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.
This tutorial continues from the Database Setup tutorial.
If you are logged in as Administrator, log out and log in as the first test user, pred (password: red123). To log out, right-click the Projects collection in Prospector, Master View, and click Log Out. Then right-click Projects and click Log In To Vault.
Each project object begins as an object within a drawing. When you add the drawing to the project, you specify which objects in the drawing you want to share with other members of the project team.
For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Working with Vault Project Objects.
Topics in this section
- Exercise 1: Adding a Drawing to the Project
In this exercise, you will add a drawing to a project. In the process, you will create a shared project surface.
- Exercise 2: Creating a Reference to a Project Object
In this exercise, you will create a drawing and create a read-only copy of a project surface in the drawing.
- Exercise 3: Checking Out and Modifying a Project Object
You check out a project object by checking out the drawing that contains the object.
- Exercise 4: Checking In a Project Object
You check in a project object by checking in the checked-out drawing that contains it.
- Exercise 5: Updating a Project Object
When the drawing that contains a project object is checked in to the database, the changes are immediately available to other drawings that reference the object.