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Transcript
00:03
In this back to basics civil 3D video series,
00:06
we will go through the entire rail design workflow.
00:10
We'll use several different data sets to
00:13
highlight some of the different features and tools
00:15
are available to rail designers.
00:18
In this first video,
00:19
we'll take a look at some of the core functionality of civil
00:27
So starting with opening a file at
00:30
the start menu, we'll see a list of all the recent files that we've had access to
00:35
the cloud icon indicates anything that's stored
00:37
on Autodesk docks or on the construction cloud
00:41
and the monitor indicates anything that's stored locally.
00:44
We can also change the layout from list format to grid view to
00:48
get a preview of any of the files we've been in previously.
00:53
We can also go to the Autodesk projects tab
00:57
and see a list of all the different projects that we have access to on Autodesk Docs.
01:02
This drive operates very similarly to a local drive or to a local area network.
01:08
As far as accessibility to these files.
01:13
When opening new files, we have a couple different options.
01:16
We can either select the plus button next to the start tab in the menu
01:20
or we can select the civil 3d drop down menu and select new.
01:25
This way it gives us an opportunity to
01:28
choose our drawing template to start our drawing with
01:31
choices that we have are imperial or metric as
01:35
well as some other plot styles that are available.
01:37
In
01:37
this case, we'll choose a metric template.
01:41
Initially, some of the menus on the top ribbon can look a little overwhelming.
01:45
We'll talk about each one of these as it pertains to the rail design workflow
01:51
on the home tab.
01:51
This is where we can toggle on and off our workspace
01:54
palette that shows all of our different civil 3d design elements.
01:58
These are elements that contain intelligence that we can
02:01
create reports on and that are tracked within our drawing
02:05
can also turn on and off property details that will list
02:09
the details about any element that we select in our drawing.
02:13
Project explorer offers the opportunity to create reports
02:17
and details about civil 3d elements as well.
02:20
Some of the other civil 3d elements that we will be focused on will be points.
02:25
This is where we can create COGO points based on station alignments,
02:29
surface information or survey files.
02:32
We'll also take a closer look at how to create surfaces
02:36
from a variety of different methods.
02:37
Some of the other areas we'll take a look at are alignments.
02:41
More particularly,
02:42
we'll take a look at rail alignments that are available on the rail tab.
02:46
We'll also look at profiles
02:48
and rail corridors and some of the tips and
02:50
tricks that we can use when creating those.
02:53
We'll also take a look at some of the different rail assemblies
02:55
that are available to us as well as some pipe network information.
02:60
The profile view and section view options give us the ability to view any sort of
03:05
design data in regards to profile views and
03:08
cross sections for corridors that we've created.
03:11
Other tools are available to help us with layer control and drawing details
03:16
under the insert tab.
03:18
The information that we're we might be interested in are
03:21
linking to infra works models and extracting information from ARC
03:25
DS using the
03:26
Autodesk connector for ARC
03:28
GS.
03:29
We can also use this area to attach point clouds for surface creation.
03:34
The annotate tab allows us to create and set up annotation for drawings.
03:39
The modify tab allows us to make customizations to things like feature lines
03:45
under the analyze tab.
03:46
We can calculate volumes and materials generated from our corridor
03:51
and the view tab allows us to set up our view configuration
03:55
especially when we want to look at multiple views within our model.
04:00
The information that we're interested in under
04:02
the manage tab would be managing data shortcuts
04:05
as well as creating and updating property set information
04:09
or running dynamo for civil 3D.
04:11
The output tab allows us to send information to other platforms within the AEC
04:16
collection
04:17
as well as publishing information to ARC G
04:20
survey tab allows us to set up and operate field survey data.
04:26
And the rail tab is where we'll spend the majority of
04:28
our time and we'll look at each one of these functions individually
04:32
and the collaborate tab allows us to connect
04:34
two docs and other A EC collection platforms.
04:40
The other tabs are for use for third party add ins
04:44
for health information
04:46
and for additional tools and features that might
04:48
help when it comes to active rail workflows.
04:52
Again, our tool space palette shows all our civil 3d design data.
04:58
And here we can also manage the data shortcut folders where we can store and share
05:04
civil 3D information
05:05
that is created in our drawing
05:07
that needs to be shared with other project team members
05:11
such as surfaces alignments and pipe networks.
05:14
On the bottom portion of our civil 3D screen,
05:17
we can see the model space and paper space where we
05:20
can manage sheets that are set up based on our model.
05:24
Most of the time we'll stay within model space,
05:26
other settings and toggles along the bottom of our civil 3d window
05:31
include Ortho
05:33
and snap modes or object snap settings
05:37
as well as our annotation scale.
05:40
And there's a host of other elements
05:42
that are useful when it comes
05:44
to our design and analysis.
05:47
A
05:47
few other items of note when we right click within our civil
05:51
we can go to options
05:53
and set up our drawing and make customizations to our file paths, our C
05:58
ad functionality
05:59
as well as some of our settings.
06:02
And we can change some of the view settings of our drawing
06:05
space such as the background color crosser size or X reference displays.
06:12
One final note, a
06:13
big difference between civil 3D and other C AD
06:16
platforms is that civil 3D is command line oriented.
06:21
Most tools are available by selecting an icon or by typing
06:25
in a command that will display in the command line.
06:29
Oftentimes when you're uncertain of a certain command,
06:33
if you start typing in information,
06:35
you'll have a list of functions and executables that you can choose from
06:40
several different types of external reference files can
06:43
also be added to your design drawing,
06:45
including other civil 3D files,
06:48
dgns,
06:49
images and point clouds that help to provide you
06:53
more information in your C AD working area.
