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Useful Basic Civil Training from Civil 3D Experts and Consultants

    Civil 3D experts and consultants produce a wide range of video content.
    This pages features videos about some basic tasks in Civil 3D.
    Many of these videos are very short. Many may include tips and tricks and yet all include useful Civil 3D basics.

    Please visit included links to the original postings. Those may contain details not included here for the sake of brevity.


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 Dredge a Channel Corridor in Civil 3D

Dredge a Channel Corridor in Civil 3D

4/22/2025

 

Darrell Kennedy, delivers a detailed How to demo video of the construction of a dredged channel Corridor in Civil 3D.
The data set includes an existing Surface and the design Alignment and Profile control. The instruction covers the Assembly construction and Subassembly edits.
Only the stock generic Civil 3D Subassemblies are employed inside the Assembly in a creative and effective way.
See the Darrell Kennedy Engineering YouTube Channel.

Comments

Civil 3D Corridors rock for site grading problems.
This is a solid walkthrough of the typical grading Corridor mechanics and essentials of Civil 3D grading Assembly construction including some pretty interesting and effective Subassembly trickery.

 

 AutoCAD Efficiency Tips

AutoCAD Efficiency Tips

2/28/2025

 

Ryan Wunderlich, an IMAGINiT Technical Specialist, delivers a Q&A webinar review of important AutoCAD and Civil 3D interface and performance tricks.
See the IMAGINiT YouTube Channel.

Comments

Ryan delivers a worthy webinar on many important AutoCAD install tricks, Autodesk licensing behaviors, system variable tips, and general production performance tips.
Great questions are asked and answered in here.

 

 Surface Spot Elevations on a Grid

Surface Spot Elevations on a Grid

2/24/2025

 

Jeewana Meegahage demos and explains how to produce a regular grid of Surface Spot Elevations in Civil 3D.
Visit the JeewC3D YouTube page.

Comments

The Surface Label and annotation tools in Civil 3D are easy to learn and use. But where did that Surface Spot Label Style come from?
It is fast to employ the menu picks in the Ribbon tools but the Civil 3D Add Labels dialog box and interface gives us more annotative flexibility.