Assemblies
3 Click again. Starting at station 2+25, the cut condition is greater than 5.0001’. As you specified, the DaylightWidthSlope and RetainWallVertical subassemblies are applied after the ditch. 4 Continue using the buttons to examine the cut and fill conditions along the corridor. Further exploration: Apply what you learned to the right-hand side of the corridor assembly.
Page 461: Exercise 1: Saving Assemblies To A Tool Palette
Exercise 1: Saving Assemblies to a Tool Palette In this exercise, you will create a tool palette, and then save the assemblies that are included in the sample drawing. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Sharing Assemblies. Create a tool palette 1 Open Assembly-3a.dwg, which is available in the tutorial drawings folder...
Page 462 2 On the Proposed Road assembly, select the baseline. NOTE Do not use the grips to drag the baseline marker. 3 Click the bottom of the baseline marker. Drag the baseline onto the Tutorial Assemblies tool palette. The image and name of the assembly are displayed on the tool palette. 4 Repeat Steps 2 and 3 for the remaining three assemblies.
Page 463: Exercise 2: Copying Assemblies To A Tool Catalog
This is the default location where custom tool catalogs are saved. You will accept the default location for this tutorial. 7 Click OK twice. 8 In the Autodesk Content Browser 2011 window, right-click the Residential Assemblies (Tutorial) catalog. Click Properties. Exercise 2: Copying Assemblies to a Tool Catalog | 451...
Page 464 820). Select Assembly_catalog_image.png. Click Open. 11 In the Catalog Properties dialog box, click OK. The image you selected is displayed in the Autodesk Content Browser 2011 window. Assigning an image to a tool catalog can make it easy to identify the tool catalog contents.
Page 465: Exercise 3: Publishing A Tool Catalog
4 Click OK. Add assemblies to a tool palette in a tool catalog 1 In the Autodesk Content Browser 2011 window, double-click the 50-ft ROW Assemblies tool palette. 2 In the AutoCAD Civil 3D window, click the Tutorial Assemblies tool palette.
Page 466: Exercise 4: Installing A Tool Catalog
You can also specify a location on your company network. Publishing a tool catalog to a network location will allow multiple users to link to the tool catalog. If the tool catalog on the network changes, the users’ catalog libraries will be automatically updated. 5 Click Next.
Page 467: Exercise 5: Moving Assemblies From A Tool Catalog To A Tool Palette Or Drawing
Exercise 3: Publishing a Tool Catalog (page 453). Delete the existing catalog from your Content Browser library 1 In the Autodesk Content Browser 2011 window, right-click the Residential Assemblies (Tutorial) catalog. Click Remove ‘Residential Assemblies (Tutorial)’ From Library. 2 In the Delete Catalog dialog box, click Yes.
Page 468 New. 2 In the Select Template dialog box, select _AutoCAD Civil 3D (Imperial) NCS.dwt. Click Open. 3 In the Autodesk Content Browser 2010 window, open the Residential Assemblies (Tutorial) 50-ft ROW Assemblies tool palette. 4 Hover the cursor over the icon below the Proposed Road assembly image.
Page 469 3 Hover the cursor over the icon next to the 50-ft ROW Assemblies tool palette. Notice that the cursor changes to a 4 Click and hold the icon. Drag the cursor onto the tool palette, and then release the mouse button. The 50-ft ROW Assemblies tool palette and its contents are displayed in the current tool palette group.
Page 471: Corridors Tutorials
Corridors Tutorials These tutorials will get you started working with the corridor modeling tools, which are used to design and generate complex roadway corridor models. If you have not installed AutoCAD Civil 3D to the default location, you may receive messages in the Event Viewer indicating that subassembly macro paths are not found.
Page 472 Specify the dependent objects 1 Open Corridor-1a.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). 2 Click Home tab Create Design panel Corridor drop-down Create Corridor 3 When the ‘Select baseline alignment’ prompt is displayed, select the First Street alignment.
Page 473 (Profile view grid lines removed for clarity) 5 When the ‘Select an assembly’ prompt is displayed, select the Primary Road Full Section assembly baseline. Tutorial: Creating a Basic Corridor Model | 461...
Page 474 Specify the corridor parameters 1 In the Create Corridor dialog box, for Corridor Name, enter First Street. 2 In the RG-Primary Road Full Section - (1) row, in the End Station cell, enter 0+440.00. 3 In the Frequency cell, click 4 In the Frequency To Apply Assemblies dialog box, under Apply Assembly, for Along Curves, enter 3.000.
Page 475: Tutorial: Creating A Corridor With A Transition Lane
8 Click OK three times. The corridor model is built and looks like this: To continue to the next tutorial, go to Creating a Corridor with a Transition Lane (page 463). Tutorial: Creating a Corridor with a Transition Lane This tutorial demonstrates how to create a corridor with a transition lane. The tutorial uses some of the subassemblies that are shipped with AutoCAD Civil 3D to create an assembly.
Page 476: Exercise 1: Creating An Assembly With A Transition Lane
For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Assemblies and Subassemblies. Exercise 1: Creating an Assembly with a Transition Lane In this exercise, you will create a corridor assembly with transitions. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Creating Assemblies. Create an assembly baseline 1 Open Corridor-2a.dwg, which is available in the tutorial drawings folder...
Page 477 5 In the Properties palette, under ADVANCED, specify the following parameters: Side: Right Default Width: 14.0000 Depth: 1.0000 Transition: Change Offset And Elevation 6 In the drawing, click the marker point on the assembly baseline. A lane is drawn, extending 14 feet to the right, with a slope of -2% and a depth of 1 foot.
Page 478 Add a ditch subassembly 1 In the tool palette, click BasicSideSlopeCutDitch. 2 In the Properties palette, under ADVANCED, specify the following parameters: Side: Right Cut Slope: 3.000:1 3 In the drawing, click the marker point at the outside edge of the outer sidewalk buffer zone to add the cut-and-fill slope.
Page 479: Exercise 2: Creating A Corridor With A Transition Lane
The Mirror command creates a mirror image of the selected subassemblies. All the subassembly parameters, except for the Side parameter, are retained. NOTE The parameters of the mirrored subassemblies are not dynamically linked. If you change a parameter value for a subassembly on one side of the assembly baseline, the change will not be applied to the opposite side.
Page 480 3 In the Select An Alignment dialog box, select Centerline (1). Click OK. 4 When the ‘Select a profile’ prompt is displayed, press Enter. 5 In the Select A Profile dialog box, select Layout (1). Click OK. 6 When the ‘Select an assembly’ prompt is displayed, press Enter. 7 In the Select An Assembly dialog box, select Transition.
Page 481 2 In the Set Width Or Offset Target dialog box, in the Select Object Type To Target list, select Feature Lines, Survey Figures And Polylines. 3 Click Select From Drawing. 4 In the drawing, on the left side of the alignment, select the blue polyline and magenta feature line.
Page 482 2 In the Set Slope Or Elevation Target dialog box, specify the following parameters: Select Object Type To Target: Profiles Select An Alignment: Right (1) Select Profiles: Layout (1) 3 Click Add. Click OK. The right-side edge-of-pavement elevation is set to the Layout (1) profile. The left-side edge-of-pavement elevation does not need to be set since its elevation is determined by the grade setting.
Page 483: Tutorial: Creating A Divided Highway Corridor
NOTE Notice that at station 7+50, the lane uses the polyline as a target, and not the feature line. When more than one target object is found at a station, the object that is closest to the corridor baseline is used as the target. To continue to the next tutorial, go to Creating a Divided Highway Corridor (page 471).
Page 484: Exercise 1: Creating A Divided Highway Assembly
Exercise 1: Creating a Divided Highway Assembly In this exercise, you will create a fairly complex assembly with a depressed median and separated lanes. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Creating Assemblies. Create an assembly baseline 1 Open Corridor-3a.dwg, which is available in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819).
Page 485 5 Click MedianDepressedShoulderExt. 6 In the Properties palette, under ADVANCED, specify the following parameters: Centerline Pivot: Pivot about centerline Left Median Width: 22.0000 Right Median Width: 22.0000 7 In the drawing, click the marker point on the assembly baseline. A depressed median and inside shoulders are drawn.
Page 486 Add a shoulder subassembly 1 In the drawing, pan to the left side of the LaneOutsideSuper subassembly. 2 In the tool palette, click the Shoulders tab. 3 Click ShoulderExtendSubbase. 4 In the Properties palette, under ADVANCED, specify the following parameters: Side: Left Use Superelevation Slope: Outside Shoulder Slope Subbase - Use Superelevation: Outside Shoulder Slope...
Page 487 Add a daylight subassembly 1 In the drawing, pan to the left side of the ShoulderExtendSubbase. 2 In the tool palette, click the Daylight tab. 3 Right-click DaylightStandard. Click Help. Review the diagram and Behavior section to better understand the cut and fill daylighting behaviors.
Page 488: Exercise 2: Creating A Divided Highway Corridor
Exercise 2: Creating a Divided Highway Corridor In this exercise, you will create a divided highway corridor. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Creating Corridors. This exercise continues from Exercise 1: Creating a Divided Highway Assembly (page 472).
Page 489: Tutorial: Viewing And Editing Corridor Sections
To continue to the next tutorial, go to Viewing and Editing Corridor Sections (page 477). Tutorial: Viewing and Editing Corridor Sections This tutorial demonstrates how to edit a corridor in section. You use the tools that are demonstrated in this exercise to edit the corridor model.
Page 490 The view/edit corridor section tools are useful for inspecting how the corridor assemblies interact with other objects in the corridor model. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Viewing Corridor Sections. View a corridor in section 1 Open Corridor-4a.dwg, which is available in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819).
Page 491 Notice that as each station is displayed on the grid, its location in the plan and profile viewports is identified by a perpendicular line. Experiment with the zoom modes 1 Zoom in to the lane on the right-hand side of the assembly. Click To Next Station.
Page 492: Exercise 2: Editing Corridor Sections
Notice that the offset and elevation values that are displayed on the grid axes do not change. The shape of the Daylight (Right) subassembly changes to reflect how it ties in to the existing ground surface. 8 On the View Tools panel, click Zoom To Extents.
Page 493 following steps, you will override the Design Value at the current station, and then examine the results. 6 Change the Width Value to 36.0000’. Notice that the Override check box is automatically selected, which indicates that the Design Value has been overridden at this station. 7 Click Go To Next Station several times.
Page 494 3 On the Station Selection panel, in the Select A Station list, select 7+75.00. Notice the superelevation transition at this station. Using the Centerline Pivot option on the depressed median subassembly causes the lanes and shoulders to superelevate about a point above the centerline ditch. A straight edge laid against the lane surfaces would pass through the profile grade point.
Page 495: Tutorial: Viewing And Rendering A Corridor
10 Click Go To Next Station to view the grade at subsequent stations. Notice that the change you made is visible through station 11+00.00. At station 11+25.00, the Centerline Pivot? Value returns to Pivot About Centerline. To continue to the next tutorial, go to Viewing and Rendering a Corridor (page 483).
Page 496 The Median surface defines the area between the travel lanes. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Creating and Editing Corridor Surfaces. Create a top corridor surface 1 Open Corridor-5a.dwg, which is available in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819).
Page 497 Create a datum corridor surface Repeat the previous procedure to create a Datum surface, using these parameters: Name: Corridor - (1) Datum Surface Style: Hide Surface Render Material: Sitework.Planting.Soil Overhang Correction: Bottom Links Link Code: Datum Create a pave corridor surface Create a Pave surface, using these parameters: Name: Corridor - (1) Pave Surface Style: Border &...
Page 498: Exercise 2: Creating Corridor Surface Boundaries
Notice that the corridor surfaces you created have been added to the Surfaces collection. You can work with a corridor surface the same way you do with any surface in the Surfaces collection, including changing its style, adding labels to it, and using it for surface analysis. The following features and behaviors are unique to corridor surfaces: When you select a corridor surface, only the surface is selected.
Page 499 Render Only Used to represent different parts of corridor surface with different materials (when rendering), for example, asphalt and grass. NOTE A Corridor Extents As Outer Boundary command is available for corridors that have multiple baselines, such as a corridor at an intersection. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Adding and Editing Corridor Boundaries.
Page 500 8 Click OK. The new boundaries are added to the Corridor - (1) Top and Corridor- (1) Datum surfaces. The corridor model is regenerated and the surfaces are rebuilt. These surface boundaries are defined by a pair of feature lines. When there are more than two of a given type of feature lines, then you must use the interactive method to use them to define a boundary.
Page 501 10 Pan to the beginning of the corridor, and select the feature line along right-inside edge of paved shoulder within circle 4. 11 On the command line, enter C to close the boundary. 12 In the Corridor Surfaces dialog box, expand the Corridor (1) – Pave surface collection item to see the boundary item.
Page 502: Exercise 3: Visualizing A Corridor
Click in circle 8 and select EPS to define the left-outside edge of the paved shoulder. Click in circle 2. On the command line, enter C to close the boundary. Change the name of the boundary to Median. Change the Use Type to Outside Boundary. 3 Click OK to create the boundaries and close the Corridor Properties dialog box.
Page 503 First, you will apply render materials to the corridor link codes. 3 Click Corridor tab Modify Corridor panel drop-down Edit Code Set Styles. 4 On the Edit Code Sets dialog box, under Code Set Style, make sure that All Codes is selected. In the Render Material column, examine the materials that are set for the links that are included in the subassemblies for the current corridor.
Page 504 NOTE The Corridor - (1) Datum surface already uses the Hide Surface style. 6 On the command line, enter RENDER to render the corridor in 3D using the render materials that are applied to the subassembly links. Next, you will view 2D hatch patterns on the corridor by applying shape styles to the appropriate subassembly links.
