Autodesk

AutoCAD Civil 3D

Software Instruction Manual

Prepared by

Manoj Baral
CONTENTS

Preparing Data

Surface Creation and Editing

Creating Alignment

Creating Assembly

Creating Corridor

Creating Plan and Profile Sheet Layout

Preparing Data
You can use excel spreadsheet to prepare data. Generally XYZ coordinates and description are recorded in the
columns of the excel spreadsheet. These points are saved in comma delimited format (CSV). If you wish to give
the name of the column, use first row first column (say A1) leading with # tag. The data format looks like as
follows.

After
recording data, save the file in Comma Delimited (CSV) format.

After Save, Excel asks to take an action.

Make sure that current sheet contains the data. Click OK to save the active sheet.

Click on Yes on Newly Displayed Dialog Box.

Exit from excel, at that time Excel asks you to save the data in another format rather than CSV. If you wish to
save the file in another excel format, choose format (say, XLSX) and save, otherwise don’t save.
 Import Point to CIVIL 3D
After preparing data, your next step is to import the points in CIVIL 3D, follow the following series of steps to
import the Points to CIVIL 3D.

1. In Toolspace, on the Settings tab, expand the Point collection.

2. Right-click Description Key Sets. Click New.

3. In the Description Key Set dialog box, Name field, enter SYMBOL SET (say).

4. In the Description field, enter Symbols sets of surveyed points.

5. Click OK.
The new description key set SYMBOL SET is created.
 Now, to create description keys Use the followings steps

6. In Toolspace, on the Settings tab, expand the Description Key Sets collection. Right-click SYMBOL SET Keys.
Click Edit Keys. TheDescKey Editor Vista is displayed in the Panorama window.

In the DescKey Editor, you will enter the raw description codes, and specify how AutoCAD Civil 3D handles new
points that have these codes. All entries in the Code column of the DescKey Editor are case sensitive.

7. In DescKey Editor, in the Code column, click the default entry. Change it to BM* (say).

The asterisk is a wild-card character. The asterisk causes any imported point with a description code that begins
with POND, followed by any other characters, to be handled according to the settings in this table row.

8. In both the Style and Point Label Style columns, clear the check box to deactivate these settings.

Clearing these settings allows you to control these settings by using point group properties.

Note:

The Format column contains the entry $*, which specifies that a point’s raw description is copied without
changes and used for the full description in the point label. This is an acceptable setting for the POND points.
9. In the Layer Selection dialog box, select BM. Click OK.

This setting means that the POND points reference the BM layer for their display attributes.

In the next few steps, you create another description key.

10. In the Code column, right-click the BM * entry. Click New.

11. In the new description key, click the default Code entry and change it to *IP *.

12. Do same as step 8 for rows containing IP* .

13. In the Layer Selection dialog box, select STATION. Click OK

14. Click to save the description keys and close the editor.

Now Your Next step is to make Point Groups.

15. In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, right-click the Point Groups collection. Click New.

16. In the Point Group Properties dialog box, on the Information tab, in the Name field, enter Bench Mark.
Optionally, enter a short description in the Description field.

17. On the Raw Desc Matching tab, select BM* as you specify the code in step 7. Click Apply.

This option specifies that all points with the BM* raw description are added to the Bench Mark.

Notice how the description key setting is recorded on both the Include and Query Builder tabs. If you know
SQL, you can see how you could add more criteria to the Query Builder tab to select a more specific set of
points for the point group.

18. Click OK.

19. Create another point group by repeating Steps 1 through 4, but use the following parameters:

Name: Stations

Raw Desc Matching: IP*

Now Your Next Step is to Import the Points that you prepared already in CSV format.
20. In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, right-click Points. Click Create.

21. In the Create Points dialog box, click . Expand the Default Layer parameter, and then change the value to V-
NODE.

22. In the Create Points dialog box, click Import Points.

23. In the Format list, select External PENZD (Comma Delimited)

24. Click . Browse to the tutorial folder. Select data in CSV format. Click Open.

25. Click OK.

Points are imported.

