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Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Chapter 1 New Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

New Alignments Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

New API Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

New Corridors Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

New Data Shortcut Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

New Database and Project Migration Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

New Labels Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

New Pipe Network Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

New Points Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

New Point Cloud Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

New Quantity Takeoff Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

New Reporting Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

New Sections Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

New Superelevation Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

New Surfaces Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

New Toolspace Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Enhanced DGN Data Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Subscription Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Changes to Drawing Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Chapter 2 Workflows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Moving Data from Land Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Labels and Tables Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Project Management Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Survey Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Points Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Surfaces Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Grading Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Parcels Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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Alignments Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Superelevation Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Corridor Modeling Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Intersection and Roundabout Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Profiles Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Sections Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Material and Quantity Analysis Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Pipe Networks Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

File and Data Sharing Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Plan Production Tools Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Chapter 3 Understanding Objects and Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Object Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Object and Label Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Object Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Naming Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Naming Constraints for Objects and Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Chapter 4 Understanding Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Working with the Standard Settings Dialog Box Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Specifying Drawing Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Specifying Feature-Level Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Specifying Command-Level Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Chapter 5 The User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Ribbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Quick Access Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Accessing AutoCAD Civil 3D Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Working with AutoCAD Civil 3D Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

The Toolspace Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

The Panorama Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Layout Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Tool Palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Content Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Object Tooltips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

User Interface Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Chapter 6 Working with Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Drawing Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Working with Drawing Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Creating a New Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Opening an Existing Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Working with Drawing Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Consistent Editing Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 Drawing Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Drawing Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Chapter 7 Project Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Understanding Project Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Using Data Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Using Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Project Management Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

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Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Chapter 8 Understanding Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Survey Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Survey Project Phases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Survey User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Survey Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Survey Styles and Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Survey Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Survey Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Chapter 9 Survey Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

User Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Database Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Equipment Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Survey Drawing Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Chapter 10 Survey Field to Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Preparing to Import Survey Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Examples - Linework Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Importing Survey Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Import Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Editing Survey Point Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Processing Survey Linework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Chapter 11 Adding and Editing Survey Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Editing Survey Data in the Panorama Vista Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Control Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Non-Control Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Setups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Baselines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Centerlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Intersections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

Batch Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

Chapter 12 Survey Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

Creating Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

Survey Figure Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Editing Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

Creating Non-Tangential Curves in Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

Modifying Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378

Editing Figure Elevations and Figure Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Figure Inquiry Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Labeling Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387

Chapter 13 Survey Analysis and Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389

Least Squares Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389

Least Squares Formulas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

Traverses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401

Mapcheck Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404

Displaying Point Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404

Outputting Survey Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416

Astronomic Direction Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417

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Chapter 14 Survey Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

Survey Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

Survey Command Language Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422

Point Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433

Chapter 15 Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435

Understanding Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435

Point Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439

Using Custom Properties with Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445

Point Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449

Point Labels and Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451

Managing Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453

Creating Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456

Editing Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517

Importing and Exporting Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525

Using External Data References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537

Point Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540

Point Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546

Chapter 16 Point Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553

Understanding Point Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553

Managing Point Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556

Creating Point Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561

Creating a New Point Group From the Import Survey Data Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567

Editing Point Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567

Chapter 17 Description Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571

Understanding Description Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571

Description Key Sets Collection (Settings Tree) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572

Description Key Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573

Description Key Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574

Managing Description Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579

Creating Description Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584

Editing Description Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590

Chapter 18 Point Clouds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593

Using LiDAR Data to Create Point Clouds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593

Understanding Point Cloud Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594

Creating Point Cloud Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596

Displaying and Stylizing Point Clouds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598

Adding Points to a Point Cloud Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599

Adding Point Cloud Points to Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600

Modifying Point Cloud Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601

Adding and Removing AutoCAD Civil 3D Properties from Point Cloud Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . 602

Point Cloud Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604

Chapter 19 Lines and Curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605

Creating Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605

Creating Curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620

Creating Entities by Best Fit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628

Attaching Multiple Lines or Curves to Existing Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637

Calculating Curve Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639

Labeling Lines, Curves, and Polylines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640

Adding Line/Curve Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642

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Renumbering Table Tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642

Lines and Curves Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643

Chapter 20 Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645

Understanding Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645

Creating Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648

Adding and Editing Surface Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660

Surface Errors and Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696

Surface Editing Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699

Removing Surface Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717

Masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719

Watersheds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725

Managing Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730

Calculating Surface Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740

Surface Styles and Visualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748

Surface Labels and Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752

Analyzing Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764

Exporting Surface Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773

Surfaces Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775

Chapter 21 Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 779

Understanding Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 779

Managing Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783

Finding and Resolving Overlapping Site Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786

Moving and Copying Site Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 789

Sites Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 791

Chapter 22 Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 793

Understanding Gradings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 793

Changing Grading Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801

Using Grading Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 802

Using Grading Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804

Using Grading Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806

Creating Feature Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808

Editing Feature Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816

Labeling Feature Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852

Editing Polylines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 854

Creating Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855

Editing Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 858

Grading Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864

Using Grading Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 868

Grading Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 869

Chapter 23 Parcels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 873

Understanding Parcels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 873

Creating Parcels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 879

Editing Parcels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 885

Editing Parcel Geometry and Parcel Elevations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 891

Parcel Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 891

Parcel Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 892

Parcel Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 894

Exporting a Parcel Inverse or Mapcheck Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 897

Parcel Labels and Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 898

Parcel Numbering and Naming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 916

Using Custom Properties with Parcels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 920

Parcels Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 921

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Chapter 24 Alignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 923

Understanding Alignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 923

Alignment Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 929

Alignment Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 932

Criteria-Based Alignment Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 935

Alignment Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 946

Creating Alignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 948

Widenings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 964

Adding Lines, Curves, and Spirals to an Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 970

Alignment Labels and Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1043

Editing Alignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1060

Reversing Alignment Direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1083

Reversing Alignment Sub-Entity Direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1084

Using AutoCAD Object Snaps with Alignment Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1085

Deleting Alignment Entities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1087

Alignment Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1088

Chapter 25 Superelevation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1091

Understanding Superelevation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1091

Calculating Superelevation Data Using the Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1098

Importing Superelevation Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1100

Using the Superelevation Curve Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1102

Using Superelevation Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1105

Editing Superelevation Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1108

Superelevation Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1111

Chapter 26 Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1113

Understanding Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1113

Settings for Profiles and Profile Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1120

Styles and Display of Profiles and Profile Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1122

Properties of Profiles and Profile Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1136

Criteria-Based Profile Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1139

Creating Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1141

Adding Tangents and Curves to a Layout Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1156

Editing Layout Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1191

Working with Profile Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1206

Working with Projected Objects in Profile Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1218

Profile Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1221

Chapter 27 Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225

Understanding Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225

Sample Line, Section, and Section View Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1231

Sample Line, Section, and Section View Styles and Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1233

Creating and Editing Sample Lines and Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1246

Creating and Editing Section Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1258

Working with Projected Objects in Section Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1265

Sections Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1272

Chapter 28 Material and Quantity Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1275

Editing Quantity Takeoff Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1275

Analyzing Sectional Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1277

Using Pay Items to Analyze Quantities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1293

Using Mass Haul Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1312

Material Analysis Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1321

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Pipe Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1323

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Chapter 29 Pipe Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1325

Understanding Pipe Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1325

Creating Pipe Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1332

Editing Pipe Network Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1343

Editing Pipe Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1345

Displaying Pipe Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1364

Checking for Interferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1369

Part Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1378

Part Catalog and Parts Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1380

Part Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1390

Labeling Pipe Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1404

Adding Pipe Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1414

Adding Structure Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1415

Rendering Pipe Network Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1416

Using Hydraulics and Hydrology Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1417

Pipe Network Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1428

Chapter 30 Understanding Part Builder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1431

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1431

Part Builder Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1432

Understanding Parametric Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1434

Key Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1434

Overview of Creating a Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1435

Part Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1435

Part Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1436

Work Planes Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1437

Offset and Reference Work Planes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1438

Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1439

Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1440

Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1441

Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1443

Modifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1443

Placement Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1447

Model Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1447

Size Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1448

Chapter 31 Creating Parts with Part Builder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1451

Tips for Creating Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1451

Creating a Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1452

Testing Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1464

Modifying Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1465

Adding a Material Property to a Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1466

Corridor Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1469

Chapter 32 Corridors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1471

Understanding Corridor Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1471

Creating Corridors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1475

Managing and Editing Corridors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1478

Viewing and Editing Corridor Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1519

Exporting Corridor Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1528

Rendering Corridor Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1533

Using Visibility Check Tools on Corridors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1534

Corridor Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1534

Chapter 33 Assemblies and Subassemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1537

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Understanding Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1537

Creating Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1541

Managing and Editing Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1548

Sharing Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1552

Understanding Subassemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1555

Creating Subassemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1557

Managing and Editing Subassemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1562

Sharing Subassemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1565

Using Codes and Code Set Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1567

Assembly and Subassembly Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1583

Chapter 34 Intersections and Roundabouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1585

Intersections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1585

Roundabouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1623

Chapter 35 Labels and Tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1643

Label Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1643

Understanding Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1646

Defining Label Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1654

Creating and Editing Label Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1656

Managing Properties for Label Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1664

Adding Content to Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1686

Inserting and Managing Labels in Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1701

Expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1726

Labels Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1735

Chapter 36 Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1737

Understanding Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1737

Table Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1738

Adding Tables to Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1748

Modifying Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1750

Deleting Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1754

Table Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1755

Chapter 37 Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1757

Understanding the Reports Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1757

Specifying Report Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1757

Generating a Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1758

Saving LandXML Report Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1759

Editing Toolbox Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1760

Reports Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1760

Chapter 38 Object Rendering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1761

Creating Render Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1762

Adding Materials to Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1763

Applying Render Materials to Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1763

Rendering Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1764

Chapter 39 Transparent Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1767

Transparent Command Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1767

Activating a Transparent Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1768

Using Transparent Commands Within a Running Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1768

Zooming to a Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1768

Using Angle and Distance to Specify a Point Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1769

Using Bearing and Distance to Specify a Point Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1770

Using Deflection and Distance to Specify a Point Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1771

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Using Azimuth and Distance to Specify a Point Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1773

Using Side Shots to Specify a Point Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1774

Using Northing and Easting to Specify a Point Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1775

Using Grid Northing and Easting to Specify a Point Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1776

Using Latitude and Longitude to Specify a Point Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1776

Using a Point Number to Specify a Point Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1777

Using a Point Object to Specify a Point Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1778

Using a Point Name to Specify a Point Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1779

Using a Station Offset to Specify a Point Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1779

Using a Profile Station and an Elevation to Specify a Point Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1780

Using an Alignment and Surface to Specify a Point Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1781

Using an Alignment and COGO Point to Specify a Point Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1782

Using Station and Elevation to Specify a Point Location in a Profile View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1782

Using Elevation and Grade to Specify a Point Location in a Profile View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1783

Using Grade and Length to Specify a Point Location in a Profile View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1784

Using Grade and Station to Specify a Point Location in a Profile View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1784

Specifying a Length by Selecting an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1785

Specifying a Radius by Selecting an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1786

Entering an Elevation for a Transparent Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1786

Using Point Filters Within Transparent Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1787

Transparent Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1788

Chapter 40 Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1791

Coordinate Geometry (COGO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1791

Mapcheck Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1795

Attaching Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1804

Using the Object Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1805

Performing Inquiries on AutoCAD Civil 3D Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1806

The Coordinate Tracker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1813

The Event Viewer Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1817

Multi-View Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1822

Drafting Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1833

Visibility Checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1842

Utilities Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1849

File and Data Sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1853

Chapter 41 Sharing Drawings and Data With Other Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1855

Comparing Sharing Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1855

Using Proxy Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1856

Using the Object Enabler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1857

Exporting a Drawing to AutoCAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1857

Exporting a Drawing to a DXF File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1861

Exporting Civil Data to SDF Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1862

Exporting a Drawing to a 3D DWF File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1863

Other Data Sharing Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1864

Drawing Sharing Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1865

Chapter 42 Google Earth Import and Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1867

Importing a Google Earth Image to AutoCAD Civil 3D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1867

Importing Google Earth Terrain Data into a Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1868

Importing Google Earth Image and Terrain Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1869

Importing Google Earth Elevation Data as a Mesh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1870

Publishing Civil Data to Google Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1871

Attaching Time Information to Model Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1872

Google Earth Import and Export Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1873

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Chapter 43 LandXML Import and Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1875

Understanding LandXML Import and Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1875

Viewing and Editing LandXML Drawing Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1880

Importing LandXML Drawing Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1883

Exporting LandXML Drawing Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1884

LandXML Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1885

Chapter 44 HEC-RAS Import and Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1887

Exporting Data to HEC-RAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1887

Importing Data from HEC-RAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1889

HEC-RAS Import and Export Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1890

Chapter 45 Importing Architectural Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1891

Publishing a Design Package File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1891

Preparing for Importing a Design Package File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1892

Import a Building Site Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1892

Creating a Building Site Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1894

Editing a Building Site Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1894

Modifying a Building Site Object in the Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1894

Updating a Building Site Object Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1895

Building Site Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1895

Chapter 46 Working with DGN Data in AutoCAD Civil 3D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1897

Attaching a DGN File as an Underlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1897

Copying Objects that are Nested in a DGN Underlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1898

Chapter 47 Plan Production Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1901

Preparing for Plan Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1901

Plan/Profile Sheet Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1903

Section Sheet Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1934

Plan Production Tools Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1935

Chapter 48 Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1937

Accessing Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1937

Command Listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1938

AutoCAD Commands and AutoCAD Civil 3D Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1939

Dialog Box Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1943

Chapter 49 Alignment Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1945

Add Automatic Widening Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1945

Alignment Entities Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1947

Alignment Geometry Points Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1951

Alignment Labels Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1952

Alignment Layout Parameters Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1953

Alignment Layout Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1959

Alignment Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1964

Alignment Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1970

Best Fit Alignment Report Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1972

Best Fit Alignment Weeding Options Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1972

Create Alignment from Existing Alignment Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1973

Create Alignment From Objects Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1975

Create Alignment - Layout Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1977

Create Best Fit Alignment Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1980

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Create Offset Alignments Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1981

Curve and Spiral Settings Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1983

Edit Feature Settings - Alignment Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1983

Offset Alignment Parameters Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989

Profile Geometry Points Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992

Superelevation Critical Points Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993

Chapter 50 Assemblies and Subassemblies Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995

Assembly Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995

Assembly Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997

Code Set Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999

Create Assembly Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000

Create Subassembly From Polyline Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001

Edit Feature Settings - Assembly Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001

Edit Feature Settings - Subassembly Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002

Import Subassemblies Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003

Link Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004

Marker Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004

Shape Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006

Subassembly Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006

Chapter 51 Building Site Import Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009

Edit Feature Settings - Building Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009

Import Building Site Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010

Building Site Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012

Building Site Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014

Chapter 52 Common AutoCAD Civil 3D Dialog Boxes and Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015

Edit Feature Settings - General Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015

Styles Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2017

Style Detail Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2020

Select Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2021

Select Render Material Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2021

Name Template Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2022

Duplicate Station Selection Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2022

Customize Columns Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2022

Enter New Name Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2023

Multipurpose Styles Feature Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2023

Projection Styles Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2023

Projection Properties Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2025

Edit Settings Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2025

Select Object(s) Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2027

Edit Enumeration Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2027

User-defined Property Classification Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2027

New User-defined Property Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2027

Duplicate Item Name Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2029

Chapter 53 Corridors Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2031

Apply To A Range Of Stations Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2031

Connect Feature Lines Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2031

Corridor Boundary Definition Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2032

Corridor Parameter Editor Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2033

Corridor Parameter Override Stations Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2034

Corridor Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2034

Corridor Region Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2041

Corridor Section Editor Ribbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2042

Corridor Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2044

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Corridor Surfaces Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2045

Edit Code Sets Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2047

Create COGO Points Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2048

Create Corridor Baseline Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2049

Create Corridor Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2049

Create Corridor Region Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2051

Create Corridor Surfaces Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2051

Create Feature Line From Corridor Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2051

Create Simple Corridor Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2052

Define Slope Patterns Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2053

Edit Feature Settings - Corridor Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2053

Frequency to Apply Assemblies Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2060

Match Region Parameters Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2061

Select a Feature Line Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2061

Select a Profile Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2062

Select a Subassembly to Insert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2062

Select Entities by Layer Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2062

Set Slope or Elevation Target Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2063

Set Width or Offset Target Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2064

Target Mapping Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2064

View/Edit Corridor Section Options Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2065

Chapter 54 Criteria-Based Design Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2067

Design Criteria Editor Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2067

Design Check Editor Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2069

Design Check Set Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2070

Chapter 55 Drawing Settings Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2073

Units and Zone Tab (Drawing Settings Dialog Box) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2073

Transformation Tab (Drawing Settings Dialog Box) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2074

Object Layers Tab (Drawing Settings Dialog Box) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2076

