Civil 3D Handout 2010

AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 P.0 [email protected]

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AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010

Course Name: Highway Design and Quantity Surveying using AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010

Course Description:

This course will review the basic parameters for highway design, and introduce AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 as a tool to create a surveying plans, and how to lay out roadways and subdivision lots. The course will focus on the creation of road profiles, corridors and cross sections, also the generation of quantities takeoff sheets for earthworks and pavement layers.

Credit Hours:

18 hours distributed on three weeks

Attendance:

Civil Engineers and Civil Engineering Technicians as: Land Surveyors and Quantity Surveyors

Prerequisites: Highway Design Parameters Background

AutoCAD basic knowledge

Microsoft office basic knowledge, namely (MS Excels and MS word)

Task: Each Trainee shall submit a full project as a show case of his proficiency of using AutoCAD Civil 3D.

Certification:

Each one success to handle the task will receive an Autodesk brand Certificate of completion

Earn a valuable certificate of completion that’s recognized in your profession and validate your product knowledge as an Autodesk Certified User or Autodesk Certified Expert when you take a certification exam at a participating ATC test delivery facility.




Course Outline

Stage –I 6 Hours Includes:

Road geometrical design overview

Understanding user interface

Importing surveying Data:

o Points

o 3D polylines (GIS, Countours, breaklines)

o Google earth

Creating surfaces and contours

Editing surfaces

Creation of road alignment

Design of horizontal curves

Creating alignment superelevation

Create alignment offsets and widening

Stage -II 12 Hours Includes:

Working with profiles:

o Creation of road center line existing profile

o Creation of road centerline design profile

o Design of vertical curves

o Tabular output of profile elevations

Working with Corridors

o Creating existing ground cross sections

o Definition of assembly

Basic assembly

Super elevation and transition assembly

Assembly with median

o Creating Coridors

o Creating design cross sections

Compute materials:

o generating cut and fill quantities takeoff sheets

o generating materials quantities

Selected Advanced Topic (elective topics)

o Working with intersections

o Drawings production

o Takeoff / pay items

o Importing land project

o Design to local codes

o Creating customized subassemblies

o Sharing assemblies (creating palettes and Catalog)

o Parcels & Grading objects

o Combined Cross Sedctions

o Tips & Tricks




What is the new in AutoCAD Civil 3D comparing to LAND?

Automatic Dynamic link between Plan–Profile–Cross Sections,

Ease to modify plan and/or profile by just moving the vertices (PI’s),

Easier drawing format and production,

Connected to Google earth,

Built-in Cross Sections templates,

Everything in one drawing; No project folders,

Intersection Design Tools,

Extension of existing alignment and/or profile,

Design check

Labeling existing ground for cross sections at grade break

Maintain pavement layers side slope (i.e. 3:1) while changing offset according to super

elevation.

Generating 3D rendering and transferred to 3D Max.




1.1 UNDERSTAND USER INTERFACE

The application menu contains common

command, such as New, Open and Save.

Quick Access Toolbar Contains frequently

used commands

The ribbon provides a single, compact

location for commands that are relevant

to the current task. The Ribbon is

divided into Task

Based Tabs

Tools in each ribbon tabs are organized in panels.

At the bottom of a ribbon panel, click a drop-

down button to display additional tools.

Tool space enables you to manage the objects, styles, and default

settings in the drawings

The prospector tab provides you

with a categorized view of all

civil objects in the drawing.

As an object created, it is placed

in the appropriate subcategory

The setting tab contains a tree

structure of the object styles and

setting for the drawing. Like the

prospector tab, it has object

collection at several levels.

Use the survey tab to manage

survey projects, data, and

settings.

Tool palettes provide access to a

variety of tools and content. The

default tool palettes contain

corridor subassemblies and

assemblies.




1.2 EDIT DRAWING SETTINGS

Right click on drawing name in setting tab and select edit drawing settings.

You can change settings from units and zone tab. Also there is a tab to

customize the used abbreviations.

1.3 IMPORTING SURVEYING POINTS

Importing points, such as survey point data collected by a data collector, is a quick and effective way to place points into a drawing. Before you import points, you must create a point file format that

describes the layout of the point data in the point data file.

