Create Profile Views Civil 3D

1. Home Tab ->Create Surface Profile->Select Alignment->Select

Existing Surface->Add Surface->Click Ok
2. Alignments->Centerline Alignments->Profiles
3. Home Tab Profile & Section Views->Create Profile View->Select
Alignment->Set Up Profile Name->Profile View Style->Standard-
>Copy Current Selection->Give Name Information Tab->Graph
(scale)->Grid change 0->Title Annotation->Text Height-
>Horizontal Axis->Text Style->Tick Size->Tick Height-
>Display(can turn off)
a. Layer->Profile View Layer->Base Layer->Next->Next->Not
a Bands->Next->Create Profile View
4. Click on Profile->Edit Profile View Style->Scale
 Create Assembly
1. Home Tab->Assembly->Create Assembly->Name->Assembly
Type->Code Set Style->All Codes with Hatching Assembly Layer
2. Tools Palette->Lane Elevation->Left Side->Default Slop -2.00%-
>Pave Depth->Right Side Switch->Shoulder->Shoulder Extended
Subbase->Default Shoulder Type-3.00%->Daylight Slop 0.0
3. Basic Side Slope Cut Ditch->Fill Slope 1:1
 Create Cross Section Views
1. Profile and Section Views->Sample Lines->Select Alignment-
>Sample Line Style Standard->Sample Line Label Style->Sample
Line Layer->Select Data Source Existing Ground and Road->Ok
2. Move Along Alignment
3. Create Section View->Select Alignment->Sample Line->Station-
>Section View Layer->C-Road-SECT->Section View Style
(Standard)->OFFSET Range->Elevation Range->Data Bands
None
 Create Parcel
1. Draw Rectangle->Parcel from Objects->Select Lines->Parcel
Style->Copy Current Selection->Information->Parcel Name
Template->[Parcel Number]->Label Styles->Area Label Styles-
>Parcel Name->Copy Current Selection->Info->Layout->TXT
Height 0.125
2. Change Scale 1:40
 Creating an Alignment Line Table and Curve Table
1. Delete Station #’s->Annotate->Add Labels->Alignment->Add
Alignment Labels->Add->Click on Alignment
2. Annotate->Add Tables->Add Line->Standard->Copy Selection-
>Data Properties->0.125” Height->Double Click on Letters->Text
Component Editor->Length Column->Double Click Alignments-
>Column Controls->Properties Alignment name->Create Table –
Convert Child Styles
 Grading Introduction
1. Draw very rough rectangle->Create feature line from objects-
>Enter->Name->Ok
2. Click on elevation editor->Change elevation a bit contour
3. Grading->Grading Creation Tools->Grade to Surface->Create
Grading->Name->Volume Base Surface Check->Ok->Ok->Select
Feature->Select Outside->Apply to Entire Length->Slope->Enter-
>Enter
4. Select Surface->Send to Back->Elevation Editor->Bump up a foot
5. Create Grading Infill->Analyze Volume Dashboard->Create
Surface->Cut Fill Surface->Base Surface->EG->Comparison
Surface->Site Grading
 Titleblock Template Creation
1. Draw Rectangle->Offset->Type 0.3->Explode Command->Offset-
>Bottom Line 1.0->Offset 0.375->Line->From Midpoint Snap-
>Offset that Vertical Line 3.0 Inches->Use Trim Command
2. Multi-Line Text->Full Size of Box->Use Text Size 0.1875-
>Center Justify->Copy Text->Select Base Point Top Left of Box
3. Go to Layout 1->Delete Viewport->Go Back to Model Tab->Copy
Model with Base Point->Drag Top Down to make sure It shows
up->Stretch(always select right from left)->Type in 0.1->Enter
4. Page Setup Manager->Modify->11” x 17” paper
 Laying out a Pipe Network
1. Pipe Network Creation Tools->Network Name->Network Parts
Lists->Pipe Network Layers->Layers & Suffixes->-P for
Suffixes->Surface Name->Finished Grade Surface->Alignment
Name-Click Ok
2. Define Structure
3. Define Pipe Size
4. Toggle Upslope/Downslope
5. View Tab->Toolbars->Civil->Transparent Commands
6. Select Alignment->Type in Station->Define Positive Offset if
on Right Side
 Civil 3D Tips & Tricks

 Rotate – cal’ – ang(end,end,end)-click on the angle then

 Select Surface-Edit Surface-Ad Line
 MA = match properties
 F1 search
 QC = tells errors
 Rotate Text to Match Object->Select Text->Properties->Rotation-
>Angle of Line->Click Endpoints->Apply->Select Corridor-
>Selection Editor
 Working with Styles: -> Settings->Select Style->Right-Click-
>Find References->Browse->Replace->Pick New Style
 Creating Plan Sheets
1. Output->Plan Production->Create View Frames->Select
Alignment->Next->Choose Sheet Type->Define Template for Plan
& Profile Sheet->View Frame Placement->30.’->Next->Name It-
>Label location top left->Next
2. Snap to 10 value and allow additional distance for repositioning-
>Left and Right label intersection->Next
3. Profile View Style and Band Set Style_>Create View Frames
4. Create Sheets->View Frame Group Selection->Layout Name and
Start at 1->Ok->Next->Sheet Set->Next->Profile Views->Profile
Display Options and existing ground _no labels->select pipe
networks to be turned on->Finish->Next Again->Data References-
>Data Shortcuts->Create Sheets
5. Model Space and Layer Freeze for the layers->Profile View
Properties->Define Elevation Change (Could use regen if needed)
 Map Display Manager
1. Select Surface -> Surface Properties -> Border Only
2. Come down to surfaces in prospector tab -> Export to DEM ->
Give it a name -> GEOTIFF -> Grid Spacing to 10.000 -> Click
Ok
3. Palettes -> Launch Map Task Pane -> Connect Data -> Raster
Image -> Connect Tif file open and connect
 Importing PDF Geometry Into Drawings
1. PDF File -> Layers Icon
2. PDFIMPORT -> Select PDF underlay -> Enter -> Choose Detail –
-> Click Ok
3. New Drawing -> Click New Template -> PDFIMPORT -> Bring
in combination grate detail -> select raster images if have it ->
Images Referenced in PDF Images -> Click OK -> Click Insertion
Point
4. XREF -> Right – Click -> Attach PDF -> Attach PDF
5. PDFIMPORT -> Select PDF Underlay -> Create Rectangle ->
Detach Underlay
 How to Import Surface in Civil 3D from Google Earth
1. Google Earth -> Add Polygon -> Name It -> Change Style Color
to Green -> Save Place As Area ____
2. Import Terrain from Plex.Earth 3 ribbon -> Click Yes -> Click Ok