Abbreviations Tab (Drawing Settings Dialog Box) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2077

Ambient Settings Tab (Drawing Settings Dialog Box) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2078

Chapter 56 Google Earth Import and Export Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2091

Publish AutoCAD DWG to Google Earth Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2091

Geographic Location Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2094

Timespan for Google Earth Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2095

Chapter 57 Grading Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2097

Edit Feature Settings - Grading Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2097

Auto-Balance Volumes Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2103

Create Grading Group Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2103

Grading Criteria Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2104

Grading Criteria Set Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2110

Grading Editor Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2110

Elevation Editor Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2111

Elevation Editor - Flatten Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2113

Grading Group Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2113

Grading Creation Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2114

Grading Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2116

Grading Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2116

Feature Line Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2118

Grading Volume Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2121

Insert PVI Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2122

New Slope Pattern Component Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2122

Select Grading Group Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2122

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Set Grading Layers Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2123

Slope Pattern Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2123

Edit Geometry Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2126

Edit Elevations Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2127

Feature Line Contextual Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2129

Create Feature Lines Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2129

Assign Elevations Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2130

Create Feature Line From Alignment Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2131

Feature Line Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2132

Weed Vertices Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2133

Fit Curve Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2135

Set Elevations From Surface Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2136

Feature Line Site Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2136

Apply Feature Line Names Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2138

Apply Feature Line Styles Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2138

Edit Feature Line Curve Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2138

Chapter 58 HEC-RAS Import and Export Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2141

Export To HEC RAS Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2141

Import HEC RAS Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2142

Chapter 59 Intersections and Roundabouts Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2145

Create Intersection Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2145

Create Roundabout - Circulatory Road Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2149

Create Roundabout - Approach Roads Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2151

Create Roundabout - Islands Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2153

Create Roundabout - Markings and Signs Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2155

Draw Slip Lane Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2158

Edit Feature Settings - Intersections Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2159

Intersection Corridor Regions Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2165

Intersection Curb Return Parameters Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2166

Intersection Curb Return Profile Parameters Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2167

Intersection Lane Slope Parameters Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2168

Intersection Offset Parameters Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2168

Intersection Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2169

Intersection Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2170

Preset - Add Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2172

Secondary Road Profile Rules Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2173

Chapter 60 Label Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2175

Standard Edit Label Style Defaults Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2175

Edit Label Style Defaults Dialog Box (Drawing Level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2179

Edit Label Style Defaults Dialog Box (Feature Level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2179

Edit Label Style Defaults Dialog Box (Label Style Type Level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2180

Label Style Composer Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2180

Text Component Editor Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2199

Label Style Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2203

Label Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2204

Label Set Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2206

Add Labels Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2208

Table Tag Numbering Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2209

Select Text Component Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2211

Select Overridden Text Component Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2211

Expressions Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2211

Chapter 61 LandXML Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2213

Import LandXML Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2213

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LandXML Settings Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2214

Export To LandXML Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2219

Chapter 62 Layers Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2221

Object Layer Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2221

Layer Selection Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2222

Create Layer Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2222

Chapter 63 Lines and Curves Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2225

Entity by Best Fit Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2225

Regression Data Vista (for Best Fit Entity Analysis) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2226

Specify Station Range Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2228

Curve Calculator Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2228

Chapter 64 Migration Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2233

Import Data from Autodesk Land Desktop Project Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2233

Chapter 65 Parcels Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2235

Create Parcels - Layout Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2235

Create Right of Way Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2236

Edit Feature Settings - Parcel Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2236

Edit Parcel Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2241

Export Parcel Analysis Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2242

Parcel Layout Parameters Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2243

Parcel Layout Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2245

Parcel Move To/Copy To Site Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2251

Parcel Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2251

Parcel Styles Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2253

Renumber/Rename Parcels Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2255

Site Parcel Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2256

Chapter 66 Pipe Networks Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2259

Create Pipe Network By Layout Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2259

Create Pipe Network From Object Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2260

Create Alignment From Network Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2261

Edit Feature Settings - Pipe Network Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2262

Edit Feature Settings - Pipe Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2267

Edit Feature Settings - Structure Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2267

Network Layout Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2268

Pipe Network Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2269

Network Parts List Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2271

Part Catalog Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2273

Pipe Rule Set Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2274

Pipe Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2275

Pipe Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2281

Structure Rule Set Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2286

Structure Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2288

Structure Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2294

Part Size Creator Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2300

Pipe Network Layers Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2301

Select Parts List Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2301

Pipe Network Catalog Settings Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2301

Pipe Network Vistas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2302

Swap Part Size Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2306

Add Rule Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2307

Create Interference Check Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2307

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Criteria Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308

Interference Check Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2309

Interference Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2311

Interference Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2312

Match Elevation Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2313

Pipe Table Creation Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2313

Structure Table Creation Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2313

Table Cell Components Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2314

Component Row Order Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2315

Rename Pipe Network Parts Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2315

Export to Storm Sewers Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2316

Part Matchup Settings Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2316

Chapter 67 Plan Production Tools Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2319

Edit Feature Settings - View Frame Group Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2319

Edit Feature Settings - View Frame Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2322

Edit Feature Settings - Match Line Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2322

Create View Frames Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2322

Create Sheets Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2327

View Frame Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2331

Match Line Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2332

View Frame Group Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2333

View Frame Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2336

Match Line Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2337

Select Layout as Sheet Template Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2338

Edit Match Line Group Labels Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2338

Edit Match Line Labels Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2339

Edit View Frame Labels Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2340

Create Section Sheets Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2340

Chapter 68 Points Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2343

Edit Feature Settings - Point Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2343

Point Group Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2348

Point Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2354

Create Points Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2357

Point Groups Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2358

Point Group Changes Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2359

Point File Formats Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2359

Point File Formats - Select Format Type Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2360

Point File Format Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2360

User Point Database Format Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2361

Point File Formats - Select Column Name Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2362

Import Points Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2364

Point File Formats - Create Group Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2365

Export Points Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2366

Transfer Points Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2367

Description Key Set Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2368

Description Key Sets Search Order Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2368

Description Key Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2368

Point Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2370

Geodetic Calculator Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2373

Duplicate Point Number Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2374

Duplicate Point Name Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2375

Point Table Creation Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2375

Create External Data Reference Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2376

Create Blocks from COGO Points Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2376

Convert Land Desktop Points Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2377

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Chapter 69 Point Clouds Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2379

Edit Feature Settings-Point Cloud Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2379

Create Point Cloud Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2379

Point Cloud Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2381

Point Cloud Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2383

Add Points Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2385

Add Points to Surface Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2385

Chapter 70 Profiles Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2389

Band Set Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2389

Best Fit Profile Report Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2391

Best Fit Profile Weeding Options Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2392

Copy Profile Data Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2392

Create Best Fit Profile Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2393

Create Profile Band Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2394

Create Profile - Draw New Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2394

Create Profile from Surface Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2396

Create Profile View Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2397

Create Quick Profiles Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2405

Edit Feature Settings - Profile Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2406

Edit Feature Settings - Profile View Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2409

Geometry Points to Label in Band Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2412

Import Quantity Takeoff Criteria Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2413

Insert PVIs Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2413

Profile Data Band Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2414

Profile Entities Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2416

Profile Layout Parameters Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2417

Profile Layout Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2419

Profile Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2423

Profile Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2426

Profile View Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2427

Profile View Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2435

Project Objects to Profile View Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2442

Raise/Lower PVI Elevations Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2443

Superimpose Profile Options Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2443

Vertical Curve Settings Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2444

Chapter 71 Project Management Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2445

Add Points To Project Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2445

Add To Project Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2445

Associate Project to Current Drawing Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2447

Associate Project to Multiple Drawings Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2447

Check In Drawing Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2448

Check In Points Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2449

Check Out Drawing Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2449

Check Out Points Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2450

Create Alignment Reference Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2450

Create Data Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2451

Create Pipe Network Reference Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2451

Create Profile Reference Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2452

Create Surface Reference Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2453

Create View Frame Group Reference Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2454

Databases Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2455

Delete Points From Project Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2455

Get Latest Version Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2455

Get Points From Project Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2456

New Data Shortcut Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2456

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New Folder Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2457

New Project Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2457

Project Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2457

Properties - Civil 3D Projects Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2458

Protect Points Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2458

Reset Points To Checked In Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2458

Select Projects To Display Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2458

Set Data Shortcuts Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2459

Sync To Project Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2459

Undo Check Out Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2460

Undo Check Out Points Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2460

Unprotect Points Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2460

Chapter 72 Reports Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2463

Toolbox Editor Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2463

Edit Report Settings Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2464

Create Reports - PI Station Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2464

Create Reports - Incremental Station Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2465

Create Reports - Stakeout Alignment Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2466

Create Reports - Alignment Design Criteria Verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2468

Create Reports - Profile Design Criteria Verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2469

Create Reports - PVI Station and Curve Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2469

Create Reports - Profile Incremental Station Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2470

Create Reports - Vertical Curve Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2471

Create Reports - Slope Stake Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2472

Create Reports - Map Check Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2474

Create Reports - Parcel Volume Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2475

Create Reports - Station Offset to Points Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2476

Create Reports - LandXML Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2476

Create Reports - Feature Line Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2477

Create Reports - Lane Slope Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2478

Create Reports - Daylight Line Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2478

Create Reports - Incremental Station Elevation Difference Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2479

Create Reports - Milling Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2480

Chapter 73 Sections Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2483

Corridor Section Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2483

Create/Edit Sample Line Group Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2485

Create Multiple Section Views Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2486

Create Sample Lines - By Station Range Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2491

Create Sample Lines - From Corridor Stations Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2493

Create Section View Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2495

Edit Feature Settings - Sample Line Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2499

Edit Feature Settings - Section Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2501

Edit Feature Settings - Section View Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2501

Edit Offset and Elevation Ranges Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2506

Edit Sample Line Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2507

Group Plot Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2508

Pipe Network Section Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2510

Profile Grade Points Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2512

Project Objects to Section View Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2512

Project Objects To Multiple Section Views Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2513

Resolve Duplicate Sample Lines Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2514

Sample Line Group Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2515

Sample Line Labels Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2521

Sample Line Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2522

Sample Line Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2525

Sample Line Tools Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2526

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Section Data Band Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2528

Section Display Controls Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2530

Section Editor Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2531

Section Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2532

Section Sources Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2533

Section Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2534

Section View Bands Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2535

Section View Band Set Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2535

Section View Group Bands Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2538

Section View Group Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2540

Section View Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2542

Section View Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2550

Select Page Layout Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2558

Sheet Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2558

Sheet Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2559

Chapter 74 Material Analysis Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2561

Advanced Options Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2561

Change Volume Table Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2561

Compute Materials Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2562

Compute Quantity Takeoff Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2563

Create Mass Haul Diagram Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2564

Create Material Volume Table Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2566

Create Total Volume Table Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2567

Define Material Criteria Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2567

Edit Feature Settings - Mass Haul Line Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2568

Edit Feature Settings - Mass Haul View Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2568

Edit Feature Settings - Quantity Takeoff Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2569

Edit Material List Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2572

Edit Pay Item Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2574

Mass Haul Line Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2574

Mass Haul Line Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2576

Mass Haul View Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2578

Mass Haul View Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2579

Open Pay Item File Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2587

Pay Item Formula Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2587

Pay Item Formula Parameters Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2588

Pay Item List Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2588

QTO Manager Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2589

Quantity Takeoff Command Settings Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2591

Quantity Takeoff Criteria Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2592

Quantity Takeoff Report Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2594

Report Quantities Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2595

Select a Sample Line Group Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2595

Select Materials Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2595

Chapter 75 Sites Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2597

Site Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2597

Move To Site Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2599

Copy To Site Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2600

Chapter 76 Superelevation Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2601

Calculate Superelevation Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2601

Create Superelevation View Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2601

Superelevation Curve Manager Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2602

Superelevation Import Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2605

Superelevation Tabular Editor (Panorama) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2606

Superelevation View Feature Settings Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2608

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Superelevation View Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2608

Superelevation View Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2609

Superelevation Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2610

Chapter 77 Surfaces Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2615

Add Breaklines Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2615

Add Boundaries Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2616

Add Contour Data Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2617

Add Point File Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2618

Add Points from Drawing Objects Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2618

Boundary Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2619

Breakline Properties Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2619

Catchment Area Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2620

Composite Volume Vista (Panorama) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2620

Create Mask/Mask Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2621

Create Reports - Crossing Breakline Report Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2622

Create Reports - Breakline Check Report Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2622

Create Surface Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2623

Create Cropped Surface Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2624

Crossing Breaklines Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2625

Define Basin From Entities Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2626

Define Basin From Entered Data Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2627

DEM Coordinate System Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2627

DEM File (Add/Properties) Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2627

Drape Image Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2628

Edit Feature Settings - Surface Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2629

Export Surface to DEM Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2634

Extract Objects from Surface Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2635

Hatch Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2635

Import GIS Data Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2636

Mask Display Order Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2638

Minimize Flat Areas Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2639

Move Blocks to Surface Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2639

Move Blocks to Attribute Elevation Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2639

Select Coordinate Zone Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2640

Select Render Material Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2640

Select Coordinate System Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2641

Simplify Surface Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2641

Smooth Surface Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2642

Surface Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2644

Surface Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2655

Stage Storage Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2663

Water Drop Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2665

Watershed Display Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2665

Chapter 78 Survey Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2667

Astronomic Direction Calculator Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2667

Create Breaklines Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2668

Create Figure From Object Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2669

Edit Feature Settings - Survey Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2670

Edit Linework Code Set Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2670

Equipment Database Manager Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2672

Export Field Book Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2675

Export Survey LandXML Data Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2676

Figure Prefix Database Manager Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2677

Figure Properties (Drawing Object) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2678

Import Event Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2678

Import Events Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2679

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Import / Re-import Field Book Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2679

Import / Re-import Survey LandXML Data Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2681

Import / Re-import Point File Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2683

Import / Re-import Points From Drawing Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2684

Import Survey Data Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2685

Least Squares Analysis Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2686

Manage Extended Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2687

New Control Point/Control Point Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2688

New Direction/Direction Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2689

New/Edit Extended Property Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2690

New Figure Group/Figure Group Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2690

New Network Group/Network Group Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2692

New Non-Control Point/Non-Control Point Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2692

New Setup/Setup Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2693

New Survey Network Dialog Box/Survey Network Properties Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2694

New Survey Point Group/Survey Point Group Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2695

New Traverse/Traverse Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2696

Process Linework Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2696

Preview Settings Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2697

Survey Command Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2697

Survey Database Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2698

Survey Database Settings Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2698

Survey Figure Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2704

Survey Figure Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2707

Survey Network Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2710

Survey Network Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2711

Survey Panorama Vistas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2713

Survey Point Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2724

Survey Tab Item View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2725

Survey User Settings Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2726

Translate Survey Database Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2730

Traverse Analysis Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2732

Chapter 79 Tables Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2735

Table Style Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2735

Table Creation Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2739

Table Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2741

Renumbering Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2742

Add Selection Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2742

Remove Selection Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2743

Replace Selection Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2743

Chapter 80 Utilities Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2745

Description Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2745

Mapcheck Analysis Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2745

Adjust Mapcheck Analysis Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2748

Notes Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2749

Object Viewer Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2750

AEC Editor Tab (Options Dialog Box) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2751

Event Viewer Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2753

Event Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2754

Filter Events Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2755

Find Event Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2756

Choose Columns Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2757

Multi-View Block Definition Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2757

Multi-View Block Definition Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2758

Edit Multi-View Block Definition Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2759

New Multi-View Block Definition Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2759

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Blocks Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2759

Inquiry Tool Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2760

Coordinate Tracker Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2760

Export To SDF Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2761

DWF Publishing Options Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2762

Civil Batch Drawing Converter Dialog Box Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2763

Sight Distance Check Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2765

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2767

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2789

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New Features

AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 contains many new features and enhancements.

New Alignments Features

LocationDescriptionFeature

Automatic curve widening based on rules

Segmented transitions around curves for offset alignments

Improved station locking behavior on alignments points, such as design speedequation definitions, remain in relative geometric locations when

New widening features have been added to dynamic offset alignments. Now you can automatically add widening around horizontal curves based on a design standard (specified in a design criteria file), or manually by setting numeric values.

■ New Widening Criteria tab has been added to the Create Offset Alignment dialog box.

■ New Add Automatic Widening command provides the ability to add automatic widening to existing offset alignments.

For more information, see Adding Automatic Widening to Dy-

namic Offset Alignments (page 966).

New command settings improve the way that offset alignments are drawn in curve conditions. Now you can specify the number of segments, and the segment type (lines or arcs) used to distribute a widening transition linearly along curves. This enables more realistic looking transitions on offset alignments. For more information, see Setting Defaults for Linear Transitions Around

Curves in Widenings (page 969).

The station locking behavior on alignments has been enhanced. Now design points, such as design speed locations and station

relevance. in relative geometric loca-

Select an offset alignment. Click Offset Alignment

tab ➤ Modify panel ➤ Add

Automatic Widening .

