Stay on Track with This Expert Guide
Make use of the full power of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 with this comprehensive reference and tutorial for Autodesk's popular and robust civil engineering software. Written by two Civil 3D experts, this Autodesk Official Training Guide takes you through the basics and beyond, with pages of in-depth instruction, practical techniques, real-world examples, and industry best practices.
Learn how to push Civil 3D to its limits in surveying, grading, alignments, plan production, corridor design, and much more. This complete guide will help you build or enhance your skills, prepare for the Civil 3D Certified Professional exam, and get a jumpstart on working effectively with Civil 3D 2013.
Coverage includes:
* Understanding Civil 3D 2013, including new tools and capabilities
* Taking advantage of all the new features for rail development
* Assembling full dynamic cross sections for use in any design environment
* Building surfaces, intersections, and other areas of corridors
* Maximizing your efficiency with data shortcuts
* Utilizing new pressure pipe functionality
* Working with wizards and tools for the creation of mass haul diagrams
* Getting your plans to look like they should with plan and profile views
* Automating the drawing sheet process by creating view frame groups, sheets, and templates
* Setting up new pay items and generating quantity takeoff reports
Build and Sharpen Your AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 Skills
Learn Ways to Create, Edit, and Label Project Elements
Master Surveying, Grading, Corridor Design, and More
Apply Professional Tips and Techniques to Get the Best Results
Prepare for the Civil 3D Professional Certification Exam
A complete tutorial and reference for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013
Autodesk's Civil 3D is the leading civil engineering software, and this reliable training guide has been thoroughly revised and updated to offer a fresh perspective on this powerful engineering package. Filled with illustrative examples, new datasets, and new tutorials, this book shows how elements of the dynamic engineering program work together and discusses the best methods for creating, editing, displaying, and labeling all of a civil engineering project's elements.
The book's straightforward explanations, real-world examples, and practical tutorials focus squarely on teaching vital Civil 3D tips, tricks, and techniques. The authors' extensive real-world experience and Civil 3D expertise allows them to focus on how the software is used in real-world professional environments and present topics and techniques that are not documented elsewhere.
* Offers an overview of key concepts and the software's interface
* Discusses the best methods for creating, editing, displaying, and labeling all of a civil engineering project's elements
* Features in-depth, detailed coverage of surveying, points, alignments, surfaces, profiles, corridors, grading, LandXML and LDT Project Transfer, cross sections, pipe networks, visualization, sheets, and project management, as well as Vault and data shortcuts
* Offers help for the Civil 3D Certified Associate and Certified Professional exams
This book is the only complete, detailed reference and tutorial for Autodesk's extremely popular and robust civil engineering software.
Louisa Holland
AutoCAD Computer-Ratgeber End-User Computing Graphics & Design software (Non-Microsoft) Graphik- u. Designsoftware (außer Microsoft)