Exercise 1: Adding a Drawing to the Project

In this exercise, you will add a drawing to a project. In the process, you will create a shared project surface.

You will create a drawing named Project-XGND.dwg that contains the surface to be shared.

Save the drawing with the project

1. Open drawing Surface-3.dwg, which is available in the tutorials drawings folder.

   This drawing contains COGO points and an existing ground surface. Because you will share this data with other users, you must save the drawing with the project.

2. Click Save As.
3. In the Save Drawing As dialog box, browse to the following location:

   Civil 3D Projects folder \Tutorial Vault Project\Source Drawings\Surfaces

4. For File Name, enter Project-XGND.dwg.
5. Click Save.
   Note:

   You must be logged in to Autodesk Vault to perform the following steps. see Exercise 1: Logging In to Autodesk Vault for instructions.

Create a reference object

1. On the Prospector tab, ensure that Master View is selected, and expand the Open Drawings collection. Right-click Project-XGND.dwg and click Check In.
2. In the first Add To Project dialog box, select Tutorial Vault Project.
3. Click Next.
4. On the Select A Drawing Location page, select the Source DrawingsSurfaces folder.
5. Click Next.
6. On the Drawing File Dependencies page, select Project-XGND.dwg.
7. Click Next.
8. On the Share Data page, select XGND.
9. Click Finish.
10. On the Prospector tab, under the Projects collection, expand the Tutorial Vault Project collection. Expand the Drawings collection, and the Source DrawingsSurfaces folder.

    The icon displayed next to Project-XGND.dwg indicates that the drawing is available to be checked out.

11. Under the Tutorial Vault Project collection, expand the Surfaces object collection.

    The icon next to XGND indicates that the project drawing that contains the surface is available to be checked out.

To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Creating a Reference to a Project Object.