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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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Show Coordinate Tracking
Show Coordinate Tracking
10/24/2017
The Civil 3D SHOWCT Coordinate Tracking Tool with Benefits
Jerry Bartels of Autodesk covers the Civil 3D SHOWCT command's features and benefits in a quick demo.
A Civil 3D user can see in real-time the X,Y position of their cursor as well as the elevation of any Civil 3D surface in the drawing.
The coordinates can be easily captured, edited and passed to future commands.
and the Civil Immersion blog.
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Another one of those Civil 3D tools we want to bash our head into the keyboard over because we forgot about SHOWCT when we needed it.
Someone asked if you could use this for Feature Line creation. Sure.
But the Transistion options of the Feature Line commands mostly work better when used with Civil 3D's Transparent commands.
You might want to watch John Sayre's video Dynamic Grading in Civil 3D
LineTangent and LinePerpendicular
LineTangent and LinePerpendicular
10/10/2017
The Line From Tangent and Line From Perpendicular Civil 3D commands
Jerry Bartels of Autodesk demos the classic Line From Tangent - LINETANGENT and
Line From Perpendicular - LINEPERPENDICULAR tools in Civil 3D.
From the Jerry's YouTube Channel.
and the Civil Imersion blog.
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If you're like me, you too forget about the oldies but goldies all the time and then bang your head on the keyboard.
Remind yourself to review the Ribbon Draw Panels when you install an Update.
See the Recorded Line Work in Civil 3D and
related posts for the most of many improved tools for segment creation.
Of course you don't need these to create tangent from alignment segments?
Civil 3D Alignment Masking Basics
Civil 3D Alignment Masking Basics
9/29/2017
How Mask Properties Work on a Civil 3D Alignment Feature
Alan Gilbert of Autodesk demos the essential mechanics of Alignment Mask properties in Civil 3D.
Video from Alan's YouTube Channel.
and the Civil Immersion blog.