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Further exploration: Examine the style settings that are available for projected objects. Projected object styles are located in Toolspace, on the Settings tab, in the General ➤ Multipurpose Styles ➤ Projection Styles collection. Label styles for projected objects are located in Toolspace, on the Settings tab, in the Section View ➤ Label Styles ➤ Projection collection. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Adding a Section View Grade Label (page 586). Exercise 2: Adding a Section View Grade Label In this exercise, you will create a section view grade label. 586 | Chapter 15 Sections Tutorials

Section	Page
Contents	3
Welcome to the AutoCAD Civil 3D Tutorials	13
Getting More Information	14
Setting Up the Workspace	15
Saving Your Tutorial Drawings	15
Getting Started Tutorials	17
Tutorial: Understanding the AutoCAD Civil 3D User Interface	17
Exercise 1: Finding Tools	18
Exercise 2: Understanding the Toolspace	21
Exercise 3: Using the Panorama Window	24
Tutorial: Using Basic Functionality	27
Tutorial: Viewing AutoCAD Civil 3D Objects	29
Exercise 1: Setting Up the Drawing Window	29
Exercise 2: Changing the Display of an Object	31
Exercise 3: Viewing a Drawing in Model	33
Points Tutorials	37
Tutorial: Creating Point Data	37
Exercise 1: Creating Description Keys	38
Exercise 2: Creating Point Groups	39
Exercise 3: Importing Points from a Database	41
Tutorial: Displaying and Editing Points	42
Exercise 1: Displaying an Externally Referenced Drawing	43
Exercise 2: Changing the Style of a Point Group	44
Exercise 3: Changing Point Group Display Order	45
Exercise 4: Removing an Externally Referenced Drawing	47
Exercise 5: Editing Points	47
Tutorial: Adding User-Defined Properties to Points	49
Exercise 1: Creating User-Defined Properties	49
Exercise 2: Creating a Label Style That Displays a User-Defined Property	51
Exercise 3: Assigning User-Defined Properties to Points	53
Exercise 4: Importing Points with User-Defined Properties	54
Exercise 5: Querying User-Defined Property Information	56
Point Cloud Tutorials	59
Tutorial: Working with Point Clouds	59
Exercise 1: Importing Point Cloud Data	59
Exercise 2: Working with Point Cloud Styles	62
Exercise 3: Adding Point Cloud Data to a Surface	65
Surfaces Tutorials	71
Tutorial: Creating and Adding Data to a Surface	71
Exercise 1: Creating a TIN Surface	75
Exercise 2: Adding Point Data to a Surface	76
Exercise 3: Adding Breaklines to a Surface	77
Exercise 4: Adding an Outer Boundary to a Surface	82
Tutorial: Working with Large Surfaces	85
Exercise 1: Limiting Imported Surface Data	86
Exercise 2: Simplifying a Surface	91
Tutorial: Changing the Surface Style and Display	93
Exercise 1: Editing the Surface Style	94
Exercise 2: Using a Different Style for a Surface	95
Exercise 3: Labeling a Surface	96
Tutorial: Editing Surface Data	98
Exercise 1: Swapping TIN Edges	100
Exercise 2: Deleting TIN Lines	103
Exercise 3: Adding a Hide Boundary	105
Exercise 4: Smoothing a Surface	107
Tutorial: Creating a Watershed and Water Drop Analysis	108
Exercise 1: Configuring a Style for Watershed Display	109
Exercise 2: Generating a Watershed Analysis	110
Exercise 3: Creating a Watershed Legend	111
Exercise 4: Extracting Objects from a Surface	112
Exercise 5: Analyzing Surface Water Runoff	113
Tutorial: Generating Surface Volume Information	117
Exercise 1: Creating the Base and Comparison Surfaces	118
Exercise 2: Creating a TIN Volume Surface	121
