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Welcome To The Autocad Civil 3D Tutorials

This document introduces tutorials for learning how to use AutoCAD Civil 3D. It describes the different tutorial sets that are included which cover topics like points, surfaces, alignments, profiles, and more. It explains how to set up the required Civil 3D workspace before beginning. It also provides information on where to find tutorial drawings and data files, and recommends saving work to a separate folder rather than overwriting the original tutorial files.

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Welcome To The Autocad Civil 3D Tutorials

This document introduces tutorials for learning how to use AutoCAD Civil 3D. It describes the different tutorial sets that are included which cover topics like points, surfaces, alignments, profiles, and more. It explains how to set up the required Civil 3D workspace before beginning. It also provides information on where to find tutorial drawings and data files, and recommends saving work to a separate folder rather than overwriting the original tutorial files.

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Welcome to the AutoCAD

Civil 3D Tutorials 1
The following tutorial sets are included with AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011:

■ Getting Started Tutorials (page 5). Learn about the application workspace and some
important design tools and tasks.
■ Points Tutorials (page 25). Learn how to work with coordinate geometry (COGO) points,
which are the basis for modeling land surfaces.
■ Point Cloud Tutorials (page 47). Learn how to work with point clouds, which are dense
collections of point data that are obtained from LiDAR scanning
■ Surfaces Tutorials (page 59). Learn the basics about creating and working with land surfaces.
■ Survey Tutorials (page 129). Learn the basics about importing, creating, managing, and
analyzing survey data.
■ Project Management Tutorials (page 183). Learn how to use the AutoCAD Civil 3D project
management features, including data shortcuts and Autodesk Vault.
■ Alignments Tutorials (page 213). Learn about alignments, which are the basis for modeling
roads.
■ Profiles Tutorials (page 275). Learn the basics about viewing and designing the elevation
profile of land surfaces along an alignment.
■ Parcels Tutorials (page 341). Learn the basics about creating and editing parcels as well as
working with the display of parcels.
■ Grading Tutorials (page 387). Learn how to design the finished grade for land surfaces such
as housing subdivisions and retail sites.
■ Corridor Assembly Tutorials (page 421). Learn how to build and manage assemblies, which
are cross sections that are placed incrementally along an alignment.
■ Corridors Tutorials (page 459). Learn how to create simple and complex corridor designs.

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■ Intersection and Roundabout Tutorials (page 495). Learn how to create complex
intersections that dynamically react to changes in the model.
■ Sections Tutorials (page 569). Learn how to create cross sections of your corridor design,
calculate cut and fill earthwork quantities, and create mass-haul diagrams.
■ Material Calculation Tutorials (page 589). Learn how to calculate material quantities and
generate reports, including pay item reports, earthworks reports, and mass haul diagrams.
■ Pipe Network Tutorials (page 629). Learn how to create a pipe network using the specialized
layout tools.
■ Part Builder Tutorials (page 657). Learn how to design and model parts that are used in
pipe networks.
■ Labels and Tables Tutorials (page 739). Learn how to annotate AutoCAD Civil 3D objects
using labels and tables.
■ Plan Production Tutorials (page 805). Learn how to prepare your design drawings for
plotting or publishing.

Each tutorial set contains exercises that are designed to explore the various features of
AutoCAD Civil 3D.
The tutorial exercises are organized in a logical sequence, based on how you typically work
with the different types of features. However, you may complete the exercises in any order
you choose. After you begin an exercise, you should complete the steps in the order
presented. The first steps provide you with the information you need for the later steps in
that exercise.

NOTE All drawings used in these tutorials are available in the tutorial drawings folder
(page 819) and all source data files are available in the tutorial folder (page 820). If you want
to save your changes to the tutorial drawings as you work, save them to the My Civil
Tutorial Data folder (page 819) so that you do not overwrite the original tutorial drawings.

Getting More Information


The step-by-step procedures in these tutorials provide instructions for using
AutoCAD Civil 3D to complete tasks using the drawings provided.
The tutorials do not explore all of the features and commands of AutoCAD
Civil 3D, nor do the tutorials identify all of the options associated with each

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feature and command. To obtain more detailed information about AutoCAD
Civil 3D features and commands, refer to the following documentation:

■ AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 Help

■ AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 Best Practices Guide

Setting Up the Workspace


Before you start the tutorials, you must set the appropriate workspace.
Workspaces are sets of commands that are grouped and organized so that you
can work in a custom, task-oriented drawing environment. When you choose
a workspace, only the ribbon tabs, toolbars, and secondary windows specified
in that workspace are shown in the interface. To access other commands not
shown in the ribbon, enter their command names on the command line.
The tutorials use the Civil 3D workspace. If you use a different workspace,
some of the commands that are described may not be visible. To avoid
confusion, it is recommended that you switch to the Civil 3D workspace before
you begin the tutorials.
For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Workspaces.

To set up the workspace

1 On the command line, enter WORKSPACE.

2 At the Workspace Option prompt, enter C.

3 When prompted to enter the name of the workspace, enter Civil 3D.

Saving Your Tutorial Drawings


If you want to save your changes to the tutorial drawings as you work, you
must create a folder in which to save drawing and data files before beginning
the tutorial exercises.
Before you begin the tutorials:

1 Open Windows Explorer.

2 Navigate to the Autodesk Documents folder (page 819).

3 Click File menu ➤ New ➤ Folder.

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4 Change the name of the new folder to My Civil Tutorial Data.

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Getting Started Tutorials
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These tutorials will get you started with the application workspace and some important design
tools and tasks.
In AutoCAD Civil 3D, design data is organized as object collections in the Toolspace window.
In Toolspace, the Prospector tab displays the hierarchy of design objects, such as points,
surfaces, and alignments. The Settings tab displays a hierarchy of object styles, including
styles for labels and tables.
The Panorama window displays data in a horizontally oriented grid, which makes it easier to
see many columns at once. Each type of data displayed in Panorama uses a separate tab,
known as a vista, that is specific to that data type.
There are many ways to view AutoCAD Civil 3D objects, including Visual Styles, Named
Views, and the Object Viewer.

NOTE All drawings used in these tutorials are available in the tutorial drawings folder (page
819). If you want to save your work from these tutorials, save the drawings to the My Civil
Tutorial Data folder (page 819) so that you do not overwrite the original drawings.

For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic The Civil 3D User Interface.

Tutorial: Understanding the AutoCAD Civil 3D User


Interface
In this tutorial, you will examine some of the major components of the AutoCAD
Civil 3D user interface.
The AutoCAD Civil 3D user interface enhances the standard AutoCAD
environment with additional tools for creating and managing civil design
information.
Standard AutoCAD features, such as the command line and ribbon, work the
same way in AutoCAD Civil 3D as they do in AutoCAD.

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