Changes to AutoCAD Civil 3D Drawing Templates

New drawing templates

The following drawing templates have been added to accommodate the ability to create plan/plan and profile/profile sheets in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018. The four new templates are based on the existing templates Civil 3D (Imperial) Plan and Profile.dwt and Civil 3D (Metric) Plan and Profile.dwt.

New DWT	Description
Civil 3D (Imperial) Plan over Plan.dwt Civil 3D (Metric) Plan over Plan.dwt	For both viewports, Viewport Type is set to Plan For the top viewport, Viewport Order is set to 1 For the bottom viewport, Viewport Order is set to 2 Note: The Viewport Order specifies the order in which station ranges/view frames will be laid out in the sheet's viewports. In these templates, the viewports will be arranged in a top-down format, where the first station range will be in the top viewport, and the second station range will be in the bottom viewport. Templates are not limited to two plan/plan or profile/profile viewports per sheet. You can add as many as will fit onto the sheet.
Civil 3D (Imperial) Profile over Profile.dwt Civil 3D (Metric) Profile over Profile.dwt	For both viewports, Viewport Type is set to Profile For the top viewport, Viewport Order is set to 1 For the bottom viewport, Viewport Order is set to 2

Updates to drawing templates

The following imperial and metric NCS templates have been updated to add settings and styles to accommodate new functionality in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018.

• _AutoCAD Civil 3D (Imperial) NCS.dwt
• _AutoCAD Civil 3D (Metric) NCS.dwt

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

Drawing Settings

Feature	Description
Ambient Settings	Degree of Curvature options (update to metric template only): Unit Chord Length = 20.000 Unit Arc Length = 20.000

Alignment Settings

Feature	Description
Feature Settings	Default Name Format settings to support connected alignments: Connected Alignment Profile Name Template: <[Alignment Name(CP)]> - (<[Next Counter(CP)]>) Connected Alignment Name Template: Connected Alignment - (<[Next Counter(CP)]>) Default Name Format settings to support offset profiles: Offset Profile Name Template: <[Alignment Name(CP)]> - <[Offset Value]>
Command Settings: CreateAlignmentConnected	Connected Alignment Options: Connected Profile Parabola Length: 150.00' / 50.000m Connected Profile Parabola K Value: 50.00' / 20.000m Connected Alignment Curve Radius: 150.00' / 50.000m Connection Overlap: 25.00' / 10.000m Default Styles: Alignment Label Set: Major Minor and Geometry Points
Command Settings: CreateOffsetAlignment	Dynamic Offset Alignment Options: Create Profiles for Offset Alignments: True Default Cross Slope: -2.00%

Corridor Settings

Feature	Description
Feature Settings	Automatic Clear Bowtie Options to support clearing bowties at intersections: At Tangent-Tangent Intersections: Yes At Tangent-Arc and Arc-Tangent Intersections: No
Command Settings: FeatureLinesFromCorridor	Feature Line Creation options: Feature Line Name: True

Section View Settings

Feature	Description
Group Plot Styles	For all group plot styles, on the Array tab of the Group Plot Style dialog box: Add Drafting Buffer Size to Space Between Views: True
Section View Styles	For all section view styles, on the Display tab of the Section View Style dialog box: Drafting Buffer Outline display component Visible: True Layer: C-ROAD-SECT-BUFR Color: BYLAYER Linetype: BYLAYER Lineweight: BYLAYER
Command Settings: CreateMultipleSectionView and CreateSectionView	Drafting Buffer options: Above Grid: 0.50" / 12.00mm Below Grid: 0.50" / 12.00mm Left of Grid: 0.50" / 12.00mm Right of Grid: 0.50" / 12.00mm

New Layer

Feature	Layer Name	Description
Section view drafting buffer	C-ROAD-SECT-BUFR	A non-plotting layer created for the section view drafting buffer.