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AutoCAD Civil/Civil 3D Training Workshops $99 per attendee
Tuesday, 3/2/10 AM: Introduction to AutoCAD Civil and Civil 3D – Core Concepts in morning
Tuesday, 3/2/10 PM: AutoCAD Civil and Civil 3D Surface Modeling for Existing Conditions I – Aerial Data
Tuesday, 3/16/10 PM: AutoCAD Civil and Civil 3D Surface Modeling for Existing Conditions II – Point and Breakline Data
Monday, 3/29/10 AM: AutoCAD Civil and Civil 3D Implementation – Styles and Settings
Monday, 3/29/10 PM: AutoCAD Civil and Civil 3D Project Management – Concepts and Strategies
Introduction to AutoCAD Civil and Civil 3D –
Core Concepts
This class provides an introduction to the concepts that underlie AutoCAD Civil and Civil 3D, and a roadmap to navigating their interface.
Civil and Civil 3D represent a substantial departure from AutoCAD and from the Land Desktop products that preceded them, in terms of both organization and operations. Additionally, the integration of the Ribbon user interface into the 2010 version products brings its own level of complexity and a sort of “Screen Shock” to users upon first exposure.
This class will explore the new interface settings in AutoCAD 2010, the interface components unique to Civil and Civil 3D, and the basic concepts underlying the civil programs: Data Management through drawing data, Civil Object and Label Styles, and Civil Projects.
Participants will be exposed to Civil and Civil 3D terminology and interface in preparation for effectively managing and operating the programs.
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The AutoCAD 2010 Ribbon Interface The Ribbon, Toolbars and AutoCAD User Profiles
Workspaces and Workspace Settings The Civil Toolspace
Civil Object Concepts Civil Style Concepts
Civil Drawing Settings Other Civil Elements – Panorama, Inquiry Tool, Toolbox
Civil Project Concepts and Strategies
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Civil and Civil 3D Surface Modeling for Existing Conditions I –
Aerial Data
This class examines the creation of Surfaces, or Digital Terrain Models, used by AutoCAD Civil and Civil 3D as the basis for profiles, sections, volumes, and grading. As Surfaces are the simplest of all civil product objects in terms of organization, the class serves as a further elaboration of civil product fundamentals as related to Styles and Settings. This is the first of two detailed classes exploring existing conditions Surface creation, with Surface creation from Points and Breaklines covered in a subsequent class.
Existing conditions Surfaces provide the foundation on which all other aspects of the Engineering Model are based in Civil and Civil3D. This class examines the preparation of accurate surfaces from several types of photogrammetric data, with suggestions for developing a working spec for Aerial data for use with the civil products. The class further explores how Surfaces are managed and controlled in Civil and Civil 3D, and Surface editing and display.
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Introduction to the Civil and Civil 3D Surface Object Surface Object Styles
Types of Data for Use in Digital Terrain Modeling Civil and Civil 3D Surface Types
Critical Surface Settings Creating a Surface
Aerial Contour Data – Contour Weeding Demystified Controlling Surface Display
Surface Editing Managing Surfaces and Data Security
Photogrammetric Data types for use in Civil and Civil 3D
Working
with Points in AutoCAD Civil and Civil 3D
Points provide the basic interface for representing surveyed existing conditions in AutoCAD Civil and Civil 3D, and Points are also an essential, but underutilized, tool for use in design and grading. This class explores the nature of the Civil/Civil 3D Point: its creation, display, organization and editing.
Civil Points have a greater degree of complexity of organization than Surfaces; Points are controlled by two Styles, Object Styles and Label Styles, and Points interact with other Civil product concepts such as Point Groups and Description Keys. This class examines the interactions of these and other Point management tools, with the objective of effectively organizing and controlling points to meet various drawing requirements. This class also begins a discussion of strategies for the creation of Civil Styles within an individual firm and the CAD Standards environment, a discussion elaborated on further in subsequent classes.
Multiple techniques for creating and importing Point data are examined in the class, and particular emphasis is placed on how the Points behave within the drawing, including considerations for data security. Techniques are also examined for the transfer or display of point data created in one base drawing in other base files within the project.
