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AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 Course Name: Highway Design and Quantity Surveying using AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010

Course Description: This course will review the basic parameters for highway design, and introduce AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 as a tool to create a surveying plans, and how to lay out roadways and subdivision lots. The course will focus on the creation of road profiles, corridors and cross sections, also the generation of quantities takeoff sheets for earthworks and pavement layers.

Credit Hours: 18 hours distributed on three weeks

Attendance: Civil Engineers and Civil Engineering Technicians as: Land Surveyors and Quantity Surveyors

Prerequisites:   

Highway Design Parameters Background AutoCAD basic knowledge Microsoft office basic knowledge, namely (MS Excels and MS word)

Task: Each Trainee shall submit a full project as a show case of his proficiency of using AutoCAD Civil 3D.

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Each one success to handle the task will receive an Autodesk brand Certificate of completion

Earn a valuable certificate of completion that’s recognized in your profession and validate your product knowledge as an Autodesk Certified User or Autodesk Certified Expert when you take a certification exam at a participating ATC test delivery facility.

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Course Outline Stage –I

6 Hours

Includes:  Road geometrical design overview  Understanding user interface  Importing surveying Data: o Points o 3D polylines (GIS, Countours, breaklines) o Google earth  Creating surfaces and contours  Editing surfaces  Creation of road alignment  Design of horizontal curves  Creating alignment superelevation  Create alignment offsets and widening

Stage -II Includes:  Working with profiles: o Creation of road center line existing profile o Creation of road centerline design profile o Design of vertical curves o Tabular output of profile elevations  Working with Corridors o Creating existing ground cross sections o Definition of assembly  Basic assembly  Super elevation and transition assembly  Assembly with median o Creating Coridors o Creating design cross sections  Compute materials: o generating cut and fill quantities takeoff sheets o generating materials quantities  Selected Advanced Topic (elective topics) o Working with intersections o Drawings production o Takeoff / pay items o Importing land project o Design to local codes o Creating customized subassemblies o Sharing assemblies (creating palettes and Catalog) o Parcels & Grading objects o Combined Cross Sedctions o Tips & Tricks

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What is the new in AutoCAD Civil 3D comparing to LAND?           

Automatic Dynamic link between Plan–Profile–Cross Sections, Ease to modify plan and/or profile by just moving the vertices (PI’s), Easier drawing format and production, Connected to Google earth, Built-in Cross Sections templates, Everything in one drawing; No project folders, Intersection Design Tools, Extension of existing alignment and/or profile, Design check Labeling existing ground for cross sections at grade break Maintain pavement layers side slope (i.e. 3:1) while changing offset according to super elevation.  Generating 3D rendering and transferred to 3D Max.

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UNDERSTAND USER INTERFACE

Quick Access Toolbar Contains frequently used commands

The Ribbon is divided into Task Based Tabs

The application menu contains common command, such as New, Open and Save.

The ribbon provides a single, compact location for commands that are relevant to the current task.

Tools in each ribbon tabs are organized in panels. At the bottom of a ribbon panel, click a dropdown button to display additional tools.

Tool space enables you to manage the objects, styles, and default settings in the drawings The prospector tab provides you with a categorized view of all civil objects in the drawing. As an object created, it is placed in the appropriate subcategory The setting tab contains a tree structure of the object styles and setting for the drawing. Like the prospector tab, it has object collection at several levels. Use the survey tab to manage survey projects, data, and settings. Tool palettes provide access to a variety of tools and content. The default tool palettes contain corridor subassemblies and assemblies.

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EDIT DRAWING SETTINGS

Right click on drawing name in setting tab and select edit drawing settings. You can change settings from units and zone tab. Also there is a tab to customize the used abbreviations.

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IMPORTING SURVEYING POINTS

Importing points, such as survey point data collected by a data collector, is a quick and effective way to place points into a drawing. Before you import points, you must create a point file format that describes the layout of the point data in the point data file.

Home Tab

Import Surveying Data

Create New Surveying Database

Specify Data Source Type

Locate Source File Specify point file format

Specify Import settings

Create new network

To insert points into drawings Survey Tab in Tool Space

Expand Networks

Rt. Click Non Control Points

points

insert points into drawing

To view point’s elevation

Prospector tab

Point Groups

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Click LABEL Column (at bottom)

Select Preferable Lable Style

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Also we can change label style

To Create Point Groups

Prospector tab

Rt. Click Point Groups

New

Information tab

Name point group

select point style

Include Tab

√ with number matching

selection set in drawings

To Select Point Style

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CREATING A TIN SURFACE

Prospector tab

Drawing Name

Rt. Click surface

Create Surface Dialog

Surface Name

Style

Explore New Suface

Defenition

Add point File / Point Group

Create Surface

Add Breaklines/B oundary

The contours will be created automatically as defined in the style above.