Page 505 4 On the Edit Code Sets dialog box, under Code Set Style, select All Codes With Hatching. In the Material Area Fill Style column, notice that a fill has been applied to each of the subassembly links that you examined in the previous procedure.
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Page 507: Intersection And Roundabout Tutorials
Intersection and Roundabout Tutorials These tutorials will get you started working with intersections and roundabouts. Intersections An intersection object is created from two intersecting alignments that have design profiles. During the intersection creation process, alignments and profiles are automatically generated for the offset and curb return geometry.
Page 508: Tutorial: Creating Intersections
For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topics Understanding Intersections and Understanding Roundabouts. Tutorial: Creating Intersections This tutorial demonstrates how to create several types of intersections. You will create two basic types of intersections, which differ in how the intersecting road crowns are blended: In a peer road intersection, the crowns of both roads are maintained.
Page 509 geometry for the remaining elements, including the offsets and curb returns, is generated based on the parameters you specify. In a peer road intersection, the crowns of all intersecting roads are held at a common grade. The pavement for both roads is blended into the curb return regions, which form the transitions between the intersecting roads.
Page 510 Specify the corridor grade parameters 1 In the Create Intersection wizard, on the General page, under Intersection Corridor Type, select All Crowns Maintained. 2 Click Next. Specify the geometry of the offsets and curb returns 1 On the Geometry Details page, click Offset Parameters. Default parameters are stored in the drawing settings.
Page 511 7 Click OK. 8 In the Create Intersection wizard, under Offset And Curb Return Profiles, make sure that Create Offset And Curb Return Profiles is selected. To produce a complete corridor model of the intersection, it is necessary to create profiles for the offset alignments and curb return alignments. For this exercise, you will accept the default offset and curb return profile settings.
Page 512 Examine the new objects 1 In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand the Alignments collection. Four alignments collections are available. 2 Under Alignments, expand the Centerline Alignments, Offset Alignments, and Curb Return Alignments collections. At the beginning of this exercise, only Centerline Alignments existed. The Offset Alignments and Curb Return Alignments were created using the parameters that you specified in the Create Intersection wizard.
Page 513 Layout profiles for the Offset Alignments and Curb Return Alignments were created using the parameters that you specified in the Create Intersection wizard. Closing gaps in the corridor 1 In the drawing, select the corridor in the intersection area. Slider grips are displayed at the start and end stations of the corridor regions.
Page 514 11 Select the First Street corridor. Select the grip at Station 0+440. The grip turns red. 12 Drag the grip toward the intersection. Click to place the grip at the beginning of the intersection. 13 Right-click the First Street corridor. Click Rebuild Corridor. The corridor rebuilds, eliminating the gaps between it and the intersection.
Page 515: Exercise 2: Creating A Primary Road Intersection With Turn Lanes
To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Creating a Primary Road Intersection with Turn Lanes (page 503). Exercise 2: Creating a Primary Road Intersection with Turn Lanes In this exercise, you will create an intersection with entry and exit turn lanes at the primary road.
Page 516 2 Click Home tab Create Design panel Intersections drop-down Create Intersection. 3 In the drawing, click the intersection point of the Road A and Road B alignments. 4 Click the Road A alignment to specify it as the primary road. 504 | Chapter 14 Intersection and Roundabout Tutorials...
Page 517 Specify the corridor grade parameters 1 In the Create Intersection wizard, on the General page, under Intersection Corridor Type, select Primary Road Crown Maintained. 2 Click Next. Specify the horizontal and vertical geometry parameters 1 On the Geometry Details page, click Offset Parameters. Default horizontal and vertical geometry parameters are stored in the drawing settings.
Page 518 Secondary Road Right Offset Alignment Definition Offset Value: 3.0000 Create New Offsets From Start To End Of Centerlines: Selected 3 Click OK. 4 On the Geometry Details page, click Curb Return Parameters. The default parameters for the first intersection quadrant are displayed in the Intersection Curb Return Parameters dialog box.
Page 519 7 For SE - Quadrant, select the Widen Turn Lane For Incoming Road check box. 8 Click Next. 9 For SW - Quadrant, select the Widen Turn Lane For Outgoing Road check box. 10 Click Next. 11 For NW - Quadrant, select the Widen Turn Lane For Incoming Road check box.
Page 520: Exercise 3: Creating An Intersection With Existing Geometry
The intersection is created, and new corridor regions are created in the intersection area. Notice that the curb returns have widening regions to allow traffic to exit from and merge onto Road A. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 3: Creating an Intersection with Existing Geometry (page 508).
Page 521 Specify the intersection location and primary road 1 Open Intersection-Create-3.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). This drawing contains an intersection of two alignments, Road A and Road C. Offset alignments exist on either side of Road A, and there is an existing intersection north of Road C.
Page 522 Specify the corridor grade parameters 1 In the Create Intersection wizard, on the General page, under Intersection Corridor Type, select Primary Road Crown Maintained. 2 Click Next. Specify the horizontal geometry parameters 1 On the Geometry Details page, click Offset Parameters. 2 In the Offset Parameters dialog box, under Primary Road Left Offset Alignment Definition, for Use An Existing Alignment, select Yes.
Page 523 6 Click OK. 7 In the Intersection Offset Parameters dialog box, for Right Offset Alignment Definition, repeat Steps 2 through 6 to assign the offset alignment that is on the right-hand side of the Road A alignment. Exercise 3: Creating an Intersection with Existing Geometry | 511...
Page 524 8 Click OK. 9 On the Geometry Details page, click Curb Return Parameters. The default parameters for the first intersection quadrant are displayed in the Intersection Curb Return Parameters dialog box. In the drawing, the first quadrant is highlighted, and arrows indicate the direction of incoming and outgoing traffic.
Page 525 10 In the Intersection Curb Return dialog box, under Intersection Quadrant, select SE - Quadrant. 11 SE - Quadrant, select the Widen Turn Lane For Incoming Road check box. 12 Under Intersection Quadrant, select NW - Quadrant. 13 NW - Quadrant, select the Widen Turn Lane For Incoming Road check box.
Page 526 2 In the Intersection Lane Slope Parameters dialog box, under Primary Road Left Offset Alignment Definition, for Use An Existing Alignment, select Yes. 3 For Profile Name, click 4 In the Intersection Offset Alignment Name dialog box, select Road A - -2.000%.
Page 527 Further exploration: To extend the corridor between the two intersections, add a corridor region between the two intersections. Exercise 3: Creating an Intersection with Existing Geometry | 515...
Page 528: Tutorial: Editing Intersections
To continue to the next tutorial, go to Editing Intersections (page 516). Tutorial: Editing Intersections This tutorial demonstrates how to modify an existing intersection object. When an intersection is created between two roads, one of the roads is designated as the primary road. The elevation of the other road, which is known as the secondary road, is locked to the primary road.
Page 529 For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Editing Offset Alignments and Widenings. Modify offset alignment parameters 1 Open Intersection-Edit-Horizontal.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). This drawing contains an intersection of a primary road (Road A) and a secondary road (Road B).
Page 530 3 Click Intersection tab Modify panel Edit Offsets The offset alignment parameters are displayed in the Intersection Offset Parameters dialog box. 4 Under Secondary Road, change the Offset Value for both offset alignments to 4.000. Notice that as the values change, the intersection updates in the drawing. Modify the curb return parameters 1 Click Intersection tab Modify panel...
Page 531 2 Clear the Widen Turn Lane For Outgoing Road check box. In the drawing, the widening region for the northeast quadrant is removed. Exercise 1: Editing the Horizontal Geometry of an Intersection | 519...
Page 532 3 Under Intersection Quadrant, click SW - Quadrant. 4 Clear the Widen Turn Lane For Outgoing Road check box. 520 | Chapter 14 Intersection and Roundabout Tutorials...
Page 533 Grip edit a curb return alignment 1 In the drawing, select the southeast curb return alignment. Grips appear along the curb return alignment. Exercise 1: Editing the Horizontal Geometry of an Intersection | 521...
Page 534 2 On the Road A alignment, experiment with the grips. When you move a grip, the curb return widening region updates, and the values update in the Intersection Curb Return Parameters dialog box. For more information about the widening grips, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Editing Offset Alignments and Widenings.
Page 535 This action enables the relationship between the curb returns and the offset alignments to be maintained as you move the intersection along the centerline alignment. 3 Press Esc. 4 Zoom out to see the ends of both centerline alignments. 5 Select the Road A centerline alignment. 6 Select the grip at the southern end of the alignment.
Page 536 The intersection slides along the Road B centerline and offset alignment. The curb return alignments and Road A offset alignments move to accommodate the new intersection point. The curb return and offset alignment geometry parameters are maintained. 524 | Chapter 14 Intersection and Roundabout Tutorials...
Page 537: Exercise 2: Editing The Vertical Geometry Of An Intersection
To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Editing the Vertical Geometry of an Intersection (page 525). Exercise 2: Editing the Vertical Geometry of an Intersection In this exercise, you will edit the profiles that define the vertical geometry of an intersection object.
Page 538 Notice that lock icons are displayed on three of the PVIs. The lock icons indicate that the PVIs are locked to another profile. When the intersection was created, the middle PVI was created at the point where the secondary road intersects with the primary road profile. The other two PVIs were created to maintain the primary road crown through the intersection, and are locked to the edges of the primary road.
Page 539 6 Click the icon for PVI 8. The PVI is locked at the current station and elevation. Notice that another icon is displayed on the profile, and the PVI Station and PVI Elevation values are no longer available. A PVI can be manually locked to a specified station and elevation value.
Page 540 NOTE Enter the parameters in the following order. Apply Grade Rules: Yes Distance Rule To Adjust The Grade: Specify Distance This option enables you to specify a distance from the intersection of the primary and secondary road alignments. This enables you to extend the side road grade rules outside the extents of the intersection.
Page 541 Add a low point to a curb return profile 1 In the upper right viewport, zoom in to the Intersection - 2 - (SE) profile view. 2 Select the profile. grips indicate the extents of the curb return profile. The profile portions that are outside the extents represent the offset profiles.
Page 542 A low point facilitates drainage along a curb return. In the following procedures, you will see how the curb return reacts to changes in other objects. 6 Close the Profile Layout Tools toolbar. Move the primary road alignment 1 In the left viewport, select the Road A alignment. 2 Select the grip at the southern end of the Road A alignment.
Page 543 In the bottom right viewport, notice that the three dynamically locked PVIs moved to a new location. This happened because you moved the alignment to which they are locked. In the top right viewport, examine how the changes to the intersection location affect the curb return profile that you modified.
Page 544 Change the primary road profile elevation 1 In the top viewport, pan to the Road A profile view. 2 In the Road A Profile view, select the layout profile. 3 Select the second PI grip from the left. Drag the grip up. Click to place the grip.
Page 545: Exercise 3: Creating And Editing A Corridor In The Intersection Area
Exercise 3: Creating and Editing a Corridor in the Intersection Area In this exercise, you will create a corridor using existing vertical and horizontal geometry. You will modify the corridor in the intersection area, and then experiment with the corridor region recreation tools. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topics Updating Corridor Regions in Intersections and Recreating Corridor Regions in Intersections.
Page 546 The Intersection Corridor Regions dialog box is displayed. 4 Under Select Surface To Daylight, select Existing Ground. 5 Under Apply An Assembly Set, click Browse. 6 In the Select Assembly Set File dialog box, navigate to the Assemblies folder (page 819). 7 Select _Autodesk (Metric) Assembly Sets.xml.
Page 547 2 Select the corridor that is in the intersection area. 3 Select the grip that is at the bottom of the intersection. Drag the grip down. Click to place the grip several hundred meters to the south. 4 Click Corridor tab Modify Corridor panel Corridor Properties drop-down...
Page 548 6 In the drawing, click the bottom of the corridor. The specified region is highlighted in the Corridor Properties dialog box. 7 In the highlighted row, in the Frequency column, click 8 In the Frequency To Apply Assemblies dialog box, under Apply Assembly, specify the following parameters: Along Tangents: 10 Along Curves: 5...
Page 549 Recreate the corridor regions 1 Select the intersection marker. 2 Click Intersection tab Modify panel Recreate Corridor Regions. 3 In the Intersection Corridor Regions dialog box, under Apply An Assembly Set, click Browse. 4 In the Select Assembly Set File dialog box, navigate to the Assemblies folder (page 819).
Page 550: Tutorial: Working With Roundabouts
This is the assembly set that you used to create the corridor. However, Intersection Corridor Regions dialog box enables you to specify another assembly set, or individual assemblies, with which to create the corridor. 6 Click Recreate. The corridor is recreated. Notice that the modifications that you made to the Road A baseline, including the assembly frequencies and region start station, returned to their original settings.
Page 551 2 Click Home tab Create Design panel Intersections drop-down Create Roundabout. 3 To specify the roundabout center point, in the drawing, on the ROAD D alignment, click station 0+140. 4 To specify the approach roads, click Roads C, D, and E as shown. Press Enter.
Page 552 Specify the circulatory road parameters 1 In the Create Roundabout - Circulatory Road dialog box, under Drawing Standard, for Select Roundabout Standard, select US. 2 Under Predefined Parameters to Import, select RG = 20. NOTE The Drawing Standard and Predefined Parameters To Import controls enable you to apply preset parameters to a roundabout.
Page 553 Apron Width: 3 4 Under Markings Parameters, specify the following parameters: Outer Offset: Selected; 0.5 Inner Offset: Selected; 0.5 Marker Line Width: 0.3 Number Of Lanes To Mark: 2 Lane Marker Line Width: 0.2 Lane Marker Linetype: DASHED 5 Specify the alignment parameters: Site: None Alignment Style: Roundabout - Circulatory Road Alignment Layer: 0...
