Exercise 1: Reviewing Grading Settings; Exercise 2: Creating Grading Criteria - Autodesk CIVIL3D - CIVILDESIGNCOMP 2007 SLM CD Tutorials Manual

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
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2 In Toolspace, on the Settings tab, right-click Grading
Settings.
3 In the Edit Feature Settings dialog box, expand the General collection.
4 In the Save Command Changes To Settings property, verify that the value
is set to Yes.
This setting saves command settings for reuse. For example, if you create
a grading and set the grade to 5%, then 5% is the default value the next
time you create a grading.
5 Expand the collections for Grade, Slope, and Grade/Slope.
Notice the options for unit format and precision. The integer value for
precision specifies the number of digits to the right of the decimal place.
6 Click OK.
To continue this tutorial, go to
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Exercise 2: Creating Grading Criteria

In this exercise, you will create a grading criteria set for a ditch grading, then
create three criteria in the set.
Each grading criteria provides a standard formula for creating a graded slope.
Individual criteria values can be locked so that they cannot be changed for
individual gradings.
For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Using Grading
Criteria.
This exercise continues from
388 | Chapter 11 Grading Tutorials
tutorial drawings folder
Exercise 2: Creating Grading Criteria
Exercise 1: Reviewing Grading Settings
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