To insert points into drawings

To view point’s elevation

Home Tab Import Surveying Data

Create New Surveying

Database

Specify Data Source Type

Locate Source File

Specify point file format

Create new network

Specify Import settings

Survey Tab in Tool Space

Expand Networks

Rt. Click Non Control

Pointspoints

insert points into

drawing

Prospector tab

Point Groups

Click LABEL Column

(at bottom)

Select Preferable Lable Style




Also we can change label style

To Create Point Groups

To Select Point Style

Prospector tab

Rt. Click Point

GroupsNew

Information tab

Name point group

select point style

Include Tab√ with

number matching

selection set in drawings




1.4 CREATING A TIN SURFACE

The contours will be created automatically as defined in the style above.

Prospector tab

Drawing Name

Rt. Click surface

Create Surface

Create Surface Dialog

Surface Name

Style

Explore New Suface

Defenition Add point File / Point Group

Add Breaklines/B

oundary




Adding Boundary

Contour Labels:

Prospector tab

Drawing Name

Rt. Click surface

Add Label

Add Labels Dialog

Feature: Surface

Type: Contour Multible

Add & Draw labe Group

sellect Label Group

Polyline

Label Properties

Display Contour

Label: False

Non-destructive breakline Not as breakline




To view quick profile:

Clicking on the surface will display it’s tab:

Draw polyline

Rt. Click on polyline

Quick Profile

Quick Profile Dialog

select Surface &

Profile View

Type: Contour Multible

Note that the created quick

profile is dynamically

linked with the polyline,

i.e. when moving and/or

stretching polyline vertices

the profile will respond

automatically

If you edit a

surface, you

need to

rebuild it







1.5 CREATING ALLIGNMENTS

Creat Allignment

Name Allignment

Set Label Style

Design Criteria

√ use criteria-

based design

Select Default Criteria

Draw Allignment

Tan-Tan (with Curves)

Draw allignment

When selecting

tangents,

allighnment tab is

displayed

Also alignment layout

tool is activated too..




Minimum radius violation:

Alignment Grid View

Change Radius

Add Labels

Label Type: STA-Offset

Sellect Styl

Add labels

Multiple Segments

Alignment Tab

InquirySelect

Inquiry type




Add Tabels

Add Curve

Sellect Label style

Locate Curve Table

Click on Tangent

Allignment Properties

Super elevation

Tab

Set Super elevation properties

Superelevation:

TL=49.50m




Design Rules

In this section you specify the tables to use for superelevation rate, transition length, and attainment method.

Design Speed

Displays the design speed for the curve group. This value is derived from the Design Criteria tab of the Alignment Properties. If the curve group has two or more design speeds, the highest design speed is displayed.

Design Criteria File Name

Specifies the name of the design criteria file. This file defines minimum radius tables, superelevation attainment methods and formulae, superelevation rates and transition lengths for various roadway types and design speeds. Click in the cell to browse to the location of the design criteria file.

Superelevation Rate Table

Specifies the name of the superelevation rate table used to determine the maximum

superelevation rate for the curve group. Click the arrow to display a list of the superelevation rate tables associated with the specified design criteria file.

Transition Length Table

Specifies the name of the superelevation transition length table used to calculate the transition stations for the curve group. Click the arrow to display a list of the transition length tables associated with the specified superelevation rate table.

Attainment Method

Specifies the name of the superelevation attainment method for the curve group. Click the arrow to display a list of the attainment methods associated with the specified design criteria file.

Default Options

In this section, you specify the general settings used to calculate superelevation specifications.

Corridor Type

Specifies the type of roadway as Undivided (single carriage way) or Divided (dual carriage

way).

Cross Section Shape

Specifies the cross sectional shape of the roadway as Planar or Crowned:

Planar: There is no change in slope between the travel lanes.

Crowned: When no superelevation is applied, travel lanes slope downward in opposite directions from a common crown point.

Highside Location

Specifies the default Highside Location for planar roads.

