Objects, Styles, and Properties in AutoCAD Civil 3D

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About AutoCAD Civil 3D Objects
Design entities that are created in an AutoCAD Civil 3D drawing are referred to as objects.
About AutoCAD Civil 3D Object Styles, Label Styles, and Table Styles
Styles control the appearance of drawing objects, labels, and tables.
About Layers in AutoCAD Civil 3D
Each object in AutoCAD Civil 3D has a base layer on which the object physically resides, and component layers that control the display of object components, such as surface triangles or contours.
To Work With Object Styles
About Object Names in AutoCAD Civil 3D
AutoCAD Civil 3D objects use a name template to specify the object name.
About Object Editing Tools
Object editing in AutoCAD Civil 3D uses an approach that is consistent for all objects. The main editing tools are described here.
To Work With Object Properties
About Isolating and Hiding Objects
AutoCAD Civil 3D provides easy-to-use features for temporarily isolating or hiding selected objects in your drawing.
To Isolate or Hide Objects in a Drawing

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