Page 554 This action applies the specified parameters to the other approach roads in the roundabout. At the top of the dialog box, you can use either the Previous and Next buttons, or the drop-down list, to examine the parameters of the other approach roads. 4 At the bottom of the dialog box, click Next.
Page 555 Draw Entry Exit Break Break At Entry Island Edge Break At Exit Island Edge NOTE Do not click Apply to All on this page. Later in this exercise, you will compare the default sign and marking parameters with the values you entered in the preceding steps.
Page 556 Notice that while you selected Road D as an approach road, only one end of it was created as an approach road. When an alignment passes through a roundabout center point, only the alignment end that you click is added as an approach road.
Page 557 5 The AB6 (exiting roundabout) sign is 50 meters from the circulatory road edge. 3 In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand the Alignments collection. Exercise 1: Creating a Roundabout | 545...
Page 558: Exercise 2: Adding An Approach Road To A Roundabout
The alignments that have a prefix of either Approach or Roundabout were automatically created during this exercise. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Adding an Approach Road to a Roundabout (page 546). Exercise 2: Adding an Approach Road to a Roundabout In this exercise, you create the geometry for another approach road that remains dynamic to both the roundabout and the specified centerline alignment.
Page 559 4 Click Road D, which is to the north of the roundabout. Exercise 2: Adding an Approach Road to a Roundabout | 547...
Page 560 When the roundabout was created in Exercise 1: Creating a Roundabout (page 538), Road D was selected as an approach road, but only the southern end of it was added to the roundabout. When an alignment passes through a roundabout center point, only the alignment end that you click is added as an approach road.
Page 561 2 Under Approach Road Parameters, change the Entry Flare Length value to 75. 3 Specify the alignment parameters: Alignment Style: Roundabout - Approach Road Alignment Layer: 0 Alignment Name Prefix: Approach_SN Alignment Label Set: Roundabout - Approach Road 4 At the bottom of the dialog box, click Next. Specify the island parameters 1 For Predefined Parameters To Import, select RG = 20.
Page 562: Exercise 3: Adding A Turn Slip Lane To A Roundabout
2 In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand the Alignments collection. The alignments that have a prefix of Approach_SN (1) were automatically created during this exercise. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 3: Adding a Turn Slip Lane to a Roundabout (page 550).
Page 563 2 Click Home tab Create Design panel Intersections drop-down Add Turn Slip Lane. 3 For the Entry Approach road, click the Approach_SN (1) alignment. 4 For the Exit Approach road, click the Approach_EW alignment. Exercise 3: Adding a Turn Slip Lane to a Roundabout | 551...
Page 564 Specify the slip lane parameters 1 In the Draw Slip Lane dialog box, under Slip Lane Parameters, specify the following parameters: Segmentation Line Length: 1 Length of Deceleration Lane: 20 Length of Acceleration Lane: 10 Lane Width: 4 Radius: 50 Taper Length: 20 2 Under Draw Pavement Markings, specify the following parameters: Outer Edge: Selected;...
Page 565: Exercise 4: Editing Roundabout Components
3 Specify the alignment properties: Alignment Style: Roundabout - Slip Lane Alignment Layer: 0 Alignment Label Set: Roundabout - Slip Lane Alignment Name Prefix: SlipLane 4 Click OK. The slip lane is displayed in the drawing. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 4: Editing Roundabout Components (page 553).
Page 566 2 Click Modify tab Design panel Intersection. 3 Click Intersection tab Modify Roundabout panel Edit Roundabout. 4 Click the Approach_EW alignment. 5 In the Create Roundabout - Approach Roads dialog box, under Approach Road Parameters, change the following parameters: Exit Radius: 25 Entry Flare Length: 75 6 At the bottom of the dialog box, click Next.
Page 567 To edit roundabout location 1 Click Intersection tab Modify Roundabout panel Edit Roundabout. 2 Click the Roundabout_ISLAND alignment. Exercise 4: Editing Roundabout Components | 555...
Page 568 3 In the Create Roundabout - Circulatory Road dialog box, under Roundabout Center Point, click 4 In the drawing, on the Road D alignment, click near station 0+130. NOTE Station 0+130 is not labeled, but the location is shown in the following image.
Page 569 5 At the bottom of the dialog box, click Next three times. Click Finish. The roundabout alignments and pavement markings are recreated around the new center point. Exercise 4: Editing Roundabout Components | 557...
Page 570 To delete roundabout components 1 Click Intersection tab Modify Roundabout panel Delete Roundabout. 2 Click the Approach_SN (1) alignment. 558 | Chapter 14 Intersection and Roundabout Tutorials...
Page 571 Both the approach road and the turn slip lane are deleted. The turn slip lane was deleted because its geometry was dependent upon the geometry of the approach roads to which it was attached. NOTE To delete the entire roundabout, click one of the circulatory road alignments while the Delete Roundabout command is active.
Page 572: Exercise 5: Working With Roundabout Design Standards And Presets
To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 5: Working with Roundabout Design Standards and Presets (page 560). Exercise 5: Working with Roundabout Design Standards and Presets In this exercise, you save a group of geometric parameters as a preset that can be quickly applied to a roundabout.
Page 573 Specify circulatory road presets 1 In the Create Roundabout - Circulatory Road dialog box, under Predefined Parameters to Import, click 2 In the Preset - Add dialog box, under Preset Name, enter R = 40. 3 Under Roundabout Parameters, enter the following parameters: Outer Radius: 40 Circulatory Road Width: 10 Apron Width: 3...
Page 574 Number of Lanes to Mark: 3 Lane Marker Width: 0.2 Lane Marker Linetype: DASHED 5 Click OK. NOTE In the Create Roundabout - Circulatory Road dialog box, under Drawing Standard, the Roundabout Drawing Standard File is the xml file in which the presets are stored.
Page 575 6 At the bottom of the dialog box, click Next. Specify island presets 1 In the Create Roundabout - Islands dialog box, under Predefined Parameters to Import, click 2 In the Preset - Add dialog box, under Preset Name, enter R = 40. 3 Under Construction Triangle Parameters, enter the following parameters: Length: 60 Base: 4.5...
Page 576 Examine the roundabout design standards file 1 Using Windows Explorer, navigate to the Data\Corridor Design Standards\Metric folder (page 819). Open the Autodesk Civil 3D Metric Roundabouts Presets.xml with your default Internet browser. 2 Under RoundaboutPresets StandardPresets standardType=”EN-US”, examine the contents of the following blocks: RoundaboutPreset name=”R = 40”...
Page 577 3 Close Windows Explorer and your Internet browser. Edit a preset 1 Click Intersection tab Modify Roundabout panel Edit Roundabout. 2 Click the Approach_SN alignment. 3 In the Create Roundabout - Approach Roads dialog box, under Predefined Parameters to Import, select R = 40. Click 4 In the Preset - Edit dialog box, under Approach Road Parameters, change the following parameters: Entry Road Width: 9...
Page 578 6 At the top of the Create Roundabout - Approach Roads dialog box, use the drop-down list to select South to North Approach (1). 7 Under Predefined Parameters to Import, select R = 40. 8 At the bottom of the dialog box, click Next twice. Click Finish. The approach roads to the north and south of the roundabout are updated to reflect the updated preset.
Page 579 4 Under Predefined Parameters to Import, select RG = 12. Click The preset cannot be deleted because it was shipped with AutoCAD Civil 3D. Only user-defined presets may be edited or deleted. 5 Click OK. 6 In the Create Roundabout - Approach Roads dialog box, click Cancel. Exercise 5: Working with Roundabout Design Standards and Presets | 567...
Page 581: Chapter 15 Sections Tutorials
Sections Tutorials These tutorials will get you started working with sections and section views, which provide a view of the terrain cut at an angle across a linear feature, such as a proposed road. Typically, sections are cut across the centerline alignment of a corridor. These sections are then plotted, either individually for a station, or as a group for a range of stations.
Page 582: Exercise 1: Creating Sample Lines
Cross sections show elevations at sample lines, which are created perpendicular to an alignment. Sections can be derived from surfaces, corridors models, and corridor surfaces. Furthermore, they can be either dynamic or static. When a surface or corridor is modified, dynamic sections are automatically updated. A static section shows the elevations at the time it was created, but does not react to later geometry changes.
Page 583 2 Click Home tab Profile & Section Views panel Sample Lines 3 At the Select An Alignment prompt, press Enter. 4 In the Select Alignment dialog box, select Centerline (1). Click OK. The Create Sample Line Group dialog box is displayed. This dialog box defines the characteristics of the sample line group.
Page 584: Exercise 2: Creating Section Views
10 In the Create Sample Lines - From Corridor Stations dialog box, specify the following parameters: Left Swath Width: 150 Right Swath Width: 150 11 Click OK. The sample lines are created, and the Sample Line Tools toolbar is available for defining additional lines, if desired. 12 Close the Sample Lines Tools toolbar.
Page 585 For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Creating and Editing Section Views. This exercise continues from Exercise 1: Creating Sample Lines (page 570). Modify the group plot style 1 Open Sections-Views-Create.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819).
Page 586 Specify a plot style and a layout template On the Section Placement page, you specify how the section views are displayed and arranged in the sheets. Select a template, viewport scale, and the group plot style. 1 Under Placement Options, select Production. NOTE The Draft option creates section views in the current drawing only.
Page 587 Select Section: EG These settings specify that all section views will be 100-feet tall and the elevation will follow the EG surface elevation. 2 Click Next. Specify the sampled sections and labels The Section Display Options page specifies the object and label styles for the sampled objects.
Page 588 The red rectangle represents the extents of the printable area in which the section views are placed. When you create section sheets, the area between the red and blue rectangles contains the title block, border, and other information that is contained in the plan production template you selected.
Page 589: Tutorial: Adding Data To A Section View
To continue to the next tutorial, go to Adding Data to a Section View (page 577). Tutorial: Adding Data to a Section View This tutorial demonstrates how to add annotative data to a section view. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Sections. Exercise 1: Projecting an Object onto a Section View In this exercise, you will project multi-view blocks and 3D polylines from plan view onto section views.
Page 590 The Project Objects To Multiple Section Views dialog box is displayed. Under Projection Rules, you may specify the proximity area for non-linear objects to be projected. 4 Under Projection Rules, select By Distance. This option specifies that objects that are a specified distance before or after a sample line are projected.
Page 591 10 In the bottom viewport, zoom in to the area between stations 7+00.00 and 13+00.00. At sample lines SL-07, SL-08, SL-12, and SL-13, examine the proximity of the utility pole blocks. You specified a distance of 50 feet as the projection distance, which means that specified objects that are within 50 feet of a sample line will be projected.
Page 592 3 In the bottom viewport, select the multi-view block that represents a tree at station 13+00. 4 Press Enter. 5 In the top viewport, click section view 13+00. 6 In the Project Objects To Section View dialog box, click <Set All> in each column to specify the following parameters: Style: Projection Without Exaggeration Elevation Options: Surface...
Page 593 Edit the elevation of a projected object In the following steps, you will change the elevation of the tree and fence marker so that they reflect the elevation of the corridor surface. 1 In the top viewport, click the blue marker that indicates the elevation of the fence.
Page 594 When you click to place the grip, you are notified that the elevation option for the polyline will be changed to manual. This option enables you to specify an elevation value for an object at the current station. The elevation value is applied in the current section view, but the value does not affect the object in plan view.
Page 595 6 In the Section View Properties dialog box, on the Projections tab, under 3D Polylines, select the 3D Polyline- 23 row. When you select the row, notice that the corresponding object is highlighted in both plan and section views. 7 In the Elevation Options column, change the value to Surface Corridor - (1) Surface - (1).
Page 596 Project an object that is at a different station 1 In the bottom viewport, pan until you can see sample lines SL-3 and SL-8. 2 Click Home tab Profile & Section Views panel Section Views drop-down Project Objects To Section View 3 In the bottom viewport, select the blocks that represents trees at SL-3 and SL-8.
Page 597 The block from SL-8 is shown at an elevation that appears to be above the surface. The block is projected at the surface elevation where it is actually located, and not at the surface elevation at the current sample line. However, the offset value that is displayed in the label reflects the object’s offset value at the current sample line.
Page 598: Exercise 2: Adding A Section View Grade Label
Further exploration: Examine the style settings that are available for projected objects. Projected object styles are located in Toolspace, on the Settings tab, in the General Multipurpose Styles Projection Styles collection. Label styles for projected objects are located in Toolspace, on the Settings tab, in the Section View Label Styles Projection collection.
Page 599: Exercise 3: Adding A Data Band To A Section View
For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Sample Line, Section, and Section View Labels. This exercise continues from Exercise 1: Projecting an Object onto a Section View (page 577). Add a section view grade label 1 Open Sections-Grade-Label.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819).
Page 600 For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Section View Bands. This exercise continues from Exercise 2: Adding a Section View Grade Label (page 586). Add a data band to a section view 1 Open Section-Data-Band.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819).
Page 601: Chapter 16 Material Calculation Tutorials
Material Calculation Tutorials These tutorials will get you started working with the AutoCAD Civil 3D tools for calculating and reporting material quantities and volumes. In the following tutorials, you will learn how to use the material calculation tools: Corridor Earthwork Volume tools compare an existing and proposed surface at specified alignment stations.
