This tutorial demonstrates the main methods for creating parcels.
You can create parcels either from drawing objects, such as lines, arcs, or polylines, or by using the parcel layout tools. Parcels can also be created automatically by the interaction of alignments and other parcels within a site.
Parcels are contained in a parcels collection, which in turn is contained by a site. Each site can include only one parcels collection, but a parcels collection can include any number of parcels.
For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Creating Parcels.
Topics in this section
- Exercise 1: Creating Parcels from AutoCAD Objects
In this exercise, you will convert AutoCAD entities to land parcels with automatic labels that show useful topological data, such as land area.
- Exercise 2: Subdividing a Parcel with a Free-Form Segment
In this exercise, you will successively subdivide a parcel with segments that can be placed along any lot line.
- Exercise 3: Subdividing a Parcel with a Slide Line
In this exercise, you will successively subdivide a parcel with segments that are defined by their angle at the frontage.
- Exercise 4: Subdividing a Parcel with a Swing Line
In this exercise, you will subdivide a parcel with a segment that swings from a reference point on the back line.
- Exercise 5: Working with Alignments and Parcels
In this exercise, you will create an alignment outside of a site and move existing alignments out of sites. These practices eliminate unwanted parcels being created by alignments interacting with a site.