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Creating an Assembly

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Use the Create Assembly command to define the baseline of an assembly, and start adding subassemblies to the assembly.

Define the assembly basepoint, then add subassemblies to the baseline to build the assembly.

When designing an assembly that contains a left side and a right side, typically you add the subassemblies to the one side, and then add subassemblies to the other side.

The following options are available from both the Assembly and Subassembly tabs (when you click on an assembly or subassembly in the drawing):

Copy To Assembly lets you copy subassemblies from one assembly to another, or to another location (marker point) on the same assembly.

Move To Assembly lets you move subassemblies from one assembly to another, or to another location (marker point) on the same assembly.

Mirror Subassemblies is available on subassemblies that have a Side parameter. You can use it to quickly copy subassemblies from one side of an assembly to the other.

While creating an assembly, you can first add the right-side (right lane) subassemblies, then use Mirror Subassemblies to copy the right-side subassemblies to the left-side (left lane) of the assembly. Subassembly parameter values are automatically set to appropriate values.

NoteThe Mirror Subassemblies command does not affect the Superelevation Slope, Slope Direction, Inside Point Code, and Outside Point Code parameters. Those parameters must be set manually after a subassembly has been mirrored.

Alternately, you can enter CopySubassemblyTo, MoveSubassemblyTo, or MirrorSubassembly on the Command line, to invoke the commands.

Note

Corridor target settings of a copied, moved or mirrored subassembly are not preserved. You will have to set any targets of the subassembly.

To create an assembly

  1. Click Home tabCreate Design panelAssembly drop-downCreate Assembly.At the Command prompt, enter CreateAssembly.
  2. In the Create Assembly dialog box, in the Name field, enter a name for the assembly.
    Note

    To name the assembly, select its default name and enter a new name, or you can use the Name Template. For more information, see Name Template Dialog Box.

  3. For Description, enter an optional description of the assembly.
  4. For Assembly Type, select the type of corridor in which the assembly will be used.
  5. For Assembly Style and Code Set Style, either accept the default style, select another style, or create a new style. For more information, see Assembly Styles and Display and Using Code Set Styles.
  6. Click to select a layer. For more information about layers, see Object Layer Dialog Box.
  7. Click OK.
  8. To insert the assembly into the drawing, click a baseline location in the drawing.

    The assembly name is displayed under the Assemblies collection in the Prospector tree. A vertical line with a circular marker in the middle is inserted into the drawing. This is the assembly baseline location point, where you will attach one or more subassemblies.

  9. Select a subassembly from a tool palette in the Tooltip Palette vista, or from a tool catalog through the Content Browser.
    Note

    Not all subassemblies in AutoCAD Civil 3D are located on a tool palette by default. All subassemblies are stored in the Content Browser, and you can add subassembliesthat you use frequently to a tool palette for easy access.

  10. To attach the subassembly to the assembly baseline location, select the baseline point or the baseline marker. Typically, the baseline marker displays as a vertical line.

    The subassembly name is displayed in the Subassemblies collection in the Prospector tree. A subassembly group is added to the assembly.

  11. To add subassemblies to the subassembly just added, do any of the following:
    • Select a subassembly in a tool palette, or in a tool catalog, and then select an appropriate marker point on the previously added subassembly.
    • When you are prompted to select a marker point, you can choose to either insert a subassembly between two existing subassemblies, replace an existing subassembly, or create a detached subassembly.
    • Select a subassembly that is already attached to an assembly and click Copy To Assembly, Move To Assembly, or Mirror Subassemblies on the Modify Subassembly panel of the Subassembly tab. You can also select multiple subassemblies using these features.

When you add a set of subassemblies sequentially to a baseline (for example, lane, curb, sideslope, then ditch), they are all added to the same subassembly group. The next time you select the assembly baseline, a new group is created and subsequent subassemblies added belong to the new subassembly group. For more information, see Managing Subassembly Groups.

For information about editing and managing assemblies, see Managing and Editing Assemblies.

Ribbon

Home tab Create Design panel Assembly drop-down Create Assembly

Menu

Corridors menu Create Assembly

Command Line

CreateAssembly

Dialog Box

Create Assembly


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