Page 602: Exercise 1: Reviewing Quantity Takeoff Criteria And Report Settings
Earthwork and material volumes are calculated by comparing two surfaces to each other. You can calculate quantities between sample lines derived from regular surface models and from corridor surfaces. User-definable tables specify which materials are defined by which surfaces, and the characteristics of these materials. Finally, average end area analysis is used to tabulate the material quantities along the corridor.
Page 603: Exercise 2: Creating A Material List
2 Double-click the Earthworks style to open the Quantity Takeoff Criteria dialog box. 3 Click the Material List tab. This tab contains a pre-defined table for calculating earthworks (cut and fill) by comparing a Datum surface layer to an existing ground surface layer.
Page 604 Create a material list 1 Open Earthworks-1.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). The drawing opens, displaying three viewports. 2 Click Analyze tab Volumes And Materials panel Compute Materials. 3 In the Select A Sample Line Group dialog box, specify the following parameters: Select Alignment: Centerline (1) Select Sample Line Group: SLG-1...
Page 605: Exercise 3: Generating A Volume Report
To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 3: Generating a Volume Report (page 593). Exercise 3: Generating a Volume Report In this exercise, you will use the Earthworks criteria to generate a quantity takeoff report. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Analyzing Sectional Volumes.
Page 606: Tutorial: Working With Mass Haul Diagrams
Finally, the Cum. Net Volume value at each station is calculated as the cumulative Reusable volume minus the cumulative Fill volume. To continue to the next tutorial, go to Working with Mass Haul Diagrams (page 594). Tutorial: Working with Mass Haul Diagrams This tutorial demonstrates how to create and edit mass haul diagrams to display earthworks in profile.
Page 607 relationship between the mass haul line and profile in the grade point balancing method. Balance Points Balance points are the stations at which the net cut and fill volumes are equal. In a mass haul diagram, the balance points are located on the balance line, where the net volume is zero.
Page 608: Exercise 1: Creating A Mass Haul Diagram
For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Using Mass Haul Diagrams. Exercise 1: Creating a Mass Haul Diagram In this exercise, you will create a mass haul diagram that displays free haul and overhaul volumes for a project site. To create a mass haul diagram, the following items must be available: an alignment two surfaces...
Page 609 For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Using Mass Haul Diagrams. Create a mass haul diagram 1 Open Mass Haul-1.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). 2 Click Analyze tab Volumes And Materials panel Mass Haul.
Page 610: Exercise 2: Balancing Mass Haul Volumes
above the balance line, material is cut. When the mass haul line is below the balance line, material is fill. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Balancing Mass Haul Volumes (page 598). Exercise 2: Balancing Mass Haul Volumes In this exercise, you will balance the mass haul volumes above and below the balance line, which will eliminate overhaul volume.
Page 611 Balance cut material volumes NOTE This exercise uses Mass Haul-1.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous exercise, or you can open Mass Haul-2.dwg from the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). 1 Zoom in on the mass haul region that is on the left-hand side of the diagram.
Page 612 The cut volume above the balance line is entirely free haul. Notice that now there is a red, overhaul volume below the balance line. You will balance the fill volume in the following procedure. Balance fill material volumes 1 Below the balance line, zoom in to station 6+25 on the mass haul line. Notice that this is near the point at which the overhaul volume (in red) and the free haul volume (in green) meet the mass haul line.
Page 613: Exercise 3: Editing The Mass Haul Line Style
6 In the Station cell for the borrow pit, click 7 In the drawing, pan to left so that you can see the corridor and surface. Click near station 6+25 on the corridor. Notice the lack of surface contours in the area around station 6+25. This indicates that the region is relatively flat.
Page 614 NOTE The mass haul view style uses many of the same options as the profile view style. For information about editing the profile view style, see the Editing the Profile View Style exercise (page 305). For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Using Mass Haul Diagrams.
Page 615: Tutorial: Calculating And Reporting Quantities
10 Repeat Steps 7 through 9 to change the Overhaul Area Hatch Pattern to DASH. NOTE A solid component fill provides the best performance. Drawing regeneration may be slower if a hatch pattern is used on a long mass haul diagram.
Page 616: Exercise 1: Loading And Navigating A Pay Item List
A pay item is a specific unit of work for which a price is provided and paid to a contractor while a site is under construction. It consists of a pay item ID number, description, and unit of measure. Pay items can be associated with any AutoCAD entity, such as lines, closed polygons, and blocks, after they have been created.
Page 617 NOTE The Pay Item File and Pay Item Categorization File are located in the Data\Pay Item Data\Getting Started folder (page 819). Pay Item File Format: CSV (Comma Delimited) Pay Item File: Getting Started.csv Pay Item Categorization File: Getting Started Categories.xml 5 Click OK.
Page 618: Exercise 2: Assigning Pay Item Codes To Autocad Objects
NOTE The contents of the Favorites category are saved with the drawing. To save time during this tutorial, the pay items you will use are saved as Favorites in subsequent drawings. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Assigning Pay Item Codes to AutoCAD Objects (page 606).
Page 619 How To Apply: Include In New Selection Set Append to Current Selection Set: Selected 5 Click OK. 6 Press Enter to return to the Quick Select dialog box. 7 Repeat Steps 2 through 4 to select the lines on the PKNG-STRP-STALLS layer.
Page 620 TIP You can also right-click the pay item and click Assign Pay Item. 10 In the Favorites category, select Pay Item ID 63401-0300. 11 Press Enter. 12 Hover the cursor over one of the parking lot lines. The tooltip displays the pay item description and ID that has been assigned to that object.
Page 621 2 Right-click. Click Select Similar. All the lamp blocks are selected. 3 Click 4 In the Favorites category, select Pay Item ID 63612-0300. 5 Press Enter. 6 Hover the cursor over one of the blocks. The tooltip displays the description and ID of each pay item that has been assigned to that block.
Page 622 Assign multiple pay item codes to a closed area 1 In the QTO Manager vista, click 2 In the Favorites category, select the following pay items: 62401-0400 62511-2000 62525-0000 TIP To select multiple items, hold the Ctrl key down and then click the items. 3 Press Enter.
Page 623 5 In the drawing, click the green border in a parking lot island. A solid hatch pattern is displayed in the parking lot island. This indicates that the pay items have been applied to the area. 6 Select several other islands. 7 Press Enter to end the command.
Page 624: Exercise 3: Assigning Pay Item Codes To Pipe Network Parts
To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 3: Assigning Pay Item Codes to Pipe Network Parts (page 612). Exercise 3: Assigning Pay Item Codes to Pipe Network Parts In this exercise, you will modify a parts list to assign pay item codes to pipe network parts as they are created.
Page 625 2 Click Analyze tab QTO panel QTO Manager. 3 In the QTO Manager vista, click 4 In the Quantity Takeoff Command Settings dialog box, under Compute Takeoff Options, specify the following parameters: Length Computation Type: 3D Pipe Length Type: To Inside Edges These parameters specify that the pipe lengths will be reported, using the end-to-end distance, from the inside edge of each structure.
Page 626 10 Click OK three times. Add parts with pay items to the pipe network 1 In the drawing, select a pipe. Click Pipe Networks tab Modify panel Edit Pipe Network. 2 On the Network Layout Tools toolbar, specify the following parameters: Structure: Eccentric Structure 48 dia 24 frame 24 cone 5 wall 6 floor Mat_CONC Pipe: 18 inch RCP...
Page 627 2 Right-click. Click Select Similar. 3 In the QTO Manager vista, click 4 In the Favorites category, select Pay Item IDs 60403-1100 and 60409-0500. 5 Press Enter. 6 Hover the cursor over one of the catch basins. The tooltip displays the description and ID of the pay items that have been assigned to the catch basin.
Page 628: Exercise 4: Assigning Pay Item Codes To Corridors
Further exploration: Repeat this procedure on the other structures in the network, assigning pay item codes that are appropriate for the square catch basins, manholes, and headwalls. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 4: Assigning Pay Item Codes to Corridors (page 616).
Page 629 Points with pay item codes are used to extract linear quantities for materials such as guardrails and curb. Itemized Count: To extract itemized quantities of a particular item, apply pay item codes to corridor points, and use a formula to compute the quantity from the feature line length.
Page 630 Top_Curb: 60902-0800 9 Click OK. Apply the new code set to the corridor and assembly 1 In the drawing, select the side road corridor. Right-click. Click Properties. 2 On the Properties palette, under Data, for Code Set Style Name, select Corridor Quantities.
Page 631: Exercise 5: Working With Quantity Reports
Exercise 5: Working with Quantity Reports In this exercise, you will generate quantity reports, and then examine several ways to use the resulting data. You can display and save reports in multiple formats, including XML, CSV, HTML, and TXT. Two types of quantity takeoff reports are available: Summary Report: Lists the total sum of each pay item.
Page 632 objects that can be projected onto the alignment within the specified station range. In this exercise, you will not restrict the quantity report. Report Selected Pay Items Only: Cleared 4 Click Compute. 5 In the Quantity Takeoff Report dialog box, in the drop-down menu, select Summary (TXT).xsl.
Page 633 4 Click Compute. 5 In the Quantity Takeoff Report dialog box, in the drop-down menu, select Detailed Linear (HTML).xsl. Examine the report. The length, station, and offset of the start and end of each pipe is displayed in this report. 6 In the drop-down menu, select Detailed Count (HTML).xsl.
Page 634: Exercise 6: Working With Pay Item Formulas
Export a quantity takeoff report 1 In the Quantity Takeoff Report dialog box, in the drop-down menu, select Detailed Area (CSV).xsl. You can export a quantity takeoff report to any of the formats in this list. 2 Click Save As. 3 In the Save Quantity Takeoff Report As dialog box, navigate to the Civil Tutorial Data folder (page 819).
Page 635 Create a pay item formula 1 Open Quantities-6.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). This drawing contains a commercial site, which consists of a building footprint, a parking lot, and access roads. 2 In the drawing, select the side road corridor. Click Corridor tab Modify panel Corridor Properties drop-down...
Page 636 TRUNC({Item Length}/10)+1 This formula truncates the feature line length to an integer value, and then divides it by ten. The resulting value is used as the pay item count for the recessed pavement marker. If there is a remainder from dividing the feature line length by ten, then one recessed pavement marker is added to the sum.
Page 637: Exercise 7: Creating A Pay Item List
7 Click Close twice. Load a different formula file 1 Click Analyze tab QTO panel QTO Manager. 2 In the QTO Manager vista, click Open Formula File. Use the Open dialog box to navigate to an existing pay item formula file. You can have several formula files available, and switch between them as needed.
Page 638 use this structure to create a custom pay item list, and then save it as a CSV file. 5 In Microsoft Excel, select row 2. Right-click. Click Insert. 6 Repeat Step 5 four times to create five empty rows. 7 Enter the following information in the new rows: Pay Item Item Description Unit...
Page 639 </category> Compare this content to the categories displayed in the QTO Manager vista. The Start values specify the pay items that are in each category. For example, pay items that start with 15101 are included in the Section 15101 category. You will use this structure as a basis to create a new set of categories.
Page 640 <category type="value" start="" end="" title="Group 141" descrip tion="Signs"> <category type="value" start="14101" end="" title="Section 14101" description="Speed Limit"/> <category type="value" start="14102" end="" title="Section 14102" description="Traffic Direction"/> </category> </category> 15 Save the pay item list in the My Civil Tutorial Data folder (page 819). Name the pay item file Tutorial_QTO_Pay-Item_Categorization.xml.
Page 641: Chapter 17 Pipe Network Tutorials
Pipe Network Tutorials These tutorials will get you started working with the pipe networks features, which you use to design and model the flow and function of a utility system, such as a storm or sanitary sewer. NOTE If you have not installed AutoCAD Civil 3D to the default location, you may receive messages in the Event Viewer indicating that pipe network part catalogs are not found.
Page 642: Exercise 1: Creating A Pipe Network From A Polyline
For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Creating Pipe Networks. Exercise 1: Creating a Pipe Network from a Polyline In this exercise, you will create a pipe network from an existing polyline. In this method of creating a pipe network, you use standard AutoCAD drawing commands to create a polyline, and then automatically place a pipe endpoint and structure at each polyline vertex.
Page 643 4 Press Enter to accept the flow direction. 5 In the Create Pipe Network From Object dialog box, specify the following parameters: Network Name: Storm Sewer Network Network Parts List: Storm Sewer Pipe To Create: 450 mm RCP Structure To Create: Eccentric Structure 1,500 dia 530 Frame 900 Cone Surface Name: First Street Alignment Name: First Street Erase Existing Entity: Selected...
Page 644 View the pipe network in profile 1 Select a pipe and a structure. 2 Right-click. Click Select Similar. 3 Right-click. Click Draw Parts In Profile View. 4 Click the First Street Profile view. The pipes and structures are displayed in the profile view. Notice that as you specified, the direction of flow begins at the end station of the profile, and proceeds toward the beginning station.
Page 645 5 Press Esc. Grip edit a network part 1 Select the pipe on the far right side of the profile view. 2 Click the grip. Drag the grip up to increase the invert elevation. Click to place the grip. You can use grips to graphically change the position of pipes and structures in both plan and profile.
Page 646 Edit network parameters 1 Right-click. Click Edit Network. 2 In the Network Layout Tools toolbar, click the arrow next to These tools enable you to add pipes or structures to the network using the parameters you set on this toolbar. 3 Click Pipe Network Vistas.
Page 647: Exercise 2: Creating A Pipe Network By Layout
To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Creating a Pipe Network by Layout (page 635). Exercise 2: Creating a Pipe Network by Layout In this exercise, you will create a pipe network using the AutoCAD Civil 3D pipe network layout tools. The pipe network is associated with a surface and alignment, and uses parts taken from a standard parts list.
