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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.
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Surface Contour Extraction to SHP
Surface Contour Extraction to SHP
8/08/2016
How to employ the SurfaceExtractObjects tool to build a SHP file
Autodesk's Jerry Bartels walks through how to use the Civil 3D SurfaceExtractObjects tool and the MapExport command to build a SHP file of a surface.
From the Jerry's YouTube Channel.
and the Civil Imersion blog.
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It probably needs to be said SurfaceExtractObjects creates the AutoCAD primitives on the Layers assigned by Civil 3D.
Most of the time you'll want to perform more object property adjustments to the primitives before you export them or
employ WBLOCK on the exported primitives and clean up first in a publish drawing. This typcially works much better in a real world project with more complex surfaces.
Shortest Path Network Analysis
Shortest Path Network Analysis
7/18/2016
A Civil Workflow for Shortest Path Analysis
Jerry Bartels of Autodesk creates a shortest path analysis workflow in Infraworks, and the Map 3D topology engine inside Civil 3D.
From the Jerry's YouTube Channel.
and the Civil Imersion blog.
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Watch this. You are probably going to say, "I didn't know Map could do that!"
Yes, Jerry really did directly connect to the local copy of the Infraworks SQLLite data file.
Then you are going to ask, "Can I make that shortest path thing a Civil 3D Alignment?"
Well? Can you?
Section Editor Display Settings
Section Editor Display Settings
7/13/2017
Everything displayed in the Civil 3D Section Editor - even the placement of the views themselves - can be configured ahead of time and stored within the Civil 3D template file.
How to Setup the Civil 3D Section Editor Display Settings
Jeff Bartels of Autodesk demos how to set up the basic Civil 3D Section Editor display property settings.
He also covers the sneaky trick of how to make these settings stick in your Civil 3D Template DWT file.
From the Jeff Bartels YouTube Channel.
and the Civil Immersion blog.
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Do not forget the importance of one or more Code Set Styles for your Section View Editor.
Guess what? The Framework of Civil 3D has them.
See the important what a Civil 3D Code Set Style does post.