About This Training Course

The AutoCAD Civil 3D Fundamentals Training Course is designed for Civil Engineers and Surveyors who want to take advantage of AutoCAD Civil 3D’s interactive, dynamic design functionality. AutoCAD Civil 3D Fundamentals Training Course permits the rapid development of alternatives through its model-based design tools. You will learn techniques enabling you to organize project data, work with points, create and analyze surfaces, create parcel layouts.

Subjects Covered

This AutoCAD Civil 3D Fundamentals Training Course will cover the following:

• AutoCAD Civil 3D Interface
• Product Overview
• AutoCAD Civil 3D Workspaces
• AutoCAD Civil 3D User Interface
• AutoCAD Civil 3D Toolspace
• AutoCAD Civil 3D Panorama
• Parcels

Parcels Overview
• Introduction to Parcels
• ROW Parcel
• Parcel Style Display Order
• Parcel Properties
• Parcel Labels and Styles
• Create Parcels from Objects
• Creating Right-of-Way Parcels

Subdividing Parcels
• Creating and Editing Parcels by Layout Overview
• Creating and Editing Parcels
• Freehand
• Slide Line
• Swing Line
• Free Form Create
• Frontage
• Renumbering Parcels

Parcel Reports, Annotation, and Tables
• Parcel Reports
• Parcel Labels
• Parcel Tables
• Survey

Civil 3D Survey Toolspace
• Survey Workflow Overview
• Introduction to the Survey Tool space
• The Survey Tool space
• Survey Networks

Civil 3D Points
• Points Overview
• Point Label Styles
• Information Tab
• General Tab
• Layout Tab
• Dragged State Tab
• Styles and Templates
• Point Settings
• Creating Points
• Transparent Command
• Description Key Sets
• Importing and Exporting Points
• To Import Points
• Duplicate Point Numbers
• Transforming Points on Import or Export
• Point Groups
• Reviewing and Editing Points
• Locking/Unlocking Points
• Point Locking and Editing
• Point Reports

Civil 3D Survey Figures
• Survey Figures
• Drawing Settings
• Figure Styles
• Figure Prefix Database
• Importing a Field Book
• Working with Figures
• Surfaces

Civil 3D Surface Overview
• Surface Process
• Surface Properties
• Contour Data
• Weeding Factors
• Supplementing Factors
• Contour Issues
• Minimizing Flat Triangle Strategies
• Other Surface Data
• DEM Files
• Drawing Objects
• Point Files
• Breaklines and Boundaries
• Break lines
• Surface Analysis Tools
• Viewing a Surface in 3D
• Quick Profile

Civil 3D Surface Editing
• Surface Editing
• Line Edits
• Point Edits
• Smooth Contours
• Smooth Surface
• Copy Surface
• Surface Paste
• Raise/Lower Surface
• Adjusting Surfaces through Surface Properties
• Viewing Surfaces in 3D

• Civil 3D Surface Labels and Analysis
• Surface Labels
• Contour Labels
• Spot and Slope Labels
• Surface Volume Calculations
• Composite Volumes vista
• Bounded Volumes
• Grid Volume or TIN Volume Surface
• Surface Analysis Display
• Analysis Settings
• Analysis Data Display
• Alignments

Civil 3D Alignments
• Roadway Design Overview
• AutoCAD Civil 3D Sites
• Alignments
• Criteria-Based Design
• Alignment Segment Types
• Alignment Layout Tools
• Alignment Editing
• Alignment Properties
• Station Control Tab
• Design Criteria Tab
• Labels and Tables
• Alignment Point Labels
• Independent Alignment Labels
• Alignment Table Styles
• Data Sharing

Data Sharing Overview
• AutoCAD Civil 3D Projects
• Single-Design Drawing Projects
• Multiple Drawings Sharing Data through Shortcuts
• Multiple Drawings Sharing Data with Autodesk Vault
• Sharing Data

Data Shortcuts
• Data Shortcuts
• Update Notification
• Removing and Promoting Shortcuts
• eTransmit Data References
• Data Shortcut Workflow
• Workflow Details
• Advantages of Data Shortcuts
• Limitations of Data Shortcuts

Vault
• Vault Overview
• Key Terms
• Vault Architecture
• Using the Vault Client
• Status Symbols in Civil 3D Tool space
• Vault Workflow
• Grading

Grading Overview
• Grading Overview
• Feature Line Contextual Tab
• Elevation Editor
• Grading Creation Tools Toolbar
• Configuring AutoCAD Civil 3D Grading
• Feature Line Labels
• Grading Criteria
• Grading Criteria Set
• Grading Volumes

Training Course Outcomes

At the end of this AutoCAD Civil 3D Fundamentals Training Course, students will be able to:

• Import data through AutoCAD LandXML and from an Autodesk Land Desktop Project
• Create and manage Points and Point Groups
• Create, edit, view, and analyze surfaces
• Create parcels and parcel tables
• Create sites, create and edit alignments, and create profiles

Prerequisites

It is recommended that students have a working knowledge of:

• Completion of ACAD-1 course or equivalent working knowledge of the content this course o a current or last release of AutoCAD.
• Microsoft® Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2000

Other Information

At AEC Systems we offer a full range of training courses from the absolute beginner level to advanced and beyond for all of the products that we supply and support.

Where available we use the official training courseware from the product manufacturer, be it Autodesk, Discreet or Bentley.

At AEC you can be sure that you will be provided with the best training available. Our courses are presented by qualified and experienced trainers. You will work on up to date equipment and we guarantee that you will not have to share a machine.

Where to find us:
• Sydney NSW - Pacific Highway, North Sydney.
• Melbourne VIC - Box Hill, VIC.
• Perth WA – Leederville, WA.
• Brisbane QLD - Upper Edward St, Brisbane.
• Hobart TAS

If you need more information contact Startnextweek.com.au on 1300 728 102