Page 648 Draw contiguous pipes and structures 1 On the Network Layout Tools toolbar, in the Structure List, expand Eccentric Cylindrical Structure. Select Eccentric Structure 48 Dia 18 Frame 24 Cone 5 Wall 6 Floor. 2 In the Pipes List, expand Concrete Pipe. Select 18 Inch Concrete Pipe. 3 Ensure that Pipes and Structures is selected.
Page 649: Exercise 3: Adding Parts To A Pipe Network
Draw a curved pipe with a structure 1 Pan until you can see the segment of the alignment between station 12+50 and Station 13+00. 2 With the drawing command still active, on the command line, enter C to begin creating a curved pipe. 3 On the command line, enter ‘SO.
Page 650 Add structures to the pipe network 1 In the drawing, select a pipe network part. Right-click. Click Edit Network. 2 In the Structures list, ensure that Eccentric Cylindrical Structure Eccentric Structure 48 Dia 18 Frame 24 Cone 5 Wall 6 Floor is selected.
Page 651: Tutorial: Changing Pipe Network Properties
To continue to the next tutorial, go to Changing Pipe Network Properties (page 639). Tutorial: Changing Pipe Network Properties This tutorial demonstrates how to add parts to your pipe network parts list. You will also learn how to change the surface, alignment, and design rules that are referenced when you are laying out a pipe network.
Page 652: Exercise 2: Changing The Surface, Alignment, And Rules Configuration
4 On the Network Layout Tools toolbar, click 5 In the Select Parts List dialog box, click Edit Current Selection. 6 In the Network Parts List dialog box, on the Structures tab, right-click the parts list name in the tree view. Click Add Part Family. 7 In the Part Catalog dialog box, under Inlet-Outlets, select Concrete Rectangular Headwall.
Page 653 AutoCAD Civil 3D uses the referenced surface, alignment, and rules to determine the size and placement of pipe network parts. For example, if you create a manhole structure, the top rim of the structure is typically automatically placed at the elevation of the referenced surface. If the design rules for the manhole specify an adjustment value for rim of the structure, the rim is placed at the surface elevation plus or minus the adjustment value.
Page 654: Exercise 3: Adding A Branch To A Pipe Network
5 In the Structure Rule Set dialog box, click Edit Current Selection. 6 In the Structure Rule Set dialog box, click the Rules tab. The selected design rules specify that the structure has a maximum drop value of 3.000’ and maximum pipe diameter or width of 4.000’. You can modify these values, or click Add Rule to add another rule.
Page 655 Add a headwall structure to the pipe network NOTE This exercise uses Pipe Networks-2B.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous exercise. 1 If the Network Layout Tools toolbar is not already open, select a pipe network part. Right-click. Click Edit Network. 2 On the Network Layout Tools toolbar, ensure that the surface EG and the alignment XC_STORM are selected.
Page 656 2 Use the circular editing grip to rotate the headwall until it is perpendicular to the attached pipe. 3 Press Esc to deselect the headwall. Validate that design rules have been met 1 In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand Pipe Networks Networks Network - (1).
Page 657: Tutorial: Viewing And Editing Pipe Networks
5 With the break pipe marker displayed, click to place the manhole at the location, and create two pipes from the one. 6 Press Enter to end the command. To continue to the next tutorial, go to Viewing and Editing Pipe Networks (page 645).
Page 658: Exercise 2: Adding Labels To Pipe Network Parts
The pipe or structure you selected is drawn in the profile view. 5 Press Esc to deselect the pipe. 6 Select the profile view grid. Right-click. Click Profile View Properties. 7 In the Profile View Properties dialog box, on the Pipe Networks tab, select the check box in the Draw column for each part entry in the pipe network except for Pipe - (10), Pipe - (10)(1), Structure (11), and Structure (12).
Page 659 4 Click Add. 5 In the drawing window, click Pipe - (1), which is between stations 7+00 and 8+00 of the layout profile displayed in the profile view. The pipe is labeled with its description. In the following steps, you will create a label style that displays the elevation of the start invert of the pipe.
Page 660 14 Click the diamond-shaped label edit grip to make it active. Click a new location for the label at the start end of the pipe, which is the end located next to station 8+00. The start and end of a pipe is determined using the direction in which the pipe was drawn.
Page 661: Exercise 3: Editing Pipe Network Parts In A Profile View
5 In the Add Labels dialog box, click Close. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 3: Editing Pipe Network Parts in a Profile View (page 649). Exercise 3: Editing Pipe Network Parts in a Profile View In this exercise, you will edit the pipe network parts drawn in a profile view using editing grips and by directly editing the part properties.
Page 662: Exercise 4: Overriding The Style Of A Pipe Network Part In A Profile View
2 In the Pipe Properties dialog box, on the Part Properties tab, click the Start Invert Elevation value to select it. Press Ctrl+C to copy the value. 3 Click OK. 4 Press Esc to deselect Pipe - (4). 5 Click Pipe - (3) to select it. Right-click. Click Pipe Properties. 6 In the Pipe Properties dialog box, on the Part Properties tab, under Geometry, click the End Invert Elevation value to select it.
Page 663 Override the style of an object in a profile view NOTE This exercise uses Pipe Networks-3B.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous exercise. 1 In the drawing, zoom to the profile view of ROAD1 (PV- (1)). 2 Click the profile view to select it. Right-click. Click Profile View Properties. 3 On the Pipe Networks tab, click the Pipe - (6) row.
Page 664: Exercise 5: Viewing Pipe Network Parts In A Section View
Exercise 5: Viewing Pipe Network Parts in a Section View In this exercise, you will view the pipe network parts in a section view. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Displaying Pipe Networks in Section Views. This exercise continues from Exercise 4: Overriding the Style of a Pipe Network Part in a Profile View...
Page 665: Exercise 6: Creating Pipe And Structure Tables
5 Repeat Steps 3 and 4 to apply the No Labels label style set to the entries in the Change Labels column. 6 Click Create Section View. 7 Zoom and pan to a location for the section view. 8 Click to create the section view at your selected location. 9 If a warning event is displayed, close the Event Viewer window.
Page 666 2 In the Structure Table Creation dialog box, select By Network and click 3 Pan to a clear area in the drawing window and click to place the table. 4 Zoom and pan to the structure table. Examine the contents of the table. Next, you will change the contents of the table by creating a table style.
Page 667 12 In the Properties list, select Structure Station. Change the Precision value to 1 then click 13 Click OK twice. 14 In the Table Style dialog box, click the heading cell of the Station column, and then drag the Station column over the Structure Details column. The Station column is placed between the Structure Name and Structure Details columns.
Page 669: Part Builder Tutorials
Part Builder Tutorials These tutorials demonstrate how to work with the Part Builder features, which you use to design and model parts (pipes and structures) that are used in pipe networks. NOTE If you have not installed AutoCAD Civil 3D to the default location, you may receive messages in the Event Viewer, indicating that pipe network part catalogs are not found.
Page 670 Structure catalog. You will also configure work planes in the Part Builder parametric modeling environment so that you can proceed with modeling the part in the subsequent exercises. Because you will be working within the Part Builder environment, you do not need to have a drawing open to begin this exercise.
Page 671: Exercise 2: Defining The Manhole Geometry
To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Defining the Manhole Geometry (page 659). Exercise 2: Defining the Manhole Geometry In this exercise, you will define the geometry of the manhole by creating a simple schematic of the structure profile. You will build this portion with dimensions that can be modified from within AutoCAD Civil 3D when the part is in use.
Page 672 5 Repeat Steps 2 through 4 to create the following additional work planes, using the following approximate offsets from the work plane directly above each one: Top of Cone: 12” Top of Riser 2: 24” Top of Barrel: 85” Bottom of Structure: 200” The new work planes are displayed.
Page 673 10 Add a diameter dimension that you can later use as a structure parameter. Right-click the Rim work plane Add Dimension Diameter. The command line prompts you to select circle or arc geometry. Select the circular profile on the screen. The command line prompts you to select a dimension position.
Page 674 15 Click View tab Views panel Front. Four profiles from front view are displayed. 662 | Chapter 18 Part Builder Tutorials...
Page 675 16 Add a transition between the Rim circular profile and the Top of Riser 1 circular profile. This represents the manhole cover and frame. Right-click Modifiers and then click Add Transition. The command line prompts you to Select Start Profile. On the screen, select the circular profile on the Rim work plane.
Page 676 These transitions stay dynamic to profiles used to create them, including adjustments to work plane offsets, and diameter dimensions. 18 Switch your view back to an overhead view by selecting the Top of Barrel work plane, right-clicking and choosing Set View. Your view switches to an overhead view in relation to this work plane.
Page 677 21 Change your view to a Front view. The stack of work planes and the transitions created in step 17 are displayed. 22 Following the same methodology for the first batch of transitions created in steps 16 and 17, add transitions between the Top of Riser 2 Profile, and the smaller Top of Barrel profile, then the larger Top of Barrel profile and the Bottom of Structure profile.
Page 678 23 Change your view to SW isometric. 666 | Chapter 18 Part Builder Tutorials...
Page 679 24 Change your visual style to Conceptual. Exercise 2: Defining the Manhole Geometry | 667...
Page 680 25 Change your visual style back to 2D wireframe, then change your view back to Top view. 668 | Chapter 18 Part Builder Tutorials...
Page 681: Exercise 3: Matching Offsets And Dimensions To Parameters
To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 3: Matching Offsets and Dimensions to Parameters (page 669). Exercise 3: Matching Offsets and Dimensions to Parameters In this exercise, you will match the work plane offsets and diameter dimensions to the parameters. The next step, though, is to create a few more structure parameters.
Page 682 2 Right-click Size Parameters and then click Add. The Edit Part Sizes dialog box is displayed, along with the New Parameter dialog box. 3 Select Structure Riser Height 1 and press OK. A new parameter of SRZ1 is displayed in the Edit Part Sizes dialog box. 4 In the Edit Part Sizes dialog box, click New to display the New Parameter dialog box.
Page 683 SFH = 18 SID = 144 SRS = 300 SRZ1 = 8 SRZ2 = 70 SSTh = 12 SVPC = 192 These constants can be changed later to variables, lists, ranges, or tables for further part customization. Keep the Model Parameters dialog box open for the next step.
Page 684 WPOf2 8.0000 SRZ1 Workplane Offset 2 WPOf3 24.0000 Workplane Offset 3 WPOf4 120.0000 SRZ2 Workplane Offset 4 WPOf5 172.0000 SBSH Workplane Offset 5 10 Next you map each body diameter dimension to a corresponding structure diameter parameter. Using the calculator tool in the Model Parameters dialog box, set the equation column for each body diameter parameter making the following matches: BdyD1 = SFD...
Page 685: Exercise 4: Verifying The New Part
11 Press OK to exit the Model Parameters dialog box. Save the part. The part updates to reflect any dimension changes. If desired, change your view to isometric, and your visual style to conceptual, to see how the part is progressing. 12 Change the Autolayout location to the center of the Rim circular profile.
Page 686 4 On the Structures tab, click Add Part Family. The Add Part Family dialog box is displayed. 5 Click your part, and then click OK. An entry is displayed on the Structures tab for the manhole. 6 Right-click your part and then click Add Part Size. The Part Size Creator dialog box is displayed.
Page 687 11 Click Home tab Create Design panel Part Builder . Select Manhole 206 Type A, and then click Modify Part Sizes. Part Builder opens to your custom part. 12 Add some variables to the Cone Height (SCH), Riser 1 Height (SRZ1), and Barrel Height (SBH) to make it easier to edit your structure after it has been inserted into the drawing.
Page 688: Tutorial: Creating A Drop Inlet Manhole Structure
Click OK to exit the Edit Part Sizes dialog box. Lists of values are now available for SRZ1 and SBH. 18 Save your part. Additional customizations can be made to the geometry of a manhole such as this one using the principles learned in the vault structure tutorial exercise, as well as other part building exercises.
Page 689 before or after completing this exercise, you can open the Part Builder-2.dwg file to see what this finished part looks like. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Understanding Part Builder. 1 Click Home tab Create Design panel Part Builder 2 In the Getting Started –...
Page 690: Exercise 2: Defining The Manhole Geometry
A point is created on the Rim work plane near the center. This is a reference point to begin the construction of the part. 11 Right-click Work Planes and then click Add Work Plane. The Create Work Plane dialog box is displayed. 12 Click Right, enter “Vertical Axis”...
Page 691 3 Use the Add Geometry Line and Add Geometry Arc to draw the schematic of the drop assembly. Don’t worry about making the parts perfectly meet. You will use constraints to make the geometry match up properly. Make the two horizontal lines that connect to the vertical line about 36 units long.
Page 692 4 Right-click Vertical Axis Add Constraints Parallel. Select the bottom line segment of the manhole centerline, and then click the segment directly above it. The bottom two segments are now constrained such that they are parallel to each other. 5 Repeat the process, working your way up the centerline, constraining adjacent line segments to Parallel.
Page 693 upper horizontal line. This positions the rectangle so that its center is located at the fixed point. 10 Right-click Vertical Axis Add Constraints Parallel. Select the right upper horizontal segment, and then the left upper horizontal segment. The two upper segments are constrained to parallel. Exercise 2: Defining the Manhole Geometry | 681...
Page 694 11 Right-click Vertical Axis Add Constraints Tangent. Select the lower horizontal line, and then the arc. Repeat for the arc and the vertical segment of the drop pipe. The drop pipe bend arc is constrained to be tangent with the horizontal and vertical segments of the pipe. 12 Right-click Vertical Axis Add Dimension Distance.