Left Edge: Specifies that the high side of the roadway is on the left edge on tangent (unsuperelevated) sections when the corridor type is Undivided and the Cross Section Shape is planar.

Level: The roadway is level (0% slope) on tangent sections.

Right Edge: Specifies that the high side of the roadway is on the right edge on tangent (unsuperelevated) sections, when the corridor type is Undivided and the Cross Section Shape is planar.




Nominal Width - Pivot To Edge

Specifies the typical width of the roadway from the superelevation pivot point to the outer edge-of-traveled way. Some superelevation attainment methods require that you specify this value in order to calculate the length of the superelevation transition.

Outside Shoulder Superelevation Method

Specifies the method that is applied to the outside shoulder during superelevation:

Default Slopes: Default slopes are retained and shoulders are not superelevated.

Match Lane Slopes: Shoulder slopes match the slopes applied to the adjacent traveled ways through out the superelevation process.

Breakover Removal: Shoulders on the outside edge of the curve are adjusted upward to match the Normal Lane Slope (%) before the lane begins to superelevate. The high-side shoulder slope matches the high-side lane slope throughout the superelevation process, and it then rotates downward back to the Normal Shoulder Slope (%) value when the lanes are back to the un-superelevated condition.

Inside Shoulder Superelevation Method

Specifies the method that is applied to the inside shoulder during superelevation:

Default Slopes: Default slopes are retained and shoulders are not superelevated.

Match Lane Slopes: Shoulder slopes match the slopes applied to the adjacent traveled ways through out the superelevation process.

Breakover Removal: Shoulders on the outside edge of the curve are adjusted upward to match the Normal Lane Slope (%) before the lane begins to superelevate. The high-

side shoulder slope matches the high-side lane slope throughout the superelevation process, and it then rotates downward back to the Normal Shoulder Slope (%) value when the lanes are back to the unsuperelevated condition.

REPORTS MANAGER:

Tool Space

Paletts Tool Box

Reports Manager

AllignmentIncremental Sta. Report

Rt. Clic & Excecute

If you are adding superelevation to any alignments,

do so before creating the corridor. Also, the

superelevation data is not dynamic, so it does not

update if you grip-edit the alignment. Therefore, add

the superelevation after the alignment design is

stable, or be prepared to redo the superelevation if

the alignment is modified.




ALLIGNMENT OFFSET: You can also use AutoCAD offset command.

ALLIGNMENT WIDENING: Each Created offset are linked to the alignment,

and can be editing for widening application as

shown herebelow:




2.1 CREATING PROFILES Create surface profile:

Home Tab

Create Design

Profile

Create Surface Profile

Create Profile

Tab

Select Allignment

Select Surface

Press ADD Draw in Profile View

Ban TabBand type:

SuperelevationDivide with two crowns

Add at bottom of profile view




Create Design profile:

Home Tab

ProfileProfile Creation

Tool

Profile Layout Tool

Draw Tangents

Select Tangent

Free Vertical Curve

Profile View Properties

HATCH TAB

ADD Cut&Fill Hatch

Band TabStyle:

Elevations & Sta.

Profile1: Surface

Profile2: latout




Rt. Click on Profile

(Tangent)Edit Labels Here you can modify Labels

Toolspace Toolbox Tab ProfileRt. Click desired report &

ExecuteCreate Report




2.1 CREATING EXISTING CROSS SECTIONS

Home Tab

Sample Line Select AllignmentBy range of

Stations




To Change Section Scale:

To Plot Sections by page:

To Modify All sections at once:

Home Tab

Section Views Create Multiple Views Create

Section View Properties

Sections Tab

Click on Label

Column

Select Grade Breaks Type

EG section offset & Elev.

