Introducing AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 Book

Introduction xv

Chapter 1 Welcome to the Civil 3D Environment 1

The Civil 3D Interface 2

Summary 23

Chapter 2 General Tools 25

Interrogating the Model 26

Reporting on the Model 32

Tool Palettes and Catalogs 35

Summary 41

Chapter 3 Lines and Curves 43

Drawing Deeds with Lines and Curves 44

Creating Property Lines Using the Line Creation Tools 44

Creating Property Curves Using the Curve Creation Tools 45

Creating Property Lines Using Transparent Commands 47

Creating a Property Line by Best Fit 48

Labeling Property Lines and Curves 50

Making a Segment Table 52

Summary 54

Chapter 4 Survey 55

Establishing Survey Settings 56

Importing Survey Data via the Wizard 62

Refining Survey Data 68

Summary 70

Chapter 5 Points 71

Working with Ground Points 72

Setting Points for Stakeout 77

Summary 85

Chapter 6 Parcels 87

Converting a Boundary to a Parcel 88

Creating Internal Boundary Segments 89

Creating Lots at the End of a Cul-de-Sac 91

Creating Evenly Sized Subdivision Lots 92

Renumbering Parcels 95

Labeling Parcel Segments 96

Analyzing Parcels with an Area Table 97

Working Through the Plan 98

Summary 103

Chapter 7 Surfaces 105

Surface Building Blocks 106

Refining and Editing Surface Data 113

Displaying and Labelling Surfaces 116

Analyzing Surfaces 122

Summary 126

Chapter 8 Alignments 127

Creating Alignments 128

Editing Alignments 135

Labeling Alignments 138

Summary 146

Chapter 9 Profiles and Profile Views 147

Creating and Editing Profiles 148

Displaying and Labeling Profiles and Profile Views 160

Superimposing Profiles 169

Summary 170

Chapter 10 Assemblies and Corridors 171

Importing a StandardAssembly 172

Customizing Lane Width in a Standard Assembly 173

Building a Road Corridor from an Alignment, a Profile, and an Assembly 173

Viewing Corridor Sections 176

Building a Finished Ground Surface from a Corridor 178

Observing the Dynamic Reaction of the Corridor Model 179

Summary 180

Chapter 11 Sections 181

Sampling Section Data along an Alignment 182

Creating a Section View 185

Labeling Pipe Crossings in a Section View 188

Creating Multiple Section Views 190

Analyzing Construction Materials by Section 193

Summary 196

Chapter 12 Grading 197

Working with Feature Lines 198

Working with Grading Groups 208

Working with Composite Surfaces 212

Summary 218

Chapter 13 Pipes 219

Creating a Sanitary Sewer Pipe Network 220

Drawing a Sanitary Sewer Network in Profile View 223

Creating an Alignment from Storm Drainage Network Parts 224

Labeling a Pipe Network in Profile View 226

Showing Pipe Crossings in Profile View 227

Creating a Dynamic Pipe Table 230

Editing a Pipe Network 231

Summary 236

Chapter 14 Projects 237

What Are Data Shortcuts? 238

Publishing Data Shortcut Files 239

Using Data Shortcuts 243

Summary 251

Appendix More Exercises for Exploring AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 253

Index 309