In Toolspace ➤ Settings

tab, expand Alignment ➤

Commands ➤ right-click

AddWidening ➤ Edit Command Settings. The new Linear Transition Around Curves node contains the new command settings.

When moving alignments, you may notice that design

locations and station equa-the alignment geometry is edited. Previously, these locations tion definitions, now remainwould move to the new station location, losing their geometric

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New API Features

DescriptionFeature

.NET API support has been added for the following objects:.NET API

■ Offset Alignments

■ Profile and Profile View Labels

■ Superelevation

NOTE AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 also includes the API enhancements to styles, command settings, and alignment labels that were included in AutoCAD Civil 3D - .NET API Extension R1 and AutoCAD Civil 3D Update 2.

For more information, see AutoCAD Civil 3D Developer Help.

New Corridors Features

LocationDescriptionFeature

tions when the alignment geometry is edited.

LocationDescriptionFeature

Corridor editing enhancements

Baselines in Prospector

Add corridor stations based on offset targets

A variety of new, and some existing, corridor editing commands are now available from the Corridor ribbon tab. For example, now you can modify corridor regions using commands available from the ribbon. These commands are still available from the Corridor Properties dialog box; however, accessing these commands from the ribbon often provides a more streamlined workflow. The following new panels have been added to the Corridor ribbon tab: Modify Corridor, Modify Region, Modify Corridor Section, Analyze. For more information, see Managing and Editing

Corridors (page 1478).

The Corridors collection in Prospector now displays the baselines associated with each corridor. Now you can view and select the baselines associated with a corridor from the Prospector, as well as from the Corridor Properties dialog box. For more information, see Corridors Collection (Prospector Tab) (page 1474).

A new setting automatically adds all geometry points of the offset target objects and offset baseline alignments into the corridor definition. This reduces the need for manual operations. Additional assembly insertion stations are automatically added to the regions at these points. For more information, see Adding Assem-

blies At Offset Geometry Points (page 1485).

Select a corridor. On the Corridor ribbon tab there are new panels and commands.

In the Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand

Corridors ➤ Corridor name.

Select a corridor. Click Cor-

ridor tab ➤ Modify Region

panel ➤ Edit Frequency . Select a region. In the Frequency To Apply Assemblies dialog box, see the new At Offset Target Geometry Points option.

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New Data Shortcut Features

LocationDescriptionFeature

Associate Project To Current Drawing

Associate Project To Multiple Drawings

This command is used to associate a default Data Shortcut project to current drawing. It can also be used to remove the drawing’s association to a project. For more information, see Associating

a Drawing with a Data Shortcut Project (page 150).

This command is used to associate a default Data Shortcut project to multiple drawings contained in a specified folder on the file system. It can also be used to remove the project association from multiple drawings. For more information, see Associating

Multiple Drawings with a Data Shortcut Project (page 150).

In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, right-click Data

Shortcuts ➤ Associate Project To Current Drawing.

In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, right-click Data

Shortcuts ➤ Associate Project To Multiple Drawings.

New Database and Project Migration Features

LocationDescriptionFeature

Support for 64bit Operating System requires database migration

Due to the requirement to support a 64-bit operating system, existing external project point databases and survey database

format from Microsoft Access Database format. The following AutoCAD Civil 3D project files created in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 or earlier versions must be migrated to Microsoft SQL Server Compact format before they can be accessed in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011.

■ PointsGeometry.mdb

■ PointsStatus.mdb

■ Survey.sdb

On the Prospector and Survey tabs in Toolspace, an item that requires migrationfiles must be migrated to Microsoft® SQL Server® Compact 3.5 will display the “out-of-

date” icon to provide a visual cue that it requires migration. To complete the migration, right-click the item and select the migration command.

Support for 64bit Operating System requires Vault project migration

For more information, see Survey Databases (page 217).

Vault projects must also be migrated due to the requirement to support a 64-bit operating system.

migrates the files, then checks them back in, and the version number is incremented. The migrated project files are not backwards-compatible with previous versions of AutoCAD Civil 3D. For more information, see Migrating Old Civil 3D Projects (page

176).

On the Prospector tab in Toolspace, expand the Projects collection. An itemWhen you perform the migration, Vault checks the project out, that requires migration will display the “out-of-date”

icon to provide a visual cue that it requires migration. To complete the migration, right-click the item and select the migration command.

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New Labels Features

LocationDescriptionFeature

ter and digit grouping support

Station Equation ID as a label and table property

The following new label options are available:Decimal charac-

■ Decimal Character: Use Operating System Setting is now provided as an option in addition to the existing options Period and Comma.

■ Digit Grouping Symbol: Select Period, Comma, or Use Operating System Setting.

■ Digit Grouping: Select a digit grouping or Use Operating System Setting.

NOTE To change the default Operating System setting click

Start ➤ Settings ➤ Control Panel ➤ Regional And Language Options. Click the Customize button and make changes on the Numbers tab.

The Station Equation ID property is useful in situations where there are duplicate stations along an alignment because station equations have been assigned. The new label property indicates which station equation a specific station value (as shown in the label) is associated with. The Station Equation ID property is available for the following types of label and table styles with station values:

■ Alignments

■ Profiles

■ Profile Views

■ Section Views

■ Mass Haul Line

■ Mass Haul View

■ Pipes

■ Structures

■ Intersections

■ Quantity Takeoff

■ View Frame

■ Match Line

Properties tab of the Text Component Editor - Contents dialog box

Properties tab of the Text Component Editor - Contents dialog box.

Grid and geodetic line labels

In general line label styles the following grid and geodetic label options have been added:

■ General Segment Grid Distance

■ General Segment Grid Direction

■ General Segment Geodetic Distance

■ General Segment Geodetic Forward Direction

■ General Segment Geodetic Reverse Direction

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Properties tab of the Text Component Editor - Contents dialog box.

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LocationDescriptionFeature

Profile view band style anchor control

Previously, profile labels within profile view bands were always drawn at the midpoint of the segment drawn in the profile view, regardless of whether this was the true midpoint. Now using the Anchor Label To setting, you can specify whether you want to keep this behavior (Segment In Band), or to create the label at the true midpoint (True Geometry Location). For more information, see Band Details Tab (Profile Data Band Style Dialog Box) (page 2414).

New Pipe Network Features

Split Network

Merge Networks

The new Split Network command enables you to split a pipe network in to two pipe networks. The selected pipe network parts do not move, however, they are associated with a new pipe network name. For more information, see Splitting Pipe

Networks (page 1358).

The new Merge Networks command enables you to merge two pipe networks into a single pipe network. For more information, see Merging Pipe Networks (page 1359).

In Toolspace, on the Settings tab, expand Profile

View ➤ Band Styles, Horizontal Geometry or Vertical Geometry types

LocationDescriptionFeature

Select a pipe network. Click

Pipe Networks tab ➤ Modify

panel ➤ Split Network .

Select a pipe network. Click

Pipe Networks tab ➤ Modify

panel ➤ Merge Networks .

Vertex Elevation Reference

Now when you create a pipe network from an object, you can specify the location on the part to use as a Vertex Elevation Reference. Instead of automatically assigning the elevation of the object to the centerline of the pipe, you can now specify which part of the pipe (Outside Top, Crown, Centerline, Invert, or Outside Bottom) is used to specify the elevation of the part. For more information, see Using Vertex Elevations (page 1336).

New Points Features

List Available Point Numbers

Point group display order

A new command, List Available Point Numbers, is available to help you determine which point numbers have already been used in the drawing. It lists the points that are in use in the current drawing file, and the point numbers that are available to be assigned for the creation of new COGO points.

Listing Available Point Numbers (page 541).

The Point Groups dialog box now includes Move to Top and Move to Bottom buttons to control the display order. This dialog box also supports multiple selections of point groups, using standard Windows selection methods. Use Shift + click to select a contiguous group, and CTRL + click to select a noncontiguous group. For more information, see Changing the Point Group Display

Order (page 558).

Home tab ➤ Create Design

panel ➤ Pipe Network drop-

down ➤ Create Pipe Network From Object .

LocationDescriptionFeature

Select a COGO point. Click

COGO Point tab ➤ COGO

Point Tools panel ➤

➤ List Available Point

Numbers .

In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, right-click the

Point Groups collection ➤ Properties.

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LocationDescriptionFeature

Geodetic inverse reporting

Geodetic direction and distance information is now reported in the Point Inverse inquiry type. For more information, see Inquiry Types (page 1808).

New Point Cloud Features

Add point cloud points to surface

The new Add Points To Surface command enables you to extract points from a point cloud to add to a new or existing surface. You can use the entire point cloud or points within a specified region. For more information, see Adding Point Cloud Points to Surfaces (page 600).

New Quantity Takeoff Features

QTO based on pipe or structure depth

A new parameter, Part Depth, is now available in the Pay Item Formula dialog box. Part Depth can currently be used for AutoCAD Civil 3D pipe and structure entities. For pipes, Part Depth is defined as (maximum cover + minimum cover) /2 + part outer diameter. This new parameter can be used to compute trenching volume for pipes, for example. For structures, Part Depth is equal to the structure's height. For more information, see Applying and Editing Formulas (page

1305).

Analyze tab ➤ Inquiry pan-

el ➤ Inquiry Tool .

LocationDescriptionFeature

Select a point cloud. Click

Point Cloud tab ➤ Point

Cloud Tools panel ➤ Add

Points To Surface .

LocationDescriptionFeature

Analyze tab ➤ QTO pan-

el ➤ QTO Manager . In the QTO Manager vista, click in the Formula cell of a pay item.

New Reporting Features

Milling report

PDF output

LandXML Reporting Settings

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A new report, intended to be used with corridor surfaces created by milling/overlay subassemblies, provides station and offset data of the milling areas. This report also includes the total area of milling for the specified corridor and baseline. For more information, see Create Reports - Milling Report (page

2480).

Adobe PDF output is now provided for most report types. For more information, see Generating a Report (page 1758).

The settings for the LandXML reports are now exposed in the Toolbox. For example, the General Legal Description reports for alignments and parcels use the Legal Descriptions settings. For more information, see Specifying Report Settings (page 1757).

LocationDescriptionFeature

In Toolspace, on the Toolbox tab, in the Reports

Manager ➤ Corridor collection

Available in report dialog boxes as a file type.

In Toolspace, on the Toolbox tab, click the Report Settings button.

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New Sections Features

LocationDescriptionFeature

Additional volumetric methods

Gap definitions

Create layouts from section views

The existing Compute Materials command and the Sample Line Group Properties (Material List tab) have been enhanced to allow the selection of the volume computation method: Average End Area, Prismoidal, or Composite Volume. Previously, section volumes were calculated using only the Average End Area method. For more information, see Sectional Volume Methods (page 1277).

A new gap definition capability has been added to the Sample Line Group Properties (Material List tab). You can define gaps in materials based on station ranges. In addition, you can define Run Out Distance and Run In Distance properties for the gaps to allow for better volume calculations in those areas. For more information, see Defining Gaps and Pockets of Materials (page 1283).

The new Create Section Sheets command enables you to generate layouts for plotting cross sections. For more information, see

Section Sheet Production (page 1934).

Enhancements have been made to the Create Multiple Views command to support the Create Section Sheets command. To generate sheets, you must first generate multiple cross section views using the new Production option and select a DWT with a Section type viewport. For more information, see Section

Placement Page (Create Multiple Section Views Wizard) (page

2487).

Analyze tab ➤ Volumes And

Materials panel ➤ Compute

Materials .

Select a sample line. Click

Sample Line tab ➤ Modify

panel ➤ Group Properties

. Click the Material List tab, and then click in the Gap column.

Click Output tab ➤ Plan

Production panel ➤ Create

Section Sheets .

Project objects to multiple cross sections in a single operation

The new Project Objects To Multiple Section Views command enables you to project objects to multiple section views based on their proximity to the sample line. For more information, see Projecting Objects to Multiple Section

Views (page 1265).

New Superelevation Features

Calculate/Edit Superelevation command

The new Calculate/Edit Superelevation command replaces the Superelevation tab on the Alignment Properties dialog box and enables you to use a wizard and an editor:

■ The Calculate Superelevation wizard walks you through the calculation of superelevation for all curves or any given curves in an alignment. The wizard also provides some new options such as the ability to resolve overlap conditions. For more information, see Calculating Superelevation Data Using

the Wizard (page 1098).

■ Prior to calculating superelevation, the Superelevation Curve Manager displays the details for each curve in the alignment and the status of the superelevation. When you calculate

Click Home tab ➤ Profile &

Section Views panel ➤ Section Views drop-

down ➤ Project Objects To

Multiple Section Views .

LocationDescriptionFeature

Select an alignment. Click

Alignment tab ➤ Modify

panel ➤ Superelevation

drop-down ➤ Calcu-

late/Edit Superelevation .

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the superelevation, the Superelevation Curve Manager displays details of each curve as well as the design criteria information that was used to calculate superelevation. Criteria information includes the criteria file used, the superelevation rate table, attainment table, and so on. The Superelevation Curve Manager does not display the actual superelevation data, just the criteria used for the calculations. Temporary graphics in the drawing provide visual feedback when you select a curve. For more information, see Using the Superel-

evation Curve Manager (page 1102).

LocationDescriptionFeature

Superelevation Tabular Editor

Superelevation views

Superelevation bands on profile views

The new Superelevation Tabular Editor provides a tabular interface where you can edit superelevation data after creation and also add or delete critical stations in each region. The editor displays all of the critical stations and calculated superelevation data including the cross slopes for each lane. For more information, see Editing Superelevation Data in the

Tabular Editor (page 1108).

The new Superelevation View command provides the ability to create superelevation views, which show a graphical representation of the superelevation along the curves of an alignment. The superelevation views provide grips for graphical editing. You can use Ctrl + click to select a single station. Superelevation Views collections are provided in Toolspace. For more information, see Using Superelevation Views (page 1105).

New options are provided to control the superelevation band height and to specify a vertical exaggeration. For more information, see Band Details Tab (Profile Data Band

Style Dialog Box) (page 2414).

Select an alignment. Click

Alignment tab ➤ Modify

panel ➤ Superelevation

drop-down ➤ Calcu-

late/Edit Superelevation . In the Superelevation Curve Manager, click Open Tabular Editor.

Select an alignment. Click

Alignment tab ➤ Modify

panel ➤ Superelevation Ed-

itor drop-down ➤ Superel-

evation View .

On the Toolspace Settings

tab, expand Profile View ➤

Band Styles ➤ Superelevation Data. Right-click a Superelevation

Data style ➤ Edit. Click the Band Details tab.

New Surfaces Features

Bounded Volumes command adds support for datum elevation

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The Bounded Volumes command has been enhanced to calculate surface-to-datum elevation volumes. Previously, for terrain surfaces, the volume was calculated from the zero elevation to the elevations in the bounded area. Now instead of defaulting to zero, you can specify the datum elevation to use. For more information, see Calculating Bounded Volumes (page

742).

LocationDescriptionFeature

Analyze tab ➤ Volumes And

Materials panel ➤ Volumes

drop-down ➤ Bounded

Volumes .

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New Toolspace Features

LocationDescriptionFeature

Commands for opening and closingToolspace tabs

Survey Toolspace commands

Survey Toolspace

The Toolspace window, and each Toolspace tab, can now be opened and closed individually. For more information, see Opening or Closing the Toolspace

Window (page 96).

for some of the right-click commands has changed. The panorama vista editor is displayed when you use the rightclick Edit command on an item in the Network collection. The panorama vista editor is displayed when you use the rightclick Edit command from the Network Groups, Figure Groups, and Survey Point Groups collections. The right-click Edit command is no longer available from selected items in the item list view in Survey Toolspace.

is now shown in a separate window.

■ The preview window can be opened and closed by selecting the Survey Preview button from the Survey tab toolbar.

■ The Survey Preview Settings can be accessed by selecting the Survey Preview Settings button from the Survey tab toolbar.