Page 695 13 Repeat these steps for each segment of the centerline, starting at the top and ending at the bottom segment. Dimensions named LenA2 through LenA5 are created for the centerline of the structure. NOTE For this exercise, make sure you dimension the segments in the order shown in the following illustration.
Page 696 15 Right-click Vertical Axis Add Dimension Diameter. Select the arc that represents the elbow. Click a point to set the location of the dimension. BdyD1 is added to the arc. 16 Add one final length dimension to the left upper horizontal line segment. LenA7 is added.
Page 697 17 Click Save Part Family. The part is saved. Next you will add Profiles that represent the diameters of the frame, top of cone, barrel, and drop pipe. First, you’ll create the profile for the frame diameter. 18 Right-click Vertical Axis Add Profile Circular.
Page 698 20 Expand Vertical Axis. Right-click Circular Profile Rename. Enter “Frame Cylinder Diameter”. This will make it easier to work with this shape later. 21 Next, repeat the previous two steps to create and dimension the top of cone profile with a radius of about 18 units, and the barrel profile with a radius of about 24 units.
Page 699 22 Next, create and dimension the drop pipe profile. Right-click Vertical Axis Add Profile Circular. Click an open area to the left of the upper end of the vertical axis to define the center and then click again about 6 units away to define the diameter. 23 Add a diameter dimension to the pipe profile.
Page 700: Exercise 3: Creating Profiles And Establishing Parameters
24 Rename the three Circular Profiles to Cone Top Diameter, Barrel Cylinder Diameter, and Drop Pipe Diameter. Renaming the profiles will make them easier to work with later. 25 Click Save Part Family. The next exercise continues working on this part. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 3: Creating Profiles and Establishing Parameters...
Page 701 3 Repeat the Add Path command for the cone segment. For the start profile, select the Cone Top Diameter profile (dimensioned with BdyD3). For the end profile, select the Barrel Cylinder Diameter profile (dimensioned with BdyD4). Exercise 3: Creating Profiles and Establishing Parameters | 689...
Page 702 4 Repeat the Add Path command for the remaining three line segments. Use the Barrel Cylinder Diameter profile for both the start and end profiles for each of the three segments. Change your view to SE Isometric to see the part in 3D. Change view back to Right. 690 | Chapter 18 Part Builder Tutorials...
Page 703 5 Next, you’ll add paths for the drop pipe assembly. Right-click Modifiers Add Path. Select the lower horizontal segment for the path and the Drop Pipe Diameter profile for the start and end profiles. Exercise 3: Creating Profiles and Establishing Parameters | 691...
Page 704 6 Add Path for the curved elbow. When the Enter Number of Path Segments dialog box is displayed, verify that “Do not segment path” is checked, and then click OK. Then add the path modifier for the vertical segment of the drop pipe. Use the Drop Pipe Diameter profile. 7 Finish the drop pipe assembly by adding paths for the upper segments.
Page 705 8 Switch back to Right view. Next, you will merge the structure components with the drop pipe assembly components. Right-click Modifiers Boolean Add. When prompted to select objects, select the bottom two barrel segments, and the lower horizontal pipe segment, and then press Enter. The parts are merged.
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Page 707 9 Right-click Modifiers Boolean Add. When prompted to select objects, select the top two barrel segments, and the upper two horizontal pipe segments, and then press Enter. 10 Right-click Modifiers Boolean Add. When prompted to select objects, select the upper horizontal pipe segment, and the vertical pipe segment, and then press Enter.
Page 708 12 Next you will set the placement point for the part. Add new Top workplane; Add Point reference; Select placement point on Top workplane Expand AutoLayout Data. Right-click Layout Data, and then click Set Placement Point. Use the node object snap to click the top point on the vertical axis.
Page 709 13 Save the part. Click Save Part Family. 14 Right-click Size Parameters Edit Configuration. 15 Click New. Add the following Parameters clicking New for each: Barrel Height Frame Height (SFH) Frame Diameter (SFD) Cone Height (SCH) Inner Structure Diameter (SID) Barrel Pipe Clearance (SBPC) Click OK when all of the parameters have been added.
Page 710 SBSD to 48 SBSH to 108 SCH to 24 SFD to 24 SFH to 4 SID to 48 SRS to 102 SVPC to 36 WTh to 4 Saving the part causes the Model Parameters to update, including the new Size Parameters. 17 Right-click Size Parameters, and then click Edit Configuration.
Page 711 20 Make the following additional edits: SRS-SFH-SCH SBPC SBSD SID+(2*Wth) SBSH SRS+FTh 21 Edit the Equations and Descriptions for the LenA# parameters as shown in the following table: LenA1 Frame Cylinder Height LenA2 Cone Cylinder Height LenA3 SVPC-SFH-SCH+(BdyD5/2) Top Pipe CL LenA4 SRS+FTh-SFH-SCH-LenA3-LenA5 Top Pipe CL to Bottom Pipe CL...
Page 712 Click Save Part Family. Close out of the Part Builder Environment, and then re-open the Part. To exit the Part Builder utility, click the small X in the upper right corner of the Part Browser. (The Part Browser is the left pane portion of the Part Builder application window.) If you are prompted to save the part, click Yes.
Page 713 27 Click the drop-down arrow button next to Parameter Configuration, and select Values. 28 Select the 4.000 in the WTh column, click the Edit button from the Edit Part Sizes dialog box toolbar, and add the following values: 4.0, 6.0. Click 29 Repeat the previous step for each of the following parameters: FTh: 6.0, 8.0, 12.0 SFH: 4.0, 6.0, 8.0...
Page 714 38 Click OK twice to close all dialog boxes. 39 Save the Part. Switch Visual Style to Conceptual. The part should look like the following: 40 Right-click Model Parameters, and then click Edit. 41 Double click the Equation for SVPC and enter: SFH+SCH+SBPC. Change the Visual Style to 2D Wireframe.
Page 715 A reference point (green) is created where the two planes meet in line with the vertical axis of the structure. Exercise 3: Creating Profiles and Establishing Parameters | 703...
Page 716 43 Right-click Vertical Axis Add Constraints Coincident. Click the top point of the vertical axis, then click the reference point created in the previous step. The entire structure moves upward so that the rim elevation matches the top work plane. 44 Click Generate Bitmap.
Page 717: Tutorial: Creating A Vault Structure
47 Click Save Part Family. 48 Exit the Part Builder utility by clicking the small X in the upper right corner of the Part Browser. (The Part Browser is the left pane portion of the Part Builder application window.) If you are prompted to save the part, click Yes.
Page 718: Exercise 1: Defining The New Part In The Structure Catalog
Exercise 1: Defining the New Part in the Structure Catalog In this exercise, you will begin creating a vault structure in Part Builder by creating a new part chapter, and a new part family within the Structure catalog. You will also configure work planes in the Part Builder parametric modeling environment so that you can proceed with modeling the part in the subsequent exercises.
Page 719: Exercise 2: Defining The Vault Top Section Geometry
6 Expand Modeling. Right-click Work Planes, and then click Add Work Plane. The Create Work Plane dialog box is displayed. 7 Click Top, and then click OK. The Top work plane is created. 8 Expand Work Planes. Right-click Top Plane and then click Rename. Change the name to Rim.
Page 720 5 Right-click Rim Add Geometry Point. Click a location near the center of the rectangles. Press ESC. This becomes the center point of the structure. 6 Expand the Geometry folder. Right-click Point 2D Rename. Enter Fixed Center for the name. This name makes it easier to identify the component.
Page 721 9 Repeat this step for the bottom left and upper right corners of the outer rectangle. This constrains the outer rectangle so that it is centered about the Fixed Center. 10 Repeat these steps for the four corners of the inner rectangle. Both rectangles are now centered about the fixed point.
Page 722 12 Right-click Rim Add Dimension Distance. Click two points at either end of the top side of the outer rectangle. Click a point to set the location of the dimension. A dimension named LenA1 is created for the long side of the outer edge of the frame. 13 Repeat these steps for the right side of the outer rectangle.
Page 723 14 Repeat these steps for top and right sides of the opening, in that order. Reposition the dimensions as needed so that they are easy to read. LenA3 and LenA4 are created for the long side and short side of the opening, respectively.
Page 724 18 Repeat these steps to create an Extrusion modifier for the inner rectangle using a distance of 9. An extrusion modifier is created for the inner rectangle. 19 Right-click Model Dimensions Add Distance. Click one of the vertical edges of the outer box extrusion. Click a point to set the location of the dimension.
Page 725 20 Repeat this step for the inner box extrusion. LenB2 is created for the height of the opening extrusion. Exercise 2: Defining the Vault Top Section Geometry | 713...
Page 726 21 Expand Model Parameters, right-click Model Parameters, and then click Edit. The Model Parameters dialog box is displayed. 22 Click LenB2, then click Calculator. Click Variable, then select LenB1. Enter +1 after LenB1 and then click OK, then Close. This ensures that the extrusion for the opening is always deeper than the thickness of the frame.
Page 727 from the Edit Part Sizes dialog box toolbar. The Edit Values dialog box is displayed. 28 Change the current value to 48. Then use the Add button to create values of 60, 72, 84, 96, 108, and 120. This makes it so that the Structure Length parameter can be adjusted in 12-inch increments.
Page 728 37 Using the same procedure that was used for SBSL and SBSW, add values of 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, 96, and 108 for SFL. Add values of 24, 36, 48, and 60 for SFW. These values are now controlled by lists that can ultimately be manipulated from within AutoCAD Civil 3D when the part is in use.
Page 729: Exercise 3: Defining The Vault Box Geometry
Exercise 3: Defining the Vault Box Geometry In this exercise, you will build the box portion of the vault. You will use projection geometry and constraints to link the box to the frame so that a single set of dimensions can control both. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Understanding Part Builder.
Page 730 A new yellow rectangle is displayed representing the reference plane at the bottom of the frame (also top of box). This reference plane is attached to the modifier and moves if the frame thickness is adjusted. When prompted for the work plane, select the yellow rectangle at the top of the frame object (this represents the top plane).
Page 731 When prompted for the reference work plane, click along the lower edge of the frame object. 5 Right-click Top of Box and then click Set View. Next, click View tab Views panel SW Isometric. This sets the working plane to Top of Box and then returns the drawing to its original view.
Page 732 is in the correct position. Repeat this process for the three remaining lower edges. This creates geometry that is linked to the lower edge of the frame extrusion. This is a key relationship in building the box section below the frame so that it is aligned with the frame. The projected geometry is displayed in green.
Page 733 10 Click two points to create a rectangle that is outside of the current geometry. In Content Builder, change the name Rectangular Profile to Outer Wall. A rectangular profile is drawn. 11 Draw a second rectangular profile within the first. Change its name to Inner Wall.
Page 734 13 Repeat this procedure, first clicking the top pair of lines then clicking the right pair. Continue around the rectangle in a clockwise direction, finishing up by setting the right side equal to the bottom side. All sides are now equal. With these constraints in place, you can change the thickness of one side and the changes affect all sides.
Page 735 14 Right-click Top of Box Add Dimension Perpendicular Distance. Click a line on the inner rectangle then the corresponding parallel line on the outer rectangle. Click either of the lines once again to set a perpendicular reference object. Pick a point between the two lines for the dimension position and enter 4 for the dimension value.
Page 736 The black point is moved to be coincident with the green point. Because of constraints, the top and left sides of both rectangles are moved and the 4" distance between the inner and outer walls is maintained. 16 Repeat this procedure for all four corners. You may need to use Shift+Space to select the green point.
Page 737 from the Rim work plane. With these relationships, the geometry of the entire vault can be controlled with a few parameters. 17 Right-click Model Parameter and then click Edit. Change the Equation for LenA5 to Wth. Change the value for Wth to 4. Wall thickness (Wth) is one of the size parameters that is built in to this part type.
Page 738 20 Change the name of the new extrusion modifier to Box Outside. Repeat these steps for the inner rectangle using a distance of 44 and a name of Box Inside. The inner extrusion stops 4 inches shy of the outer extrusion, creating a 4-inch thick floor.
Page 739 21 Right-click Modifiers and then click Add Boolean Subtract. Click the outer extrusion, then the inner extrusion. Press Enter. Name the new modifier Box. 22 Right-click Size Parameters and then click Edit Values. Change to the following values: SBSL = 84 SBSW = 48 SFL = 72 SFW = 36...
Page 740: Exercise 4: Finalizing The Part
23 Click Save Part Family. Stay in the Part Builder environment for the next exercise. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 4: Finalizing the Part (page 728). Exercise 4: Finalizing the Part In this exercise, you will add the final model and size parameters that will allow the part geometry to be modified in AutoCAD Civil 3D.
Page 741 2 Right-click Size Parameters Edit Configuration. Click the New button at the top of the Edit Part Sizes dialog box. The New Parameter dialog box is displayed. 3 Click Frame Height, and then click OK. The Frame Height (SFH) parameter is added.
Page 742 9 Expand Modifiers. Right-click Box and turn off the visibility. Turn on the visibility of Box Outside and Box Inside. This displays the appropriate modifiers for dimensioning. 10 Right-click Model Dimensions and then click Add Distance. Click the outer box extrusion in the drawing, then click a location for the dimension.
Page 743 11 Repeat this step for the inner box extrusion. Dimension Len B4 is created. Exercise 4: Finalizing the Part | 731...
Page 744 12 Right-click Model Parameters, click Edit, and set the equation for LenB3 to LenB4 + Fth (floor thickness). While the Model Parameters dialog box is displayed, set the value for Fth to 4. Len B3 is the length of the Box Outer extrusion which is set to the Box Inner extrusion length plus the thickness of the floor.
