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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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Civil 3D Alignment Creation Tools
Civil 3D Alignment Creation Tools
7/5/2026
Jeewana Meegahage walks through a number of the most frequently employed Alignment Creation Tool options in a single alignment definition.
The important fact that we can define disconnected segments of the Alignment indepentently before we connect them together should not be overlooked in the demo.
Visit the JeewC3D YouTube page.
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Note that our OSNAP Settings and the Alignment Extension Line specifics covered in this basic video does make the Alignment segment creation work much easier.
Civil 3D Surface Boundaries Explained
Civil 3D Surface Boundaries Explained
7/1/2026
A good walkthrough of what the various possible Surface Boundary specifics do to a Civil 3D Surface definition and resolution.
The differences between Non-destructive and Destructive Breaklines; Show and Hide; and Surface Data Clip Surface Boundary definitions.
Visit the Civil 3D Fix YouTube Channel page.
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It is way to easy to us to forget that the order of data in Civil 3D Surfaces is always the most important thing. The Surface Edit stack is our friend.
Not mentioned here that can also bite or bless us...
The potential particulars and specifics in the Build Properties of the Surface - Triangle length restrictions for example.
Plan Production Tools in Civil 3D
Plan Production Tools in Civil 3D
06/09/2026
A CAD Masters Civil 3D trainer reviews and demos the basics of the Civil 3D Plan Production Tools.
See the CAD Masters YouTube Channel.
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A decent instructional video that demos the essentials of the classic Civil 3D Plan Production Tools using the Ascent courseware dataset.
In our projects it is usually a good idea to create the ViewFrames and ViewFrameGroups in the project DREF drawings that store and share the Alignment geometries.
This allows us to create and recreate consistent and standardized Plan and Profile Sheets for the various deliverables we must produce.
It is also possible to employ publish Alignments that differ from the actual design Alignment geometry. If we do that then we have to take more care with the displayed Labels.