Autodesk Civil 3D Videos
Useful Civil 3D Training from public website sources
Autodesk staff, Autodesk Reseller staff, and consultants produce a wide range of video content. Some is product sales demo, but a lot of the staff and/or consultant recordings, lists, and channels include useful application training and helpful tips and tricks for Infrastructure Design products.
Content that is significant video training is listed here.
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Disappearing Curb Solutions
Disappearing Curb Solutions
Multiple videos for different Civil 3D versions to resolve curb returns in corridors effectively.
Solve the Disappearing Curb Part 2 in Civil 3D 2018
12/08/2017
Autodesk's Alan Gilbert walks through how to employ 2018 a dynamic Extracted Feature Line to solve Curb Return corridor problems.
This solution employs multiple corridor Baselines - one with an Extracted Feature Line from the same corridor and uses Regions with different Assemblies.
Solving the Disappearing Curb Part 1
11/17/2017
Alan's earlier post and video solution for earlier releases of Civil 3D that employs an Assembly Offset within the Assembly
and Alignment/Profile control in the corridor.
Videos from Alan's YouTube Channel.
and the Civil Immersion blog.
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You can also solve this problem with edited Civil 3D Intersections and/or combinations of Connecting Alignments in corridors with multiple Baselines and Regions.
Driveways in Corridors with a Custom Subassembly
Diveways in Corridors with a Custom Subassembly
11/16/2017
Use a custom subassembly to model driveway aprons in a corridor
There are three videos in this series. Use the List icon control to pick the video
Autodesk's Jeff Bartels walks through a custom subassembly (PKT file) and some complex workflow mechanics to create driveway aprons in a corridor.
This series is advertized to employ less targeting.
The PKT file employed can be downloaded here - http://autode.sk/2zoVhkR.
From the Jeff Bartels YouTube Channel.
and the Civil Immersion blog.
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Jeff's Subassembly Composer PKT works but the workflow is tedious; actually involves lots of targeting; and is basically impossible to maintain when the design changes.
This is a workaround for a classic Civil 3D issue. Aprons and handicap ramps are a specialized forms of Intersection. Autodesk needs to fix this.
I might suggest taking the time to build Multiple Baselines for beyond the Edge of Travelled Way (ETW) or better yet - Back of Curb (BOC) as a more managable and robust solution.
Last time I checked most driveways rarely stop at the Back of Walk, but maybe I'm missing something.
Quick Points Profile via Feature Lines
Quick Points Profile via Feature Lines
11/14/2017
How to Create a Quick Profile from Points via the Feature Line Elevation Editor Tool
Autodesk's Jerry Bartels walks through a workflow that employs COGO points to generate a 3D polyline, converted to a Feature Line,
and then employs the Draw3DEntityProfile option in the Quick Profile option of the Feature Line Elevation Editor to produce a Profile of the COGO Points.
and the Civil Immersion blog.
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It pays to be a transparent Civil 3D user. The transparent 'PN command to a range of points is always a good tip.
This is a quick and dirty method we don't really think of. The example is a bit contrived, but makes the point.
I'd probably take the time to Create a point-based Alignment and project the Points by Point Group into the Profile View.
Maybe you want a Best Fit Profile from the points? I suppose it depends on the survey and/or design problem.
For reasons unknown and known, I keep remembering miles of irrigation and drainage ditches.