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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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 Simple Grading LDT vs Civil 3D

Simple Grading LDT vs Civil 3D

09-17-2015

John Sayre of Autodesk demos one of the million reasons why LDT is a dinosaur and Civil 3D is not.
You already knew that right?

Civil 3D Grading vs Land Desktop Grading

Comments

OMG! I'd forgotten how truly painful the past was.

Maybe I should watch this occassionaly when I have complaints.

Me? I'd use a Corridor cause no real world pad is that simple, but I'm probably crazy.
In Civil 3D 2017 I can even use a Feature line and even get corners the clean up with less hassle. Oh. Joy!

This is video posts from the ADSKInfrastructure Channel.

 Civil 3D for Microstation

Civil 3D Basics Users

A set of 4 videos on Civil 3D methods for Microstation Users by Alan Gilbert of Autodesk
Alan posts on the Civil Imersion blog with Jerry and Jeff Bartels.

Use the list in the control to pick the video

Civil 3D for Microstation Users

  • Part 1 - Precision Input
  • Part 2 - Snaps
  • Part 3 - Precise Snapping
  • Part 4 - Tracking

Comments

Essential differences between entry methods and tools in Civil 3D and Microstation.
Of course the toughest adaption is to remember to
watch the command line and rotate your focus in Civil 3D.

 Wisconsin DOT Training

Civil 3D Basics for Civil 3D

The link below takes you to the constantly updated Official WISDOT Civil 3D Training Manual
At the last peek the manual was nearly 400 pages deep.
Everything you want to know about Civil 3D basics is in there.

WISDOT Civil 3D Training

  • The manual is presented in PDF form with the videos and resources attached as links inside the specific PDFs.
  • The content is broken up into reasonable chucks and outlined in exhaustive detail which makes it relatively easy to locate your topic of interest.
  • Much of the basic or "beginner" content was done in Civil 3d 2012, but it all still applies.
  • All the videos are in mp4 format and play in current browers

You may recognize some now infamous Autodesk courseware and AutoCAD Civil 3D book authors in the videos.