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Road Design and Detailing Using AutoCAD Civil3D 2018

This document provides an overview of road design and detailing using AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018. It covers inserting survey points, creating surfaces, designing horizontal and vertical alignments, assembling cross-sections, building corridors, and generating volume reports. The steps outlined include how to create profile views from existing and finished ground surfaces, calculate super elevation on curves, and modify band sets. The document serves as a guide for civil engineers on modelling road geometry and producing construction documents.

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Road Design and Detailing Using AutoCAD Civil3D 2018

This document provides an overview of road design and detailing using AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018. It covers inserting survey points, creating surfaces, designing horizontal and vertical alignments, assembling cross-sections, building corridors, and generating volume reports. The steps outlined include how to create profile views from existing and finished ground surfaces, calculate super elevation on curves, and modify band sets. The document serves as a guide for civil engineers on modelling road geometry and producing construction documents.

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Road Design and Detailing

Using AutoCAD Civil3D 2018

Road Design and Detailing


Using AutoCAD
Civil3D 2018

PREPARED BY: NORHASIM H. PURONG, BSCE


REVIEWED BY: ENGR. MEINRADO V. LOPEZ
Road Design and Detailing
Using AutoCAD Civil3D 2018
Table of Contents
I – Introduction
II – Points
a.) Types of Points Data
b.) Inserting Points
c.) Point Groups
III – Surface/Contour
a.) Creating Surface from Surveyed Points
b.) Creating Surface from Google Earth

IV – Alignment/Horizontal Geometry

a.) Creating Alignment


b.) Super elevation
c.) Offset
d.) Elements of Curve
V – Surface Profile
a.) Creating Profile View
b.) Profile View Style
VI – Vertical Geometry
a.) Creating Vertical Curve
b.) Bandset
VII – Profile Bands
a.) How to Modify Bandset
b.) Saving and Loading Bandset

VIII – Assembly/Cross-Section
a.) Types of Road Sections
b.) How to Assemble your Pavement
c.) Modifying Parameters
IX – Corridor
Road Design and Detailing
Using AutoCAD Civil3D 2018
a.) Creating and Modifying Corridor
b.) Setting the Boundaries/Datum
X – Sample Line
a.) Creating Sample Lines
b.) Adding Sample Sources or Surface
XI – Volume Report
a.) Preparing Volume Report
b.) Adding Materials
c.) Creating Total Volume Report
XII –Section Views
a.) Creating Section View
b.) Modifying Group Section View Properties
XIII – Printing
a.) Paper Block
b.) Modifying and Detailing of Alignment and Profile
c.) How to Print your Output
Road Design and Detailing
Using AutoCAD Civil3D 2018

I – Introduction

OVERVIEW
Road Design and Detailing
Using AutoCAD Civil3D 2018

II. Points

Points are basic building blocks in AutoCAD


Civil 3D. You can use points in land development
projects to identify existing ground locations and design
elements.

Points are numbered and named uniquely.


Each point has properties that can include information
such as northing, easting, elevation, and description. A
point that is displayed in a drawing can have additional
properties that control its appearance, such as a point
style, a point label style, and a layer.

a.) Types of Points Data


-Surveyed Points
These points are manually
-Geo-tagging
-Google Earth Points

b.) Inserting Points


-To insert Points: Go to Insert Tab and click , Points from file> Plus Sign >
Browse your Points formatted in .csv> Choose the correct
“Point File Format”> Check > Click
this > Name this group as “Raw Points”> Click Ok >
Click Ok again.
Road Design and Detailing
Using AutoCAD Civil3D 2018

Note
: If you cannot see these points try this: Ctrl+A>
Type “z”>”Type “o”. It means you zoom in all of the objects in your workspace.

c.) Point Groups


The use of the point groups is to arrange the Point Groups Properties in order
and to display the way you want or filter these points for better and clearer view to
layout your alignment.
-To create Point Groups: Go to Home Tab> Toolspace> Go to Prospector Tab>
Right-Click “Point Groups”> Click New.
-Point Styles: Benchmarks, Drill Hole, Well.
-To modify Point Label Style: Click this .
-To filter your points: Use the “Include” and “Exclude” tabs, and check your
filtered points at “Points List”
Road Design and Detailing
Using AutoCAD Civil3D 2018