Exercise 3: Creating a Composite Volume Calculation	122
Tutorial: Visualizing Surface Data	123
Exercise 1: Moving Multi-View Blocks to a Surface	123
Exercise 2: Rendering a Surface	126
Tutorial: Obtaining an Aerial Image and Draping It on a Surface	128
Exercise 1: Publishing Surface Data to Google Earth	129
Exercise 2: Importing a Google Earth Image	133
Exercise 3: Draping an Image on a Surface	136
Survey Tutorials	141
Tutorial: Survey Setup	141
Exercise 1: Creating a Survey Database	142
Exercise 2: Setting the Equipment and Figure Prefix Databases	142
Exercise 3: Adjusting and Verifying Settings	144
Exercise 4: Setting Survey Styles	146
Exercise 5: Setting Up a Linework Code Set	147
Tutorial: Importing Survey Data	148
Exercise 1: Importing Field-Coded Survey Data	148
Exercise 2: Updating Imported Survey Data	151
Tutorial: Viewing and Editing Survey Data	156
Exercise 1: Viewing Survey Data	156
Exercise 2: Editing a Figure	158
Tutorial: Analyzing and Reducing Survey Data	159
Exercise 1: Querying Survey Data	160
Exercise 2: Performing Traverse Analysis	162
Exercise 3: Performing Least Squares Analysis	164
Exercise 4: Translating a Survey Database	166
Tutorial: Manually Creating Survey Data	167
Exercise 1: Creating Survey Data Using the Toolspace Survey Tab	168
Exercise 2: Creating Survey Data Using the Traverse Editor	172
Exercise 3: Creating Survey Data Using the Survey Command Window	176
Exercise 4: Calculating an Azimuth in The Astronomic Direction Calculator	179
Exercise 5: Creating Figures from Parcels	182
Tutorial: Outputting Survey Information	183
Exercise 1: Viewing Inverse and Mapcheck Information on a Survey Figure	183
Exercise 2: Performing a Mapcheck Analysis with Parcel Labels	185
Exercise 3: Performing a Mapcheck Analysis by Manually Entering Data	188
Exercise 4: Working with Mapcheck Data	191
Exercise 5: Creating Surface Breaklines from Figures	193
Project Management Tutorials	195
Tutorial: Using Data Shortcuts	195
Exercise 1: Setting Up a Data Shortcut Folder	196
Exercise 2: Creating Data Shortcuts	198
Exercise 3: Referencing Data Shortcuts	200
Tutorial: Vault Setup	207
Exercise 1: Logging In to Autodesk Vault	207
Exercise 2: Creating User Accounts and Groups	209
Exercise 3: Creating a Project	211
Tutorial: Creating, Referencing, and Modifying Project Object Data	212
Exercise 1: Adding a Drawing to the Project	213
Exercise 2: Creating a Reference to a Project Object	214
Exercise 3: Checking Out and Modifying a Project Object	216
Exercise 4: Checking In a Project Object	217
Exercise 5: Updating a Project Object	218
Tutorial: Creating and Modifying Project Point Data	219
Exercise 1: Adding Points to a Project	219
Exercise 2: Checking Out and Modifying Project Points	221
Exercise 3: Checking In Project Points	222
Tutorial: Exporting and Importing Vault Projects	223
Exercise 1: Exporting a Vault Project	223
Exercise 2: Importing a Data Shortcut Project into Vault	224
Alignments Tutorials	225
Tutorial: Creating Alignments	225
Exercise 1: Creating an Alignment with the Alignment Layout Tools	226
Exercise 2: Adding Free Curves and Spirals to an Alignment	229
Exercise 3: Adding Floating Curves to an Alignment	231
Tutorial: Editing Alignments	235
Exercise 1: Editing the Layout Parameter Values of an Alignment	235
Exercise 2: Grip Editing an Alignment	237
Exercise 3: Applying a Mask to an Alignment	239
Tutorial: Working with Offset Alignments	244
Exercise 1: Creating Offset Alignments	245
