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Chapter 1Getting Dirty: The Basics of Civil 3DUnderstanding Civil 3D’s controls and operation is critical to mastering it. With its dizzying arrayof o

10 CHAPTER 1 GETTING DIRTY: THE BASICS OF CIVIL 3DSet AutoCAD Units This displays whether or not Civil 3D should attempt to match Auto-CAD drawing uni

WINDOWS ON THE MODEL 11Figure 1.7The Child Override indi-cator in the ElevationvaluesFigure 1.8The Profile ElevationSettings and the Over-ride indicato

12 CHAPTER 1 GETTING DIRTY: THE BASICS OF CIVIL 3DObject SettingsIf you click the Expand button next to the drawing name, you see the full array of ob

WINDOWS ON THE MODEL 13Because building label styles is a critical part of producing plans with Civil 3D, a later sectionof this chapter looks at how

14 CHAPTER 1 GETTING DIRTY: THE BASICS OF CIVIL 3DA Toolbox Built Just for YouYou can edit the Toolbox content and the Report Settings by selecting th

WINDOWS ON THE MODEL 156. Right-click the VBA category, and select New Tool.7. Expand the VBA category to view the new tool, and then click the name t

16 CHAPTER 1 GETTING DIRTY: THE BASICS OF CIVIL 3DRunning Out of Screen Real Estate?It’s a good idea to turn on Panorama using this technique and then

IT’S ALL ABOUT STYLE 177. Select the down arrow next to the Modify panel. Using the pin at the bottom-left corner ofthe panel, pin the panel open.8. S

18 CHAPTER 1 GETTING DIRTY: THE BASICS OF CIVIL 3DFigure 1.15The Label StyleComposerWho Built That Style?It’s a good idea to always put something in t

IT’S ALL ABOUT STYLE 19Forced Insertion makes more sense in other objects and will be explored further. Thisfeature essentially allows you to dictate

2 CHAPTER 1 GETTING DIRTY: THE BASICS OF CIVIL 3DFigure 1.1Civil 3D in a typicalenvironment. Toolspaceis docked on the left,and Panorama and ToolPalet

20 CHAPTER 1 GETTING DIRTY: THE BASICS OF CIVIL 3DFigure 1.17Options for the l abelcomponentsAgain, pause and review some of the other options on this

IT’S ALL ABOUT STYLE 21Visibility set to True means this component shows on screen. Invisible componentscan be invaluable when you’re creating complic

22 CHAPTER 1 GETTING DIRTY: THE BASICS OF CIVIL 3DFigure 1.19Reference text objectselection12. Change the precision to one decimal place by clicking i

IT’S ALL ABOUT STYLE 23Figure 1.21Don’tforgetthearrow!How Many Dialogs Is That?You can see why many Civil 3D instructors refer to label creation as ‘‘

24 CHAPTER 1 GETTING DIRTY: THE BASICS OF CIVIL 3DAfter working through all the options for the default label placement, you need to set theoptions th

IT’S ALL ABOUT STYLE 25components of the object styles are common to almost all objects, so let’s create a new alignmentstyle to introduce these commo

26 CHAPTER 1 GETTING DIRTY: THE BASICS OF CIVIL 3DThe Underlying EngineCivil 3D is part of a larger product family from Autodesk. During its earliest

THE BOTTOM LINE 27Create a basic label style. Label styles determine the appearance of Civil 3D annotation. Thecreation of label styles will constitut

WINDOWS ON THE MODEL 3Preview Area Display Toggle When Toolspace is undocked, this button moves the PreviewArea from the right of the tree view to ben

4 CHAPTER 1 GETTING DIRTY: THE BASICS OF CIVIL 3DIn addition, right-clicking the individual object in the list view offers many commands uniqueto Civi

WINDOWS ON THE MODEL 5Civil 3D is built on both AutoCAD and AutoCAD Map, so Civil 3D 2010 comes with a variety oftemplates. However, most users will w

6 CHAPTER 1 GETTING DIRTY: THE BASICS OF CIVIL 3DEach tab in this dialog controls a different aspect of the drawing. Most of the time, you’ll pickup t

WINDOWS ON THE MODEL 7Specify Grid Rotation Angle — Enter an amount or set a line to North by picking an angle ordeflection in the drawing. You can use

8 CHAPTER 1 GETTING DIRTY: THE BASICS OF CIVIL 3DOne Object at a TimeNote that this procedure only changes the Alignment object. If you want to change

WINDOWS ON THE MODEL 9Figure 1.6The Ambient Settingstab with the Generalbranch expandedYou can approach this tab in the following ways:◆ Top to bottom