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Understanding the User Interface

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Familiarize yourself with the user interface.

Import and Purge Styles

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Import styles and settings from a template or drawing, and purge unused styles and settings.

Create Data Shortcuts

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Create reference copies of objects that you can import from one drawing into other drawings.

Find and Replace Styles

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Find objects and settings that reference a style, and then replace one style with another.

Creating a Pressure Network Parts List

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Define the components that are available when you lay out a pressure network.

Import and Create Base Data

Query Survey Data

00:05:22

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Create a query to filter the contents of a survey database.

Add Survey Query Results to a Surface

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Use the results of a survey query to build a surface.

Update Imported Survey Data

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Modify imported survey data using import events.

Import Points from a Database

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Import COGO points from a database into a drawing.

Create a Description Key Set and Description Keys

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Create sets of description keys to sort points as they are imported into a drawing.

Model a Surface

	Create a Surface 00:02:52 With Audio Create a TIN surface definition, and then import point data into the surface definition.		Create Catchments 00:02:47 With Audio Create catchment objects to model drainage areas on a surface.
	Create a Grading Criteria Set and Criteria 00:01:36 No Audio Create sets of standard formulas for creating graded slopes.		Add Data to a Surface 00:01:59 No Audio Add contour data to an existing surface definition.
	Grade from a Building Footprint 00:01:54 No Audio Grade from a building footprint to a surface.		Create Waterdrop Paths 00:01:11 No Audio Create waterdrop paths to analyze surface water runoff.
	Use a Surface as a Hide Boundary 00:03:47 With Audio Visualize two overlapping surfaces by using one surface as a hide boundary for the other.		Use Relative Feature Lines to Model a Surface 00:03:56 With Audio Set feature line elevations to be relative to a reference surface and add the relative feature lines to a different surface as breaklines.

Design Horizontal and Vertical Objects

	Create Parcels 00:02:20 No Audio Create parcels from AutoCAD objects.		Label Alignment Points of Intersection 00:03:16 With Audio Display and label explicit and implied points of intersection on an alignment.
	Create an Alignment and Profile 00:05:20 With Audio Draw an alignment using constraint-based alignment layout tools and create simple existing ground and layout profiles for the alignment.		Grip Edit an Alignment 00:01:42 No Audio Graphically modify alignment geometry.
	Create a Pipe Network 00:02:13 No Audio Design a pipe network using an existing polyline, and then use the Pipe Network Layout Tools to add structures and pipes.		Alignment Tangency Constraints 00:03:04 With Audio Work with the constraints that affect how alignment sub-entities maintain tangency to adjacent sub-entities.
	Create a Rail Alignment 00:04:34 With Audio Specify the properties and lay out the geometry of a railway alignment.		Lay Out a Pressure Network in Plan 00:04:44 With Audio Lay out the horizontal design of a pressure network.
	Lay Out a Pressure Network in Profile 00:04:43 With Audio Refine the vertical design of a pressure network.		Create a Pressure Network from a Water Industry Model 00:04:52 With Audio Create a pressure network from a water industry model that was created in AutoCAD Map 3D.
	Drawing and Editing a Pressure Network in Model 00:03:41 With Audio Lay out and edit a pressure network in the model view.		Adjust the Accuracy of a Corridor Model 00:03:05 With Audio Accurately model corridor curves and apply clean transitions at offset targets.
	Lock a Profile to Alignment Geometry 00:03:50 With Audio Anchor layout profile geometry to alignment geometry.

Model a Corridor

	Create a Corridor Assembly 00:05:38 With Audio Create a corridor cross section that can be placed at intervals along an alignment, and then connected together to form a corridor model.		Create a Basic Corridor 00:02:17 No Audio Create a sectional assembly of a corridor, and then create a corridor by applying the assembly along an alignment and profile.
	Create an Intersection 00:02:24 No Audio Create a three-way intersection that maintains the crowns of both intersecting roads.		Edit a Corridor in Section 00:03:40 With Audio Explore some of the powerful tools in the AutoCAD Civil 3D Section Editor.
	Superelevation Axis of Rotation 00:05:41 With Audio Design a superelevated roadway that uses axis of rotation pivot points.		Create Sample Lines 00:01:47 No Audio Create sample lines along the centerline alignment of a corridor model.
	Calculate Cant Along an Alignment 00:07:41 With Audio Calculate the amount by which rails are raised or lowered through a curve.		Sample Multiple Baselines 00:03:19 With Audio Use a single section to sample multiple baselines or corridors at the same time.
	Leveraging Corridors in Site Design 00:01:49 With Audio Design site components and produce surfaces, volumes, and sectional representations of the components by leveraging the AutoCAD Civil 3D corridor modeling tools.		Clear Corridor Bowties 00:02:46 With Audio Clear bowties on fixed width and variable width corridors.