Civil 3D for beginners
What Civil 3D is, how its objects and styles work, and how survey data comes into a drawing.
2 lessons · about 0.5 hours · free
Getting started
- 12 min
1. What is Civil 3D?
Civil 3D is AutoCAD plus intelligent civil engineering objects — surfaces, alignments, profiles, corridors and pipe networks that update each other. Here’s what it does and why.
- • Describe what Civil 3D is used for
- • Explain dynamic objects and how they relate
- • Understand the role of styles
- 16 min
2. Survey points and point groups
Most civil projects start from survey. Learn to bring survey points into Civil 3D, organise them with point groups and description keys, and check the data before designing.
- • Import points from a survey file
- • Understand PNEZD formats
- • Organise points with point groups and description keys
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