AutoCAD Training : Civil 3D 2008 Introduction for Site Grading Plans

Civil 3D 2008 Introduction for Site Grading Plans

AutoCAD Training Overview

Autodesk Civil 3D supports a wide range of civil engineering tasks and creates intelligent relationships between objects. This interactive two day course is recommended for users that are required to understand the basics of Civil 3D and create introductory level site grading plans using Civil 3D. This course is also ideal for managers that require a basic overview and understanding of this aspect of Civil 3D.

Students that attend this course are provided a Project Workbook, and with the help of an Instructor facilitating the class, all students progress through the workbook learning the requisite knowledge. Students use feature lines and grading tools to create a commercial site containing a parking lot, building pad, pond and a simple sewage lagoon system with an outfall structure and piping. An existing road has been included in the survey and a survey team collected the existing conditions. A comma delimited ASCII coordinate file in a Point number, Northing, Easting, Elevation, Description format is provided.

AutoCAD Training Topics

Introduction to Civil 3D
Toolspace
Settings and Defaults
Object Styles
Building and Editing Surfaces
Sharing Civil 3D Objects
Building Pad Design
Parking Lot Design
Pond Design
Lagoon Design
Combining Surfaces

For those users looking to gain a broader and more in-depth understanding of Civil 3D and its functionality consider taking the Fundamentals for Civil 3D 3-day training course.

Prerequisites

Successful completion of AutoCAD Level 1 & 2, or equivalent. A working knowledge of Civil Engineering practices and terminology would be an asset.

AutoCAD Training Course Duration

16 hours

AutoCAD Training Course outline

Exercise 1: The AutoCAD Civil 3D Environment

AutoCAD Civil 3D Interface
Object Base Layer
Object Component Layers

Exercise 2: Toolspace

Toolspace
Prospector Tab Overview
Settings Tab Overview
Survey Tab Overview
Toolbox Tab Overview
Point Description Keys Overview
Point Groups Overview

Exercise 3: Settings and Defaults

Create a New Drawing
Drawing Settings
Label Style Defaults
Edit Feature Settings
Edit Command Settings

Exercise 4: Object Styles

Overview of Styles
Create New Point Styles
Create Description Keys
Point Command Settings
Create Point Groups
Create Points
Create New Surface Styles
Create New Group Plot Style
Create a Drawing Template

Exercise 5: Build and Edit Surfaces

Start a New Drawing
Import a Coordinate Point File
Create a New Surface
Create a Point Group
Create a TIN Boundary
Point Display
Create Breaklines
Add Surface Data
Editing Surfaces
Surface Display
Add Contour Labels
Contour Label Style

Exercise 6: Sharing AutoCAD Civil 3D Objects

Export to LandXML
Data Shortcuts Overview
Create Data Shortcuts
Export Data Shortcuts
Import Data Shortcuts
Create a Surface Reference
Synchonizing References
Import LandXML

Exercise 7: Building Pad Design

Import Site Layout
Create Feature Lines from Objects
Grading to a Surface
Editing the Grading
Creating an Automatic Surface from the Grading
Grading Volumes
Surface Volumes

Exercise 8: Parking Lot Design

Create Surface Points
Draw Feature Lines
Stepped Offsets
Create a Grading Group
Create a Surface
Add Feature Lines to a Surface

Exercise 9: Pond Design

Multiple Grading Objects
Grade to Relative Elevation
Grade to Distance
Grade to Surface
Create Infill
Surface Creation
Grading Volumes
Balance Volumes
Quick Profile

Exercise 10: Lagoon Design

Convert Polylines to Feature Lines
Aeration Pond Feature Lines
Lagoon Feature Lines
Create the Design Surface
Calculating Earthwork Volumes
Create an Alignment
Create a Profile View
Create Outfall Structure and Piping

Exercise 11: Combining Surfaces

Final Grading Surface
Paste Surfaces

Appendix

Grading Tools
Grading Editing Tools
Grading Utilities
Feature Lines