26. In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, right-click the _All Points point group. Click Zoom To.
The points will be displayed both in the drawing and in tabular form in the Toolspace list view. In the drawing
window if you move the cursor over a point, a tooltip displays basic data about the point. Notice that the two
Bench Mark and Station point groups appear to be empty. This is because they have not been updated with their
new content. In the next few steps, you will see how AutoCAD Civil 3D provides several ways to check the point
data before adding it to your drawing.

27. Right-click the Point Groups collection. Click Properties.

The Point Groups dialog box will be displayed. Point groups will be listed according to their display order, with the
highest priority group at the top. Arrows at the side of the dialog box allow you to change the display order. The
icon indicates that an update is pending for a point group.

After updating the point group, you can view either the points are listed in the group or not.
 On Point list tab Point List is displayed.

28. To view only selected points right click on _All Points on Prospectior Tab and go to Properties

On the Information tab Change the Point Style and Point Label Style to None, and Apply, OK.
To change the Point size, text style expand Points Collection on Setting Tab in Toolspace Palette

Expand Point Style; Observe here you will find that the used point groups are marked by a symbol.

Right Click in the Group for example, BM go to Edit.

In the Point Style-Bench Mark Dialog box, click on marker tab.

Choose Option ‘Use AutoCAD Block symbol for marker ‘

Choose your required marker from list; you can change the marker size from the Size section on top right corner
of the same dialog box. After completing changes click apply and OK.

Your changes will be shown on the drawing.

Now, your step is to change the height of text

On Setting Tab in Toolspace Pallette Expand Points, Expand the Sub-content ‘Label Style’.

Used labels are marked by a symbol.

Right click on Elevation and Description (say), go to Edit.

On the Label Style – Elevation and Description Dialog Box, click on Layout Tab.

Choose the Component from Component Name Section for example, Point Description; Change the text height
color etc.

To change the height of next component for example Elevation, select the Component Elevation and change the
height color etc.

After the completion of changes, click on Apply and OK.

Your changes will be shown in the drawing.

Elements of a Surface
A surface is a core object for Civil 3D that is made by triangular irregulated network. A Surface is used for
various purposes of Civil 3D for example, Alignment profile, Parcel, Volum analysis , Watershed etc.

A TIN surface is composed of the triangles that form a triangulated irregular network. A TIN line is one
of the lines that make up the surface triangulation.

To create TIN lines, AutoCAD Civil 3D connects the surface points that are closest together. The TIN lines
form triangles. The elevation of any point in the surface is defined by interpolating the elevations of the
vertices of the triangles that the point lies in.

TIN Line

Contours are graphical illustrations of surface elevation changes. You can create a surface from contours
drawn as 2D or 3D polylines that have x, y, and z coordinate data.

Boundaries are closed polylines that affect the visibility of the triangles either inside or outside the
polylines. An outer boundary defines the extents of the surface. All triangles inside the boundary are
visible, and all triangles that are outside the boundary are invisible

Breaklines define linear surface features, such as retaining walls, curbs, tops of ridges, and streams.
Breaklines force surface triangulation to run along the breakline; triangles do not cross a breakline.

Breaklines are critical to creating an accurate surface model. Breaklines are important because it is the
interpolation of the data, not just the data itself, that determines the shape of the model.

You can use 3D lines or 3D polylines as breaklines. Each vertex on the polyline is converted to a TIN point
with the same XYZ coordinates. For 3D lines, each line that you select is defined as a two-point
breakline.
Creating a TIN Surface
On Prospector Tab in Toolspace Pallette, Right click on Surface, go to Create Surface.

On Create Surface Dialog Box Enter the Name of the Surface for example, EG

Choose Surface type as TIN.

Choose Contour Interval 1m and 5m Design, OK

Now, expand the Surface, newly created surface is added on the Surface collection, for example EG.

Expand EG, again expand sub-content Definition.

You can add surface data by the followings way

• Point Group: List of usable group available on the current drawing.

• Point File: Point file that contains XYZ (also Point Number and Description) for example PENZD
comma delimited
• Contour: from the Existing Contour Lines.
• Boundary: Boundary for surface extent for example, outer boundary.
• Breaklines: Definition of walls, curbes etc.

Select any Sub-content for example Right Click on Point Group and go to Add.

Select Point Group for example All Points and OK.

