Introduction to AutoCAD Civil 3D
Step 1: Goals for Training • Increase familiarity with AutoCAD and Civil 3D • Help get you started and enable you to use the programs for what you need them for • Answer any questions that you have • Prepare for more specific trainings yet to come
Training facts • If you have a question – ASK! • There are always multiple ways to do the same thing – use the one(s) that work best for you • Keep in mind the goal of what you are using AutoCAD/Civil 3D for • Use help sources – Online training, AutoCAD help, Google, call trainers
• This program can be as simple or as complicated as you would like it to be • Spend time using the program and, whenever possible, with other people who use the program
Features of AutoCAD civil 3D • • • • • • • •
AutoCAD and Civil 3D are highly customizable Use of workspaces and the CUI command Toolbars vs. icons vs. menus vs. commands Civil 3D command settings Templates Tool Palettes Properties Ribbon
Basic concepts of AutoCAD Civil 3D • AutoCAD works in 3D, usually view in 2D • Civil 3D allows for automatic updating! • Civil 3D enables planning and drafting of 3D components using grading, corridors, etc. • Surface models constructed from survey points • Layer management has a lot of functionality • Prospector is the main Civil 3D window • Discuss polylines, 2D polylines, 3D polylines, feature lines • Blocks • Snaps, osnaps, grids • Properties window • Tool palettes
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