Complete Earthwork In Civil 3D and Google Earth Pro

Learn Civil 3D earthworks with Google Earth Pro data, from grading to cut and fill volumes, for civil engineers and surveyors.

<h2>About this course</h2>In this course, you take a site from satellite data to finished earthworks drawings. You identify a site in Google Earth Pro, collect satellite survey data, and export it as a KMZ file, then convert it to plain text with GPS Visualizer, fine-tune the DEM data in Excel, and save it as a CSV. In Civil 3D, you import the points, apply description keys, and build a TIN surface.Next, you grade the final site using 3D polylines, feature lines with elevation adjustments, grading creation tools, and surfaces from contours. You then create a TIN volume surface, adjust cut and fill volumes, and present them with surface styles, elevation analysis, and cut and fill label styles.For quantities, you create alignments and sample lines, set custom quantity takeoff criteria, compute cut and fill materials, generate volume reports, and add volume tables. Production sheets follow, with viewports, a reference system, north arrow, scale, attributes, and PDF output. A bonus section adds section views, batch plotting, earthworks plan production, mass haul diagrams, Excel export, and importing KML and KMZ data directly into Civil 3D. Each section ends with a quiz.<h2>Who should take this course</h2>This course is for you if you are a civil engineer, land surveyor, GIS or geospatial analyst, construction or project manager, or student who wants to build Civil 3D earthwork skills from scratch. It suits anyone in civil engineering, surveying, or geospatial fields who wants to streamline earthwork design, from early site data through volume calculations to presentation-ready production sheets. It is especially useful if you work with Google Earth Pro data as a starting point for site analysis.<h3>Pre-requisites</h3>Basic Civil 3D knowledge, such as familiarity with Civil 3D fundamentals, helps but is not mandatory. You need access to Civil 3D, and a trial version works. You will also use Google Earth Pro, GPS Visualizer, and Excel during the course.