Type ZE command on Command Line, you can see the surface in the drawing.
Next Step is to Add Outer Boundary

At First, Draw outside Boundary using AutoCAD Polyline (Pline Command), boundary should be closed.

Command: Pline

Specifiy Start Point: Click on desired point

Specify next point or [Arc/Halfwidth/Length/Undo/Width]: Click on Next point (or type U to return back
in previous point).

Click on series of Points on outside boundary of Surface, at the end type C to close the loop.

Specify next point or [Arc/Close/Halfwidth/Length/Undo/Width: C

Press enter to return from Polyline Command.

Now On the Sub-Content of EG on Prospector Tab in ToolSpace Select Boundaries.

On Boundaries Tab Input Name, Choose Type as Outer, Check Non-Destructive Breakline and OK.
On Screen, Select Object: Select recently drawn Polyline , one outer type boundary is added on surface
definition.

Next Add Breaklines too.

First, select the surface, right click and select Surface Properties

On Surface Properties-EG dialog box , select Information tab and select Contour and Triangles on Surface
style section.

Click Apply and OK.

Breaklines are used to define surface features and to force triangulation along the breakline. Surfaces do
not triangulate across breaklines, creating more accurate TIN surface models

In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand the Surfaces EG Definition collections. Right-
click Breaklines. Click Add.

In the Add Breaklines dialog box, for Description, enter Retaining Wall. Use the default values for the
other fields. Click OK

The Select Objects prompt becomes active, Select the polylines and Press Enter.

The surface triangulation is modified. The edge of retainig wall breaklines are applied, and the TIN
surface is adjusted along the breakline edges, modifying the surface triangulation.

You Can Contour Data from Existing Contour too.

To do this exercise you shoud have a 2d contour polyline in the drawing.

On the Prospector Tab expand the surface, expand the surface collection for example EG, again expand
the sub-content Definition, right click on Contour go to add.

select Contour Command Prompt is active, you should select the contour features . After completing
selection press Enter, your surface is modified as you recently add the data from the contour.
Surface Editing
Swap TIN Edges

Edge swapping is used to change the direction of two triangle faces in the surface, to create a more
accurate surface model. For example, edges can be swapped to match the triangle edges to ridges or
swales.

Click to view the effects of edge swapping.

In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand the surface Definition collection for example EG. Right-
click on Edits, go to Swap Edge.

Click Swap Edge.

On the command line, you are prompted to select an edge (line) to swap.

Click a TIN edge to swap it.

The edge is swapped if the following criteria are met:

Two visible triangles are separated by the edge.

The quadrilateral formed by the two triangles (which are separated by the edge) is convex.

Optionally, continue to click other TIN edges to swap them and press enter to return from command.

Deleting TIN Lines

In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand the surface Definition collection for example EG. Right-
click on Edits, go Delete TIN Lines.

On the command line, you are prompted to select an edge (line) to remove.

Click the TIN lines that are unnecessarily describing the Surfaces.

The edits are added as Delete Line operations to the Edits list view in Prospector.
Contour Lebel
You can create contour labels by specifying line segments that cross contour lines of a surface. Add
Single, Multiple, or Multiple at Interval contour labels. Modify the properties of contour label lines to
change the label style for major, minor, and user-defined contourlabels

To add single contour labels

Click Annotate tabLabels & Tables panelAdd Labels menuSurfaceContour - Single.

Select the contour to label.

To add multiple contour labels

Click Annotate tab Labels & Tables panel Add Labels menu, go to Surface-Add Surface Labels.

On Add Label Dialog Box, Choose Surface from Features Section, Contour-Multiple from Label type,
Existing Major Labels from Major contour label style section, choose None for Minor and User contour
label style.

Click on Add.
Command Prompt is active to specify first point [or Objects]: click a point

In Next Prompt You will be asked to specify next point: click a point that crosses the contour lines.

You will be asked continuously to specify next point, at that that time you can click multiple points
where you want to label the contour lines.

To add multiple contour labels at an interval

Click Annotate tab Labels & Tables panel Add Labels menu, go to Surface-Add Surface Labels.

