AutoCAD Civil 3D Beginner to Advanced Training

Course Structure

Module 1: Getting Started

• Introduction to CADLearning for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013
• Civil 3D - Overview
• The User Interface - Workspaces
• The User Interface - Overview
• The User Interface - Ribbon
• Using the Toolspace - Overview
• Using the Toolspace - Prospector
• Using the Toolspace - Settings
• Using the Help System
• Managing Drawings
• Understanding Objects
• Working with Settings - Drawing Settings
• Working with Settings - Objects and Commands
• Understanding Object Styles
• Working with Styles - Switching and Deleting
• Copying Styles Between Drawings
• Working with Label Styles - Basic Concepts
• Using Label Styles
• Working with Label Sets and Modifying Labels
• Working with the Annotative Properties of Labels
• Getting Information about Objects
• Working with Drawing Templates
• Working with the Lines and Curves Commands

Module 2: Survey

• Working with the Survey Tools - Overview
• Working with Survey Databases
• Creating a Figure Prefix Database
• Setting up Linework Code Sets
• Importing Point Files and Fieldbooks
• Working with Survey Queries

Module 3: Working with Points

• Working with Points - Key Concepts
• Working with Point Settings
• Creating Points in a Drawing
• Creating Description Key Sets
• Importing Points
• Displaying Imported Points
• Creating Point Groups
• Using Point Groups
• Working with Point Styles
• Editing Points
• Creating Point Tables

Module 4: Surfaces

• Working with Surfaces - Overview
• Creating Surfaces
• Adding Breaklines to Surfaces
• Adding Boundaries to Surfaces
• Editing Surfaces
• Working with Surface Operations
• Pasting Surfaces
• Performing a Slope Analysis
• Working with Surface Styles
• Using Surface Utilities
• Labeling Surfaces - Contours
• Labeling Surfaces - Slope and Spot Elevations
• Calculating Surface Volumes

Module 5: Working with Alignments

• Working with Alignments - Overview
• Understanding Sites
• Creating Alignments from Objects
• Creating Alignments with the Layout Tools
• Editing Alignments
• Creating Offset Alignments and Widenings
• Adjusting Alignment Stations
• Working with Alignment Design Criteria
• Adding Superelevations
• Working with Alignment Labels - General Concepts
• Working with Alignment Labels - Adding Additional Labels
• Working with Alignment Labels - Tags and Tables
• Adding Points to an Alignment

Module 6: Working with Profiles

• Working with Profiles - Overview
• Working with Profile Views
• Creating Existing Ground Profiles
• Creating a Proposed Ground Profile
• Editing Profiles
• Using Profile Design Criteria
• Labeling Profiles
• Working with Profile Tools

Module 7: Working with Assemblies and Subassemblies

• Working with Assemblies - Overview
• Working with Subassemblies - Overview
• Creating Assemblies
• Editing Assemblies
• Creating Subassemblies from Polylines
• Managing Assemblies and Subassemblies

Module 8: Corridors, Intersections and Roundabouts

• Working with Corridors - Overview
• Creating a Corridor
• Adding a Baseline to a Corridor
• Adding a Region to a Corridor Baseline
• Working with Intersections - Overview
• Creating an Intersection
• Finishing the Corridor
• Creating a Surface from a Corridor
• Viewing and Editing Corridor Sections
• Preparing to Create a Cul-de-Sac
• Finishing the Cul-de-Sac
• Creating a Roundabout

Module 9: Sections, QTO and Mass Haul Diagrams

• Working with Sections - Overview
• Creating Sample Lines
• Creating Section Views
• Producing Sheets of Section Views
• Creating Earthwork Quantity Reports
• Generating a Materials Quantity Report
• Working with Mass Haul Diagrams - Overview
• Creating a Mass Haul Diagram
• Quantity Takeoff and Pay Item Overview
• Assigning Pay Items and Generating a Report

Module 10: Plan Production

• Working with the Plan Production Tools - Overview
• Creating View Frames
• Creating Plan Production Sheets

Module 11: Working with Parcels

• Working with Parcels - Overview
• Understanding Parcel Styles
• Creating Parcels from Objects
• Creating Right-of-Way Parcels
• Working with the Parcel Creation Tools
• Editing Parcels
• Renumbering Parcels
• Labeling Parcel Areas
• Labeling Parcel Segments
• Creating Parcel Tables
• Creating Parcel Reports

Module 12: Grading

• Working with the Grading Tools - Overview
• Working with Feature Lines - Overview
• Creating Feature Lines from Objects
• Creating Feature Lines from Corridors
• Creating Feature Lines from Alignments
• Creating Feature Lines
• Editing Feature Lines
• Working with the Grading Creation Tools - Creating a Building Pad
• Working with the Grading Creation Tools - Creating a Detention Pond
• Calculating the Detention Volume of a Pond
• Grading a Parking Lot
• Creating a Final Finished Ground Surface

Module 13: Pipes

• Working with Pipe Networks - Overview
• Working with Pipe Network Styles and Settings
• Creating Pipe and Structure Rules
• Creating a Parts List
• Creating a Pipe Network Using Objects
• Creating a Pipe Network Using the Creation Tools
• Adding Pipes to a Network
• Editing a Pipe Network
• Splitting and Merging Pipe Networks
• Creating Pipe Network Profiles
• Modifying Pipe Profiles
• Labeling Pipe Networks
• Checking Pipe Interferences
• Working with Pressure Networks - Overview
• Creating a Pressure Network
• Editing a Pressure Network
• Creating Pressure Network Profiles
• Modifying Pressure Network Profiles

Module 14: Hydraflow

• Working with Hydraflow - Overview
• Using Hydraflow Express for Culverts
• Using Hydraflow Express for Channels
• Using Hydraflow Express for Inlets
• Using Hydraflow Express for Hydrology
• Using Hydraflow Hydrographs for Watershed Analysis
• Using Hydraflow Hydrographs for Detention Pond Design
• Using Hydraflow Storm Sewers - Overview
• Using Hydraflow Storm Sewers for Storm Sewer Analysis
• Exporting Pipe Networks to Hydraflow Storm Sewers
• Importing Pipe Networks from Hydraflow Storm Sewers

Module 15: Exchanging Data with Other Applications

• Importing Data from Land Desktop
• Working with LandXML Data
• Exporting Civil 3D Data to AutoCAD
• Using eTransmit

Module 16: Sharing Data

• Sharing Data Within Civil 3D - Overview
• Creating Data Shortcuts
• Using Data Shortcuts
• Labeling Through an Xref

Module 17: Rendering

• Adding Rendering Materials to Corridors
• Adding Rendering Materials to Surfaces
• Adding Multiview Blocks
• Creating an Animation

Module 18: Point Clouds

• Working with Point Clouds - Overview
• Creating Point Clouds
• Displaying Point Clouds
• Creating a Surface from a Point Cloud

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