Mastering AutoCAD Civil 3D 2016

Cyndy Davenport has been working in the land development industry for 28 years. A veteran of design technology management, implementation, training, and support, she has earned numerous certifications in various Autodesk products over the years. Cyndy has spoken several times at Autodesk University and blogs occasionally at c3dcougar.typepad.com. Ishka Voiculescu is an engineer with the City of Austin Public Works. He has extensive experience using Autodesk Suite products for planning, design, and visualization. Ishka belongs to various engineering groups, is active both in the social networks and community forums, and blogs at civildigest.com.

Introduction xxiii Chapter 1 The Basics 1 The Interface 1 Toolspace 6 Panorama 34 Contextual Ribbon Tab 35 Civil 3D Templates 36 Starting New Projects 37 Importing Styles 40 Command Settings 43 Creating Lines 45 COGO Line Commands 46 Direction-Based Line Commands 48 Re-Creating a Deed Using Line Tools 54 Creating Curves 55 Standard Curves 56 Best-Fit Entities 62 Attaching Multiple Entities 65 Adding Line and Curve Labels 65 Using Transparent Commands 66 Standard Transparent Commands 67 Matching Transparent Commands 68 The Bottom Line 70 Chapter 2 Survey 73 Setting Up the Databases 73 Survey Database Defaults 74 The Equipment Database 77 The Figure Prefix Database 78 The Linework Code Set Database 80 Configuring Description Keys for Point Import 82 Creating a Description Key Set 84 Creating Description Keys 85 Activating a Description Key Set 88 Understanding the Survey Database 90 Working with Survey Networks 98 Other Methods of Manipulating Survey Data 104 Other Survey Features 108 The Astronomic Direction Calculator 108 The Geodetic Calculator 108 The Mapcheck Report 109 The Coordinate Geometry Editor 110 Using Inquiry Commands 114 The Bottom Line 117 Chapter 3 Points 119 Anatomy of a Point 119 COGO Points vs. Survey Points 120 Creating Basic Points 121 Point Settings 121 Importing Points from a Text File 125 Converting Points from NonCivil 3D Sources 128 A Closer Look at the Create Points Toolbar 133 Basic Point Editing 141 Graphic Point Edits 141 Panorama and Prospector Point Edits 142 Point Groups: Dont Skip This Section! 143 Changing Point Elevations 148 Point Tables 150 User-Defined Properties 151 The Bottom Line 155 Chapter 4 Surfaces 157 Understanding Surface Basics 157 Creating Surfaces 159 Creating a Surface with Point Groups 161 Adding Breaklines 162 Adding Boundaries 166 Additional Surface Creation Methods 173 Surface from LandXML Files 173 Surface from DEM Files 176 Surface from GIS Data 180 Surfaces from Polylines 184 Refining and Editing Surfaces 187 Surface Properties 188 Manual Surface Edits 195 Surface Analysis 204 Elevation Banding 204 Slopes and Slope Arrows 209 Visibility Checker 211 Comparing Surfaces 213 TIN Volume Surface 213 Labeling the Surface 218 Contour Labeling 218 Additional Surface Label Types 220 Point Cloud Surfaces 223 Importing a Point Cloud 224 Working with Point Clouds 227 Creating a Point Cloud Surface 227 The Bottom Line 229 Chapter 5 Parcels 231 Introduction to Sites 231 Think Outside of the Lot 231 Creating a New Site 238 Creating a Boundary Parcel 240 Using Parcel Creation Tools 242 Creating a Right-of-Way Parcel 245 Adding a Cul-de-Sac Parcel 247 Creating Subdivision Lot Parcels Using Precise Sizing Tools 250 Attached Parcel Segments 250 Parcel Sizing Settings 251 Parcel Sizing Tools 252 Editing Parcels by Deleting Parcel Segments 263 Best Practices for Parcel Creation 265 Forming Parcels from Segments 265 Parcels Reacting to Site Objects 266 Constructing Parcel Segments with the Appropriate Vertices 271 Labeling Parcel Areas 273 Labeling Parcel Segments 277 Labeling Multiple-Parcel Segments 278 Labeling Spanning Segments 280 Adding Curve Tags to Prepare for Table Creation 282 Creating a Table for Parcel Segments 284 The Bottom Line 286 Chapter 6 Alignments 287 Alignment Concepts 287 Alignments and Sites 287 Alignment Entities 287 Creating an Alignment 289 Creating from a Line, Arc, or Polyline 290 Creating by Layout 296 Best-Fit Alignments 302 Reverse and Compound Curve Creation 307 Creating with Design Constraints and Check Sets 309 Editing Alignment Geometry 313 Grip Editing 314 Tabular Design 315 Component-Level Editing 317 Understanding Alignment Constraints 318 Changing Alignment Components 322 Alignments as Objects 323