. On Add Label Dialog Box, Choose Surface from Features Section, Contour-Multiple at Interval from
Label type, Existing Major Labels from Major contour label style section, choose None for Minor and
User contour label style

Click on Add

Command Prompt will be active to specify first point and second point.
After specifying first and second point, command prompt will ask to set interval along contour: give an
interval say 100m and press enter.

Contour elevation labels are displayed every major contour at an interval of 100m.

You can change the label style i.e. text height, color etc. can be changed as your requirement.

To do this you may browse the sub-content of Contour on Surface Collection in Setting Tab of Toolspace.

On Layout Tab in Label style composer-Existing Major Labels, Select Component as Surface, Change Text
height (say 5mm), Color(say magenta).

Preview your change in the preview tab.

Click on Apply and OK, changes will be made on contour labels on the drawing.
Creating Alignment
Alignment is a continuation of series of lines and curves that represents the center-line of a road, a pipe
network, a river etc.

Basically alignments are of two types. Now we are discussing about how horizontal alignment is created in
the civil 3D.

You begin creating an alignment by marking the location of tangents and points of intersection for a road
centerline alignment. During the creation process, curves between the tangents can be created
automatically, or added later. Similarly, you can create an alignment by AutoCAD polyline with the
different values curve at vertex points.

Alignment by AutoCAD polyline

Make a polyline on the roadway intersection points; apply a curve on the vertexes. You can use AutoCAD
fillet command to set the value of the curve.

After completion of application of curve on the vertex; Choose Alignment from vertex from Alignment
Drop down menu in Home tab.

Command prompt will be active to select entity; select the polyline that you recently drawn and press
enter. Again you will be asked for alignment direction (if you want to change the direction of alignment
type R for reverse.) and press Enter.

Dialog Box will be displayed for alignment name and criteria.

Input the name for example, The Twelve Avenue; Uncheck Add curves between tangents. Change the
Design Speed for example, 40 Km/hr on Design Criteria Tab; click OK.

To add chainge label on the alignment, select Annotate Tab , on the Add labels drop down, go to
Alignment-Add/Edit Station Labels.

Command prompt will be active to Select the alignment; select your alignment, just click on the alignment.

Dialog box will be displayed labelling criteria.

Select Major from Type, Perpendicular with tick from Major station label style, Click on ADD>>; to add
label on Geometry point too Select Geometry point from Type, click again on ADD>>, Check All options,
Click on OK, Apply and again OK.

To change the label properties Expand Alignment on Setting tab in Toolspace Pallette, expand label style
collection, on Station sub-content choose major Station, right click on Perpendicular with tick, go to Edit.

On Layout tab Choose Component name as Station , Change text height color etc. click apply and OK.
To change the labels of geometry point, Expand the Geometry point, right click Perpendicular with tick and
line, got to edit, on layout tab select component name as station, change the text height and color, click
on OK.

To change the radius of the curve at any intersection point, on Modify Tab choose Alignment, Click on
Geometry Editor on Modify Section OR simply click on alignment on plan, right click and go to Edit Aliment
Geometry.

On Alignment Layout Tools, Alignment Grid View Tools.

On Alignment Entities Panorama, Unlock the parameter constraints that you want to change the radius.
After Unlocking, Change the Value of radius (say from 30m to 50m). Lock the Constraint parameter, Close
the panorama.

To delete the sub-entity namely curve, click on Delete Sub-entity tools on Alignment Layout Tools.

Then select the curve on plan that you want to delete.

To delete IP Click on Delete PI Tools

You will be prompted to pick a point near the IP; click on IP that you want to delete.

To apply curve between two Tangents, click on Free Curve Fillet (Between two entities, radius)

On Command, select first entity: Click on incoming side tangent.

Again on command, select second entity: click on outgoing side tangent.

You will be prompted to ‘Is curve solution greater than 180/less than 180’; by default the solution of curve
is less than 180 so, simply press enter to accept the default value.

You will be asked to specify the radius of the curve: Enter a desired value for example 30 and press Enter.

To change the PI of an alignment simply select an alignment and grip on PI and click on your desired point
where you want to move the PI.
Creating Profile of an Alignment
A profile is a representation of ground level of a surface of an alignment. To create profile you must have a
surface and an alignment.

First, sample a profile; Choose Create Surface Profile on Profile drop-down in Home Ttab.