■ When the preview window is open, any item selected in the Survey Toolspace (tree view or list view) that supports a preview will be displayed in the preview window according to its current Survey Preview Settings.

Home tab ➤ Palettes panel

and View tab ➤ Palettes panel.

Survey tab of ToolspaceIn the Survey Toolspace collections, the order and functionality

Survey tab of ToolspaceThe preview pane has been removed from the Survey tab and

Enhanced DGN Data Support

Attach a DGN File as an Underlay

Copy nested objects nested in a DGN underlay

You can import MicroStation DGN drawing files into DWG files. The import process translates basic DGN data into the corresponding DWG file data. The DGN data is placed into the DWG as an underlay. Depending on the settings that you specify, the DGN entities and their associated linetypes may be nested within the DGN underlay, and then copied into the host drawing. For more information, see Attaching a DGN File as an Underlay (page 1897).

You can copy objects that are nested in a DGN underlay that exists in the current drawing. The NCopy command copies nested objects from DGN underlays, xrefs, or blocks into the host drawing. For more information, see Copying Objects that

are Nested in a DGN Underlay (page 1898).

LocationDescriptionFeature

Insert tab ➤ Import pan-

el ➤ Import. Select a DGN file. On the Import DGN Settings dialog box, select the Import Into Current Drawing check box.

Home tab ➤ Modify pan-

el ➤ Copy Nested Objects

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Subscription Features

The Subscription Advantage Pack for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 has been integrated into AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011, as have the HEC-RAS and Stage Storage extensions.

HEC-RAS and Stage Storage Extensions

LocationDescriptionFeature

HEC-RAS Extension

Stage Storage Extension

The HEC-RAS Import and Export Tools Extension is now integrated intoAutoCAD Civil 3D. These tools enable you to analyze flood data using the River Analysis System public domain software from the United States Army Corps of Engineers’ Hydrologic Engineering Center. For more information, see HEC-RAS Import

and Export (page 1887).

The Stage Storage Tool Extension is now integrated into AutoCAD Civil 3D. Using these tools, you can calculate incremental and cumulative volumes of a basin from an AutoCAD Civil 3D surface, using either a surface or polylines to define the basin. For more information, see Calculating Stage Storage Volumes

from a Surface (page 743).

Subscription Advantage Pack Features: Alignments

Create Alignment From Existing Alignment

Provides the ability to create a new alignment from all or part of an existing horizontal alignment. For more information, see

Creating an Alignment from an Existing Alignment (page 957).

Click Output tab ➤ Export

panel ➤ Export To HEC RAS

Click Insert tab ➤ Import

panel ➤ ➤ Import HEC

RAS .

Click Analyze tab ➤ Stage

Storage .

LocationDescriptionFeature

Click Home tab ➤ Create

Design panel ➤ Alignment

drop-down ➤ Create Alignment From Existing Align-

ment .

Create Best Fit Alignment

Spiral By Swept Angle

Import Superelevation Data From File

Provides the ability to create a new alignment using points surveyed along a roadway centerline. Input can also be polylines or blocks. For more information, see Creating an Alignment by

Best Fit (page 960).

Provides the ability to draw a spiral by specifying the total angle that the spiral sweeps through. The prompt for angle is added to the existing prompt for A value or length. For more information, see To add a fixed spiral (page 1017).

Provides the ability to import superelevation data from a Microsoft Excel CSV file. For more information, see Importing Su-

perelevation Data (page 1100).

Click Home tab ➤ Create

Design panel ➤ Alignment

drop-down ➤ Create Best

Fit Alignment .

Additional prompt added to existing spiral creation command.

Select an alignment. Click

Alignment tab ➤ Modify

panel ➤ Superelevation

drop-down ➤ Calcu-

late/Edit Superelevation . Select the Tabular Editor button on the Superelevation Curve Manager dialog box.

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Subscription Advantage Pack Features: Inquiry

LocationDescriptionFeature

Click the Import Superelevation Data From File button

LocationDescriptionFeature

Minimum Distance Between Entities

Minimum Distance Between Surfaces

Minimum Vertical Distance Between Entities

Provides the ability to list the shortest 2D distance between two entities and to optionally draw a persistent line to identify the location of this distance. For more information, see Identifying

the Shortest Distance Between Two Entities (page 1811).

Provides the ability to list the minimum vertical distance between two surfaces. For more information, see Identifying the Shortest

Distance Between Two Surfaces (page 770).

Provides the ability to list the vertical distance between two entities at the point where they cross in plan view. For more information, see Identifying the Vertical Distance Between Two Entities (page 1812).

Subscription Advantage Pack Features: Point Clouds

Create Point Cloud

Provides the ability to create a point cloud object, which is a collection of points scanned from a terrestrial or airborne laser scanner. For more information, see Creating Point Cloud Objects (page 596). There are new collections in the Toolspace Settings and Prospector trees for managing point clouds. For more information about point cloud settings, see Point Cloud

Settings dialog box (page 2379).

Click Analyze tab ➤ Inquiry

panel Minimum Dis-

tance Between Entities .

Click Analyze tab ➤ Ground

Data panel Minimum Distance Between Surfaces

Click Analyze tab ➤ Inquiry

panel Minimum Vertical Distance Between Entities

LocationDescriptionFeature

Click Home tab ➤ Create

Ground Data panel

Create Point Cloud .

Subscription Advantage Pack Features: Points

Zoom To Point

Provides the ability to zoom to a COGO point, specified by number or name. For more information, see Zooming to a Point (page 1768).

LocationDescriptionFeature

Ribbon: Select a point. Click

COGO Point tab ➤ COGO

Point Tools panel Zoom

To Point .

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Subscription Advantage Pack Features: Profiles

LocationDescriptionFeature

Transparent Commands

toolbar:

LocationDescriptionFeature

Create Best Fit Profile

Profile Grade Elevation

Solve Tangent Intersection

Provides the ability to create a new profile using points surveyed along a roadway centerline. Input can also be polylines or blocks. For more information, see Creating a Profile by Best Fit (page

1154).

Provides the ability to create a point of vertical intersection (PVI) at a specific elevation along a fixed grade line. For more information, see Using Elevation and Grade to Specify a Point Location

in a Profile View (page 1783).

Provides the ability to create a continuous profile of tangents and PVIs from existing profile tangents that do not currently intersect. For more information, see Extending Profile Tangents

to a PVI (page 1165).

Subscription Advantage Pack Features: Roundabouts

Create Roundabout

Edit Roundabout

Provides the ability to automatically draw a roundabout by selecting existing alignments. For more information, see Creating

Roundabouts (page 1631).

Provides the ability to edit a roundabout that had been drawn using the Create Roundabout feature. For more information, see

Editing Roundabouts (page 1634).

Click Home tab ➤ Create

Design panel ➤ Profile

drop-down ➤ Create Best

Fit Profile .

Transparent Commands

toolbar: .

Available from the Profile

Layout Tools ➤ tangent creation drop-down.

LocationDescriptionFeature

Click Home tab ➤ Create

Design panel ➤ Intersec-

tions drop-down ➤ Create

Roundabout .

Select a roundabout alignment.Click Alignment

tab ➤ Modify Roundabout

panel ➤ Edit Roundabout

Delete Roundabout

Add Approach

Add Turn Slip Lane

Provides the ability to delete elements created using the Create Roundabout feature. For more information, see Deleting

Roundabouts (page 1637).

Provides the ability to add an approach road to a roundabout that has been created using the Create Roundabout feature. For more information, see Adding Approach Roads (page 1632).

Provides the ability to add a slip lane to a roundabout that has been created using the Create Roundabout feature. For more information, see Adding Slip Lanes (page 1633).

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Select a roundabout alignment.Click Alignment

tab ➤ Modify Roundabout

panel ➤ Delete Roundabout

Click Home tab ➤ Create

Design panel ➤ Intersec-

tions drop-down ➤ Add

Approach .

Click Home tab ➤ Create

Design panel ➤ Intersec-

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Subscription Advantage Pack Features: Surfaces

LocationDescriptionFeature

tions drop-down ➤ Add

Turn Slip Lane .

LocationDescriptionFeature

Create Cropped Surface

Create Surface From GIS Data

Resolve Crossing Breaklines

Breakline Reports

Provides the ability to crop a section of a large surface along existing triangulation lines, and to put the cropped surface in a new or existing drawing. For more information, see Cropping

Surfaces (page 716).

Provides the ability to create a surface based on Arc Spatial Data Engine (ArcSDE). For more information, see Creating Surfaces

from GIS Data (page 658).

Provides the ability to identify and resolve crossing breaklines in a surface or a survey database. For more information, see Finding

and Fixing Crossing Breaklines (page 771).

Provides reports to list crossing breaklines in a surface or a survey database and to list invalid breakline conditions. For more information, see Creating Breakline Reports (page 772).

Subscription Advantage Pack Features: Survey

Creating new survey figures

Create new survey figures by selecting COGO Points, Survey Points, or other positions in the drawing. For more information, see Creating a New Figure (page 347).

Click Home tab ➤ Create

Ground Data panel ➤ Sur-

faces drop-down ➤ Create

Cropped Surface .

Click Home tab ➤ Create

Ground Data panel ➤ Sur-

faces drop-down ➤ Create

Surface From GIS Data .

Click Analyze tab ➤ Ground

Data panel Resolve

Crossing Breaklines .

In Toolspace, on the Toolbox tab, expand Reports

Manager ➤ Breakline.

LocationDescriptionFeature

In Toolspace, on the Survey

tab ➤ right-click Figures

collection ➤ New.

Survey Figure Properties

Importing multiple point files

Import TSS File

Importing point files that contain user-defined properties

Provides a new interface for editing survey figures. For more information, see Editing Survey Figure Vertices (page 366).

Provides the ability to use control-click to select multiple point files for import. For more information, see Importing Multiple

Point Files (page 262).

Provides the ability to import TSS field survey data files. For more information, see Importing Multiple Point Files (page 262).

Provides the ability to import point files using point file formats that contain user-defined properties. For more information, see

Importing Point Files that Contain User-defined Properties (page

263)

Select a figure in the drawing. Click Survey

tab ➤ Modify panel ➤ Sur-

vey Figure Properties .

Click Home tab ➤ Create

Ground Data panel ➤ Im-

port Survey Data .

Click Home tab ➤ Create

Ground Data panel ➤ Im-

port Survey Data .

Click Home tab ➤ Create

Ground Data panel ➤ Im-

port Survey Data .

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LocationDescriptionFeature

Display Change Report

Provides a report to show changes to the survey database. For more information, see Survey Database Change Report (page

221).

Subscription Advantage Pack Features: Visibility Checks

Drive

Point To Point

Check Sight Distance

Zone Of Visual Influence

Displays a 3D visual perspective that simulates “driving” along a roadway. For more information, see Using the Drive Command (page 1842).

Provides line of sight analysis between any two points in the model with respect to one or more surfaces. For more information, see Checking Sight Distance Using Point to Point Line of

Sight (page 1845).

Provides line of sight analysis at specified intervals along a corridor. For more information, see Calculating Sight Distance Along

a Corridor (page 1846).

Provides line of sight analysis 360 degrees around a single point with respect to one or more surfaces. For more information, see

Checking Sight Distance Using a Zone of Visual Influence (page

1848).

In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, right-click a survey

database ➤ Display Change Report.

LocationDescriptionFeature

Click Analyze tab ➤ Design

panel ➤ Visibility Check

drop-down ➤ Drive .

Click Analyze tab ➤ Design

panel ➤ Visibility Check

drop-down ➤ Point To

Point .

Click Analyze tab ➤ Design

panel ➤ Visibility Check

drop-down ➤ Check Sight

Distance .

Click Analyze tab ➤ Design

panel ➤ Visibility Check

drop-down ➤ Zone Of

Visual Influence .

Changes to Drawing Templates

Included Templates

DescriptionFeature

New templates for section sheet creation

New imperial and metric templates are provided for section sheet creation. These templates have a viewport that is set to “Section” type. The following section templates are located in the Template\Plan Production folder:

■ Civil 3D (Imperial) Section.dwt

■ Civil 3D (Metric) Section.dwt

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Drawing Settings

tab

General Settings

DescriptionFeature

For more information, see To prepare drawing templates for

using the plan production tools (page 1902).

DescriptionFeature

Superelevation View layer: C-ROAD-SE-VIEWDrawing Settings dialog box, Object Layers

DescriptionFeature

General line label styles

Alignment Settings

Geodetic and grid direction and distance properties can be labeled on line segments. The following new label styles are provided as sample content to support these new direction and distance properties.

■ Geodetic Azimuth Over Distance

■ Geodetic Bearing Over Distance

■ Grid Azimuth Over Distance

■ Grid Bearing Over Distance

DescriptionFeature

Superelevation OptionsFeature Settings

■ Number Of Lanes - Left: 1

■ Number Of Lanes - Right: 1

■ Normal Shoulder Width: 5.0000’, 1.500m

■ % On Tangent For Tangent - Curve: 66.67%

■ % On Spiral For Spiral - Curve: 100%

■ Design Speed Lookup Method: Use Nearest Higher Speed

■ Radius Lookup Method: Use Nearest Lower Radius

■ Curve Smoothing Length: 50.0000’, 20.000m

Automatic Widening Around CurvesFeature Settings

■ Widening To Apply On: Inside Only

■ Wheelbase Length: 24.000’, 8.000m

■ Add Automatic Widening At Curves: No

■ Widening By: Through Design Standards

■ Manual Widening Width: 3.000’, 1.000m

NOTE The Manual Widening Width and Manual Transition Length options are used when the Manual option is selected for the Widening By setting.

■ Manual Transition Length: 60.000’, 20.000m

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Corridor Settings

CreateSimpleCorridor

Params

Pipe Network Settings

DescriptionFeature

Linear Transition Around CurvesCommand Settings: AddWidening

■ Number Of Segments: 3

■ Transition Segment Type: Lines

DescriptionFeature

Assembly Insertion DefaultsCommand Settings: CreateCorridor and

■ Offset Target Geometry Points: True

■ Frequency settings changed to 20.000m (for metric tem-

plates only)

All newCommand Settings: MatchCorrRegion-

DescriptionFeature

Pipe Network DefaultsFeature Settings

■ Use Size Name From Parts List As Description: Yes

Label Styles

Point Cloud Object Settings

Point cloud styles

Default names for Plan Profile labels are now consistent for imperial and metric templates (“Length Description and Slope” and “Name Only”).

DescriptionFeature

■ True Color: Displays point cloud points in true color if the point cloud database contains RGB data.

■ LIDAR Point Classification: Displays point cloud points by LIDAR point classification if the point cloud database contains LIDAR point classification data.

■ Elevation Ranges: Displays the point cloud points in elevation ranges, at a specified number of ranges or range interval and a color scheme.

■ Grayscale Intensity: Displays point cloud points in a grayscale intensity if the point cloud database contains intensity data.

■ Scaled Color Intensity (Red, Green, Blue versions): Displays point cloud points in either a red, green, or blue scaled color intensity if the point cloud database contains intensity data.

■ Single Color: Displays the point cloud points in a single color.