Add & Change weedings to i.e. 5m

Section View Tab (Click on section)

Edit Section View Style

Graph Tab Vertical Exaggeration


View group properties

Group:

Plot by pageVertical

Exaggeration


View group properties

Section View Tab Click on Change Band Set




2.2 CREATING CORRIDOR ASSEMBLY

Assembly Create Assembly

Specify insertion point

will zoom automaticly

Basic Lane 3.60m widht

0.72m depth

-2.00% slope

Basic shoulder

1.80m widht

0.72m depth

-4.00% slope

Basic Side slope cut ditch

set criteria

Mirror Subassemblies

Home Tab CorridorCreate Simple

Corridor

Selection Allignment Profile Assembly

Target Maping Dialog

click here to select allselect existing

surface




2.3 CREATING DESIGN CROSS SECTIONS

2.4 EARTHWORK QUANTITY

Home Tab Section ViewsCreate Multiple

Views

Section Display option

as shown

Data Bandselect band set:

Major Sta. offset & Elevation

Prospector Tab

Rt. Click created Corridor

Properties

Surface Tab Create a corridor surface

sellect Datum

Add

Boundary Tab

Rt. Click surface nameadd

Automaticlydaylight ok

Modify Tab Section View

sample more sources

select any section

Section Sources

select available source: corridor

Add ok

Section View Tab

Compute materials

OK EarthworkSelect Exist.

Ground & DatumOK

Analyze Tab

Total Volume Table

OKInset Table(s) into

drawing




2.5 CREATING CORRIDOR ASSEMBLY WITH WIDENING &

SUPERELEVATION

Assembly Create Assembly

Specify insertion point

will zoom automaticly

Lanes Tab Lane outside super

7.20m widht

0.62m layers

-2.00% slope

shoulder Tab Shoulde Extend all

1.80m widht

0.62m layers

-4.00% slope

Daylight Tab Daylight General

Mirror Subassemblies




Widening will be generated and the cross sections will be updated automatically…

We can also make widening using offset allighnment.

Home Tab CorridorCreate Simple

Corridor

Selection Allignment Profile Assemblyset all

tergets

Target Maping Dialog

click here to select all

select existing surface

Set all targets

width allignment

select object from drawing

Rt.

Widening

object




2.6 WORKING WITH INTERSECTIONS

Home Tab

Create Design Panel

Intersection

Select I/S pointPrimary

Road

General Tab

Select Corridor Tpe: Primary Road Crown?

GeometryOffse Parameter:

Fix Lane offsets

Curb Return:

fix raduii

Corridor Region

Create Corridor

Surface to daylight

Curb Return

Assembly

Through Assembly

Full Assembly

Part-Rt. full

Half-Rt. Full




You can edit intersection corridor region and modify all entries...




2.7 WORKING WITH PARCELS:

Home Tab ParcelsCreate Parcel from object

select polyline ←

Create Parcel

SingleFamily Name, Square meters & Acres

Parcel Parcel Creation Tool

Free Form CreateSlice into

zones

ParcelParcel Creation

Toolselect Parameters'

ValueSlide Line

Create

Multiple Parcels Properties

Draw poly crossing parcels

Custumize Area lable style

Apply to All




2.8 WORKING WITH GRADINGS:

Home Tab Feature Line Create Feature LineDraw with elevations

Grading Creation Grade to Surface

Create Grading

Select Feature Click OutsideSpecify Cut/Fill

Grades

Toolspace Setting TabRt. click Cut slopes in

Grading StylesEdit

√slope pattern

Grading Tab

create detached surface

ProspectorRt. click surface

definition

Paste Grading Surface

Click on automaticly

raise/lower to balance

the volumes




2.9 PLAN – PROFILE SHEET PRODUCTION

Output Tab Create View Frames

Select Alignment

Sheet settings

Create View

Frames

Output Tab Create Sheet set Set all settingsselect

output dataCreate sheets

Click on clear area in DWG




2.10 CREATING CUSTOMIZE SUBASSEMBLIES

2.11 CREATING PALETTS & CATALOG

Home Tab Create Design PanelCreate Subassemly

from polylineselect polyline

Load subassembly Tab

(by click on subassembly)

Modify OriginAdd Code

(i.e. TOP)

Rt. Click on palettes new palette

Drag Any Assembly from drawing to palette

Load subassembly Tab

(by click on subassembly)

Modify Origin

Add Code

(i.e. TOP)

Modify Tab

Assembly Catalog

Catalog library

Create new Catalog

Copy & Paste palettes content to catalog


Documents

Civil 3D Handout 2010