Exercise 2: Editing an Offset Alignment	248
Exercise 3: Adding a Widening to an Offset Alignment	251
Exercise 4: Editing an Offset Widening	255
Tutorial: Designing an Alignment that Refers to Local Standards	260
Exercise 1: Drawing an Alignment that Refers to Design Criteria	260
Exercise 2: Viewing and Correcting Alignment Design Criteria Violations	265
Exercise 3: Working with Design Checks	268
Exercise 4: Modifying a Design Criteria File	271
Tutorial: Applying Superelevation to an Alignment	274
Exercise 1: Calculating Superelevation for an Alignment	274
Exercise 2: Calculating Superelevation for an Individual Curve	276
Exercise 3: Creating a Superelevation View	279
Exercise 4: Adding and Modifying Superelevation Stations	281
Exercise 5: Editing Superelevation Parameters Graphically	284
Profiles Tutorials	287
Tutorial: Designing Simple Profiles	287
Tutorial: Using Surface Profiles	291
Exercise 1: Creating and Displaying Surface Profiles with Offsets	292
Exercise 2: Changing the Profile Style	294
Exercise 3: Reviewing Surface Profile Characteristics	297
Tutorial: Using Layout Profiles	299
Exercise 1: Creating a Layout Profile	300
Exercise 2: Editing a Layout Profile	304
Exercise 3: Copying a Profile and Offsetting it Vertically	306
Tutorial: Designing a Profile that Refers to Local Standards	309
Exercise 1: Specifying Profile Design Criteria	310
Exercise 2: Drawing a Profile that Refers to Design Criteria	311
Exercise 3: Viewing and Correcting Profile Design Criteria Violations	313
Tutorial: Displaying and Modifying Profile Views	316
Exercise 1: Editing the Profile View Style	317
Exercise 2: Adding Hatch Patterns Between Profiles	322
Exercise 3: Projecting Objects onto a Profile View	326
Exercise 4: Splitting a Profile View	333
Exercise 5: Creating Multiple Profile Views	336
Exercise 6: Creating Stacked Profile Views	338
Tutorial: Working with Data Bands	342
Exercise 1: Adding Data Bands to a Profile View	343
Exercise 2: Moving Labels in a Data Band	348
Exercise 3: Modifying a Data Band Style	351
Parcels Tutorials	353
Tutorial: Creating Parcels	353
Exercise 1: Creating Parcels from AutoCAD Objects	353
Exercise 2: Subdividing a Parcel with a Free-Form Segment	357
Exercise 3: Subdividing a Parcel with a Slide Line	360
Exercise 4: Subdividing a Parcel with a Swing Line	367
Exercise 5: Working with Alignments and Parcels	371
Tutorial: Editing Parcel Data	373
Exercise 1: Sliding a Parcel Lot Line	374
Exercise 2: Swinging One End of a Parcel Lot Line	380
Exercise 3: Editing Parcel Lot Line Geometry	387
Tutorial: Displaying and Analyzing Parcels	393
Exercise 1: Changing Parcel Style Display Order	394
Exercise 2: Exporting Parcel Data	397
Grading Tutorials	399
Tutorial: Setting up Grading Standards	399
Exercise 1: Reviewing Grading Settings	400
Exercise 2: Creating Grading Criteria	400
Exercise 3: Creating Grading Styles	403
Tutorial: Creating Gradings	404
Exercise 1: Creating Feature Lines	404
Exercise 2: Assigning Feature Line Elevations	407
Exercise 3: Creating a Grading	409
Tutorial: Editing Gradings	412
Exercise 1: Editing the Grading Elevation	412
Exercise 2: Balancing Cut and Fill Volumes	414
Exercise 3: Editing the Grading Criteria	415
Tutorial: Grading from a Complex Building Footprint	416
Exercise 1: Simplifying a Building Footprint	417
Exercise 2: Grading from a Building Footprint to a Surface	420
Exercise 3: Filling Holes in a Grading	422
Tutorial: Using Feature Lines to Modify a Grading	424
