Civil 3D

The complete course of Autodesk Civil 3D

Learn Autodesk Civil 3D right from scratch up to a professional level with project-based lessons, practice exercises and quizzes.

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In this course.

162 Video Lessons

Easy difficulty

Projects and practice

Q&A instructor support

Certificate of completion

Video captions in English

Quizzes for self assessment

Downloadable lesson files

Course contents.

0. Course introduction

1. Course introduction

2. Lesson files

1. Introduction

1. Getting started

2. What is Civil 3D

3. What you should expect from this course

4. Working with the dataset for this course

2. The Civil 3D interface

1. Civil 3D Workspaces

2. The Civil 3D Ribbon

3. Toolspace - Prospector

4. Toolspace - Settings (Part 1)

5. Toolspace - Settings (Part 2)

6. Toolspace - Toolbox

7. AutoCAD Properties Palette

8. Transparent Commands

9. The Panorama Window

10. Practice Exercise

Quiz

3. Points

1. Points Overview

2. Description Keys

3. Point File Formats

4. Importing Points

5. Reviewing Point Data

6. Point Tools

7. Point Groups

8. Modifying Points

9. Creating Point Reports

10. Exporting Points

11. Practice Exercises

Quiz

4. Using Survey Databases

1. Survey Toolspace Overview

2. Survey Database Overview

3. Survey Settings and Styles

4. Import Events

5. Linework Code Sets

6. Survey Figures

9. Practice Exercises

7. Survey Points

8. Survey Queries

Quiz

5. Surfaces

1. Surfaces Overview

2. Creating Breaklines from Points

3. Adding Survey Data to a Surface

4. Adding Proximity and Standard Breaklines to a Surface

5. Adding a Headwall Breakline to a Surface

6. Adding Contours to a surface

7. Adding Boundaries to a Surface

8. Surface Properties

9. Editing Surfaces – Lines

10. Editing Surfaces – Points

11. Editing Surfaces – Paste Surfaces

12. Editing Surfaces – Additional Tools

13. Surface Analysis

14. Surface Labels

15. Surface Volumes

16. Practice Exercises

Quiz

6. Alignments

1. Alignment Overview

2. Alignment – Element Constraints

3. Creating Alignments – PI Method

4. Creating Alignments – Fixed, Floating, and Free Methods

5. Alignment Properties

6. Alignment Reporting

7. Alignment Labels and Tables

8. Practice Exercises

Quiz

7. Sharing Civil 3D Data

1. Sharing Data Overview

2. Data Shortcut Overview

3. Using Data Shortcuts

4. Editing and Promoting Data Shortcuts

5. Labeling Referencing Files

6. Practice Exercises

Quiz

8. Profiles & Profile Views

1. Profiles – Profile Views Overview

2. Surface Profiles and Profile Views

3. Design Profiles

4. Editing Profiles

5. Profile and Profile View Labeling

7. Practice Exercises

6. Profile Reporting_edited_backup

Quiz

9. Assemblies and Subassemblies

1. Assembly and Subassembly Overview

2. Creating Assemblies for Corridor modeling-A

3. Creating Assemblies for Corridor modeling-B

4. Modifying Assemblies

5. Copying Assemblies to a Tool Palette

6. Practice Exercises

Quiz

10. Corridor Modeling

1. Corridor Overview

2. Create a Corridor

3. Target Mapping

4. Corridor Properties

5. Corridor Surfaces

6. Review and Edit Corridor Sections

7. An Overview of Intersections

8. Creating Intersection Geometry

9. Creating Intersections

10. Reviewing and Editing Intersections

11. Practice Exercises

Quiz

11. Grading

1. Grading Overview

2. Creating and Editing Feature Lines(A)

3. Creating and Editing Feature Lines(B)

4. Grading Objects

5. Grading Volumes

6. Practice Exercises

Quiz

12. Pipe Networks

1. Pipe Networks Overview

2. Configuring Pipe Networks

3. Creating a Network from Objects

4. Laying out a Pipe Network

5. Editing Pipe Networks

6. Interference Checking with Pipe Networks

7. Annotating Pipe Networks

8. Pipe Reporting

9. Practice Exercises

Quiz

13. Pressure Pipes

1. Pressure Pipe Networks Overview

2. Configuring Pressure Pipe Networks

3. Creating a Pressure Pipe Network from Objects

4. Laying out a Pressure Pipe Run

5. Editing Pressure Pipe Networks

6. Design Checking Pressure Networks

7. Annotating Pressure Pipe Networks

8. Practice Exercises

Quiz

14. Creating Plan & Plan & Profile Sheets

1. Creating Plan Sheets

2. Creating Plan & Profile Sheets

3. Sheet Sets Overview

4. Practice Exercises

Quiz

15. Cross sections & Cross Section Views

1. Cross Section Overview

2. Sample Line Groups

3. Creating Cross Section Views

4. Projecting Objects in Cross Sections

5. Creating Cross Section Sheets

6. Labeling Cross Section Views

7. Practice Exercises

Quiz

16. Quantity Takeoff

1. Earthwork Volumes

2. Quantity Takeoff

3. Mass Haul Diagrams

4. Practice Exercises

Quiz

17. Parcels

1. Parcels Overview

2. Creating Parcels from Objects

3. ROW Parcels

4. Laying Out Parcels

5. Editing Parcels

6. Labeling Parcels

7. Parcel Tables

8. Reporting on Parcels

9. Practice Exercises

Quiz

18. Creating 3D Models for Use in Civil Plans

1. Creating an AutoCAD Box Culvert Model

2. Projecting the model in Different Civil Plans

3. Practice Exercises

Quiz

19. Point Clouds

1. Working with Point Clouds

2. Creating a Civil 3D Surface From Point Clouds

3. Practice Exercises

Quiz

20. Final notes

1. Final notes and next steps

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About this course.

The course is made with a beginner in mind, and all the topics start from scratch explaining everything in detail.

Although the course is made with a beginner in mind and most of the topics, in the beginning, are basic topics but later advance are also discussed in complete detail.

So, essentially this course will not only help you build the foundations of Civil 3D but also help you learn the advanced tools and commands if you have the basic knowledge of Civil 3D.

This course is primarily made with AutoCAD Civil 3D 2022/2023 but is completely compatible with older versions of Civil 3D.

The course lessons are project-oriented, and the tools and commands are taught with real-world applications in mind.

Each section ends with practical questions that are related to the topics taught in the section and students can answer these questions to assess their performance before moving further.

Who should take this course.

This course is recommended for a complete beginner of Autodesk Civil 3D as well as intermediate-level users who know only the basics and want to learn the advanced tools and commands.

Prerequisites.

Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 up to the latest version on Windows operating system is recommended for the course.

Preview videos.

Here are some sample videos from this course.

 Corridor Surfaces

 Laying Out Parcels

Course overview post

Seth Cohen

Course Author

Seth Cohen is a CAD Director, Senior Designer and Trainer for both Autodesk and Bentley products including AutoCAD, Civil 3D, InfraWorks, Vehicle Tracking, MicroStation, and OpenRoads at an engineering firm in the state of Florida. He has over 25 years of civil engineering, architectural, and mechanical experience, working in the industry as a CAD Technician and CAD Director designing and producing production plans for many state departments of transportation (DOTs), municipalities, and private civil engineering firms.  Seth also has experience in implementing Mobile and UAV LiDAR, and producing topo and existing ground conditions for site and roadway design.

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