Default StylesFeature Settings

■ Point Cloud Default Style: Single Color

Command Settings: CreatePointCloud

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■ Layer: V-SITE-SCAN

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DescriptionFeature

■ File Format: LAS

■ Point Cloud Default Style: Single Color

■ Point Cloud Name Template: Point Cloud - <Next Counter>

Command Settings: AddPointsToSurface

Command Settings: AddPointCloudPoints

Point file formats

System variables

■ Surface Option: Add Points To A New Surface

■ Region Option: Point Cloud Extents

■ Mid-Ordinate Distance: 1.000’, 0.333m

■ Point Cloud Default Style: Single Color

■ Point Cloud Name Template: Point Cloud - <Next Counter>

■ Default File Format: LAS

The following new point file formats are provided to support the importing of point cloud data using the point cloud commands CreatePointCloud and AddPointsToSurface. Comma and space-delimited versions of the following:

■ XYZ_Intensity: Contains X, Y, Z coordinates and Intensity data

■ XYZ_RGB: Contains X, Y, Z coordinates and RGB data

■ XYZ_LIDAR Classification: Contains X, Y, Z coordinates and

LiDAR point classification data

■ POINTCLOUDDENSITY: 50

■ POINTCLOUDRTDENSITY: 5

Quantity Takeoff Settings

Sample Line Settings

Command Settings: CreateSampleLines (metric templates only)

Section View Settings

DescriptionFeature

Define Materials OptionsCommand Settings: ComputeMaterials

■ Volume Computation Method: Average End Area

DescriptionFeature

■ Default Swath Widths: Widths are changed to 20.000m

■ Sampling Increments: Increments are changed to 20.000m

DescriptionFeature

Default Name FormatFeature Settings

■ Cross Section Sheet Layout Name Template: Section Sheet

- <Next Counter>

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View

Superelevation View Settings

View

DescriptionFeature

Multiple Section View CreationCommand Settings: CreateMultipleSection-

■ Placement Option: Production

All new for the following new commands:Command Settings

■ ProjectObjectsToMultiSect

■ CreateSectionSheets

DescriptionFeature

Basic style added to support new superelevation views.Object Style

All newFeature Settings

All newCommand Settings: CreateSuperelevation-

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Workflows

Refer to this section for workflow information for common tasks you might perform when working with AutoCAD Civil 3D.

Moving Data from Land Desktop

Use this workflow to help you efficiently move existing data from AutoCAD Land Desktop to AutoCAD Civil 3D.

A clear understanding of your current workflows and processes will help you implement AutoCAD

-----Prepare for the move Civil 3D successfully and be better able to validate

results.

Styles control the appearance and sometimes the behavior of AutoCAD Civil 3D objects. By using

-----Map or setup styles and settings

styles in AutoCAD Civil 3D, you have great flexibility in the presentation of design elements, including labels and tables.

Labels and Tables Workflow

You can use the workflow topics as a reference for the process of working with labels and tables.

Each topic contains a brief explanation of a stage in the development of labels or tables and provides links to specific tasks in that stage.

There are various tools and methods for moving

-----Migrate the LDT data Land Desktop data into AutoCAD Civil 3D.

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Setting Up Label Settings and Styles

Specify settings for labels at various levels in the hierarchal Settings tree. In addition, you define specific settings for individual labels in the label styles, which manage label content.

The highest levels of settings can serve as a general prototype model for settings that are lower in the hierarchy. Those settings, if not locked at the drawing level, can be overridden in subordinate settings.

To set up label settings and styles

Define default settings for all labels in a drawing (page 1654)

Define default settings for all labels belonging to a feature (page 1655)

Define default settings for a specific label style type in a feature (page

1655)

Right-click the drawing name in the Settings tree

----and click Edit Label Style Defaults.

Right-click the feature name in the Settings tree

----and click Edit Label Style Defaults.

Right-click the label style type name and click Edit

----Label Style Defaults.

-----Define a label style (page 1656)

Define the settings for a new label style.

Manage label style properties

(page 1664)

Inserting and Managing Labels

Follow these steps as a guide to efficiently insert and manage labels.

To insert and manage labels

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Define label style layer, visibility, display mode,

----and text style.

You usually add labels to drawings when you create objects such as points, alignments, or

-----Add labels to a drawing (page 1701) parcels. You can also add labels after you create

the objects.

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Modify labels in a drawing (page

1712)

You can modify label object properties by right-clicking a label and selecting Label Properties

----or Properties to open the AutoCAD Properties

palette.

You can use the Layout tab of the Label Style

-----Add content to labels (page 1686)

Composer to define label components, which define the content of labels.

Set up mathematical expressions to use in label

-----Add expressions (page 1726) styles.

Manage layout properties (page

1671)

Manage dragged properties (page

1681)

Set up labels to be used as tags

(page 1664)

Inserting and Managing Tables

Follow these steps as a guide to efficiently insert and manage tables.

To insert and manage tables

You use the Layout tab of the Label Style

-----

Composer dialog box to control text and border settings, display properties, and content.

Use the Dragged State tab of the Label Style

-----

Composer dialog box to define leader visibility and properties for dragged label text.

If a label style supports the use of tags and tables, there are a few unique properties you can manage

----in the style by changing settings in the Label Style

Composer.

Table styles define which data is displayed in the

-----Set up table styles (page 1738) table, and control the table appearance.

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-----Add tables to a drawing (page 1748)

Specify table data differently for each object type.

Add surface legend tables (page

1749)

Surface tables are created in a legend style and

----do not use label styles or tags.

You can modify the appearance of a table, or add

-----Modify tables (page 1750) or remove data.

Project Management Workflow

Determine whether the project uses data shortcuts or Autodesk Vault, then choose the appropriate workflow.

Standard Workflow

Use these steps as a guide to create an efficient network of drawings within a project.

Establish written procedures for project members who will create or access project data. Make

-----Set up file access controls communication between project members a

priority.

Combine objects into base drawings

Assemble data for production drawings

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Create the basic surfaces, alignments, and other

-----Create individual design objects object to be shared.

Use data references to share read-only copies of

----objects across multiple design drawings.

Combine reference objects and external

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references (xrefs) of entire drawings to produce the final drawings.

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Data Shortcuts Workflow

Follow these steps for each new data shortcut project.

Select the appropriate project template, then

-----Set up the project data (page 146) create a project folder within the working folder.

Set up the data shortcuts folder

(page 148)

Designate the new project folder as the active

-----

data shortcuts folder. Save project drawings in the appropriate subfolders of the project folder.

Open each design drawing and create shortcuts

-----Create data shortcuts (page 151) for any objects to be shared with other drawings.

Create read-only references to specific objects in

-----Create object references (page 151)

other drawings, which are known as consumer drawings.

Periodically validate shortcuts and repair any

-----Validate data shortcuts (page 155) broken references.

Autodesk Vault Workflow

Follow these steps for each new Autodesk Vault project.

Designate a Vault Server and database (page 158)

Create the project in the database

(page 171)

Designate a Vault server and database for the

----project.

Create the project folder and subfolders, ideally

----using a standard template.

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Create Vault user names and groups (page 167)

Set appropriate access permissions for user groups

----to protect the project data.

Identify and partition project objects (page 165)

Add drawings to the project (page

177)

Create references to source objects in other drawings (page 183)

Synchronize drawings with latest project data (page 182)

Identify project objects and develop a strategy

----for partitioning project object data.

While adding source drawings to the project,

-----

designate which objects can be shared with other drawings.

Create read-only object references to save space

----in the consumer drawings.

Ensure that data references are regularly updated

-----

with the latest versions of project objects as designs change.

Survey Workflow

For information about project phases, see Survey Project Phases (page 210).

Prepare for Survey Data

Before adding survey data to a survey database and drawing, ensure that the styles and settings are set up.

There are several types of settings that you must specify before importing or creating survey data.

Verify Survey user settings (page

227)

When a major milestone is reached, use the Vault

-----Label project milestones (page 174)

Labeling feature to tag the appropriate version of each project file.

Survey user settings are specific to a Windows

-----

user login account and affect only the survey features including linework defaults.

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Set or verify equipment properties

(page 246)

Equipment properties specify the values

----associated with a specific surveying instrument.

Create/verify Figure Prefix database

(page 222)

Import/edit Survey database settings (page 238)

Verify Survey drawing settings

(page 247)

The Survey Figure Prefix database contains

-----

information on how figures are created and stylized.

A survey database contains all the control points, known directions, observation measurements,

-----Create Survey database (page 217) traverse definitions, figures, and standard

deviations.

Survey database settings are specific to the survey

----features of an AutoCAD Civil 3D survey database.

Survey drawing feature settings specify the default

-----

styles for the survey network object and the figure object.

Create/verify Survey styles (page

216)

Obtain and Create Survey Data

Survey data can be brought into AutoCAD Civil 3D using several methods including importing from field books and LandXML files as well as entering data manually.

Transfer and convert raw file to .fbk files (page 266)

Survey styles to control the way the survey

----networks and figures are displayed in a drawing.

Use the Survey Data Collection Link to download

----raw data and convert it to a field book file.

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Use the Survey Data wizard, import field book files, import survey LandXML data directly into

-----Import survey data (page 261) the survey database, import a point file, or import

points from a drawing.

Review/update import events

(page 274)

Create/edit survey figures (page

347)

The import event provides a framework that you

-----

can use to view and edit specific survey data that is referenced within the import event.

Use AutoCAD Civil 3D to define and manage

-----Add/edit survey data (page 279)

survey data such as point, setups, directions, traverses, and figures.

Use the Survey Figure commands to create and

-----

edit survey figures, as well as to perform figure inquiries.

Adjust, Analyze, and Output Survey Data

After you have imported or created survey data, you can use several tools to adjust, analyze, and output it.

Perform a Mapcheck Analysis by selecting

Perform mapcheck analysis (page

1795)

AutoCAD Civil 3D line and curve labels to

-----

determine values from label objects based on the precision of the annotation of the label object, or enter mapcheck data manually.

Analyze Survey Networks (page

389)

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Obtain figure information using mapcheck and

-----Analyze Survey Figures (page 382) inverse methods.

-----

Perform Least Squares analysis.

Analyze traverse data to determine the error of

-----Analyze Survey traverses (page 403) closure.

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Export survey data to a field book

(page 269)

Points Workflow

Refer to this section for high-level descriptions of tasks you might perform when working with points in AutoCAD Civil 3D.

Export survey data from an individual network,

----individual figure, or collection of figures.

Use figures that you located in your survey as

-----Create surface breaklines (page 349) surface breaklines.

Export survey LandXML data directly from the

-----Export data to LandXML (page 270) survey database.

Creating a Drawing Template for Points

Creating drawing templates that contain standard styles, settings, and other point-related information helps you work more efficiently and ensures that final drawings conform to office standards.

To create a drawing template for points

-----Create a new drawing (page 132)

Open an existing drawing or create a new one.

Set the default point settings (page

439)

-----

Select the default point settings for the template.

-----Create the point styles (page 450)

Create the point styles for the template.

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Create the point label styles (page

452)

-----

Create the point label styles for the template.

Create the point table styles (page

1738)

Create the description keys (page

584)

Create the point file formats (page

529)

-----

Create the point table styles for the template.

-----Create the point groups (page 561)

Create the point groups for the template.

-----

Create the description keys for the template.

-----

Create the point file formats for the template.

Save the drawing as a template (.dwt)

-----

Creating a Project Point Database

Adding points to an AutoCAD Civil 3D project allows others to access the points.

For more information about AutoCAD Civil 3D projects, see Project Management (page 143).

To create a project point database

-----Create a new drawing (page 132)

Saving the drawing as template enables you to leverage the styles and settings.

Open an existing drawing or create a new one.

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Create points in the drawing (page

456)

Use any method, including importing point data

----from a file.

Create an AutoCAD Civil 3D project (page 171)

Add the drawing points to the project (page 189)

Protect the project points (page

192)

Creating Points in a Drawing

Before creating points in a drawing, specify settings and options that control how points are created and how they appear in a drawing.

Save time by saving commonly used styles, description keys, point groups, and point file formats in a drawing template. For more information, see Creating a Drawing Template for Points (page 29).

-----

Create a new project in the project database.

Use the Add To Project command to add points

----to a project.

To prevent others from modifying the project

----points, protect them.

To create points in a drawing

Choose point creation settings

(page 444)

Select point identity settings (page

443)

Use a drawing template that contains styles,

-----Create a new drawing (page 132)

description keys, point file formats, and point groups you will use

Using any method, including importing point

----data from a file.

If you plan to create points by importing, select

----Point Identity settings.

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Specify description key matching

(page 582)

If you are using description key matching, specify

----the order in which description keys are matched.

Create/import the points (page 456)

or create copies of project points (page 192)

To create copies of project points, use either the

-----

Get From Project command or the Check Out command.

Changing the Appearance of Points in a Drawing

Before producing hard-copy drawings for a project, you can adjust the appearance of the points in the AutoCAD Civil 3D drawing.

Use styles and point groups to change the appearance of the points in a drawing.

To change the appearance of points in a drawing

Change the appearance of points

(page 449) or use point group

overrides (page 555)

Use another style. For example, you can remove the point numbers from the display.

----Use point group overrides to change the

appearance of all the points in a point group.

You can delete unwanted points using the Point

-----Delete unwanted points (page 519) Editor.

Use layers to control point visibility

(page 454)

Surfaces Workflow

Refer to this section for high-level descriptions of tasks you can perform when working with surfaces in AutoCAD Civil 3D.

Preparing for Surface Data

Before adding surface data to a drawing, ensure that the styles and settings are set up. Consider creating drawing templates that contain standard styles and settings. It helps you work more efficiently and ensure that your final drawings conform to your office standards.

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If you prefer that some points are not displayed,

----you can turn off or freeze the layer.

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To create a drawing template for surfaces

-----Create a new drawing (page 132)

Open an existing drawing or create a new one.

Select the default surface settings

(page 737)

Create the surface label styles

(page 752)

Create the surface table styles

(page 762)

Specify the default behavior for surface-related

----commands.

Use the Toolspace Settings tab to create a surface

-----Create the surface styles (page 749) style.

Use the Toolspace Settings tab to manage surface

----label styles.

Use the Toolspace Settings tab to manage surface

----table styles.

Save the drawing as a template (.dwt)

Creating Surfaces in a Drawing

Before you create surfaces in a drawing, set up your environment to take advantage of the settings and options AutoCAD Civil 3D offers for automatically labeling surfaces and surface objects.

To work even more effectively, save the styles in a drawing template. For more information, see Preparing

for Surface Data (page 32).

To create a surface

Saving the drawing as template enables you to

----leverage the styles and settings.

-----Create a new drawing (page 132)

Create a drawing based on the desired template.

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Select surface creation settings

(page 738)

Use surface settings to specify the default behavior

----for surface-related commands.

Select default surface styles (page

748)

Select surface label and table styles

(page 752)

Create a new surface or import a surface (page 648)

Surface styles control the way a surface is

----displayed in a drawing.

Surface label and table styles control the way a

----surface’s labels and tables are displayed.

Create Grid or TIN surface or import a surface

----from a TIN or DEM file.

Adding and Managing Surface Data

When you create a surface, the surface may be empty and therefore is not visible in the drawing. However, the surface name is displayed in the Prospector tree so you can perform other operations, such as adding data.

To add and manage surface data

Review the surface editing operations (page 699)

Review the surface definition

(page 660)

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Expand the surface item in the Prospector tree to

----display its data.

-----Add/edit surface data (page 660)

Edit operations are added to a surface definition.

A surface definition is a collection of a surface’s

----build, data, and edit properties.

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-----Manage the surface (page 730)

View and change the surface and its data.

Changing the Appearance of Surfaces

As your design progresses, you can change the look of your drawing by changing the surface style or surface label styles.

To change the appearance of surfaces in a drawing

Create a new style (page 749) or edit an existing style (page 750)

Modify the label styles (page

762)or modify the table styles (page

762)

Analyzing Surface Information

You can create analysis of surface data and view surface information and statistics.

To analyze surface information

View the statistics for the surface

(page 739)

Surface styles control the display of all surface

----components.

Move and edit the label and table styles as

----required.

AutoCAD Civil 3D provides extensive statistics

----based on the current state of the surface.

Create an analysis of the surface

(page 764)

You can analyze depressions, elevations, contours,

----slopes, and watersheds.

Query composite and bounded volume

-----Calculate volumes (page 740) differences between surface.

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-----Analyze waterdrop paths (page 767)

Trace the path that water takes across a surface.

Check for contour problems (page

766)

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Analyzing Stage Storage Volumes

Use the Stage Storage Tool in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 to analyze the stage storage volumes of basins.

Determine the boundaries for a basin to be analyzed (page 743)

Edit display settings for contours

(page 744)

Set up a Stage Storage Volume report (page 744)

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Identify problems with contours that are drawn according to the surface style’s contour settings.