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Adding Boundary

Non-destructive breakline

Not as breakline Contour Labels: Prospector tab

Drawing Name

Rt. Click surface

Add Label

Add Labels Dialog

Feature: Surface

Type: Contour Multible

Add & Draw labe Group

sellect Label Group Polyline

Label Properties

Display Contour Label: False

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To view quick profile:

Draw polyline

Rt. Click on polyline

Quick Profile

Quick Profile Dialog

select Surface & Profile View

Type: Contour Multible

Clicking on the surface will display it’s tab:

If you edit a surface, you need to rebuild it

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Note that the created quick profile is dynamically linked with the polyline, i.e. when moving and/or stretching polyline vertices the profile will respond automatically

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CREATING ALLIGNMENTS

Creat Allignment

Name Allignment

Set Label Style

Design Criteria

√ use criteriabased design

Select Default Criteria

Draw Allignment

Tan-Tan (with Curves)

Draw allignment

When selecting tangents, allighnment tab is displayed

Also alignment layout tool is activated too..

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Change Radius

Minimum radius violation:

Add Labels

Label Type: STA-Offset

Add labels

Multiple Segments

Alignment Tab

Inquiry

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Select Inquiry type

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Superelevation:

Add Curve

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Click on Tangent Super elevation Tab

Locate Curve Table

Allignment Properties

Set Super elevation properties

TL=49.50m

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Design Rules In this section you specify the tables to use for superelevation rate, transition length, and attainment method. Design Speed Displays the design speed for the curve group. This value is derived from the Design Criteria tab of the Alignment Properties. If the curve group has two or more design speeds, the highest design speed is displayed. Design Criteria File Name Specifies the name of the design criteria file. This file defines minimum radius tables, superelevation attainment methods and formulae, superelevation rates and transition lengths for various roadway types and design speeds. Click in the cell to browse to the location of the design criteria file. Superelevation Rate Table Specifies the name of the superelevation rate table used to determine the maximum superelevation rate for the curve group. Click the arrow to display a list of the superelevation rate tables associated with the specified design criteria file. Transition Length Table Specifies the name of the superelevation transition length table used to calculate the transition stations for the curve group. Click the arrow to display a list of the transition length tables associated with the specified superelevation rate table. Attainment Method Specifies the name of the superelevation attainment method for the curve group. Click the arrow to display a list of the attainment methods associated with the specified design criteria file. Default Options In this section, you specify the general settings used to calculate superelevation specifications. Corridor Type Specifies the type of roadway as Undivided (single carriage way) or Divided (dual carriage way). Cross Section Shape Specifies the cross sectional shape of the roadway as Planar or Crowned: 

Planar: There is no change in slope between the travel lanes.

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Crowned: When no superelevation is applied, travel lanes slope downward in opposite directions from a common crown point.

Highside Location Specifies the default Highside Location for planar roads. 

Left Edge: Specifies that the high side of the roadway is on the left edge on tangent (unsuperelevated) sections when the corridor type is Undivided and the Cross Section Shape is planar.

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Level: The roadway is level (0% slope) on tangent sections.

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Right Edge: Specifies that the high side of the roadway is on the right edge on tangent (unsuperelevated) sections, when the corridor type is Undivided and the Cross Section Shape is planar.

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Nominal Width - Pivot To Edge Specifies the typical width of the roadway from the superelevation pivot point to the outer edge-of-traveled way. Some superelevation attainment methods require that you specify this value in order to calculate the length of the superelevation transition. Outside Shoulder Superelevation Method Specifies the method that is applied to the outside shoulder during superelevation: 

Default Slopes: Default slopes are retained and shoulders are not superelevated.

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Match Lane Slopes: Shoulder slopes match the slopes applied to the adjacent traveled ways through out the superelevation process.

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Breakover Removal: Shoulders on the outside edge of the curve are adjusted upward to match the Normal Lane Slope (%) before the lane begins to superelevate. The highside shoulder slope matches the high-side lane slope throughout the superelevation process, and it then rotates downward back to the Normal Shoulder Slope (%) value when the lanes are back to the un-superelevated condition.

Inside Shoulder Superelevation Method Specifies the method that is applied to the inside shoulder during superelevation: 

Default Slopes: Default slopes are retained and shoulders are not superelevated.

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Match Lane Slopes: Shoulder slopes match the slopes applied to the adjacent traveled ways through out the superelevation process.

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Breakover Removal: Shoulders on the outside edge of the curve are adjusted upward to match the Normal Lane Slope (%) before the lane begins to superelevate. The highside shoulder slope matches the high-side lane slope throughout the superelevation process, and it then rotates downward back to the Normal Shoulder Slope (%) value when the lanes are back to the unsuperelevated condition.

REPORTS MANAGER: Tool Space

Paletts

Tool Box

Reports Manager

Allignment

Incremental Sta. Report

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If you are adding superelevation to any alignments, do so before creating the corridor. Also, the superelevation data is not dynamic, so it does not update if you grip-edit the alignment. Therefore, add the superelevation after the alignment design is stable, or be prepared to redo the superelevation if the alignment is modified.

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ALLIGNMENT OFFSET: You can also use AutoCAD offset command.