00:03
In this back to basics civil 3D video series,
00:06
we will go through the entire rail design workflow.
00:10
We'll use several different data sets to
00:13
highlight some of the different features and tools
00:15
are available to rail designers.
00:18
In this first video,
00:19
we'll take a look at some of the core functionality of civil
00:27
So starting with opening a file at
00:30
the start menu, we'll see a list of all the recent files that we've had access to
00:35
the cloud icon indicates anything that's stored
00:37
on Autodesk docks or on the construction cloud
00:41
and the monitor indicates anything that's stored locally.
00:44
We can also change the layout from list format to grid view to
00:48
get a preview of any of the files we've been in previously.
00:53
We can also go to the Autodesk projects tab
00:57
and see a list of all the different projects that we have access to on Autodesk Docs.
01:02
This drive operates very similarly to a local drive or to a local area network.
01:08
As far as accessibility to these files.
01:13
When opening new files, we have a couple different options.
01:16
We can either select the plus button next to the start tab in the menu
01:20
or we can select the civil 3d drop down menu and select new.
01:25
This way it gives us an opportunity to
01:28
choose our drawing template to start our drawing with
01:31
choices that we have are imperial or metric as
01:35
well as some other plot styles that are available.
01:37
In
01:37
this case, we'll choose a metric template.
01:41
Initially, some of the menus on the top ribbon can look a little overwhelming.
01:45
We'll talk about each one of these as it pertains to the rail design workflow
01:51
on the home tab.
01:51
This is where we can toggle on and off our workspace
01:54
palette that shows all of our different civil 3d design elements.
01:58
These are elements that contain intelligence that we can
02:01
create reports on and that are tracked within our drawing
02:05
can also turn on and off property details that will list
02:09
the details about any element that we select in our drawing.
02:13
Project explorer offers the opportunity to create reports
02:17
and details about civil 3d elements as well.
02:20
Some of the other civil 3d elements that we will be focused on will be points.
02:25
This is where we can create COGO points based on station alignments,
02:29
surface information or survey files.
02:32
We'll also take a closer look at how to create surfaces
02:36
from a variety of different methods.
02:37
Some of the other areas we'll take a look at are alignments.
02:41
More particularly,
02:42
we'll take a look at rail alignments that are available on the rail tab.
02:46
We'll also look at profiles
02:48
and rail corridors and some of the tips and
02:50
tricks that we can use when creating those.
02:53
We'll also take a look at some of the different rail assemblies
02:55
that are available to us as well as some pipe network information.
02:60
The profile view and section view options give us the ability to view any sort of
03:05
design data in regards to profile views and
03:08
cross sections for corridors that we've created.
03:11
Other tools are available to help us with layer control and drawing details
03:16
under the insert tab.
03:18
The information that we're we might be interested in are
03:21
linking to infra works models and extracting information from ARC
03:25
DS using the
03:26
Autodesk connector for ARC
03:28
GS.
03:29
We can also use this area to attach point clouds for surface creation.
03:34
The annotate tab allows us to create and set up annotation for drawings.
03:39
The modify tab allows us to make customizations to things like feature lines
03:45
under the analyze tab.
03:46
We can calculate volumes and materials generated from our corridor
03:51
and the view tab allows us to set up our view configuration
03:55
especially when we want to look at multiple views within our model.
04:00
The information that we're interested in under
04:02
the manage tab would be managing data shortcuts
04:05
as well as creating and updating property set information
04:09
or running dynamo for civil 3D.
04:11
The output tab allows us to send information to other platforms within the AEC
04:16
collection
04:17
as well as publishing information to ARC G
04:20
survey tab allows us to set up and operate field survey data.
04:26
And the rail tab is where we'll spend the majority of
04:28
our time and we'll look at each one of these functions individually
04:32
and the collaborate tab allows us to connect
04:34
two docs and other A EC collection platforms.
04:40
The other tabs are for use for third party add ins
04:44
for health information
04:46
and for additional tools and features that might
04:48
help when it comes to active rail workflows.
04:52
Again, our tool space palette shows all our civil 3d design data.
04:58
And here we can also manage the data shortcut folders where we can store and share
05:04
civil 3D information
05:05
that is created in our drawing
05:07
that needs to be shared with other project team members
05:11
such as surfaces alignments and pipe networks.
05:14
On the bottom portion of our civil 3D screen,
05:17
we can see the model space and paper space where we
05:20
can manage sheets that are set up based on our model.
05:24
Most of the time we'll stay within model space,
05:26
other settings and toggles along the bottom of our civil 3d window
05:31
include Ortho
05:33
and snap modes or object snap settings
05:37
as well as our annotation scale.
05:40
And there's a host of other elements
05:42
that are useful when it comes
05:44
to our design and analysis.
05:47
A
05:47
few other items of note when we right click within our civil
05:51
we can go to options
05:53
and set up our drawing and make customizations to our file paths, our C
05:58
ad functionality
05:59
as well as some of our settings.
06:02
And we can change some of the view settings of our drawing
06:05
space such as the background color crosser size or X reference displays.
06:12
One final note, a
06:13
big difference between civil 3D and other C AD
06:16
platforms is that civil 3D is command line oriented.
06:21
Most tools are available by selecting an icon or by typing
06:25
in a command that will display in the command line.
06:29
Oftentimes when you're uncertain of a certain command,
06:33
if you start typing in information,
06:35
you'll have a list of functions and executables that you can choose from
06:40
several different types of external reference files can
06:43
also be added to your design drawing,
06:45
including other civil 3D files,
06:48
dgns,
06:49
images and point clouds that help to provide you
06:53
more information in your C AD working area.