Exercise 2: Checking Out and Modifying Project Points

In this exercise, you will check out one project point and correct its elevation.

This exercise continues from Exercise 1: Adding Points to a Project.

To check points out

  1. Click New.
  2. In the Select Template dialog box, click _AutoCAD Civil 3D (Imperial) NCS.dwt. Click Open.
  3. Click Save As.
  4. In the Save Drawing As dialog box, browse to the following location:

    Civil 3D Projects folder \Tutorial Vault Project\Production Drawings

  5. Save the file as Project-Point.dwg.
  6. On the Prospector tab, expand the Projects Tutorial Vault Project collection.
  7. Click the Points collection to display the points list view.
  8. Select point number 3.
  9. Right-click and click Check Out.
  10. In the Check Out dialog box, click OK.

    The point is checked out to the active drawing, Project-Point.dwg.

  11. In the Open Drawings collection, expand the Project-Point drawing and click Points to display the list view.

    The icon in the drawing list views indicates that the point is a checked-out project point.

  12. To modify point 3 by adjusting its elevation, click in the list view under Point Elevation and enter 96.434.
  13. Save the drawing.

To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 3: Checking In Project Points.