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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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DREF fixes with the Data Shortcut Editor
DREF fixes with the Data Shortcut Editor
1/9/2018
Ron Couillard of USCAD demonstrates how you might fix Data Reference paths with the Civil 3D Data Shortcuts Editor.
From the USCADBuilding YouTube channel
and Ron Couilard's blog on USCAD.com
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The Data Reference Editor is Civil 3D release specific.
The Windows shortcut for the Data Reference Editor is typically located in the AutoCAD Civil 3D release folder in the Start Menu.
See our Overview training videos about Data Shortcut Method and Practice to learn more.
Use GIS SHP Data in Civil 3D
Use GIS SHP Data in Civil 3D
This is a four-part video series on Map 3D Style fundamentals and annotation mechanics.
You can employ the list control in the player to view any video in the playlist.
12/21/2017
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Links to the original posts are included.
How to create a portable GIS data layer file in Civil 3D
Autodesk's Jerry Bartels demonstrates how to import a GIS file into your Civil 3D model and then stylize it to suit your needs.
How to use the Round function on GIS data labels in Civil 3D
Jerry shows the use of built-in functions or expressions to improve annotation
How to use the Concat function on GIS data labels
Jerry shows how to concatenate string data in labels
How to use the IF conditional function to analyse GIS data in Civil 3D
Jerry shows the basics of Map 3D Style themes based on conditionals
All videos from the Jerry's YouTube Channel.
and the Civil Immersion blog.
Layer States in Civil 3D
Layer States in Civil 3D
12/19/2017
Jerry Bartels of Autodesk demonstrates the use of the AutoCAD LAYERSTATESAVE command to save and restore Layer properties in Civil 3D.
Jerry also covers the upgrade of older Express Tools Layer States that may occur in upgrading a drawing to 2018 if you employed those previously.
and the Civil Immersion blog.
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Frankly, if you don't employ Layer States Civil 3D is pretty much unusable. You certainly work to hard.
Jerry, says the following over simplicification in his post lead in, "Using these layers, we control how (or if) various parts of our model are displayed."
Actually, Civil 3D Style and Reference tools do the bulk of the information management control in Civil 3D and not just AutoCAD Layers.
The AutoCAD LM command and Layer States allows Style representations to practically function for production work in Civil 3D.
The Framework for Civil 3D includes Layer Spreadsheet Tools that help you build and maintain the Layer system and Layer States.