Before you analyze a basin, use either surface objects or polylines to create the basin boundaries.

Before you can calculate basin volumes, you must ensure the contours are displayed in the surface style.

In the Stage Storage Volume Analysis dialog box, enter the administrative and calculation information for the Stage Storage Volume analysis.

Save and display the Stage Storage Volume Table (page 747)

Save and display the Stage Storage Volume report (page 747)

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Define the basin by selecting surface objects or

-----Define the basin (page 744)

polylines in the drawing, or by manually entering surface object parameters for the basin.

Save the Stage Storage Volume Table, and display

----it in the drawing.

When you save the Stage Storage Volume report,

----the report opens in your default text file viewer.

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Grading Workflow

Refer to this section for high-level descriptions of the most common grading tasks you might perform when working with grading in AutoCAD Civil 3D.

Setting up Gradings

This section provides high-level descriptions of grading-related tasks you might perform during the early stages of a project.

Before you begin, save time and effort in the design and drafting phase by doing some setup tasks. Establish and save grading criteria as a collection of values for commonly used slope methods and projections. Then apply saved criteria to any grading you create. The following is a list of setup tasks:

To set up for grading

Establish grading settings (page

801)

-----

-----Create grading styles (page 802)

-----Define grading criteria (page 804)

Designing and Creating Gradings

This section provides high-level descriptions of grading-related tasks you might perform during the design phase of a project after completing the setup tasks (page 37).

To perform grading design tasks

Define the units of measurement for all gradings.

Grading styles determine how gradings appear in the drawing.

Grading criteria predefine the methods and projections for grading.

Watch video: Create a Criteria Set and Criteria

(1 minute 35 seconds)

Convert existing objects, draw parcel lot lines or

-----Create feature lines (page 808)

feature lines, or export feature lines from corridor models.

Use grading groups to organize the base-line

-----Create grading groups (page 806)

geometry and to control the interaction of grading objects.

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-----Create the grading (page 855)

Use the Grading Creation Tools.

Modify the grading as required

(page 858)

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Outputting Grading Information

This section provides high-level descriptions of grading-related tasks that you might perform during the later stages of a project.

To create finished plans and generate reports from surfaces

Select grading group surface creation (page 806)

-----

-----Edit grading styles (page 802)

Use edit commands on the Grading menu or the Grading Creation Tools.

Surfaces created from grading can be used to generate surface analysis displays.

Use styles to establish the display of the grading and surface.

Parcels Workflow

Refer to this section for high-level descriptions of how to work with parcels in AutoCAD Civil 3D.

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-----Plot gradings

Prepare and plot grading drawings.

Use the AutoCAD Civil 3D Reports feature to

-----Produce reports (page 1758) produce reports that include cut and fill volumes.

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Setting up Parcels

To set up styles for a project with parcels

Determine the types of parcels to use (page 880)

Includes site parcels. Decide how to display the

----parcels and their associated labels and tables.

-----Create a new drawing (page 132)

Save as a drawing template if needed.

Parcel styles control the way a parcel is displayed

-----Create parcel styles (page 894) in a drawing.

Parcel label styles control the way a parcel’ s labels

-----Create parcel label styles (page 900) are displayed.

Save the drawing as a template (.dwt)

Designing and Creating Parcels

Create parcels by converting existing AutoCAD objects, or create parcels directly using the Parcel Layout Tools toolbar.

AutoCAD objects that you can convert to parcels include closed polylines, and other closed sequences of lines or arcs. If you are converting AutoCAD objects, they must be free of drawing errors. Use the drawing cleanup tools in Autodesk Map to accomplish this before you convert the objects.

Parcel table styles control the way a parcel’ s tables

-----Create parcel table styles (page 910) are displayed.

Saving the drawing as template enables you to

----leverage the styles and settings.

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To design and create parcels

Create parcels from objects by importing AutoCAD objects, by layout using the Parcel

-----Create parcels (page 879) layout toolbar, or subdivide existing parcels to

create new parcels.

Change parcel appearance (page

885)

Alignments Workflow

Refer to this section for high-level descriptions of tasks you perform when creating, designing, and finishing alignments in AutoCAD Civil 3D.

Control parcel display by changing parcel styles

----or their label styles.

-----Edit parcels (page 886)

Use the Parcel Layout Tools toolbar to edit parcels.

To merge two parcels, delete a shared segment. When you delete a shared segment, you delete

-----Merge existing parcels (page 890) the shared boundary. The two parcels become

one.

Setting Up Alignments

Establish different alignment and label styles for each design phase.

All objects have a default style that you can copy, edit, and then save with a new name. You may begin by establishing styles for different design phases. For example, design styles might have details that would not be necessary in plotting styles.

To set up alignments

Set up alignment label styles (page

1043)

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Alignment styles control the visual display of each

-----Set up alignment styles (page 946) alignment component.

Alignment label styles control the visual display

----of each label component.

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Set up alignment label sets (page

1045)

Alignment label sets control the label styles that

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are applied to the individual elements that you want to label on the alignment.

Set up the design criteria file (page

936)

Set up design checks and design check sets (page 940)

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Designing and Editing Alignments

Create alignments by layout, from polylines, from pipe networks, and from LandXML data.

To design and edit alignments

-----Create the alignment (page 948)

The design criteria file contains minimum local standards tables for design speed, radius, and length of individual alignment sub-entities.

Design checks verify design criteria for parameters that are not included in the design criteria file.

Draw an alignment, or create one from a polyline, reference, pipe network, or LandXML file.

Edit alignment fixed, floating, or free entities (page 970)

Edit alignment numeric parameter values (page 1066)

Edit the alignment using grips

(page 1068)

Use the constraint-based commands on the Alignment Layout Tools toolbar, to add a fixed

-----

entity, a free entity, or a floating entity (lines, curves, spiral-curve-spiral groups and spirals) to the alignment.

Use the Alignment Entities vista and Alignment Layout Parameters dialog box to display and edit

----parameters of alignment entities that are part of

the solved alignment geometry.

Use grips to change the vertical curves and

----tangents in an alignment graphically.

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Add final labels to the alignment

(page 1043)

Use the label and table styles to control the

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appearance and behavior of alignment labels and tables.

Assign a style for viewing and plotting (page 946)

Create plan/profile sheets for plotting (page 61)

Superelevation Workflow

Refer to this section for high-level descriptions of tasks you might perform when working with superelevation in AutoCAD Civil 3D.

Setting Up Superelevation

Before calculating superelevation data, you need to ensure that required settings and styles are specified correctly.

Use alignment styles to control the visual display

----of each alignment component.

Use plan production tools to quickly create

----construction documents from drawings.

Specify a design speed in the alignment

-----Specify a design speed (page 934)

properties. A design speed is necessary to calculate superelevation.

Specify Superelevation label defaults (page 83)

Verify alignment feature settings

(page 930)

Verify default label abbreviations

(page 83)

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Review the superelevation critical point label

-----

options on the Abbreviations tab in the Drawing Settings.

Review the alignment feature settings for

-----

Superelevation Options and Dynamic Alignment Highlight.

Review the default label abbreviations for

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geometry points and superelevation critical points.

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Customize the criteria files using the Design

-----Customize criteria files (page 939)

Criteria Editor. Superelevation is calculated based on these files.

Review Profile View band properties (page 1215)

Optionally, add user-defined curves (page 1103)

Adding Superelevation Data

You can add superelevation data using the Superelevation wizard or import it from a CSV file.

Specify the Profile View band properties for

----superelevation data.

Create an alignment to use for superelevation

-----Create the alignment (page 948) calculations.

Add user-defined curves from the Superelevation Curve Manager. Add curves for situations where a curve is not automatically created by the program, for example where an alignment has

----two compound spirals or a compound spiral in

between spirals. Curves can be added after calculating superelevation data but you have to re-calculate the superelevation.

Calculate superelevation (page 1098)

Import superelevation from a CSV file (page 1101)

After you calculate the superelevation, any changes to the alignment geometry such as adding, deleting, or moving a curve are reflected in the Superelevation Tabular Editor. However, changing the radius of a curve causes the superelevation data to become out of date and you have to recalculate. The CSV file must have a specific column

----structure. The imported data is associated with

the alignment in the drawing. There is no design criteria displayed in the Superelevation Curve Manager and editing options are available in the Superelevation Tabular Editor and Superelevation View. Imported data in the Superelevation Tabular Editor can be copied to the clipboard and pasted into an Excel or Word document.

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Viewing and Editing Superelevation Data

Refer to this section for high-level descriptions of editing tasks you might perform when working with superelevation data.

Edit Superelevation Criteria (page

1104)

Create the superelevation view

(page 1107)

Manipulate data in superelevation view (page 1107)

Change criteria that was used to create superelevation data. If criteria such as design

----speed is changed, then superelevation needs to

be recalculated.

Edit cross slope values and location of critical

-----Edit superelevation data (page 1108)

stations and resolve overlap situations using the Superelevation Tabular Editor.

Create a Superelevation View and use grips for

-----

graphical editing. Use right-click edit options to change the properties and display of the view.

Edits in the Superelevation View and the

-----

Superelevation Tabular Editor are dynamic and changes made in one are reflected in the other.

Display the superelevation band in a Profile View (page 1139)

Resolve overlap situations by clicking in the Overlap column in the Superelevation Tabular

-----Resolve overlaps (page 1108)

Editor. The warning symbol displayed in the Superelevation Tabular Editor and the Superelevation View if there is an overlap situation.

Display a Superelevation Band using the Superelevation option on the Bands tab in the

----Profile View Properties. Superelevation band is

used for plotting.

Create a corridor from the baseline alignment that contains the superelevation data using the appropriate subassembly.

IMPORTANT Corridor modeling should not be

-----Create a corridor (page 45) done until superelevation is finalized. Changes in

a corridor baseline alignment are not reflected in Superelevation. Changing superelevation does not update the corridor model.

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Corridor Modeling Workflow

Refer to this section for high-level descriptions of tasks you might perform when working with corridors in AutoCAD Civil 3D.

Preparing the Drawing for Corridor Creation

Creating drawing templates that contain standard styles and settings will help you work more efficiently and ensure that your final drawings conform to your office standards.

Preparing the drawing template for corridor creation

-----Open a drawing (page 132)

Open an existing drawing or create a new one.

Select the default settings (page

1478)

Create the quantity takeoff criteria

(page 1275)

Use corridor settings to specify the default

----behavior for corridor-related commands.

Styles control the display and design

-----Create the styles (page 1473) characteristics of drawing objects.

You can define default label settings at three

-----Create the label styles (page 1654) different levels.

Use quantity takeoff settings to specify the default

-----

style and name format settings for quantity takeoff.

Save the drawing as a template (.dwt) (page 129)

By saving as a template, you can leverage the

----style and setting changes.

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Setting Up Data for Corridor Creation

Before you create corridors, you must have existing data, such as existing ground surfaces, alignments (centerlines), profiles (vertical alignments), and typical sections (assemblies).

To set up data for corridor creation

Build the existing ground surfaces

(page 648)

Design the horizontal alignments

(page 948)

Surfaces are used to derive alignments and

----profiles, and for corridor grading.

-----

Alignments are used by a corridor as its centerline.

Use existing ground profiles and design finished

-----Create the profiles (page 1141) grade profiles (vertical alignments).

Calcualte superelevation for the curves on the centerline alignment.

IMPORTANT Superelevation should be finalized before it is applied to the Corridor model.

-----Calculate Superelevation (page 1098) Changes in a corridor baseline alignment are not

reflected in Superelevation. Changing superelevation does not update the corridor model.

Plan the required assemblies (page

1548)

Create and maintain the required assemblies (page 1557)

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Use subassemblies to build the required

----assemblies.

Before creating an assembly, identify the different

----types of subassemblies you need,

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Corridor Design and Creation

This section provides the processes used to create corridors.

Use the Create Corridor or Create Simple Corridor

-----Create a corridor (page 1475) commands.

Make any required customizations to settings or

-----Modify the corridor (page 1478) styles for the corridor.

Modify or override individual corridor stations (page 1523)

Visualizing Corridors

After you have created a corridor, create corridor surfaces and boundaries to help you visualize the corridor.

To visualize a corridor

Create corridor boundaries (page

1511)

Override corridor and assembly parameters and

-----

apply the overrides to a station or range of stations.

When you create a corridor surface, it is added

-----Create a corridor surface (page 1511) to the Surfaces collection.

Use corridor surface boundaries to prevent

-----

triangulation outside of the daylight lines of a corridor surface.

Render a corridor boundary region

(page 1533)

You can use the View/Edit Corridor Section Tools

-----View corridor sections (page 1519)

to visually inspect how assemblies are applied at various stations.

Render corridor data using the AutoCAD Render

----command.

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Exporting Corridor Data

After creating a corridor, you can export several types of data.

To export corridor data

Export corridor feature lines (page

1528)

Export corridor points as COGO points (page 1531)

Export corridor surfaces as disconnected surfaces (page 1532)

Export corridor feature lines as alignments,

----grading feature lines, profiles, or polylines.

Export all points from a selected corridor or

-----

constrain the selection based on station ranges or point code types.

Exported surfaces are no longer part of the

----corridor.

Intersection and Roundabout Workflow

Refer to this section for high-level descriptions of tasks you might perform when working with intersections and roundabouts in AutoCAD Civil 3D.

Intersection Design Workflow

Refer to this section for high-level descriptions of tasks you might perform when working with intersections in AutoCAD Civil 3D.

Set up data required for the intersection (page 1591)

Verify intersection settings (page

1598)

You must have at least two alignments that intersect each other only once in your drawing.

-----

If you want to create a more realistic intersectionmodel, you will need road geometry and surface data.

The driving direction option determines how curb

-----Set the driving direction (page 1592) returns are drawn when creating intersections.

Use intersection settings to specify the default

----behavior for intersection-related commands.

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Roundabout Design Workflow

Refer to this section for high-level descriptions of tasks you might perform when designing roundabouts.

-----Create the intersection (page 1592)

Use the Create Intersection wizard.

-----Labeling Intersections (page 1618)

You can add labels to intersection objects.

You can edit intersections using commands available from the ribbon, from right-click

-----Edit intersections (page 1601) shortcut menus, or by editing the objects directly

in the drawing using grips.

Set the Driving Direction option

(page 1624)

Create required alignment styles and label styles. (page 1625)

Set up the data required to create the roundabout (page 1625)

Before you begin, set the Driving Direction option in Drawing Settings to either Left Side of the Road

----or Right Side of the Road, depending on your

project’s needs.

Styles control the display and design characteristics of drawing objects. You may also

----want to create alignment labels that are

specifically designed for roundabouts.

Create the base geometry required to create the

-----

roundabout. You must have at least two alignments.

Use the Create Roundabout command, follow

-----Create the roundabout (page 1631)

the prompts, and configure the roundabout dialog boxes.

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After you have created a roundabout, the 2D layout can be continued to be designed in profile, and you can also create a corridor using existing methods.

Profiles Workflow

Refer to this section for high-level descriptions of tasks you perform when working with profiles and profile views.

Setting Up Profiles

Use standards to create a consistent format for the profiles in a drawing.

Standard format and content for profiles is often required to comply with your requirements or to make it easier to compare several profiles. You can create these formats and content standards with styles and settings for profiles, profile views, labels, and data bands. The following process helps you evaluate existing styles and settings and to decide whether to change anything.

To set up profiles and profile views

You can add slip lanes, approach roads, or move

-----Edit the roundabout (page 1634) the roundabout.

Create a profile from an existing alignment (page 1142)

Create a profile from an existing alignment and

----display the profile on a profile view.

Manually place a few profile view labels for station

-----Add profile view labels (page 1132) elevation and depth.

Add data bands above or below the profile grid,

-----Add data bands (page 1215)

ensuring that you have one of each type that you need.

-----Review profile styles (page 1122)

Review the standards for the graphed profile line.

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Review profile label styles (page

1129)

Review the standards for the automatic labels

----along the profile line.