Choose Alignment and Surface on Create Profile from Surface Dialog Box, click on Add>>.

Click on Draw in Profile view.

On the Next Dialog box click on Create Profile view.

Command prompt is active to select profile view origin; click on blank space on right side.

You may change the grid spacing, text height etc. of a profile; simply click a profile view, right click and go
to Profile View Style.
Make change as per your requirement and OK. You may change the Vertical Exaggeration equal to 1 to
show actual ground profile on Graph tab.
Creating Design Profile
A designed profile (known as layout profile in Civil3D) is a representation of finished level of a road, a pipe
network or a canal.

To Create Layout Profile Choose Profile Creation Tools from Profile drop-down in Home tab.

You will be asked to select a profile on Command prompt.

After selection new Dialog Box is displayed for name and design criteria; choose your requirement and OK.

Again, new toolbar Profile Layout Tools is displayed, select curve setting.

On new dialog box, input your requirement for valley curve and sag curve OK.
After curve setting, select Draw tangent with curve from Profile layout Tools.

Click to input the series of points to create the layout Profile, press enter at last input of point.

To change the PVI, select the layout profile, grip on the PVI and click on the location where you want to
move it. To delete PVI, click on Delete PVI on Profile layout Tool

Command prompt will be active to select the point nearer the PVI.
PVI will be deleted from the layout profile on Profile View.
Creating Assembly
Assembly is a set of group of subassemblies that contains elements of corridor such as basic lane, curb,
footpath, ditch, guard rail, cut/fill slope etc.

AutoCAD Civil 3D contains basic built-in models of assemblies and subassemblies; you may apply them
to your corridor by changing the parameter for example lane width, pavement depth, cut-fill slope etc.

A baseline is a centerline of an assembly where subassemblies contain on either side of the baseline
marker.

To make a set of assembly from subassemblies choose Create Assembly from Assembly dropdown on
Home Tab.
Dialog Box is displayed, Input District Road for example, on Name, Choose assembly type equals to
Other OK.

Command prompt will be active to specify assembly baseline location; click on blank space on the screen

Now your next step is to add subassemblies on the baseline marker.

On Home tab click on Tool Palette on Palette section (or press Ctlr+3) to insert the Tool Palette on the
screen.

Right click on the lower left side of the Tool Palette, choose Assemblies-Metric
On Lane Tab on Tool Palette, choose Basic lane.

Command prompt will be active to select marker point within assembly; click on the baseline marker.

Basic Lane will be added in your marker. To change the properties of the lane select the lane and type
CH or MO to display Properties Palette.
Change the Width equals to 2.5m Depth equals to 0.2m, Slope equals to -2.5%.

If you want to change the sides of the lane choose side for example Right.

Then Add Curb on the edge of the lane.

On Toll Palette choose Basic Curb from Basic Tab.

Command prompt will be active to specify marker point within assembly; click on top edge of the lane
subassemnly.

Then Add a BasicSidewalk on Basic Tab; click on top extreme corner of Basic Curb.

Take width equals to 1.2m, Depth equals to 0.3m, Buffer1 and Buffer2 width equal to 0.3m
Now add DaylightBasin from Daylaout Tab.

Make change on the parameter on properties palette as shown on the figure below.

To add the object on either side of the Baseline marker, select all the subassemblies on either side and
click mirror on Assembly tab.

Command prompt will be activated to select marker point within assembly for the mirrored
subassembly; click on baseline marker.
Creating Corridor
A corridor can be used to model a variety of features, such as highways, channels, and runways. A
corridor surface is composed by assemblies at an interval of an alignment of a roadway, a channel, or a
runway.
Before prepare a corridor model, make sure that you have an alignment, an existing ground surface and
sets of assemblies.
To create a corridor model, use the followings series of steps.
Choose Corridor on Create Design Section on Home Tab

Dialog Box will be displayed.

Input Name of Corridor = Two Lane Expressway

Corridor Style = Basic
Alignment Name = Choose from dropdown list for example, The Twelve Avenue
Profile = The Designed Profile (not surface profile), for example, Layout (1)
Assembly = Assembly that contains the desired cross section for example, District Level Road
Target Surface = Existing Ground Surface for example, Surface1 (or EG)
Click on OK, a corridor model is displayed over the alignment.