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Introduction to the Civil/Civil 3D Point Civil Point Appearance – Point Object Styles, Label Styles and Description Keys
Civil Points as 2D versus 3D Objects Point Display Control through Point Groups
Point Display in the Prospector Civil Points and Grip Behavior
Point Locking and Data Security Point Creation and Import Commands
Editing Points
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Civil and Civil 3D Surface Modeling for Existing Conditions II –
This class continues the examination of existing conditions Surfaces for Civil and Civil 3D begun in the previous class, applying the Civil Surface methodology to working with point and breakline data as supplied from a survey.
Civil Points can easily be added to a Surface; effectively filtering and adding only desirable point data facilitates the rapid creation of accurate surfaces. Breaklines are often the most critical pieces of data to be added to a Surface, and are, unfortunately, the least well understood. Civil Surface Feature Settings affect the way data selected for a Surface will be processed, and, if ignored, can prevent some data from being utilized at all. These factors often conspire to result in a less-than-accurate surface produced from survey data, while a thorough understanding of how the Civil products process Point and Breakline data will yield desirable results.
This session follows the processing of surveyed point and breakline data, the creation of a new surface in the project from these data, Surface quality-control and editing, and the merging of the new Surface into the Aerial Surface already produced in the previous class. Participants will get a detailed look at data management in a real project, and how Surface creation interacts with Civil Points, Point Styles and Point Groups.
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Critical Surface Feature Settings Creating a Surface from Civil Points
Surface Display and Civil Surface Styles Strategies for Creating and Adding Breaklines in the Civil products
Civil Point Display for Breakline Creation Editing Surfaces, the Edit History and Edit Hierarchy
Civil Surface Data Integrity and Surface Locking Civil Surface Contouring
Surface Labels Viewing and Checking Surfaces in the Civil products
Merging Surfaces Surface Analysis in the Civil products
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Civil and Civil 3D Implementation –
Styles
and Settings
AutoCAD Civil and Civil 3D are controlled by a seemingly complicated hierarchy of settings and styles. This class attempts to demystify the configuration of these products, with the objective of effectively tailoring the programs to produce drawings with the desired organization, look and feel.
The class will examine the basic organization of Civil and Civil 3D, focusing on the Civil Object, each with its own unique settings and appearance. The class will then examine how control is exerted over the programs, through Drawing Settings, Feature Settings, Object Styles and Label styles.
Consideration is given in the class to a number of pertinent issues in implementing Civil and Civil 3D, including incorporating CAD standards, strategies for display and plot control, and the ownership and control of styles.
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Civil and Civil 3D Object Concepts Drawing and Feature Settings
Object Styles, Label Styles and Label Sets Layer Conventions in Styles
Text Conventions in Styles Plan, Model and Section View Settings
Setting and Style Implementation in Templates Migrating Settings from Land Desktop
Transferring and Migrating Styles Styles and Ownership
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Civil and Civil 3D Project Management –
Concepts and Strategies
There is a mistaken impression that AutoCAD Civil and Civil 3D store all of their survey and engineering data in one large, unwieldy drawing, without the benefit of a “project” as employed by Land Desktop. In fact, Civil and Civil 3D provide not one, but two project management scenarios, and even offer the benefit of a point database with greater functionality than the one available in Land Desktop. The project management tools in Civil and Civil 3D are often overlooked or misunderstood, but can radically improve the functionality and performance of the programs when effectively implemented.
This class examines three project management tools in Civil and Civil 3D: the Survey Point Database, which can be implemented independent of the other tools, and true project management through Civil Data Shortcuts and Autodesk Vault.
Participants in this class will explore how project organization leads to smaller drawings in Civil and Civil 3D, as well as enhanced ability to workshare for even the smallest of firms. The class will look at strategies for implementing both the Data Shortcuts and Vault solutions, with discussion of the benefits and limitations of each.
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Overview of Civil Project Management Solutions Using the Survey Database for Point Security
Incorporating the Survey Database and Civil Projects in Folder Organization Data Shortcut Project Implementation, Operation and Management
Autodesk Vault Implementation Considerations Civil Project Operation and Management with Vault
Backup and Archiving Considerations with Civil Project Management
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