Tips from Experts Video Training
Useful Video Training Tips from Experts
The Civil Experts produce a wide range of Tips video content.
Content that is of significant benefit is listed here.
Please visit included links to the original postings. Those may contain details not included here for the sake of brevity.
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Map Import in Civil 3D
Map Import in Civil 3D
11/27/2018
Ron Couillard of USCAD walks through some of the file import capabilities of the Map Import command in Civil 3D.
See the USCADBuilding YouTube channel
and Ron Couilard's blog on USCAD.com
See the link at the top this page to the original post that includes more videos.
Comments
Most of the time you probably mostly want to use a Map Import constructed drawing file as separate XREFs in your project.
Ron sort of hanky waves over the actual importance of a well-built import template file in this process.
Note that the Civil 3D 2019.1 update includes improved LandXML Import and Export Settings options for Feature Lines amoung other things.
Of course, LandXML import/export is not the same thing as Map import/export at all.
Update a LandXML Built Surface with Paste
Update a LandXML Built Surface with Paste
11/20/2018
Jeff Bartels of Autodesk explains a workflow to manage updates to a surface created from LandXML.
From the Jeff Bartels YouTube Channel.
and the Civil Immersion blog.
Comments
Left unsaid - Most folks want to perserve the finished DTM model of a surface and LandXML-based surfaces are a great way to do it.
We only have this Data Shortcut update problem because of the current absolute file location requirement for LandXML based surfaces which Autodesk could fix with a relative file path property but probably won't.
The real problem is a case of not building and employing a Civil 3D Project Template that copes with the issue with well-engineered placeholders that are easier to update.
See the Civil 3D Project and Setup video training page for details.
Civil 3D Corridor Style Tips
Civil 3D Corridor Style Tips
11/15/2018
USCAD's James Lord walks through a simple manual edit overview of Code Set Style graphics and mechanics.
From the James Lord's AKN page
See James Lord's blog on USCAD.com
Comments
A reasonable review of some important edits to show the graphic capabilities of Corridor Code Set Styles.
If you edit Code Set Styles in a production drawing, most of the time you have wasted time and introduced inconsistency into your project.
The Framework for Civil 3D contains some of the most sophisticated and well-integrated Code Set Style and Corridor solutions available.
You might want to check out our Intersections and Corridors page for all the nuances and power tools. Videos are included.