Mastering AutoCAD Civil 3D 2015

Publisher: Sybex

Release Date: August 2014

Pages: 1128

Break New Ground with Civil 3D and This Expert Guide

Whether you’re a beginner or just want a deeper understanding of specific topics, you’ll get more out of Autodesk’s powerful, leading-edge civil engineering software with Mastering AutoCAD^® Civil 3D^® 2015. Updated by an expert team of authors, this top-notch tutorial and reference gives you a fresh perspective on Civil 3D tools, techniques, and functions—from basic to advanced. With straightforward explanations, real-world examples, and practical tutorials, it enables you to learn a host of ways to approach design tasks with confidence and ease.

Designed to help you get past the steepest part of the learning curve and teach you some guru-level tricks along the way, Mastering AutoCAD Civil 3D 2015 is the ideal addition to any AutoCAD Civil 3D user’s bookshelf.

Coverage includes:

• Navigating the interface and customizing your drawing’s settings
• Handling field surveying
• Exploring the control of AutoCAD Civil 3D points
• Using free and low-cost data to perform preliminary surface creation
• Maintaining the relationships between the tangents, curves, and spiral elements
• Building surfaces, intersections, and other areas of corridors
• Working with the creation tools
• Creating view frame groups, sheets, and templates
• Assigning pay items to corridor codes, blocks, areas, and pipes
• Editing and creating label and object styles

Design Corridors, Intersections, and Roundabouts

Create Feature Lines to Describe Critical Areas

Master Surveying, Grading, and Pipe Network Design

Assign Pay Items to Corridor Codes, Blocks, Areas, and Pipes

Master Label Style Conundrums You May Come Across

Prepare for the Civil 3D Certification Exam