For Example:
We want to change the Font Sizes of these points, Point Style, Labels and to
show only the Beginning, PI’s and End Points.
Road Design and Detailing
Using AutoCAD Civil3D 2018

III – Surface/Contour

a.) Creating Surface from Surveyed


Points
A surface is a three-dimensional
geometric representation of an area of
land, or, in the case of volume surfaces,
is a difference or composite between
two surface areas.

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Road Design and Detailing
Using AutoCAD Civil3D 2018

b.) Creating Surface from Google Earth


Road Design and Detailing
Using AutoCAD Civil3D 2018

IV – Alignment/Horizontal Geometry

a.) Creating Alignment


You begin creating an alignment by marking the location of tangents and points of
intersection for a road centerline alignment. During the creation process, curves between the
tangents can be created automatically, or added later. To accommodate high-speed travel,
spirals and superelevation can be added to the curves. You can enter numeric parameter
values for lines, curves, and spirals in theAlignment Entities table.
Road Design and Detailing
Using AutoCAD Civil3D 2018

c.) Super elevation


In this tutorial, you will calculate super elevation for alignment curves, create a super elevation
view to display the super elevation data, and edit the super elevation data both graphically and in a
tabular format. The supe relevation feature enables you to apply your local roadway design standards to
automatically calculate roadway cross slopes around curves.
Best Practice
Super elevation should be calculated before the corridor model is built along the alignment.

First click the alignment then follow this:


Road Design and Detailing
Using AutoCAD Civil3D 2018
b.) Offset
You can create multiple offsets in a single operation, including a different number on
each side of the parent alignment. The offsetdistance can be different on each side of the
parent alignment.
Road Design and Detailing
Using AutoCAD Civil3D 2018

c.) Elements of Curve


To show the Table for the Elements of Curve you need to label the lines and curves in
your alignment.
First Click the Alignment and Click “Multiple Segment” when you hover into “Add Label”
button.
Road Design and Detailing
Using AutoCAD Civil3D 2018
V – Surface Profile
c.) Creating Profile View
To create the Profile of surfaces click “Create Surface Profile” in drop down of
“Profile”.

Note: You must change the Profile 1 into EG (Existing Ground) and
Profile 2 into FG (Finished Ground) for the first row (or
rd
ELEVATIONS), and choose FG for the Profile 1 for the 3
row (or VERTICAL GEOMETRY).
Road Design and Detailing
Using AutoCAD Civil3D 2018

VII – Profile Bands


c.) How to Modify Bandset
d.) Saving and Loading Bandset
Road Design and Detailing
Using AutoCAD Civil3D 2018

VIII – Assembly/Cross-Section
a.) Types of Road Sections
b.) How to Assemble your Pavement
To create a typical cross-section in Civil 3D, click “Create Assembly” in dropdown of
“Assembly” and click “Ok” then click anywhere to assemble your cross-section.
Follow these procedures for more detailed modelling.

c.) Modifying Parameters


Road Design and Detailing
Using AutoCAD Civil3D 2018
Road Design and Detailing
Using AutoCAD Civil3D 2018

IX – Corridor
a.) Creating and Modifying Corridor
b.) Setting the Boundaries/Datum
X – Sample Line
a.) Creating Sample Lines
b.) Adding Sample Sources or Surface
XI – Volume Report
a.) Preparing Volume Report
b.) Adding Materials
c.) Creating Total Volume Report
XII –Section Views
a.) Creating Section View
b.) Modifying Group Section View Properties
XIII – Printing
a.) Paper Block
b.) Modifying and Detailing of Alignment and Profile
c.) How to Print your Output
Road Design and Detailing
Using AutoCAD Civil3D 2018
Road Design and Detailing
Using AutoCAD Civil3D 2018
Road Design and Detailing
Using AutoCAD Civil3D 2018

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