Autodesk Civil 3D 2008 training

 

 

AutoCAD Civil 3D Training

This lesson series is for those wishing to learn how to leverage Civil 3D to its fullest. All aspects of the program are covered. These lessons are taught by a practicing civil engineer using real-world projects and data.

 

 

Lesson Highlights for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 Training

  • Introduction and Overview
  • Project Management and General Features
    • New look-and-feel for the user interface (Our training series on AutoCAD 2009 is also included, which covers the new user interface in great detail)
    • New functionality for the prospector
    • New features for Vault
    • Changing labels with the Properties Dialog
  • New Label and Drafting Features
    • Now label objects in an XREF
    • New anchor points for labels
    • The Parcel Segment label object
    • Vertical scale for profiles
    • High/low point labels in profiles
    • Leading zero in bearings
    • More...
  • Alignment, Profiles & Cross-Sections
    • Add best-fit lines & curves to an alignment
    • Add best-fit lines & curves to a profile
    • New options to label vertical components of an alignment
    • Layout alignments using "Criteria based design factors"
    • Design to minimum radius curves, speed limit requirements, maximum grades and more
    • Design to AASHTO standards
    • Using the Design Criteria Editor
    • Create circular vertical curves by length as well as radius
    • Create stacked profile views for offset profiles
    • New cross section wizard
    • User defined cross-section widths (not the same as a sample line)
    • User defined cross-section heights
  • Corridor & 3D Model Features
    • Using survey figures, feature lines, and even pipe networks as targets for corridor design
    • Create dynamically linked grading feature lines
    • New predefined assemblies and sub-assemblies
    • New functionality for viewing corridor sections
    • New Mass Haul diagram
  • New Surface Features
    • New "Simplify Surface" tool
    • Removing surface points
    • Placing surface data in an external file
    • Weeding and Supplementing in breakline creation
    • Data clip boundary type
    • Determine a catchment area to a point
    • New compaction and expansion factors
  • New Grading Features
    • Grading-to-grading cleanup
    • Editing or removing a fillet from a feature line
    • Creating a feature line from an alignment
    • New options for resolving "split points"
  • Pipe/Hydrology Features
    • Renumbering a series of pipes in a pipe network
    • Adding spanning labels to pipes in profile views
    • Cleaning up pipe connections
    • Hydraflow Extensions for Civil 3D
  • New Survey
    • TDS Survey link installation
    • Added support for U.S. Survey Foot
    • Translating an entire survey database
    • New mapcheck features

The following is also included along with much, much more...

  • Project and tools
    • Project templates
    • Moving from Land Desktop to Civil 3D
    • The Info Center
    • Autodesk Vault Explorer
    • Inquiry tool
    • Drag-and-drop style
    • Report manager
    • Curve-Calculator
  • Points
    • Points as independant objects
    • Point settings and styles
    • Edit points and point data properties
    • Importing and editing
    • Creating a point group
    • Points in a table
    • Create points along alignment using profile elevations
    • Edit multiple point elevations
    • Point rotatation
    • Transparent commands toolbar
    • Setting point elevations
  • Labels
    • Labels as independant objects
    • Labels linked to other objects
    • Editing label objects
    • Labeling AutoCAD objects (line, arc polyline)
    • Note labels
    • Expressions, special characters, and rounding options
    • Label mask
    • Label anchors and grips
  • Sites and Parcels
    • Overview
    • Creating a site
    • Creating a parcel
    • Parcel label styles
    • Subdividing parcels
    • Editing parcels
    • Creating a parcel table
    • Parcel reports
    • Setting user defined parcels in parcel properties
    • Export map check and inverse data
  • Surfaces
    • Surface settings and styles
    • Creating surfaces
    • Adding points
    • Importing and exporting DEM data
    • Modifying and deleting points
    • Creating contours
    • Check for problem contours
    • Labeling contours
    • Creating a surface mask
    • Creating a surface analysis
    • Extracting entities for a surface
    • Creating 3D polylines from contours
    • Working with Google Earth images
  • Alignments & Profiles
    • Alignment features
    • Creating alignments
    • Editing alignments
    • Converting lines and curves to alignment objects
    • The "Plan Production" tool
    • Creating a profile
    • Profile views
    • Creating sample lines and sections
    • Spirals
    • Vertical curve options
    • Editing labels using grips
    • Quick profiles
    • Group editing profiles
    • New profile Wizards
  • Corridors and Assemblies
    • The corridor concept
    • The corridor surface
    • The corridor boundary
    • Creating an assembly
    • Creating a simple corridor
    • Editing a corridor
    • Creating a corridor surface
    • Cross-section creation
    • Quantity takeoffs
    • Grip edit a corridor region
    • Grip edit a section view
    • Edit subassemblies in section view
  • Grading
    • Grading enhancements
    • Grading groups and sites
    • One vs. many grading groups
    • Grading methods
    • Cut and fill options
    • Feature lines
    • Using the grading editor
    • Editing feature lines
    • Volumes
    • Balancing cut and fill
  • Pipes
    • Settings for pipes
    • Creating a pipe network
    • Creating and editing the profile view
    • Adding labels
    • The Parts Builder
    • Interference checkes
    • Using polyline and arc to create a network
    • Creating a table for structures and pipes
    • Labeling a span of connected pipes
  • Survey Enhancements
    • The Survey Toolbox
    • Creating a new survey
    • Survey database and properties
    • Creating a new network
    • Traverse & adjustments (including least squares)
    • Importing the network into a drawing
    • Creating points from survey data
    • Updating the drawing survey objects
  • Import/Export (Including LandXML)
    • LandXML overview
    • LandXML limitations
    • Importing data from Land Desktop
    • Exporting data to Land Desktop
    • Importing and exporting DEM data

Requirements: Pentium or faster computer, 1024 x 768 or higher video resolution, sound card and speakers, CD-ROM drive, 128 MB RAM (256 MB recommended). Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, or Vista. (Windows 95 is not supported). Macromedia flash player 5.0 or higher.

 

Basic installation requires 10 MB hard drive space. Additional hard drive space is required if you choose to store the lesson files on your hard drive instead of running them from the CD-ROM. Note that lesson files can be stored on a network hard drive and shared among other registered users of the product. (A separate copy must be purchased for each computer that you wish to run the software on.)