AutoCAD Civil 3D: Site Design
3h 39mIntermediate2016-11-14
Authors

Eric Chappell
Civil 3D Consultant and Instructor with 20+ years in civil engineering
Course details
Learn to use the right AutoCAD Civil 3D tools for site design projects such as grading and storm design. In this course, Eric Chappell takes you through techniques using surfaces, feature lines, and grading objects, so you can shape the ground to slope, drain, and perform properly. You'll also learn how to leverage Civil 3D's gravity pipe tools, giving you the skills you need to complete the storm-water management aspects of a site project. When you've completed the course, you'll be equipped to tackle any site project using the powerful capabilities of AutoCAD Civil 3D.
Learning objectives
What is site design?
Creating feature lines
Breaking, joining, trimming, and extending feature lines
Adding and removing elevation points
Raising and lowering feature lines
Creating grading objects
Building a grading scheme
Creating curbs and parking lot surfaces
Labeling a grading design
Creating a storm design
Adding inlets and pipes to a storm design
Learning objectives
What is site design?
Creating feature lines
Breaking, joining, trimming, and extending feature lines
Adding and removing elevation points
Raising and lowering feature lines
Creating grading objects
Building a grading scheme
Creating curbs and parking lot surfaces
Labeling a grading design
Creating a storm design
Adding inlets and pipes to a storm design
Skills covered
AutoCAD Civil 3DCivil EngineeringAutodeskAECDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Welcome
- 02 - Using the exercise files
1. Understanding Site Design
- 03 - What is site design
- 04 - Understanding layout and grading
- 05 - Understanding storm design
2. Feature Lines
- 06 - Understanding feature lines
- 07 - Understanding feature lines and slites
- 08 - Creating featuring lines
- 09 - Editing feature line PIs
- 10 - Editing feature line curves
- 11 - Breaking and joining feature lines
- 12 - Trimming and extending feature lines
- 13 - Using stepped offset
- 14 - Adding and removing elevation points
- 15 - Raising and lowering feature lines
- 16 - Editing individual feature line elevations
- 17 - Setting a slope along a feature line
- 18 - Assigning surface elevations to a feature line
- 19 - Working with Split Point Resolution
3. Grading Objects
- 20 - Understanding grading objects
- 21 - Working with grading groups
- 22 - Creating grading objects
- 23 - Modifying grading objects
- 24 - Working with infills
- 25 - Working with volumes
4. Practical Grading Example
- 26 - Understanding phased grading
- 27 - Building an overall grading scheme
- 28 - Assigning grading scheme elevations
- 29 - Tying the entrance drive to the road
- 30 - Creating curbs
- 31 - Daylighting
- 32 - Creating a parking lot surface
- 33 - Adding channels and berms
- 34 - Editing the surface
- 35 - Creating an FG surface
- 36 - Labeling your grading design
5. Storm Design for Sites
- 37 - Understanding storm design for sites
- 38 - Determining inlet locations
- 39 - Creating inlets
- 40 - Adding pipes
- 41 - Adding more structures
- 42 - Labeling the storm system
- 43 - Adding a profile
- 44 - Grading the pond - Part 1
- 45 - Grading the pond - Part 2
- 46 - Finalizing the storm design
Conclusion
- 47 - Next steps
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