To create cross sections of a corridor, Choose Sample lines from Profile & Sections Views Sections on
Home Tab.

Command prompt will be active to select alignment; either select the alignment on topo map or press
enter to select from dialog box.
Dialog box will be displayed for Sample Collection Name; Click OK to set default values.

On command prompt, Specify station along alignment; Press enter.

On Sample Lines Tools, Choose By range of Stations
On Create Sample Lines – By Station Range Dialog Box, make change as per your requirement and
OK.

Press enter to return from command prompt.

Sample line will be displayed on the Topo Map.

To Insert the Cross Section(s), Choose Create Multiple Views on Section Views from Profile & Sections
Views in Home Tab.
Create Multiple Section Views – General Dialog Box will be displayed.

Select Alignment, Sample line group name and click on Create Section Views..
Command prompt will be invoked to identify section view origin; click on blank space on left side.
Cross Sections will be inserted with assemblies on formation level.

If you wanted to change the elements assemblies, then make change on assemblies for example
change the width of the Basic Lane to 2m; Select Sub-Assembly Basic Lane, type Ch to display
properties palette, on this palette Change width equals to 2m.
Then, on Toolspace Expand Corridor Collection, Select the corridor with exclamation mark and right
click and choose Rebuild.

Changes will be made in the Cross Sections.

Above two figures show cross-sections before and after rebuild of corridor.

Calculating Volume of Corridor

A corridor volume may contain volume of earthworks and volume of materials those are attached in the
assembly.
First, you have to set a datum of a corridor surface.
Select a corridor on topo map; Corridor menu will be activated with corridor name for example,
Corridor:Two Lane Expressway.

On the corridor menu, Click on Corridor Surface in Modify Corridor section.

Dialog Box will be displayed, click on Create Corridor Surface on Surface tab.

Choose Datum from Specify code dropdown list.

Then Click on Add Surface Item.

Click on Boundaries tab and right click on name list of corridor surface, click on Corridor extents as outer
boundary OK.

Now select grid on Cross Section, Section View Menu will be activated.
On Modify Sections, Click on Sample more sources.

Section Sources Dialog Box will be displayed.

Select a corridor on Available Sources, click on Add>>, Apply and OK.

Select again grid on Cross Section to activate the Section view menu.
Click on Update Group Layout in Modify View Section.
On Analyze tab click on Compute Material Button

Select a Sample Line Group Dialog Box will be displayed.

Select alignment and sample line group and OK.

Again new dialog box Compute Material – SL Collection – 1 (say) will be displayed
Select Earthwork fro Quantity takeoff criteria
Select Existing Ground as EG (select from <Click here…>)
Select Datum as Corridor Surface (select from <Click here…>)
Click on OK.
 Cross Sections will be updated with shading on cut/fill area.

Now volume for earthwork is ready, you can extract the data anytime when you need.
On Analyze Tab Click on Total Volume Table from Volume and Material Section.

Create Total Volume Table dialog box will be displayed, choose Table style as Cut and Fill, Alignment
as The Twelve Avenue (say), Sample line group as SL Collection – 1, Material List as Material List – (1)
and OK.
Command prompt will be activated to select upper left corner; click on blank space on the screen.
To extract material volume those contained in the assemblies first make sure how many types of
material in the subassemblies.
Suppose you have Subbase in Basic lane, Concrete Block in Basic Curb, Gravel in Basic Sidewalk.

On Analyze tab click on Compute Material Button

Select a Sample Line Group Dialog Box will be displayed.

Select alignment and sample line group and OK.
Dialog Box will be displayed; Click on Add new material
Change name of new material to Subbase
Change Quantity type equals to Structure
Choose data type equals to Corridor Shape, select Corridor Shape equals Two Lane Expressway
Pave1,click on Plus (+) button.
Again click on Add new material, change the name of the material to Basic Curb
Change Quantity type equals to Structure
Choose data type equals to Corridor Shape, select Corridor Shape equals Two Lane Expressway Curb,
click on Plus (+) button.
And click again click on Add new material, change the name of the material to Sidewalk
Change Quantity type equals to Structure
Choose data type equals to Corridor Shape, select Corridor Shape equals Two Lane Expressway
Sidewalk, click on Plus (+) button.

