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2015 Civil 3D Learning Guide Week 3

This document provides instructions for preparing contour maps and plans, including labeling contours, creating cross sections and plan sheets, in Civil 3D. It outlines steps for adjusting surface styles and labeling contours on an existing plan. It describes using sample lines to generate cross sections and the process for creating section views and plan production, including setting up view frames and layouts in the template. The document recommends using Civil 3D tutorials for more detailed guidance on section and plan creation.

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2015 Civil 3D Learning Guide Week 3

This document provides instructions for preparing contour maps and plans, including labeling contours, creating cross sections and plan sheets, in Civil 3D. It outlines steps for adjusting surface styles and labeling contours on an existing plan. It describes using sample lines to generate cross sections and the process for creating section views and plan production, including setting up view frames and layouts in the template. The document recommends using Civil 3D tutorials for more detailed guidance on section and plan creation.

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ENGGMG6005 DETAILING AND MODELING LEARNING GUIDE

Week 3 - Learning Guide


Topics
Preparation
Labelling Contours
Sample Lines
Plan Production
Cross Sections

Preparation
Before starting, check the drawing scale via Prospector/Settings/your drawing name/Edit Drawing
Settings/Units and Zone. Now match your Annotation Scale to this.

Get your drawing looking as you want it to print out. Turn off any layers, points, hide boundary lines
etc.

To prepare multiple plans, copy your surface via the usual AutoCAD commands. Modify an existing
Surface Style to create 0.2m Minor and 1.0m Major contour Intervals on one of your copies. This will
become your Existing Plan.

To adjust how things display, text sizes etc, generally alter the Style for that group of objects.

Slope Arrows
On your Existing Plan, change the Surface Style to ANZ_Analysis Slope Arrows & Contours. If it
appears messy, select the surface and:

- Ribbon/Modify/Ground Data/Surface/Edit Surface/Simplify Surface/Next/Next and try 50%


then Finish. If still messy, rerun the command.

Labelling Contours
- Ribbon/Annotate/Labels & Tables/Add Labels

Change Feature to Surface and Label Type to one of the Contour Selections. Turn off the Minor
Contour Label Style if you wish. Select the appropriate Styles though. Go Add, select your Existing
Plan, and follow the prompts.

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Section/Plan Production
This will only work if the ANZ Template is installed.

For a proper guide on Plan/Section creation, follow the practice Tutorials available under the Help
menu. Look for Section Tutorials and Plan Production Tutorials.

Sample Lines
- Ribbon/Home/Profile & Section Views/Sample Lines and select the Alignment

If there are multiple surfaces, corridors etc, turn off the un-needed ones. This is why it is
important to label new features with sensible names as you create them.

As we need a number of x-sections, select By a range of stations and scroll and change the
Increments to produce the number you need.

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After Ok, hit Esc and the Sample lines should now appear along you alignment. Check and if
necessary undo and do again with different Increments.

If a sample line doesnt reach the Corridor edge, identify it and alter the Offsets via the Sample Line
Group Properties (not the individual Sample Line Properties).

Section Views
- Ribbon/Home/Profile & Section Views/Section Views/Create Multiple Views

Check the correct data is selected, Next

Find the AutoCAD Civil3D Section Sheet ANZ in the Templates/Plan Production folder

Ok, then select an appropriate scale (1:200) and Group Plot Style to ANZ Sections Sheet.

Next through the screens, in Section Display Options, turn off your Corridor, set the Style to Existing
for your EG and Design for your Road, make sure the Data Bands are set correctly (read the Styles so
you know what to set each Surface to).

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Then Create Section Views

To adjust how the text is positioned, sizes etc., adjust the relevant Style, eg Section Data, Section
View Styles.

Plan Production
- Ribbon/Output/Plan Production/Create View Frames

Alignment: Correct?

Sheets: Decide if you want your Plan and Profile to be on the same sheet or separate sheets. Decide
on your scale (1:500) and find the appropriate Template. Tick box Set the first view frame. This
means the view frame starts 10m prior to the Alignment. Can adjust if needed.

View Frame Group: Can accept defaults

Match Lines: Can accept defaults

Profile Views: Can accept defaults

- Ribbon/Plan Production/Create Sheets

Can generally accept the defaults but check through the defaults carefully. Layout Creation can
create a drawing for each sheet if you want, or place the layouts in the current drawing. Generally
accept the other defaults but tweak if you wish.

After Create Sheets, a new Profile is generated so go over it and change the Data Bands etc as
needed (as per your original Profile).

Look at the Layout. To adjust the Viewports, select and unlock them. Delete the Scale Bar and
North Point and via Layout Tools, add new ones; check they are correct!

Section Sheet Creating


- Ribbon/Output/Plan Production/Create Section Sheets

Look through, change the Sheet set storage location if needed, otherwise accept defaults.

Again, if you need to change things, unlock the viewport. In Model Space, you can move the
sections around or to another sheet and the Layouts will update.

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