Review profile view label styles

(page 1131)

Review profile view styles (page

1124)

Review profile view band styles

(page 1133)

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Designing and Displaying Profiles

Follow this sequence to design and display profiles.

To design and display profiles

Review the standards for the manual labels in the profile view.

Review the standards for the profile view title, axes annotation, grid, and ticks.

Review the standards for the data bands above or below the profile view grid.

Ensure that your drawing contains all relevant surfaces (page 648)

Identify the horizontal alignment

(page 948)

Create the surface profile and offsets (page 1142) or Export feature lines as profiles (page 1530)

If necessary, add surfaces by importing their

----DWG, XML, TIN, or text files.

The alignment specifies the centerline route along

----which to sample elevations for the profile.

Optionally add offset profiles to the left and right of the centerline profile.

----If you have existing corridors, you can create

profiles directly from the corridor feature lines.

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Create a profile view to display and annotate the

-----Create a profile view (page 1208) profile and offsets for analysis purposes.

Using the reference lines in the profile view,

-----Design a layout profile (page 1143) design a layout profile on the profile view grid.

Create a superimposed profile

(page 1149)

Create profile sheets for plotting

(page 61)

Sections Workflow

Refer to this section for high-level descriptions of tasks you might perform when working with sections in AutoCAD Civil 3D.

Setting Up Sections

Use this information to determine a standard, consistent format for the sections in a drawing.

Standard format and content for sections is often required to comply with your requirements or to make it easier to compare several sections. These standards are created by means of styles and settings for sample lines, sections, section views, labels, and bands. Use the following workflow to help you evaluate existing styles and settings and decide whether anything should be changed.

If the profile view includes the profile of any linear

-----

feature not parallel to the main alignment, create a superimposed profile.

Use the Plan Production tools to create profile

----sheets for plotting.

To set up standards for sample lines, sections, and section views

Create the sample lines and sections (page 1246)

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Create the sample line(s) and the section(s) from

----an existing alignment.

-----Create the section view (page 1258)

Create a section view to display the section(s).

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Review the sample line styles (page

1234)

Review or modify the standards for the sample

----line(s).

Review and modify the standards for the

-----Review the section labels (page 1241)

automatic labels for the sample line(s) and the graphed section.

-----Review the section styles (page 1236)

Review and modify the standards for the section.

Review the section view styles

(page 1237)

Review the section view band styles (page 1245)

Review and modify the standards for the section

----view title, axes annotation, grid, and ticks.

Place a few section view labels for offset elevation

-----Add section view labels (page 1243) and grade.

Add bands above or below the section grid for

-----Add section view bands (page 1246) the section data.

Review or modify the standards for the bands

----above or below the section view grid.

Designing and Creating Sections

Before you create sample lines and sections, you must have existing data, including elevation (surface) data as well as a horizontal alignment.

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To design and create sections

Ensure that the drawing contains the required surface (page 648)

Ensure that the drawing contains the necessary alignment (page 948)

-----

If necessary, create or add the surfaces.

Alignment properties and labels do not affect the

----sections.

Decide where along the alignment you want the

-----Locate the sections (page 1226)

sections and what ground distance they should cover.

Use appropriate sources, styles, and left and right

-----Create sample lines (page 1246) swath widths across of the alignment.

If required, edit the sample lines

(page 1250)

Create multiple section views

(page 1259)

Create section sheets for plotting

(page 62)

To re-sample from a different set of surfaces, use

----the Sample Line Group Properties Dialog Box.

Create views to display and annotate the sections and offsets for analysis purposes. Use the

----Production option and select a drawing template

if you want to create section sheets.

Use the Plan Production tools to create section

----sheets for plotting.

Material and Quantity Analysis Workflow

Refer to this section for high-level descriptions of tasks you might perform when performing material and quantity analysis in AutoCAD Civil 3D

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Analyzing Sectional Volumes

Refer to this section for high-level descriptions of tasks used to set up quantity takeoff properties for sample line groups and create quantity takeoff tables and reports in AutoCAD Civil 3D.

To create a quantity takeoff table or report

Editing quantity takeoff settings

(page 1276)

Create quantity takeoff criteria

(page 1279)

The settings include the default quantity takeoff

-----

criteria used to create material lists and default styles for tables.

Create a list of materials that specifies the surfaces and shapes from which you want to generate

-----

volume information. You will map the list entries to actual surfaces and corridor shapes found in the drawing later.

Create sample lines for the alignment along which

-----Create sample lines (page 1246)

you are going to generate quantity takeoff information.

Select the sample line group and a quantity

-----Create a material list (page 1282)

takeoff criteria, and then map objects in the drawing to the materials listed in the criteria.

Add gaps to the material definitions (page 1284)

Generate a quantity takeoff table or report (page 1290)

Add gaps if needed to limit volume calculations

----to pockets of material.

Add subcriteria if needed to address more

-----Add subcriteria (page 1289) complex material conditions.

Display the sectional volume information in a

-----

standard AutoCAD Civil 3D table format, or view and export the information in XML.

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Analyzing Material Quantities

Refer to this section for high-level descriptions of tasks used when analyzing quantites using pay item lists in AutoCAD Civil 3D.

To analyze quantities using pay item lists

Import pay items and categorization files (page 1294)

Filter and categorize pay item lists

(page 1295)

Tag objects with pay items (page

1298)

Use formulas with pay item lists

(page 1304)

A pay item file contains the pay item codes,

-----

descriptions, and units of measure for the master pay item list.

You can filter the pay item list for individual pay

-----

items, either by Pay Item ID or by the text in the Description for the pay items.

You can assign pay items to objects or groups of

-----

objects in your drawing. You can assign pay item lists to corridors and pipe networks.

Apply formulas to pay items, and edit the

----formulas.

Compute quantities using pay item lists (page 1306)

Report pay item quantities (page

1308)

Compute pay item quantities for drawings, view

----frames, and selection sets.

Save quantity reports or place quantity tables in

----your drawing.

Creating and Editing Mass Haul Diagrams

Refer to this section for high-level descriptions of tasks used to create mass haul diagrams in AutoCAD Civil 3D.

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To create a mass haul diagram

Specify mass haul settings (page

1319)

Confirm pre-requisite objects (page

1312)

Create the mass haul diagram

(page 1315)

Specify settings, including the default styles for

-----

mass haul lines and views, and for mass haul commands.

Confirm that you have a baseline alignment, a

-----

sample line group, and a material list from which you can create your mass haul diagram.

Specify source objects, materials, mass haul view

-----

and mass haul line styles, and free haul distance, using the Create Mass Haul Diagram wizard.

Edit mass haul line and view styles to improve

-----Edit mass haul styles (page 1317) visibility of the mass haul diagram.

Specify mass haul line balancing options (page 1316)

Add borrow pits and/or dump sites to balance

----mass haul.

Pipe Networks Workflow

Refer to this section for high-level descriptions of tasks that you might perform when working with pipe networks in AutoCAD Civil 3D.

You can use LandXML features to import existing pipe data into your drawing, or to export pipe data from an AutoCAD Civil 3D drawing. For example, to bring pipe data into AutoCAD Civil 3D from an AutoCAD Land Desktop project, you can export pipe data from AutoCAD Land Desktop using the Export LandXML command, and then import it into AutoCAD Civil 3D using the Import LandXML command. For more information, see LandXML Import and Export (page 1875).

If you need to perform hydraulic and or hydrology design and analysis tasks, you can use the hydraulics and hydrology extensions that are provided with AutoCAD Civil 3D. They enable you to perform a variety of hydraulics and hydrology tasks on AutoCAD Civil 3D pipe network models. For more information, see

Hydraulics and Hydrology Feature Overview (page 1331).

Preparing for Pipe Network Creation

Creating drawing templates that contain standard styles and settings helps you work more efficiently, and ensures that your final drawings conform to your office standards.

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To prepare the drawing template for pipe network creation

-----Create a new drawing (page 132)

Open an existing drawing or create a new one.

Select the default settings (page

1343)

Save the drawing as a template (.dwt)

Use pipe network settings to specify the default

----styles and behavior for pipe network commands.

Styles control the display and design

-----Create the styles (page 66) characteristics of drawing objects.

You can define default label settings at three

-----Define the label settings (page 1654) different levels.

Saving the drawing as template enables you to

----leverage the styles and settings.

Setting Up Data for Pipe Network Creation

Before you create a pipe network, it may be useful for you to have existing data, such as ground surfaces and alignments, already in your drawing.

While it can be useful to have these items already set up in your drawing, you can create a pipe network even if these components are not yet created.

To set up data for pipe network creation

Build the existing ground surfaces

(page 648)

Create the horizontal alignments

(page 948)

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Before you create a pipe network, it may be useful

----for you to have existing surface data.

The pipe and structure objects in a pipe network

----can be associated with a referenced alignment.

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Creating, Modifying, and Analyzing Pipe Networks

This section summarizes the basic process for creating and analizing a pipe network.

To create, modify, and analyze a pipe network

Pipe networks reference a part catalog and a parts list that define the size, shape, and certain

-----Select a parts list (page 1380) behavior of the parts (pipes and structures) you

insert into drawings.

There are several ways you can create pipe

-----Create the pipe network (page 1332) networks.

Interference checking lets you quickly identify

-----Check for interferences (page 1369)

pipe network parts that may be in conflict with each other.

Specify display styles for pipes and structures in plan, profile, and section views (page 1364)

Create pipe and structure tables

(page 1414)

Add single pipe or pipe span labels

(page 1404)

Modify the pipe network as required (page 1345)

Styles enables you to customize the pipe network

----view.

Use Pipe tables to display information about pipes

----in a drawing.

You can add labels to pipe network parts either

-----

when you create the objects or after you create them.

Edit pipe networks using the Network Layout

----Tools toolbar, pipe network vistas, or grips.

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Perform hydraulic analysis on pipe networks (page 1417)

The Hydraflow extensions enable you to perform a variety of hydraulics and hydrology analysis

----tasks on pipe networks created with AutoCAD

Civil 3D or with the Hydraflow extensions.

File and Data Sharing Workflow

Refer to this section for high-level descriptions of tasks you can perform when sharing files and data in AutoCAD Civil 3D.

Importing Architectural Data Workflow

Refer to this section for high-level descriptions of tasks you can perform when importing an architectural data model to AutoCAD Civil 3D.

Apply all the required export settings, including

Create an architectural model design package file (page 1891)

simplification, and publish the .adsk file to a

-----

common network location. See also Exporting Building Sites in the Autodesk

Revit Architecture 2010 User’s Guide

Import a building site model (page

1892)

Create the building site style (page

1894)

Edit the building site style (page

1894)

Update the building site definition

(page 1895)

After you create the design package file, you can

----import the file into AutoCAD Civil 3D.

-----

Create the style for a new building site object.

If necessary, edit the style elements of the

----building site object.

If the source architectural model has changed and a new package file was posted in the shared

----location, modify the out-of-date building site

object.

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Exporting and Importing HEC-RAS Data

Use the HEC-RAS Tools in AutoCAD Civil 3D to export surface and alignment data in HEC-RAS format for use in flood analysis.

In a drawing that contains an existing ground

Prepare AutoCAD Civil 3D data for export (page 1887)

surface that represents a river, define the stream

-----

centerline as an alignment, and create a sample line group with stations at desired stream locations.

Export the AutoCAD Civil 3D data

(page 1247)

Analyze the flood information in the HEC-RAS software (page 1889)

Import the flood analysis into AutoCAD Civil 3D (page 1889)

Using the HEC-RAS Export Tool, enter the stream

-----

section data, and save a GEO file containing the AutoCAD Civil 3D information.

Import the GEO file into the HEC-RAS software

-----

program, analyze the flood information, and save an SDF file to import back into AutoCAD Civil 3D.

In AutoCAD Civil 3D, use the HEC-RAS Import

-----

Tool to import the SDF file you created in HEC-RAS.

Plan Production Tools Workflow

Refer to this section for high-level descriptions of tasks you might perform when working with plan production tools in AutoCAD Civil 3D.

Plan/Profile Sheet Production Workflow

Refer to this section for high-level descriptions of tasks used to create plan/profile sheets.

Prepare the template and configure viewports (page 1902)

Set up plan production styles (page 1929) and labeling (page 1927)

Before using plan production tools, make sure

-----

the drawing templates have appropriately configured viewports.

Plan production styles and labels control the

-----

display of all plan production components and labeling.

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Use the Create View Frames wizard to quickly

-----Create view frames (page 1905) create view frames along an alignment.

Create sheets (and sheet sets)

(page 1910)

Use the Create Sheets wizard to quickly create

----sheets for construction documents (plans).

Use the Sheet Set Manager to organize drawing

-----Manage the sheet sets layouts into named sheet sets.

You prepare your drawing for plotting or

-----Plot and publish the drawings publishing by specifying page setup settings.

Section Sheet Production Workflow

Refer to this section for high-level descriptions of tasks used to create section sheets.

Prepare the template and configure viewports (page 1902)

Before using plan production tools, make sure

-----

the drawing templates have appropriately configured viewports.

Create layouts for section plotting

(page 1934)

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Use the Production option in the Create Multiple

-----Create section views (page 1259)

Section Views wizard to generate the section views based on your drawing template.

Use the Create Section Sheets wizard to create

----layouts in the current drawing.

Use the Sheet Set Manager to organize drawing

-----Manage the sheet sets layouts into named sheet sets.

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Understanding Objects and Styles

In AutoCAD Civil 3D, objects are the basic building blocks that enable you to create design drawings.

The underlying program code for AutoCAD Civil 3D uses an object-oriented architecture. As a result, design entities in the drawing, such as points and surfaces, are intelligent objects that maintain relationships with other objects. For example, if a horizontal alignment is modified, any profiles and sections based on that alignment are automatically changed.

The primary AutoCAD Civil 3D object types that enable you to create civil engineering design components, and the icons that represent them, are as follows. For more information about the object, click the corresponding link.

Point Groups (page 553)Points (page 435)

Parcels (page 873)Point Clouds (page 594)

Alignments (page 923)Surfaces (page 645)

Profile Views (page 1113)Gradings (page 793)

Pipe Networks (page 1325)

Feature Lines (page 808)Profiles (page 1113)

Section Views (page 1228)Sample Lines (page 1226)

Mass Haul View (page 1312)Sections (page 1225)

Pipes (page 1325)Mass Haul Line (page 1312)

Pipe Interference Checks

(page 1369)

Assemblies (page 1537)Structures (page 1327)

Subassemblies (page 1555)Corridors (page 1471)

Building Sites (page 1891)Intersections (page 1585)

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Survey Figures (page 215)Sites (page 779)

View Frames (page 1931)Survey Networks (page 215)

Match Lines (page 1932)

These types of objects are sometimes referred to as graphical objects or drawing objects because when you use them, a graphical object or shape, for example, a pipe network, surface, or corridor, is inserted into the drawing.

Use the Prospector and Settings tabs in Toolspace to access detailed object properties and settings. For more information, see The Toolspace Window (page 96).

For information on basic object behavior, see the AutoCAD Help.

Superelevation View (page

1105)

Object Relationships

AutoCAD Civil 3D objects automate the design process by interacting with other AutoCAD Civil 3D objects.

A design team typically spends many hours ensuring that revisions are transferred correctly between surfaces, alignments, profiles, sections, and other design data. Redrafting, relabeling, and checking the work can be time-consuming tasks. AutoCAD Civil 3D eliminates the need for most of these tasks by introducing dynamic links between design objects. This system of links and dependencies derives from the object model within the application design.

The following diagram illustrates how AutoCAD Civil 3D data objects are related to each other.

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Field data creates a set of points that are used to generate an existing ground surface. This surface is referenced by other objects as indicated by the arrows.

Parcels, existing ground surfaces, pipe networks, and gradings can be created independently, or from data sources not shown in the illustration. Such objects are usually linked to other objects during the design process, if not at the beginning.

The object type with the most complex set of relationships is the corridor, as it requires data from a surface, alignment, profile, and assembly (and typically multiple subassemblies).

