AutoCAD: Civil 3D Essentials

Working with Point Data

• Use point data to create a site plan that is physically and legally accurate 
• Organise your point data to make it easier to work through design changes

Surface Modelling

• Create a continuous surface that you can use to display contours and elevations accurately
• Increase the accuracy of elevation calculations
• Surface analysis –  watersheds, slopes, and elevations
• Cut and Fill – review site volume calculations based on the terrain model
• Create a 3D representation of your data

Site Development

• Create a parcel to represent any feature with closed boundaries
• Use styles to control the display of parcels
• Add and modify parcel labels
• Create an industry-standard parcel report

Overview of Pipe Networks

• Design and present the flow of a utility system
• Create an alignment from network parts and draw parts in profile
• Create a dynamic pipe table 

Storm and Sanitary Analysis

• Determine where water and wastewater will go on your site model
• Evaluate the performance of a detention pond in a storm event

Grading

• Transform a 2D schematic into a 3D site model by adding a directional surface to elevations
• Save time by creating grading standards

Road Design

• Create and edit alignments
• Use profiles to view elevation data along a horizontal profile
• Represent a proposed surface along an alignment
• View cross sections of elevations along surfaces

Corridor Design

• Create, view and manipulate a 3D model of a path for traffic
• Incorporate road features into your design, such as lanes, sideslopes, ditches and curbs
• Create a corridor surface to calculate how much soil needs to be moved, how much concrete and asphalt is needed

Advanced Topics

• Please refer to our AutoCAD Civil 3D Advanced Workshops data sheet for additional topics such as roundabout design, junction design, quantity take-offs, survey tools, standards, project management, visualisations and animations, integration with Revit, integration with Micro Drainage, bridge modelling, rail track layout and more.