Join Eric Chappell for an in-depth discussion in this video Drawing an alignment from scratch, part of Basic Roadway Design with Civil 3D.
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…Civil 3D provides specialized tools for creating alignments.…In this lesson, you'll learn how to create an alignment from scratch.…Meaning that you don't have or…want to use geometry that may already exist in your drawing.…Let's get started.…You'll create most alignments using the Alignment Creation Tools command.…That's found on the Home Ribbon tab on the Alignment menu at the very top.…When you launch this command you're creating a new alignment, so…you have to fill out kind of a form to tell Civil 3D what it…needs to know about this new alignment.…
The first thing you'll need to tell it is a name.…And I'm going to name this alignment after the road that it represents,…Shady Ridge Lane.…There are different types of alignments as you can see here.…Centerline happens to be the right choice in this case.…If you want, you can provide a description for…your alignment to help you maybe know later on, what it was intended for.…For this particular alignment, we don't need to assign a site to it.…The alignment style,…
- Establishing the road centerline using an alignment
- Capturing and defining road elevations with profiles
- Designing the road cross-section using an assembly
- Building a 3D model of the road using a corridor
- Creating sections views of your design
- Designing intersections
Skill Level Beginner
Up and Running with Civil 3Dwith Jon Michael Roberts2h 31m Beginner
AutoCAD 2015 Essential Trainingwith Scott Onstott8h 35m Beginner
1. Understanding Corridors
Understanding corridors2m 20s
2. Creating an Alignment
3. Creating Profiles
4. Creating an Assembly
5. Creating the Corridor
6. Creating Sections
7. Designing Intersections
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