Changes to any object flow downward along the arrows to dependent objects, with predictable results. For example, if you correct the elevations of an existing ground surface, updates flow to any related grading objects, pipe networks, corridors, and profiles. As a result, all values represented in labels and tables are also updated.

In the design process, after you create an alignment you can create many profiles and sections. But the display of these in profile views and section views is optional and apart from the flow of data required to create the final surface. Similarly, the data from objects such as parcels and alignments can be output to a table or report if desired.

In the object model, changes in one object can be passed on automatically to associated objects where desired. For example, if you redesign an alignment curve, any grading using that alignment as a baseline can be modified accordingly. In addition, all related stationing, labels, and other alignment-specific data is updated.

The following table shows which objects can be updated when you edit each type of object:

type...

Alignments

These objects may be updated...When you edit this object

SurfacesPoints

Grading, Profiles, Pipe Networks, CorridorsSurfaces

Grading, CorridorsParcels

Grading, Parcels, Corridors, Profiles, Sections, Pipe Networks, Intersections

IntersectionsProfiles

Surfaces, CorridorsGrading

Assemblies, CorridorsSubassemblies

CorridorsAssemblies

Surfaces, AlignmentsPipe Networks

GradingFeature Lines

Sections, Mass Haul diagramsSample Lines

Objects, Styles, and Labels

A relationship exists between drawing objects, the styles that control their display, and the labels that control their annotation. These styles and labels are also managed as objects within AutoCAD Civil 3D.

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Object and Label Styles

Styles control the display and design characteristics of drawing objects.

You can use styles to efficiently manage object appearance. When you create a new object, you can apply a predefined style for its display. Later, you can apply a different style. Also, you can create new styles to suit the needs of different users and different project stages. If you change a style definition, the changes are applied automatically to all objects using that style.

The object styles in AutoCAD Civil 3D have general attributes, such as object color, visibility of components, linetypes, and fill patterns.

Similarly, label styles work with text format, data content, location, and graphic elements, such as leader lines and bounding boxes.

Within your design process, object and label styles should be created with specific purposes in mind, such as representing objects at different approval stages, or displaying the right information for different types of users. Before you create object styles, experiment with editing styles for different objects to learn the available controls.

Styles for each object type are managed on the Toolspace Settings tab. The General collection contains styles that can be used by more than one object type (called Multipurpose styles) as well as shared label styles. All AutoCAD Civil 3D objects have a Basic style that can be used as is, or as the basis for building new styles. If you want to customize some attributes of a style, you can create a new style, or make changes to an existing style and save it with a new name. Groups of styles can be collected and saved as a drawing template (.dwt) file. All drawings created from a specific .dwt will share the same styles. The controls for creating styles are standardized as much as possible across all features to make the process easier.

For objects, you can add labels by using the Annotate tab to access the Add Labels dialog box or feature-specific label menus.

You can create sets of label styles for alignments, profiles, and sections in order to manage multiple labels easily. After the set is defined, it can be applied to or removed from an object in a single operation.

Object styles for a surface, parcels, and an alignment, showing stylization

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Label styles, including two alignment labels in a dragged state

Styles Best Practices

Working with Styles

Use the object shortcut menus tocreate new object styles or edit existing styles.

To create a new object style

■ On the Settings tab in Toolspace, right-click an object style collection ➤ New

To copy, edit, or delete an existing object style

■ On the Settings tab in Toolspace,expand an object style collection ➤ right-click object style ➤ Copy,

Edit, Delete.

NOTE You cannot delete a style that is referenced in the drawing.

For more information on styles, see the help topics for that object type:

Dialog BoxSee ...Object Type

Point Style Dialog Box (page 2354)Point Styles (page 449)Points

Point Clouds

Surfaces

Profiles/Profile Views

Displaying and Stylizing Point Clouds (page 598)

Surface Styles and Visualization

(page 748)

Parcel Styles (page 894)Parcels

Styles and Display of Profiles and Profile Views (page 1122)

Point Cloud Style Dialog Box

(page 2381)

Surface Style Dialog Box (page

2644)

Parcel Styles Dialog Box (page

2253)

Profile Style Dialog Box (page

2426) and Profile View Style Dialog

Box (page 2435)

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Dialog BoxSee ...Object Type

Corridors

assemblies

Pipe Networks

Sample Lines/Sections/Section Views

Survey

View Frames

Alignment Styles (page 946)Alignments

Corridor Styles and Display

(page 1473)

Using Grading Styles (page 802)Grading

Subassembly Styles (page 1556)Assemblies and Sub-

Pipe Network Styles and Display

(page 1328)

Sample Line, Section, and Section View Styles and Display

(page 1233)

Survey Styles and Display (page

216)

View Frame Styles and Display

(page 1931)

Alignment Style Dialog Box

(page 1970)

Corridor Style Dialog Box (page

2044)

Grading Style Dialog Box (page

2116)

Assembly Style Dialog Box (page

1997)

Pipe Style Dialog Box (page 2281)

and Structure Style Dialog Box (page 2294)

Section Style Dialog Box (page

2534)

Survey Network Style Dialog Box

(page 2711) and Survey Figure

Style Dialog Box (page 2707)

View Frame Style Dialog Box

(page 2336)

Match Lines

Match Lines Styles and Display

(page 1933)

Multipurpose Styles

Use the Multipurpose Styles collection to create specific styles that can be used by more than one object type.

For example, Slope Pattern style can be shared by gradings and corridors and Marker Styles can be shared by points and survey components.

For more information, see General Collection (Settings Tree) (page 112).

Label Styles

Label Styles are used to control and manage the display of labels and expressions for a class of objects.

Labels are associated with many objects, and their content is updated whenever the object itself is changed. Labels are also controlled by styles. You can modify the label styles in the same way that you modify the object styles: right-click a style name on the Toolspace Settings tab, and then click Edit.

Match Line Style Dialog Box

(page 2337)

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Parcel area labels appear in the drawing as they appear in the preview of the Label Style Composer

You can create and save label sets for alignments, profiles, and sections, which allows you to apply multiple label types in one operation. For example, an alignment label set could include labels for major stations, minor stations, and geometry points.

Labels can include text, blocks, lines, ticks, and leaders. You can create labels and preview their appearance in the Label Style Composer dialog box, as shown in the following illustration:

Previewing customized label style for parcel area

For more information about the Label Styles collections, see The Label Styles Collections (Settings Tree) (page 113).

The General Label Styles are used by lines, curves, feature lines, and corridors. This collection also contains Note label styles, which are not specific to an object.

For general information about labels, see Label Objects (page 1643).

For information about managing label styles, see Creating and Editing Label Styles (page 1656).

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Table Styles

Table Styles are used to control and manage the display for the tables associated with a class of objects.

AutoCAD Civil 3D provides automated data tables for points, surfaces, parcels, alignments, and quantity takeoff. As shown in the following illustration, these tables provide a concise display of object data as an alternative to using object labels. The table styles control the data properties and the displayed components of the table.

Example data table for parcels

Data properties include the data format, order of columns, text style, and whether the table title and column headers are repeated if the table is split. Display components include the borders, separators, fill, and text. You can control the visibility, color, linetype, and scale of each component.

For information on the Table Styles collections, see The Table Styles Collections (Settings Tree) (page 113).

For general information about tables, see Tables (page 1737).

Changing Common Settings in Styles

The Styles dialog boxes for all object types include the Information (page 2017), Display (page 2017), and Summary (page 2020) tabs. Other tabs are provided to record additional data specific to the object type.

To change Style settings

1 On the Settings tab in Toolspace, right-click an existing object style and click Edit.

2 Review and edit settings on the various tabs of the Style dialog box.

Quick Reference

Toolspace Shortcut Menu

Settings tab: right-click object style ➤ Edit

Dialog Box

Styles (page 2017)

Dragging Styles or Items Within or Between Drawings

Copy styles using the Settings tree drag-and-drop capability.

You can drag items from the Settings tree, including styles, description keys, and pipe rules, into the drawing window to copy them, or you can drag them onto a drawing icon in the Settings tree.

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Dragging Items between Drawings or Templates

You can copy the following items by dragging them from one drawing or drawing template to another:

■ Styles, including label and table styles

■ Description keys

■ Pipe rules

Both the item you want to copy and the name of the destination drawing must be visible in the Settings tree before you begin the drag-and-drop operation.

To drag an item from one drawing to another, click the item or collection you want to copy, hold down the left mouse button, and drag the item to the name of destination drawing in the Settings tree. When the

cursor changes to , release the mouse button to copy the item into the drawing. The item is automatically added to the correct collection in the drawing.

If the drawing already contains an item with the name of the item being copied, the Duplicate Item Name

Dialog Box (page 2029) is displayed which allows you to decide how to handle the conflict.

If you drag a label style with one or more child styles from one drawing to another, only the selected style is copied into the drawing; the child styles are not copied. If you copy a child style into another drawing, the parent style is also copied.

Dragging Items within a Drawing

You can copy label styles by dragging them from one level in a label style collection to another within a drawing, as follows:

You can drag and drop multiple styles from one drawing to another at the same time.

■ Drag a child label style (and its children) up to a higher level in the style collection to sever the parent/child

relationship.

■ Return the child label style to its original location in the tree to reinstate the parent/child relationship.

■ Drag a child label style to another label style collection. The child label style inherits the properties of

the new parent.

Both the label style you want to copy and the destination location of the style must be visible in the Settings tree before you begin the drag-and-drop operation.

To drag a label style within a drawing, click the label style you want to copy, hold down the left mouse

button, and drag the label style to the destination collection. When the cursor changes to , release the mouse button to drop the style into the collection located at the tip of the cursor arrow.

When you copy a label style within a drawing, all child styles are copied with the parent style.

Transferring Styles to a New Version of AutoCAD Civil 3D

Transfer styles from a previous version of AutoCAD Civil 3D to the current version.

To transfer styles

1 On the Settings tab in Toolspace, expand the Points collection.

2 Expand Point Styles.

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3 Right-click the Standard style ➤ Edit.

4 On the Marker tab, select the option Use AutoCAD BLOCK Symbol For Marker.

5 Right-click in the white space and click Browse.

6 In the Browse To File window, change the File of Type to .dwt.

7 Browse to the template file that contains the styles you want and click Open.

8 Click OK to apply the changes.

All the styles are imported into the current drawing.

Object Properties

AutoCAD Civil 3D object properties can be modified using the civil object properties dialog boxes, the Properties palette, and the Quick Properties palette.

Civil Object Properties

Each AutoCAD Civil 3D object has its own dialog box which contains most properties relevant to that object.

Use these dialog boxes as the primary interface for adjusting AutoCAD Civil 3D object properties.

For example, use the Alignment Properties dialog box to adjust properties for a selected alignment object in a drawing.

Properties Palette

The Properties palette can be used as an alternate method of editing AutoCAD Civil 3D object properties.

In AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011, more civil object properties are exposed in the Properties palette than in previous releases. Properties are now organized into four categories: Information, General, Data, and Geometry.

By exposing these properties in the Properties palette, they are now also available to be used with the QSELECT command.

For more information, see Control the Properties of Objects in the AutoCAD Help.

Quick Properties Palette

For each civil object, the name, description, style, and layer are available for editing in the Quick Properties palette. For more information, see Display and Change the Properties of Objects in the AutoCAD Help.

Also, you can easily customize the quick properties for any object in the Customize User Interface (CUI) editor. For more information, see Quick Properties in the AutoCAD Customization Guide.

Matching Object Properties

The Match Properties command can be used with AutoCAD Civil 3D objects. When you use the Match Properties command between civil objects, the style and object display properties of the selected source object are applied to the selected destination objects. For more information, see Copy Properties Between Objects in the AutoCAD Help.

To access comprehensive AutoCAD Civil 3D object properties

■ Select a AutoCAD Civil 3D object and click <Object Name> Properties on the Modify panel of the

contextual ribbon tab. OR

■ Right-click an AutoCAD Civil 3D object and click <Object Name> Properties in the shortcut menu.

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Layers

To access AutoCAD Civil 3D object properties in the Properties Palette

■ Select an AutoCAD Civil 3D object and click Properties on the General Tools panel of the contextual

ribbon tab. OR

■ Right-click an AutoCAD Civil 3D object and click Properties in the shortcut menu.

To access AutoCAD Civil 3D object properties in the Quick Properties Palette

1 Enable the Quick Properties mode by entering QPMODE at the command line and entering 1. Or click

the Quick Properties button on the Drawing Status Bar.

2 Select an AutoCAD Civil 3D object in the drawing.

3 In the Quick Properties Palette, edit the desired properties.

Each object in AutoCAD Civil 3D has a base layer on which the object physically resides, and component layers that control the display of object components, such as surface triangles or contours.

The base layer is defined in the Drawing Settings or at creation time. The component layers are defined in the object styles.

Object Base Layer

You specify the default base layers for objects on the Object Layers tab of the Drawing Settings dialog box.

When you create an object, you can accept the default or specify a new layer. The base layers are used only for the main object types, such as surfaces and alignments.

Because the object physically resides on the base layer, you can control object visibility by changing the layer state. For example, if you turn off the base layer for surfaces, all surfaces are turned off in the drawing.

TIP To append an object name to the layer name for that object, add an asterisk (*) as a prefix or suffix to the base layer name.

For more information, see Object Layers Tab (Drawing Settings Dialog Box) (page 2076).

Object Component Layers

You specify component layers on the Display tab of the <object> Style dialog box. The following example shows layers used for alignment components:

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The component layers, such as C-ROAD-LINE, allow you to work with objects as if parts of them are located on different layers. For example, to turn off only the alignment lines, you can turn off the C-ROAD-LINE layer in the drawing.

Objects are physically created on the base layer, but the display of components is governed by the associated component layers. Each object component uses the visibility settings for the component layer (such as on/off), as well as the color, linetype, lineweight, and plot style for the layer if the various Component Display settings are set to ByLayer.

NOTE Layer 0 has a special meaning in the Component Display settings. When the layer is set to 0, the object base layer is used for that component. For example, if the alignment base layer is C-ROAD, and the layer for the Line component is set to 0, then the alignment lines behave as if they are located on layer C-ROAD (not layer 0).

For more information, see Display Tab (Style Dialog Box) (page 2017).

Setting Up Styles Using the ByLayer Setting or Specific Settings

If you are accustomed to controlling objects by manipulating layers, you may want to set the various object style Component Display settings to ByLayer. Then you can simply change the layer settings using the AutoCAD Layer command rather than editing separate styles to change the color, linetype, lineweight, or plot style of an object component.

TIP Using the ByLayer settings provides more control over object display to people viewing AutoCAD Civil 3D drawings in object-enabled AutoCAD.

However, if you want the object to always have the same settings regardless of component layer settings, you can set specific Component Display settings.

For more information, see Using ByLayer and ByBlock to Assign Display Values (page 2019).

Naming Objects

AutoCAD Civil 3D objects use a name template to specify the object name.

A name template is a default name format that can be incremented for each new object of that type.

For example, when you create an alignment, you will see Alignment - (<[Next Counter(CP)]>) in the Create Alignment dialog box. This is a name template. This default template will use the word “Alignment” and then follow it with the next available number (the next counter), each time you create a new alignment. For example, “Alignment - 1”, “Alignment - 2”, and so on.

Next to the object name field, you can click to display the Name Template dialog box (page 2022), where you can set up the default format you want to use.

Or, you can specify a name manually by clearing the name template format from the object name field, and then typing a new name.

Object names are displayed in Toolspace. You can edit the object names by changing the object properties.

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Naming Constraints for Objects and Styles

Object and style names restrict the use of certain characters.

When naming an object or style, do not use the following characters:

■ < (less than)

■ > (greater than)

■ / (forward slash)

■ \ (backward slash)

■ + (plus sign)

■ “ (double quotes)

■ : (colon)

■ ; (semi colon)

■ = (equals)

■ | (vertical line)

■ , (comma)

■ * (asterisk)

■ ? (question mark)

■ ‘ (single quote)