AutoCADCivil3D2010(HighwayDesign)

AutoCADCivil3D2010
1.OpenAutoCADCivil3D2010Imperial
Gotothetopleftcorner,whereyousee

ClickontheblackarrowandcheckmarkShowMenuBar.Thiswillshowthemenubarthatwillbeneeded forthestepsdescribedbelow.

2.CreateSurfacefromGoogleEarth
FileNewDrawingchoosetemplate_AutoCADCivil3D(Imperial)NCS.dwt(NCS:NationalCAD Standards) OpenGoogleEarth(c:\ProgramFiles(x86)\Google\GoogleEarth\client\googleearth.exe") InGoogleEarth,zoominonlocation. InCivil3D,FileImportImportGoogleEarthImageandSurface (Leftclicktohighlightsurface)

3.AttachGoogleEarthImagetoyourCivil3Ddrawing
IfyourimportedsurfaceandimageismissingitsimageitisbecauseitsavesitontheC:driveinanodd place(C:\AutoCADUserFiles\AutoDeskLocal\C3D2010\enu\****.jpg).Oronyourownmachineat C:\DocumentsandSettings\dlord\LocalSettings\ApplicationData\Autodesk\C3D2010\enu.Youneedto putthisimagewithyourworkingfileandlinktheimagetothecontours. Savethejpgfiletoyournetworkdrive Commandline:xref Aboxpopsup.Selectthepaperwithpaperclipandchooseattachimage. Chooseyourimage,specificinsertionpointandscaleonscreen.Moveimagetothecorrect place. Sendtheimagetotheback

InWindows7,thelinkis:C:\users\dlord\AppData\local\Autodesk\C3D2010\enu\

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4.CreateanewAlignment
Alignments Drawapoten alalignmentonthecontourlinesandimage.Clickforeachcurveand Pressattheend. Enter Createalignmentbylayout Namealignment:try1alignment Alignmenttoolbarsappears. 1stoptions(lefticon) SelectCurveandspiralse ngs(ifneeded)(Changekvaluesorcurvelength) SelectTanTanw/curves

5.CreateSurfaceProfile
ProfilesCreateProfilefromSurface Add>> Drawinprofileview Next>> Next>> Next>>

Next>>

CreateProfileView Clickabovethedrawingtoplacetheroadprofileupthere.

6.CreateDesignProfile
ProfilesCreateProfilebyLayout Clickonprolesheet Nametheprofile:try1profile Click OK

ProfileLayoutToolsToolbarwillappear 1stoption(lefticon)

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AutoCADCivil3D2010(HighwayDesign) CurveSe ngs Crest&Sagcurvelength:LookupKvalues Click 1stoption Drawtangentswithcurvesintheproleareastartbyclickingonthestartandbuildyour verticalprofilebyclicking.Hitwhendone Enter OK

7.CreateToolPalette
GeneralToolPalettesWindowRightclickatabchooseaddnew Then, CorridorsSubassemblyCatalog AnewwindowpopsupandclickontheimagetitledCorridorModelingCatalogs(Imperial,.NET) OpenBasicAssemblies Clickonthe foranobject+dragittoournewpalletarea(inyournewtabthatyouopened above).Youwillnowfind(underthetab: Basic) 1. BasicLane 2. BasicCurbandGutter 3. BasicSideSlopeCutDitch Availableforuseasyourroadassembly

8.CreateAssembly
CorridorsCreateAssembly Name:try1assembly OK

Clickofftheprofilesomewheretoplacethebasiclaneassembly Itzoomsinonthelinewherewebuildthebasicroadway

BasicLane(inyournewPalette) Advanced(inthelanesdesignmenu) Page3

AutoCADCivil3D2010(HighwayDesign) Side:Right Clickonlinetobuildrightlane Side:Le Clickonlinetobuildle lane

Similarly,addashoulder+sideslope Enter Touchnearedgeyouwanttoputtheshoulderandsideslope,Press,thenclickto confirm.

9.BuildCorridor
Corridors Createcorridor Clickonyourcorridorontheplansheet Clickonyourprofile Clickonyourassembly Name:corridortry1 Press OK

Yourhighwaywillbebuilt. Alternatively,waittwoorthreesecondsforeachcomponent.Asmallwindowwillopenbesideyourpointer showingthenameoftheelement.Pressandclickinthenewopenedwindow. Enter OK

10.Earthwork
ExtractDatum: Le clickonyourcorridor(corridortry1) Rightclickbringsupmenu Selectcorridorproper esGototab SURFACES Createacorridorsurfacebutton Specifycode=Datum Click+addsurfaceitem

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AutoCADCivil3D2010(HighwayDesign) BOUNDARIES Gototab Rightclickonyourlistedsurface OK AddAutoma callyETW(someversionsmayneedtouseDaylight)

CreateSampleLines: Sections CreateSampleLinesSelectyouralignment NameyourSampleLineGroup SampleLineToolsToolbar SelectByRangeofSta onsassamplelinecrea onmethod(youmayneedtodothis OK twice) OK

ComputeMaterials GeneralVolumeReport Sec onGenerateVolumeReport Selectalignment OK Sec ons ComputeMaterials Selectcorridoralignment NametheSampleLineGroup

Pickcorridoralignment+samplelinegroup SelectEarthworkinQuantitytakeoffcriteria EG=existingground=surface1 Datum=yourcorridor

GeneratesaHTMLtableoutput

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