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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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 Expression Driven Cut and Fill Labels

Expression Driven Cut and Fill Labels

1/15/2021

 

Kyle Groves, a Technical Specialist at ATG, delivers a walkthrough of how to create Cut/Fill Labels for a Volume Surfaces in Civil 3D.
From the ATG YouTube Channel.

Comments

Kyle demos a classic and basic Civil 3D Cut and Fill Label Style that is modified with Label Style Expressions.
Yes. It is also possible to hide the chaff created in this example.
This requires a Set of Expressions that work together instead of a pair and the thoughtful use of the Text Component Editor (TCE) component properties.
Hint - We can hide negative values.

 

 Alignment and Profile Basics

Alignment and Profile Basics

12/11/2020

 

Seth Cohen of Digital Drafting Systems Inc delivers a Back to Basics presentation on Civil 3D Alignment and Profile essentials and mechanics.
From the Digital Drafting Systems Inc YouTube Channel.

Comments

Seth's usual high-speed job of covering some of the significant and nuanced production tips and usage mechanics of Alignments and Profiles in Civil 3D.
Lots of goodies about Civil 3D, Alignments, and Profiles in an hour.

 

 Civil 3D Inquiry Tools

Civil 3D Inquiry Tools

10/29/2020

 

Autodesk's Jerry Bartels delivers an exploration and detailed review of Inquiry Tools functionality in Civil 3D.
This video is part of the 30-Minute Workout series on the Civil Immersion site.
See the Jerry Bartels YouTube Channel.
and the Civil Immersion blog.

Comments

Inquiry is one of oldest sometimes useful tools in Civil 3D. It is way too easy to forget to employ it.
The Compare capabilities in the new Project Explorer for Civil 3D seems to produce better bigger picture perspective for many but not all things covered by Inquiry. Just sayin'.