Page 745 Set list to 4,8,12 Set the value to 4 Add SIL (Inner Structure Length) Change to List Set List to 12 inch increments from 48 to 120 Set value to 120 Add SIW (Inner Structure Width) Change to List Set List to 12 inch increments from 36 to 60 Set value to 60 Change to Range Set Minimum Value to 36...
Page 746 SFL=108 SFW=48 Click the Update Model button in the Edit Part Sizes dialog box toolbar, and then click OK. 17 Right-click Model Parameters and then click Edit. Make the following changes in the Equation column for each of the following. Make the changes in the order shown.
Page 747: Exercise 5: Using The New Part
20 Expand Modifiers. Turn on the visibility of Frame and Box. Turn off all other modifiers. 21 Click Generate Bitmap. 22 Click SW Isometric View. Click OK. A bitmap image has been generated for the part catalog. 23 Click Save Part Family. Exit the Part Builder Environment. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 5: Using the New Part (page 735).
Page 748 For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Understanding Part Builder. This exercise continues from Exercise 4: Finalizing the Part (page 728). 1 Make sure that you have closed the Part Builder environment from the previous exercise. 2 In the AutoCAD Civil 3D window, click Quick Access toolbar Open.
Page 749 9 Expand Vault 5106-LA with Top 5106-TL3-332, and select the part beneath it. The part now is displayed as the vault in 3D view, but still is displayed as a manhole in plan view. 10 Click the structure in any of the views. Right-click and then click Structure Properties.
Page 750 17 Change the following: Frame Length = 108 Frame Width = 48 Inner Structure Length = 120 Inner Structure Width = 60 18 Click OK. Note the change to the structure in the drawing. The structure has been updated with the new dimension properties. 19 Save and close the drawing.
Page 751: Labels And Tables Tutorials
Labels and Tables Tutorials These tutorials will get you started creating and editing labels, label styles, and tables. In AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011, you can annotate objects that exist in externally referenced drawings. This keeps annotations separate from the design data. This greatly reduces the file size of the annotation drawing, and allows greater flexibility in managing design data.
Page 752: Tutorial: Preparing To Annotate A Drawing
style. This action requires some forethought, because your changes affect all objects in the drawing that use the style. Label visibility can be controlled in several ways. First, label visibility is dependent on the parent object. When the layer of the parent object is either turned off or frozen, its labels are also turned off or frozen.
Page 753 Attach drawings as Xrefs for annotation 1 Using Windows Explorer, navigate to the tutorial drawings folder (page 819). Select all of the drawings that have names beginning with Labels-. Click Edit menu Copy. 2 Navigate to the My Civil Tutorial Data folder (page 819).
Page 754 8 In the External Reference dialog box, make sure that the following settings are selected: Reference Type: Attachment This setting specifies that the Xrefs remain with the current host drawing (Labels-1a.dwg) if the current drawing is attached as an Xref to another drawing.
Page 755: Exercise 2: Exploring The Annotation Tools On The Ribbon
Drawing with multiple externally referenced drawings To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Exploring the Annotation Tools on the Ribbon (page 743). Exercise 2: Exploring the Annotation Tools on the Ribbon In this exercise, you will learn how to locate annotation tools on the ribbon tabs.
Page 756: Tutorial: Adding And Editing Labels
Examine the Annotate tab NOTE This exercise uses Labels-1a.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous exercise. 1 Click the Annotate tab. This tab contains both AutoCAD Civil 3D and standard AutoCAD annotation tools. 2 Click Labels and Tables panel Add Labels drop-down.
Page 757: Exercise 1: Adding Labels In Groups
Labels are defined by the following properties. You will learn how to work with many of these properties in later tutorial exercises. Location. Label location in a drawing depends on the object using the label. For example, a parcel area label is usually placed at the center of the parcel, and surface contour labels are usually placed on the contour line.
Page 758 For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Adding Labels to Drawings. Create a label set for a new alignment NOTE This exercise uses Labels-1a.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous exercise, or you can open Labels-2a.dwg from the tutorial drawings folder (page 819).
Page 759 4 In the Create Alignment - From Polyline dialog box, for Name, enter West Street. For Alignment Style, ensure that Proposed is selected. Examine the contents of the Alignment Label Set list. When you create an object, its Create dialog box typically has style selector lists for both the object and the labels.
Page 760 9 In the Alignment Label Set dialog box, in the Geometry Points row, in the Geometry Points To Label column, click 10 In the Geometry Points dialog box, click to clear all check boxes. Select the Alignment Beginning check box. Click OK. You can use geometry point label types to label a selection of geometry points using a combination of styles that you specify.
Page 761 red labels are a brighter than the labels that were brought in with the externally referenced objects. The color tones are different so that you can easily identify where the labels reside: bright labels are in the current drawing, and light labels are in the externally referenced drawings. Label set applied to a newly created alignment Modify the label set of an existing alignment NOTE Changes that you make to the alignment label set after the alignment has...
Page 762 Geometry Points Label Style: Perpendicular With Tick And Line 3 Click Add. 4 In the Geometry Points dialog box, click to clear all check boxes. Select the following check boxes: Tangent-Tangent Intersect Tangent-Curve Intersect Curve-Tangent Intersect 5 Click OK to close the Geometry Points and Alignment Label Set dialog boxes.
Page 763 NOTE In the previous image, the EP: 0+243.63 and PC: 0+158.39 labels are shown on opposite sides of the alignment for clarity. You will learn to flip labels to the opposite side of an alignment in a later exercise. Add labels to an alignment in a referenced drawing 1 Click Annotate tab Labels &...
Page 764: Exercise 2: Manually Labeling An Object
Labels added to an alignment in an externally referenced drawing To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Manually Labeling an Object (page 752). Exercise 2: Manually Labeling an Object In this exercise, you will add labels to specific areas on an alignment after it has been created and automatically labeled.
Page 765 Label multiple alignment segments NOTE This exercise uses Labels-2a.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous exercise. 1 Click Annotate tab Labels & Tables panel Add Labels menu Alignment Add Alignment Labels 2 In the Add Labels dialog box, specify the following parameters: Feature: Alignment Label Type: Multiple Segment 3 In the three label style fields, accept the default styles.
Page 766 You are now ready to choose a specific location for a label on the alignment. Unlike multiple segment labels, single segment labels are placed exactly where you click. 3 On the West Street alignment, click near station 0+120 to place a line segment label.
Page 767: Exercise 3: Selecting And Moving Labels
Alignment with manually inserted segment labels To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 3: Selecting and Moving Labels (page 755). Exercise 3: Selecting and Moving Labels In this exercise, you will select labels and change their location in the drawing. Your drawing currently contains many labels, some of which overlap one another.
Page 768 Other label types, such as segment labels, are not part of a group. Each of these labels is treated as an individual object. Labels are distinct objects that are independent of the parent object that they annotate. Labels are dynamically linked to their parent object and automatically update when the parent object changes.
Page 769 6 Click one of the curve labels. Notice that while that curve label is selected, the other curve labels are not. There are two distinct label object types: Label type groups When you select a label that is part of a label type group, such as an alignment station label, the entire group is selected.
Page 770 A leader line is created from the label to the alignment. 3 Click the West Street label. Grips appear on the label. 4 Click the label anchor grip. The grip turns red. Drag the label to the right. Click near station 0+100 to place the label closer to the center of the line segment.
Page 771 Alignment end point label displayed in dragged state NOTE You can reset a selected label by clicking the circle grip. 9 Press Esc to deselect the EP: 0+243.63 label. 10 Ctrl+click station label 0+000. Press Delete. 11 Repeat these operations, moving and dragging labels to other locations where required.
Page 772 Alignment with labels moved to improve readability Select labels in an Xref 1 Click one of the station labels on the Main Street alignment. Notice that both the Main Street and East Street alignments and their station labels are selected. The labels were selected because the labels were created in the externally referenced drawing in which the alignments reside.
Page 773: Exercise 4: Working With Label Properties
Exercise 4: Working with Label Properties In this exercise, you will use standard AutoCAD tools to control properties for both individual labels and group labels. You can change the properties of: an individual label object a label object group an individual label object In this exercise, you will change all of these properties.
Page 774 Change the style of a single label 1 Click the curve label near station 0+040. Right-click. Click Properties. 2 In the Properties palette, change the Curve Label Style to Curve Label Style Design Data. 3 Press Esc to deselect the label. Change the style of a group of labels 1 Click station label 0+040.
Page 775: Tutorial: Changing The Content Of A Label
Alignment labels with modified properties To continue to the next tutorial, go to Changing the Content of a Label (page 763). Tutorial: Changing the Content of a Label This tutorial demonstrates how to change label text content for an individual label and for a group of labels.
Page 776: Exercise 1: Overriding Label Text
Exercise 1: Overriding Label Text In this exercise, you will override the text in a single label. Label text overrides are useful for adding text to an individual label to mark a point of interest without modifying all labels that share a style. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Overriding Label Text.
Page 777: Exercise 2: Changing Label Content In The Drawing Settings
Notice that the label updates to show the Northing and Easting values at the point of curvature. The other labels at the points of curvature and tangency have maintained their original style settings. To apply this change to the entire group of geometry point labels, you would modify the style that is used by the entire group.
Page 778 This exercise continues from Exercise 1: Overriding Label Text (page 764). Change label content in the drawing settings NOTE This exercise uses Labels-3a.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous exercise. 1 Zoom and pan to the area between stations 0+000 and 0+080 of the West Street alignment.
Page 779: Tutorial: Working With Tables And Tags
Geometry point labels with abbreviations modified in drawing settings 6 Close the drawing. To continue to the next tutorial, go to Working with Tables and Tags (page 767). Tutorial: Working with Tables and Tags This tutorial demonstrates how to place object data into tables. Each row in a table contains information about a single object component, such as a line or a curve.
Page 780: Exercise 1: Creating A Parcel Area Table
The label styles for the following objects support tag mode: general lines and curves alignment lines, curves, and spirals parcel area, lines, and curves For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topics Setting Up Label Styles to be Used as Tags and Understanding Tables. Exercise 1: Creating a Parcel Area Table In this exercise, you will create a table to display information about parcel objects.
Page 781 3 In Labels-Parcels.dwg, zoom in so that you can see all of the parcels adjoining East Street, which is the cul-de-sac alignment on the right-hand side of the drawing. You will apply a simpler area label style to parcels 37 through 41, and then create a table that will display detailed parcel data.
Page 782: Exercise 2: Converting Labels To Tags
The current drawing is rebuilt using the updated data from the Labels-Parcels drawing. Notice that the parcel area table you created in the externally referenced drawing is shown, and the parcels at the end of the East Street alignment use the Parcel Number area label style. Parcel area table added to an externally referenced drawing To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Converting Labels to Tags...
Page 783 Label the parcel segments NOTE This exercise uses Labels-4a.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous exercise. 1 Click Annotate tab Labels & Tables panel Add Labels menu Parcel Add Parcel Labels 2 In the Add Labels dialog box, specify the following parameters: Label Type: Multiple Segment Line Label Style: Parcel Line Label Style Bearing Over Distance...
Page 784 Parcel segment labels 8 When you finish labeling parcels, right-click to end the command. The Add Labels dialog box remains open, in case you want to label more parcels or other objects. You can close it, as you will not use it again in this exercise.
Page 785 2 In the Table Creation dialog box, in the Select By Label Or Style area, select the Apply check box for the two label styles you placed on the parcel segments: Parcel Curve: Delta Over Length And Radius Parcel Line: Bearing Over Distance 3 Click OK.
Page 786: Exercise 3: Renumbering Table Tags
Exercise 3: Renumbering Table Tags In this exercise, you will renumber the table tags you created in the previous exercise. You will renumber the curve table tags around the cul-de-sac on the East Street alignment so that they follow a clockwise pattern. You will use the Table Tag Numbering dialog box that you examined in the previous exercise to specify the starting number and increment with which to renumber the table tags.
Page 787 Renumber the table tags 1 In the drawing, zoom in to the area around the cul-de-sac at the end of the East Street alignment. 2 Click a label tag to select it. Click Labels tab Modify panel Renumber Tags. 3 Click tag C6. You are notified that tag number 1 already exists.
Page 788: Tutorial: Working With Label Styles
Renumber the table tags along the right-of-way so that they follow a clockwise pattern. Table tags renumbered along right-of-way To continue to the next tutorial, go to Working with Label Styles (page 776). Tutorial: Working with Label Styles This tutorial demonstrates how to define the behavior, appearance, and content of labels using label styles.
Page 789 In most cases, the easiest way to create a style is to find an existing style that is similar to the format that you want, create a copy, and then modify the copy. In the following steps, you will create a design speed label style. You will learn various ways to create and edit label styles using the AutoCAD Civil 3D Toolspace.
Page 790 5 In the Label Style Composer dialog box, on the Information tab, specify the following parameters: Name: Design Speeds - Inline Description: Small design speed label perpendicular to the alignment 6 Click the General tab. On the General tab, you can specify the settings for the overall label style, including the visibility, layer, and plan readability.
Page 791 Text Attachment: Bottom Right X Offset: 0.0 mm Y Offset: 1.0 mm 11 In the Text collection, for the Contents property, click the Value column. Click You can use the Text Component Editor dialog box to define the content and format of a label style text component. The Properties list displays the available properties that can be displayed in a label component.
Page 792: Exercise 2: Using A Child Label Style
Label style created from an existing style To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Using a Child Label Style (page 780). Exercise 2: Using a Child Label Style In this exercise, you will create a child label style that derives its default settings from an existing label style, or parent.
