These tutorials will get you started working with the AutoCAD Civil 3D project management tools. You can use the project management functionality to provide shared access to engineering data while preserving data integrity.
Two methods of project management are explained in these tutorials: data shortcuts and Vault.
All drawings used in these tutorials are available in the tutorials drawings folder . If you want to save your work from these tutorials, save the drawings to the My Tutorial Data folder so that you do not overwrite the original drawings.
For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Understanding Project Management.
Topics in this section
- Tutorial: Using Data Shortcuts
This tutorial demonstrates how to create a data shortcuts project, create data shortcuts from objects in one drawing, and then import the data shortcuts into another drawing.
- Tutorial: Vault Setup
In this tutorial, you will act as a project administrator, creating a project in Autodesk Vault and some sample users.
- Tutorial: Creating, Referencing, and Modifying Project Object Data
In this tutorial, you will add a drawing to the project, create a project surface and then access the surface from another drawing. You will use the Surface-3.dwg tutorial drawing as the starting point.
- Tutorial: Creating and Modifying Project Point Data
This tutorial demonstrates how to create, access, and modify project point data.
- Tutorial: Exporting and Importing Vault Projects
This tutorial demonstrates how to export a Vault project, and how to import a data shortcuts project into Vault.