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Chapter 1Getting Dirty: The Basics of Civil 3DJust as with any piece of software, understanding Civil 3D’s controls and operation is critical to maste

10 | CHAPTER 1 GettinG Dirty: the Basics of civil 3DFinally, it’s important to note that this layer control determines the object’s parent layer at c

WinDoWs on the MoDel | 11You can approach this tab a couple of ways:Top to bottom•u —Expand one branch, handle the settings in that branch, and then

12 | CHAPTER 1 GettinG Dirty: the Basics of civil 3DNew Entity Tool Tip State You can also control tooltips on an individual object level. For i

WinDoWs on the MoDel | 13Object SettingsIf you click the expand button next to the drawing name, you see the full array of objects that Civil 3D uses

14 | CHAPTER 1 GettinG Dirty: the Basics of civil 3DLabel Styles The Label Styles collection was a new addition with the 2007 release of the pro

WinDoWs on the MoDel | 15Figure 1.12 Surface command settings in ToolspaceFigure 1.13 Toolbox palette with the Edit Toolbox Content button circled7

16 | CHAPTER 1 GettinG Dirty: the Basics of civil 3D A Toolbox Built Just for YouYou can edit the Toolbox content and the Report Settings by selectin

WinDoWs on the MoDel | 17 5 . Expand the Sample Files toolbox to view the new category, and then click the name to edit it in the preview area. Cha

18 | CHAPTER 1 GettinG Dirty: the Basics of civil 3DPanoramaThe Panorama window is Civil 3D’s feedback and tabular editing mechanism. Designed to be

it’s all aBout style | 19On the Information tab, change the name to something appropriate. For this example, use JW-EG.Who Built That Style?It’s a g

2 | CHAPTER 1 GettinG Dirty: the Basics of civil 3DConfused Yet?Are you bothered by the naming convention of all these palettes, palette sets, toolba

20 | CHAPTER 1 GettinG Dirty: the Basics of civil 3DNext, switch to the General tab. Change the layer to C-TOPO-TEXT by clicking the layer cell and t

it’s all aBout style | 21Labels are made of individual components. A component can be text, a block, or a line, and the top row of buttons controls t

22 | CHAPTER 1 GettinG Dirty: the Basics of civil 3DThe Component drop-down menu activates which component is being modified in the options below. The

it’s all aBout style | 23The middle portion of the dialog changes depending on the type of component, but the con-cepts are similar. In the case show

24 | CHAPTER 1 GettinG Dirty: the Basics of civil 3DLet’s look at the rest of the options, even though you won’t be making any changes:Text Height de

it’s all aBout style | 25Object StylesBeyond the styles used to label objects, Civil 3D also depends on styles to control the display of the native o

26 | CHAPTER 1 GettinG Dirty: the Basics of civil 3D 3. Switch to the Display tab. The other two tabs are unique for alignment objects, but the Dis

the BottoM line | 27can have dozens of alignments, jumping to the desired one nearly instantly shaves time off everyday tasks.Master It O p e n

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WinDoWs on the MoDel | 3Using a Microsoft Windows Explorer–like interface within each, these tabs drive a large portion of the user control and data

4 | CHAPTER 1 GettinG Dirty: the Basics of civil 3DPreview Area Display Toggle When Toolspace is undocked, this button moves the Preview Area fr

WinDoWs on the MoDel | 5Within each drawing, the breakdown is similar. If a collection isn’t empty, a plus sign appears next to it, as in a typical W

6 | CHAPTER 1 GettinG Dirty: the Basics of civil 3DCivil 3D is built on both AutoCAD and Map, so Civil 3D 2009 comes with a variety of tem-plates. Ho

WinDoWs on the MoDel | 7like many other AutoCAD objects. Because much of this is based on an assumed working scale, let’s look at how to change that

8 | CHAPTER 1 GettinG Dirty: the Basics of civil 3Drecognized surveying coordinate system can be found in the options here. Once your coordinate syst

WinDoWs on the MoDel | 9One common issue with the shipping templates is that the templates assume road design is the primary use of alignments. Use