Page 793 4 In the Label Style dialog box, change the style to Perpendicular With Line. NOTE Make sure that you select Perpendicular With Line, and not Perpendicular With Tick. 5 Click the arrow next to . Click Create Child Of Current Selection. 6 In the Label Style Composer, on the Information tab, change the style name from Perpendicular With Line [Child] to Station Emphasis.
Page 794 Parent (STA: 0+100) and child (STA: 0+080) label styles Notice that in the drawing, the STA:0+080 and STA:0+100 label text are different sizes, and the text and line are aligned differently. A child style shares its basic properties with the parent style from which it was created. If a property value changes in the parent style, then the change is also applied to the child style.
Page 795: Exercise 3: Controlling Label Appearance Using Layers
5 In the Text : Text Height row, click in the Child Override column. In the Child Override column, is displayed, indicating that the previously independent property of the child has been overridden by the parent. 6 Click OK. Notice that the labels now use the same text size. The STA: 0+080 label text is now the same size as the STA: 0+000 label because the text height of the parent style has overridden that of the child style.
Page 796 the label style refers. When a label style refers to a specific layer, any label style components that are set to either ByLayer or ByBlock inherit the properties of that specific layer. However, if the label style refers to layer 0, then any label style components that are set to either ByLayer or ByBlock inherit their properties from the layer on which the label resides.
Page 797 5 Click Home tab Layers panel Layer list. Next to the C-ROAD layer, click to turn on the C-ROAD layer and the station labels. 6 On the command line, enter REGEN. Create a label style that is not affected by the parent object layer 1 Select label 0+120 to select all major station labels.
Page 798 7 Press Esc to deselect the labels. 8 On the command line, enter REGEN. Notice that while the ticks still inherit the red color from the C-ROAD-TEXT layer, the text is blue. Label style that uses color that differs from referenced layer Add another label 1 Click Annotate tab Labels &...
Page 799 Segment label added to alignment 3 Select the new label. On the Properties palette, notice that the label is on C-ROAD-TEXT. When labels are created, they are placed on the layer specified for the label object in the Drawing Settings dialog box on the Object Layers tab. The drawing settings for this drawing specify that alignment labels are created on the C-ROAD-TEXT layer.
Page 800 6 Click the Layout tab. Use the Component Name list to examine the properties of the various label components. Notice that the Color of all the components is ByLayer, except for the Direction Arrow component. The label components that have their Color property set to ByLayer are red because the color property of the C-ROAD-BRNG layer is red.
Page 801: Exercise 4: Changing The Dragged State Of A Label
Station labels hidden Notice that the STA:0+080 and STA:0+100 labels you changed in Exercise 2: Using a Child Label Style (page 780) are also still visible. This is because the rest of the major station labels use the Perpendicular With Tick style, which refers to layer 0.
Page 802 Every label style has two default formats: one for when the label is initially created in its normal layout location, and another that is applied when you drag the label away from its normal layout location. The controls for editing the dragged state of a label style are similar to those used for the layout state.
Page 803 Major station label 0+040 in dragged state Change the dragged state of the label 1 In Toolspace, on the Settings tab, expand Alignment Label Styles Station Major Station. Right-click Perpendicular With Tick. Click Edit. 2 In the Label Style Composer dialog box, click the Dragged State tab. In both the Leader and Dragged State Components categories, notice that the Color, Linetype, and Lineweight properties are all either ByLayer or ByBlock.
Page 804 The label returns to the original layout property settings, and all other style controls in this area are disabled. This type of dragged-state format is easy to apply, but is not suitable for all label types. In particular, note that the leader line does not adapt well to all possible dragged locations. 4 Change the Display value back to Stacked Text.
Page 805: Exercise 5: Changing A Label Style
Modified dragged state: major station label 0+040 NOTE To return a dragged label to its original layout format, click the grip. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 5: Changing a Label Style (page 793). Exercise 5: Changing a Label Style In this exercise, you will learn several ways to change label styles.
Page 806 Individual label objects that are part of a group, such as a single alignment station label. Individually labeled objects in the Prospector list view, including parcels, points, and pipe network objects. Exercise 1: Creating a Parcel Area Table (page 768) for information about changing parcel area label styles using the Prospector list view.
Page 807 Curve label style changed Change the label style of a group of label objects 1 Click the 0+220 station label. Grips appear on all the station labels, indicating that station label 0+220 is part of the station label group. 2 Right-click the label. Click Properties. 3 On the Properties palette, in the Major Station Label Style list, select Parallel With Tick.
Page 808 Major station label type group style changed Change the label style of an individual label object that is part of a group 1 Ctrl+click the 0+060 station label. A grip appears only on label 0+060. The other major station labels are not selected.
Page 809: Exercise 6: Creating A Label Style That Refers To Another Object
Major station label type style changed: STA: 0+060 only To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 6: Creating a Label Style that Refers to Another Object (page 797). Exercise 6: Creating a Label Style that Refers to Another Object In this exercise, you will use the reference text component to create a single label style that annotates two objects of different types.
Page 810 For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Referenced Text. This exercise continues from Exercise 5: Changing a Label Style (page 793). Create a label style that refers to another object NOTE This exercise uses Labels-5c.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous exercise.
Page 811 7 In the Select Type dialog box, select Surface. Click OK. 8 In the Label Style Composer dialog box, specify the following parameters: Name: Elevation Anchor Component: Geometry Point & Station Anchor Point: Bottom Left Attachment: Top Left 9 Under Text, in the Contents row, click the Value cell. Click 10 In the Text Component Editor dialog box, in the preview pane, replace Label Text with EL:.
Page 812 5 In the Geometry Points dialog box, click to clear all check boxes. Select the Alignment Beginning check box. Click OK. 6 In the Alignment Labels dialog box, click OK. 7 Drag the label to a clear location, if necessary. Notice that the label is added to the alignment, but the elevation value is displayed as ???.
Page 813: Tutorial: Using Expressions In Labels
Label style that refers to an alignment and surface To continue to the next tutorial, go to Using Expressions in Labels (page 801). Tutorial: Using Expressions in Labels This tutorial demonstrates how to use expressions, which are mathematical formulas that modify a property within a label style. You use text, lines, and block data components to present static data in a label style.
Page 814: Exercise 1: Creating An Expression
Exercise 1: Creating an Expression In this exercise, you will create an expression that calculates the magnetic compass direction of an alignment at each geometry point. Expressions make use of the same properties that you can add to label styles, such as Point Elevation, Northing, and Easting.
Page 815: Exercise 2: Inserting An Expression Into A Label Style
7 In the New Expression dialog box, in the Expression field, use the keypad to enter -(15.5*(2*pi/360)) . NOTE Use the button to enter pi. The completed equation looks like this: {Instantaneous Direction}-(15.5*(2*pi/360)) The expression includes a conversion from degrees to radians because AutoCAD Civil 3D uses radians for all internal angle calculations.
Page 816 Insert an expression into a label style NOTE This exercise uses Labels-6a.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous exercise. 1 In Toolspace, on the Settings tab, expand Alignment Label Styles Station Geometry Point. Right-click Additional Details. Click Edit. 2 In the Label Style Composer dialog box, on the Layout tab, under Text, in the Contents row, click the Value column.
Page 817: Chapter 20 Plan Production Tutorials
Vault). If you choose to manage your plan production files (sheet set files, sheet files, templates) with Autodesk Vault, you must log in to the appropriate project and have the necessary files checked out for editing. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Using Vault with Plan Production Tools.
Page 818: Exercise 1: Configuring Viewports
in your drawing, in just a few seconds you can create sheets that automatically display the desired data. NOTE To set up a drawing for creating cross section sheets, see the Creating Section Views tutorial (page 569). For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Preparing for Plan Production.
Page 819: Exercise 2: Creating View Frames
set to Profile. These settings specify that when you use this template in the plan production process, the plan view of the alignment will appear in the top viewport, and the corresponding profile will appear in the bottom viewport. By default, all templates that are not contained in the local Template\Plan Production folder (page 819) have their Viewport Type set to Undefined.
Page 820 3 In the Create View Frames wizard, on the Alignment page, specify the following parameters: Alignment: Maple Road Station Range: Automatic This setting selects the entire Maple Road alignment. 4 Click Next. 5 On the Sheets page, under Sheet Settings, select Plan And Profile. This setting creates sheets that display both plan and profile views for each view frame.
Page 821 Match lines are straight lines that are drawn across an alignment in plan view to indicate where the corresponding sheet for that alignment begins and ends. Match lines typically include labels that can identify the previous and next sheet (view frame) along the alignment. Examine the settings that are available, but accept the default settings for this exercise.
Page 822 18 In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand View Frame Groups, then expand the VFG - Maple Road collection. Expand the View Frames and Match Lines collections. Notice that they contain the same components you created during the view frame group creation process.
Page 823: Tutorial: Generating Sheets For Plotting
To continue to the next tutorial, go to Generating Sheets for Plotting (page 811). Tutorial: Generating Sheets for Plotting This tutorial demonstrates how to generate plot-ready sheets that display either plan and profile or cross sections. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topics Plan/Profile Sheet Production and Section Sheet Production.
Page 824 NOTE On any page of this wizard, you may click Create Sheets to create the sheets using the default choices on the wizard pages. If there are criteria that have not been supplied, then the Create Sheets button is not available. 5 In the Create Sheets wizard, on the View Frame Group And Layouts page, specify the following parameters: View Frame Group: VFG - Maple Road.
Page 825 11 In the Browse For Folder dialog box, navigate to the My Civil Tutorial Data folder (page 819). Click Open. 12 Click Next. NOTE If the view frames do not include any profile views, then the Profile Views page in the Create Sheets wizard is skipped. The Data References page is displayed next.
Page 826: Exercise 2: Creating Section Sheets
2 When prompted, pan to a clear area in the drawing, then click a location for the profile view origin. After your sheets are created, the Sheet Set Manager is displayed, showing the newly created sheets. For more information on the Sheet Set Manager, see the Sheet Set Manager Help topics in the AutoCAD Help.
Page 827 For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Section Sheet Production. This exercise continues from Exercise 1: Creating Plan and Profile Sheets (page 811). Open and save the drawing 1 Open Plan Production-Section Sheets-Create.dwg, which is located in the tutorial drawings folder (page 819).
Page 828 7 In the Browse for Sheet Set Folder dialog box, navigate to the My Civil Tutorial Data folder (page 819). Click Open. 8 Click Create Sheets. 9 When you are notified that the drawing will be saved, click OK. When the drawing is saved, the following tasks are completed: Layouts are created.
Page 829 In the Properties window, under Misc, notice the Standard Scale property. This value should match the drawing scale of the source drawing. 3 Close the Properties window. 4 On the AutoCAD status bar, right-click Click Display Layout and Model Tabs. At the bottom of the drawing, Model, Layout, and Sheet tabs are displayed.
Page 831: Tutorial Folder Locations
Assemblies folder Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\C3D 2011\enu\Assemblies\ Windows Vista: C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\C3D 2011\enu\Assemblies\ Windows 7: C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\C3D 2011\enu\Assemblies\ Autodesk Documents folder Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\[user name]\My Documents\Autodesk Windows Vista: C:\Users\[user name]\Documents\Autodesk Windows 7: C:\Users\[user name]\Documents\Autodesk Civil 3D Project Templates folder C:\Civil 3D Project Templates...
Page 832 tutorial folder <AutoCAD Civil 3D installation location>\Help\Civil Tutorials 820 | Glossary...
Page 833: Index
Index astronomic direction calculator, using for azimuth calculations alignments AutoCAD Civil 3D, overview creating Autodesk Vault. See Vault creating with layout tools criteria-based design, correcting violations criteria-based design, creating blocks with multi-view, moving to surface curves and spirals, adding borrow pits, adding...
Page 834 viewing and rendering DYN. See dynamic input viewing sections dynamic input with a transition lane, creating criteria-based design correcting violations criteria violations, correcting elevation design checks, working with editing in a grading design criteria file, modifying exporting designing an alignment using parcel data designing profiles using Vault projects...
Page 835 creating 392, 397, 408 appearance, controlling using criteria, creating layers criteria, editing changing appearance editing 400, 412 content, changing elevation, editing creating child styles filling a void area data band, staggering in point of vertical intersection dragged state, managing (PVI) 395, 415 expressions settings, reviewing...
Page 836 mapcheck reports, used in parcel creating export from AutoCAD objects mass haul diagrams data, exporting balancing volumes in display order creating displaying and analyzing creating and editing editing mass haul lines free-form segment, subdividing a styles parcel with match lines geometry, editing creating with view frames size, editing...
Page 837 drop inlet manhole structure, data bands creating displaying labels, adding to pipe network displaying and managing parts hatch patterns between profiles, layout, creating by adding parts list, adding parts to managing parts, adding to a pipe network 637 multiple line parts, viewing in section view multiple, creating pipe and structure tables,...
Page 838 modifying grade labels, adding projected objects pipe network parts, viewing in profile views, adding to projected objects, adding section views, adding to sections projects corridor, editing adding drawings to corridor, viewing adding points to displaying on alignments creating tutorials exporting settings groups, creating survey...
Page 839 rendering working with simplifying tags smoothing labels used as style and display, changing renumbering styles, editing working with styles, switching TIN edges, swapping TIN lines tutorials deleting from surface visualizing TIN surfaces volume information, generating 105 creating volume, calculating volume, creating survey tool catalogs astronomic direction calculator 167...
Page 840 visual styles applying user interface visualization overview corridors 483, 490 user-defined properties surface adding to points volume calculation, creating assigning to point groups volumes creating mass haul, balancing in importing points with labels for point file formats for querying water drop analysis configuring creating watersheds...

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