Exercise 1: Smoothing Feature Line Arcs	424
Exercise 2: Adjusting Grading Triangulation with a Feature Line	426
Exercise 3: Working with Crossing Feature Lines	427
Corridor Assembly Tutorials	433
Tutorial: Working with Assemblies	433
Exercise 1: Creating an Assembly	434
Exercise 2: Modifying the Subassembly Name Template	439
Exercise 3: Managing Assemblies and Subassemblies	442
Tutorial: Creating an Assembly with Conditions	445
Exercise 1: Examining the Existing Corridor in Section	445
Exercise 2: Adding Conditional Subassemblies to a Corridor Assembly	447
Exercise 3: Adjusting Conditional Subassembly Properties	455
Exercise 4: Rebuilding the Corridor and Examining the Results	458
Tutorial: Saving and Sharing Corridor Assemblies	460
Exercise 1: Saving Assemblies to a Tool Palette	461
Exercise 2: Copying Assemblies to a Tool Catalog	463
Exercise 3: Publishing a Tool Catalog	465
Exercise 4: Installing a Tool Catalog	466
Exercise 5: Moving Assemblies from a Tool Catalog to a Tool Palette or Drawing	467
Corridors Tutorials	471
Tutorial: Creating a Basic Corridor Model	471
Tutorial: Creating a Corridor with a Transition Lane	475
Exercise 1: Creating an Assembly with a Transition Lane	476
Exercise 2: Creating a Corridor with a Transition Lane	479
Tutorial: Creating a Divided Highway Corridor	483
Exercise 1: Creating a Divided Highway Assembly	484
Exercise 2: Creating a Divided Highway Corridor	488
Tutorial: Viewing and Editing Corridor Sections	489
Exercise 1: Viewing Corridor Sections	489
Exercise 2: Editing Corridor Sections	492
Tutorial: Viewing and Rendering a Corridor	495
Exercise 1: Creating Corridor Surfaces	495
Exercise 2: Creating Corridor Surface Boundaries	498
Exercise 3: Visualizing a Corridor	502
Intersection and Roundabout Tutorials	507
Tutorial: Creating Intersections	508
Exercise 1: Creating a Peer Road Intersection	508
Exercise 2: Creating a Primary Road Intersection with Turn Lanes	515
Exercise 3: Creating an Intersection with Existing Geometry	520
Tutorial: Editing Intersections	528
Exercise 1: Editing the Horizontal Geometry of an Intersection	528
Exercise 2: Editing the Vertical Geometry of an Intersection	537
Exercise 3: Creating and Editing a Corridor in the Intersection Area	545
Tutorial: Working with Roundabouts	550
Exercise 1: Creating a Roundabout	550
Exercise 2: Adding an Approach Road to a Roundabout	558
Exercise 3: Adding a Turn Slip Lane to a Roundabout	562
Exercise 4: Editing Roundabout Components	565
Exercise 5: Working with Roundabout Design Standards and Presets	572
Sections Tutorials	581
Tutorial: Creating Section Views	581
Exercise 1: Creating Sample Lines	582
Exercise 2: Creating Section Views	584
Tutorial: Adding Data to a Section View	589
Exercise 1: Projecting an Object onto a Section View	589
Exercise 2: Adding a Section View Grade Label	598
Exercise 3: Adding a Data Band to a Section View	599
Material Calculation Tutorials	601
Tutorial: Calculating Earthwork Volumes from Corridor Models	601
Exercise 1: Reviewing Quantity Takeoff Criteria and Report Settings	602
Exercise 2: Creating a Material List	603
Exercise 3: Generating a Volume Report	605
Tutorial: Working with Mass Haul Diagrams	606
Exercise 1: Creating a Mass Haul Diagram	608
Exercise 2: Balancing Mass Haul Volumes	610
Exercise 3: Editing the Mass Haul Line Style	613
Tutorial: Calculating and Reporting Quantities	615
Exercise 1: Loading and Navigating a Pay Item List	616
Exercise 2: Assigning Pay Item Codes to AutoCAD Objects	618
