Changes to AutoCAD Civil 3D Drawing Templates

The following changes have been made to the drawing templates for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2015.

Tip: The import styles and settings feature may assist you in updating your existing drawing templates with the new settings and styles.

Corridor Settings
Feature Description
Command Settings: CreateCorridor and CreateSimpleCorridor

New Assembly Insertion Defaults settings:

  • Alignment - Along Curves: At An Increment
  • Alignment - Mid-Ordinate Distance to Define Curvature: 0.20' / 0.200m
  • Offset Target - Adjacent to Offset Target Start/End: True
  • Offset Target - Along Offset Target Curves: <None>
  • Offset Target - Curve Increment: 25.00' / 25.000m
  • Offset Target - Mid-Ordinate Distance to Define Curvature: 0.20' / 0.200m
Note: Many of the existing Assembly Insertion Defaults settings have also been reordered in the list of settings and have been renamed.

Profile Settings
Feature Description
Feature Settings New Anchor Profile to Alignment Options:
  • Anchor Profile Option: Anchor Profile PVIs to Alignment PIs
  • Affected Entities: Modify Affected Entities
  • Notify Which Entities are Affected: True

Quantity TakeOff Settings
Feature Description
Command Settings: TakeOff

Renamed Compute Takeoff Options setting:

  • Length Computation Type setting renamed to Computation Type

Section Settings
Feature Description
Styles

New section label set and styles:

  • Label Set: Corridor Point Labels
  • Corridor Points Label Styles:
    • Standard
    • Point Code Offset Elevation

Section View Settings
Feature Description
Feature Settings

New Section View Creation setting:

  • Corridor Point Code Labeling Method: Section Code Set Style

New Layers
Feature Layer Name Description
Check Sight Distance command C-ROAD-SGHT-VIS-LINE Roadways: sight distance visible sight lines
Check Sight Distance command C-ROAD-SGHT-OBST-LINE Roadways: sight distance obstructed sight lines
Check Sight Distance command C-ROAD-SGHT-OBST-PATH Roadways: sight distance obstructed eye path
Check Sight Distance command C-ROAD-SGHT-OBST-AREA Roadways: sight distance obstructed area
Check Sight Distance command C-ROAD-SGHT-EYE-PATH Roadways: sight distance eye path
Check Sight Distance command C-ROAD-SGHT-LIMT-LINE Roadways: sight distance sight limitation line