List all the material those are included in the subassemblies Apply and OK.
If you want to delete material list select the material on Material name and Click on cross(x) button.
To inset the material table, click on material volume table on Analyze tab from Volume and Material
sections.

Select Material for example Subbase and click on OK, other parameter will be selected by default.

Command prompt will be activated to select upper left corner; click on blank space on the screen.
Creating Plan and Profile Sheet Layout
Creating viewport for undulated alignment of roadway was time consuming in previous session of AutoCAD. Civil
3D lets you facilitates catch viewport for plan profile.

You have to make a template sheet for plan and profile; two separate viewport should be created for plan and
profile.
To creating template, create a new drawing; you can use existing template too.

Press Ctrl+N to create new file.

Select Template dialog box will be displayed.

Select _AutoCAD Civil 3D (Metric) NCS.dwt from Template folder, choose file of type equals to .dwt, Open.

Right click on Layout tab for example Layout1, rename it for example, to NS-A3.

Again right click on NS-A3 layout tab and click on Page setup Manager

Dialog box will be displayed for page setup for layout NS-A3; make sure that NS-A3 is highlighted, Click on
Modify
Select printer for example, AutoCAD PDF (High Quality Print).pc3.

Select plot style table (pen assignment) as monochrome.ctb.

Choose Paper Size as ISO A3 (420.00 x 297.00 MM),

Choose Plot Scale as 1:1000.

After finishing setup click on OK, Close the previous dialog box.

Extend the current viewport to boundary of the paper.

After stretching the current viewport to extreme boundaries, extend to midpoint to the vertical. Copy the halved
viewport to lower half.

Now, select top viewport, change viewport type equals to Plan on Properties Palette.
Then select bottom viewport and change the viewport type as Profile.

Save the Drawing as NS-A3.dwt on Plan Production folder, make sure that drawing extension is .dwt, Save.

Close the file, template is ready for plan and profile.

Now open your drawing that contains your project.

On Output Tab, click on Create View Frames on Plan Production section.

Dialog box will be displayed, select alignment and click on Next.

On Create View Frames –Sheet dialog box choose Sheet Setting option as Plan and Profile.

Select template for Plan and Profile Sheet; Click on … button to browse the template that you recently made.

Click On Open, OK .

Select option Along Alignment on View Frame Placement section, Click on Next.
Leave the next dialog to set default values, click on Next, again click on Next and Click on Create View Frames.

View frames will be inserted in the drawing. You can realign the view frame, match line etc.

Now your next step is to create sheets. Individual sheets are created as an external reference.

On Output menu Click on Create Sheets on Plan Production section.

Leave all as default except north arrow block as North on dropdown list the click Next.
Specify Sheet Storage location (click on … button) and file storage location (click on … button).

Select Data you want referenced in your sheets and Click on Create Sheets, click OK to accept dialog if, any.

Command prompt will be active to select profile view origin; click on blank space.

If any error occurred in the sheet generation, accept them.

Lists pf sheets will be displayed in the Sheet Manager Palette on List Tab.

To view the sheet right click on sheet and click on Open.

Sheet will be open in new drawing. If you want to make any changes on the viewport select the viewport and
unlock it from the unlock button on status bar .

Note that Plan is wiped by hatch. If you want to remove the blacked hatch, close the drawing that contains
sheets. And on the main drawing, expand Match Line on Setting tab in Toolspace Palette. Expand Match Line
Style; right click on Basic, click on Edit.
On Match Line Style - Basic dialog box, click on Display tab. Select view direction as plan.

On Component Display Select Match Line Mask and click on BYLAYER on Color column

Select True Color Tab in the Select Color dialog box.

Choose color model as RGB from Color model drop down.

Set all values of color equal to 255 OK and again OK to return from Match Line Style dialog box.

Now repeat the sheet creation process; you may delete the previous sheets by browsing the .dwg and .dst files.
(Start from here Now your next step is to create sheets, please see above)

After creating sheets, open any sheets from Sheet Manager Palette on Sheet List tab. Your plan and profile sheet
may look like as below.