Exercise 3: Assigning Pay Item Codes to Pipe Network Parts	624
Exercise 4: Assigning Pay Item Codes to Corridors	628
Exercise 5: Working with Quantity Reports	631
Exercise 6: Working with Pay Item Formulas	634
Exercise 7: Creating a Pay Item List	637
Pipe Network Tutorials	641
Tutorial: Creating a Pipe Network	641
Exercise 1: Creating a Pipe Network from a Polyline	642
Exercise 2: Creating a Pipe Network by Layout	647
Exercise 3: Adding Parts to a Pipe Network	649
Tutorial: Changing Pipe Network Properties	651
Exercise 1: Adding Parts to the Parts List	651
Exercise 2: Changing the Surface, Alignment, and Rules Configuration	652
Exercise 3: Adding a Branch to a Pipe Network	654
Tutorial: Viewing and Editing Pipe Networks	657
Exercise 1: Drawing Pipe Network Parts in a Profile View	657
Exercise 2: Adding Labels to Pipe Network Parts	658
Exercise 3: Editing Pipe Network Parts in a Profile View	661
Exercise 4: Overriding the Style of a Pipe Network Part in a Profile View	662
Exercise 5: Viewing Pipe Network Parts in a Section View	664
Exercise 6: Creating Pipe and Structure Tables	665
Part Builder Tutorials	669
Tutorial: Creating a Cylindrical Manhole Structure	669
Exercise 1: Defining the New Part in the Structure Catalog	669
Exercise 2: Defining the Manhole Geometry	671
Exercise 3: Matching Offsets and Dimensions to Parameters	681
Exercise 4: Verifying the New Part	685
Tutorial: Creating a Drop Inlet Manhole Structure	688
Exercise 1: Defining the New Part in the Structure Catalog	688
Exercise 2: Defining the Manhole Geometry	690
Exercise 3: Creating Profiles and Establishing Parameters	700
Tutorial: Creating a Vault Structure	717
Exercise 1: Defining the New Part in the Structure Catalog	718
Exercise 2: Defining the Vault Top Section Geometry	719
Exercise 3: Defining the Vault Box Geometry	729
Exercise 4: Finalizing the Part	740
Exercise 5: Using the New Part	747
Labels and Tables Tutorials	751
Tutorial: Preparing to Annotate a Drawing	752
Exercise 1: Attaching Drawings as Xrefs for Annotation	752
Exercise 2: Exploring the Annotation Tools on the Ribbon	755
Tutorial: Adding and Editing Labels	756
Exercise 1: Adding Labels in Groups	757
Exercise 2: Manually Labeling an Object	764
Exercise 3: Selecting and Moving Labels	767
Exercise 4: Working with Label Properties	773
Tutorial: Changing the Content of a Label	775
Exercise 1: Overriding Label Text	776
Exercise 2: Changing Label Content in the Drawing Settings	777
Tutorial: Working with Tables and Tags	779
Exercise 1: Creating a Parcel Area Table	780
Exercise 2: Converting Labels to Tags	782
Exercise 3: Renumbering Table Tags	786
Tutorial: Working with Label Styles	788
Exercise 1: Creating a Label Style	788
Exercise 2: Using a Child Label Style	792
Exercise 3: Controlling Label Appearance Using Layers	795
Exercise 4: Changing the Dragged State of a Label	801
Exercise 5: Changing a Label Style	805
Exercise 6: Creating a Label Style that Refers to Another Object	809
Tutorial: Using Expressions in Labels	813
Exercise 1: Creating an Expression	814
Exercise 2: Inserting an Expression Into a Label Style	815
Plan Production Tutorials	817
Tutorial: Preparing a Drawing for Plan and Profile Sheet Layout	817
Exercise 1: Configuring Viewports	818
Exercise 2: Creating View Frames	819
Tutorial: Generating Sheets for Plotting	823
Exercise 1: Creating Plan and Profile Sheets	823
Exercise 2: Creating Section Sheets	826
Tutorial Folder Locations	831