AutoCAD Civil 3D drawing templates are included in the product.
The AutoCAD Civil 3D drawing templates are based on the National CAD Standard version 3.1. The following templates are included:
- _AutoCAD Civil 3D (Imperial) NCS
- _AutoCAD Civil 3D (Metric) NCS
These templates contain an extended set of styles and settings.
When you start a new drawing using the New command on the Application menu, you can choose which template you want to use.
The QNEW command, which is available on the Quick Access Toolbar, automatically uses the template specified in the AutoCAD Options dialog box. For more information, see .
Drawing Template Layer Naming Conventions
The layers created in the AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 templates follow the National CAD Standards Rules (NCS). For more information about the National CAD Standards layering settings, see http://www.nationalcadstandard.org.
The layers follow the NCS standards as follows, with each element separated by a dash:
<Discipline Designator> - <Major Group> - <Minor Group> - <Status>
- Discipline Designator: Required; the AutoCAD Civil 3D templates use the C and V discipline designators, which stand for Civil and Survey/Mapping.
- Major Group: Required; identifies elements such as roads, topographic elements, and storm sewers. To adhere to the standards, custom Major Group fields are not allowed.
- Minor Group: Optional; identifies sub-elements such as road profiles. You can include up to two minor groups per layer name, and you can define your own custom Minor Groups. For example, the layer C-ROAD-LINE-EXTN has two Minor Groups: “Line” and “Extn”.
- Status: Optional; identifies phases of work.
For example, C-TOPO-MINR-N stands for Civil - Topographic element - Minor Contours - New.
Plan Production Drawing Templates
Drawing templates for Plan Production tools are inlcuded in the Plan Prodution directory.
For information on using the Plan Production tools, see Plan Production Tools.