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Identify and compare different ways to manage data for AEC projects in Civil 3D.
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00:03
When working with large and complex infrastructure projects, data management is a key component.
00:10
Well thought-out data management is crucial to maintaining performance,
00:15
enabling dynamic design, facilitating collaboration among your team members,
00:19
and ensuring that there is only a single source of design.
00:23
There are three different ways to manage data for your AEC projects in Civil 3D:
00:29
Xrefs, Drefs, and data management tools.
00:35
External file reference drawings (or Xrefs)
00:38
are a useful way to view points in relation to other surface features without adding these features to your drawing.
00:45
You can attach AutoCAD DWG format, images, such as PNG, TIFF, JPEG, and point cloud files.
00:58
Data reference shortcuts (or Drefs) provide a direct path to the location of a shareable source object.
01:03
In a single operation, you can create data shortcuts for multiple objects in a source drawing.
01:09
This enables you to split your design data, so that multiple team members can work on different parts of the project at the same time.
01:18
Finally, you can use other Autodesk tools designed for data management.
01:23
For any infrastructure project, before modeling, it is important to understand the project goals and the required data.
01:31
Input data, such as surfaces, alignments, corridors, and pipe networks
01:37
are essential to the creation of 3D model designs.
01:41
Infrastructure projects can also be delivered as 2D plans, such as plane views, cross sections, and profiles.
01:50
To organize all of these, you need a data solution, such as Vault or BIM 360.
01:57
Benefits of these solutions include logical naming and phasing, file locking and permissions,
02:04
security backups, and compliance with BIM standards.
02:09
Your projects become an interaction between AutoCAD DWG entities,
02:14
such as lines, polylines, circles, and blocks, and intelligent and dynamic Civil 3D objects,
02:21
such as surfaces, alignments, corridors, and pipe networks.
00:03
When working with large and complex infrastructure projects, data management is a key component.
00:10
Well thought-out data management is crucial to maintaining performance,
00:15
enabling dynamic design, facilitating collaboration among your team members,
00:19
and ensuring that there is only a single source of design.
00:23
There are three different ways to manage data for your AEC projects in Civil 3D:
00:29
Xrefs, Drefs, and data management tools.
00:35
External file reference drawings (or Xrefs)
00:38
are a useful way to view points in relation to other surface features without adding these features to your drawing.
00:45
You can attach AutoCAD DWG format, images, such as PNG, TIFF, JPEG, and point cloud files.
00:58
Data reference shortcuts (or Drefs) provide a direct path to the location of a shareable source object.
01:03
In a single operation, you can create data shortcuts for multiple objects in a source drawing.
01:09
This enables you to split your design data, so that multiple team members can work on different parts of the project at the same time.
01:18
Finally, you can use other Autodesk tools designed for data management.
01:23
For any infrastructure project, before modeling, it is important to understand the project goals and the required data.
01:31
Input data, such as surfaces, alignments, corridors, and pipe networks
01:37
are essential to the creation of 3D model designs.
01:41
Infrastructure projects can also be delivered as 2D plans, such as plane views, cross sections, and profiles.
01:50
To organize all of these, you need a data solution, such as Vault or BIM 360.
01:57
Benefits of these solutions include logical naming and phasing, file locking and permissions,
02:04
security backups, and compliance with BIM standards.
02:09
Your projects become an interaction between AutoCAD DWG entities,
02:14
such as lines, polylines, circles, and blocks, and intelligent and dynamic Civil 3D objects,
02:21
such as surfaces, alignments, corridors, and pipe networks.