ALLIGNMENT WIDENING: Each Created offset are linked to the alignment, and can be editing for widening application as shown herebelow:

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CREATING PROFILES

Create surface profile: Create Design Home Profile Tab Create Profile Tab Ban Tab

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Select Allignment

Select Surface

Band type: Superelevation

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Create Surface Profile

Press ADD

Divide with two crowns

Draw in Profile View

Add at bottom of profile view

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Profile Creation Tool

Draw Tangents HATCH TAB

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Select Tangent ADD Cut&Fill Hatch

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Free Vertical Curve

Band Tab

Style: Elevations & Sta.

Profile1: Surface

Profile2: latout

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Rt. Click on Profile (Tangent) Toolspace

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Edit Labels

Toolbox Tab

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Profile

Rt. Click desired report & Execute

Create Report

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CREATING E XISTING CROSS SECTIONS

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Sample Line

Select Allignment

By range of Stations

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Section Views

Sections Tab

Create Multiple Views Click on Label Column

Select Grade Breaks Type

Create

EG section offset & Elev.

Add & Change weedings to i.e. 5m

To Change Section Scale:

Section View Tab (Click on section)

Edit Section View Style

Graph Tab

Vertical Exaggeration

Group:

Vertical Exaggeration

To Plot Sections by page:

Section View Tab (Click on section)

View group properties

Plot by page

To Modify All sections at once:

Section View Tab (Click on section)

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View group properties

Section View Tab

Click on Change Band Set

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CREATING CORRIDOR ASSEMBLY

Assembly

Create Assembly

Basic Lane Basic shoulder

3.60m widht

Home Tab Selection Target Maping Dialog

0.72m depth

1.80m widht

Basic Side slope cut ditch Mirror Subassemblies

Specify insertion point

0.72m depth

will zoom automaticly

-2.00% slope -4.00% slope

set criteria

Corridor

Allignment

Create Simple Corridor Profile

click here to select all

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CREATING DESIGN CROSS SECTIONS

Home Tab

Create Multiple Views

Section Views

Section Display option

as shown select band set:

Data Band

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Major Sta. offset & Elevation

EARTHWORK QUANTITY Prospector Tab

Rt. Click created Corridor

Properties

Surface Tab

Create a corridor surface

sellect Datum

Boundary Tab

Rt. Click surface name

Modify Tab Section Sources Section View Tab Analyze Tab

Section View

select available source: corridor Compute materials Total Volume Table

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Add daylight

ok

select any section ok

Earthwork

Select Exist. Ground & Datum

Inset Table(s) into drawing

OK

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CREATING CORRIDOR ASSEMBLY WITH WIDENING &

SUPERELEVATION

Assembly

Create Assembly

Lanes Tab shoulder Tab Daylight Tab

Specify insertion point

will zoom automaticly

Lane outside super

7.20m widht

0.62m layers

-2.00% slope

Shoulde Extend all

1.80m widht

0.62m layers

-4.00% slope

Daylight General

Mirror Subassemblies

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Corridor

Create Simple Corridor

Allignment

Profile

Target Maping Dialog Set all targets

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width allignment

Assembly

click here to select all select object from drawing

set all tergets

select existing surface

Rt. Widening object

Widening will be generated and the cross sections will be updated automatically… We can also make widening using offset allighnment.

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WORKING WITH INTERSECTIONS

Home Tab

Select

Create Design Panel I/S point

Intersection Primary Road

General Tab

Select Corridor Tpe: Primary Road Crown?

Geometry

Offse Parameter: Fix Lane offsets

Corridor Region

Create Corridor

Curb Return Assembly Through Assembly Full Assembly Part-Rt. full Half-Rt. Full

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You can edit intersection corridor region and modify all entries...

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WORKING WITH PARCELS:

Home Tab Create Parcel

Parcels SingleFamily

Parcel

Parcel Creation Tool

Parcel

Parcel Creation Tool

Multiple Parcels Properties

Create Parcel from object

Name, Square meters & Acres Free Form Create select Parameters' Value

Draw poly crossing parcels

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select polyline ←

Slice into zones Slide Line Create

Custumize Area lable style

Apply to All

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WORKING WITH GRADINGS:

Home Tab

Feature Line

Select Feature

Click Outside

Setting Tab

Draw with elevations

Create Feature Line Grade to Surface

Grading Creation

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Create Grading Specify Cut/Fill Grades

Rt. click Cut slopes in Grading Styles

Edit

√slope pattern

Click on automaticly raise/lower to balance the volumes

Grading Tab Prospector

create detached surface Rt. click surface definition

Paste Grading Surface

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PLAN – PROFILE SHEET PRODUCTION Output Tab

Output Tab

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Create View Frames

Create Sheet set

Select Alignment

Set all settings

Sheet settings

select output data

Create View Frames

Create sheets

Click on clear area in DWG

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CREATING CUSTOMIZE SUBASSEMBLIES

Home Tab

Create Subassemly from polyline

Create Design Panel

Load subassembly Tab

Add Code

Modify Origin

(i.e. TOP)

(by click on subassembly)

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CREATING PALETTS & CATALOG new palette

Rt. Click on palettes Load subassembly Tab (by click on subassembly) Modify Tab Catalog library

Assembly

Modify Origin

Drag Any Assembly from drawing to palette Add Code (i.e. TOP)

Catalog

Create new Catalog

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Copy & Paste palettes content to catalog

select polyline