Autodesk AUTOCAR CIVIL 2010 User manual

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Coordinate System Transformations
Drawing transformations used to be time-
consuming and error-prone. Using AutoCAD Civil,
surveyors can quickly convert local northings and
eastings to defined coordinate systems from around
the world. Use sea-level scale factors and grid-scale
factors to quickly transform local coordinates to
projected coordinate systems.
Traverse and Least Squares Adjustments
AutoCAD Civil provides surveyors with tools and
settings to simplify traverse adjustments. You
can choose the type of error to analyze and which
adjustment method to use by selecting the Crandall
rule, compass rule, transit rule, or least squares.
Surveyors can also perform a traverse analysis using
both horizontal and vertical adjustment methods.
Easily view traverse information using graphical
on-screen displays or in field book notation style
for easier editing.
Map Check
More quickly evaluate errors and omissions within
legal descriptions or platted labels using the
interactive map check function.
Parcel Layout
Generate parcels by converting existing AutoCAD
polylines or by using flexible layout tools to
automatically size parcels based on frontage
oset, minimum width, and minimum and
maximum depths. Use the intelligent topology to
manage parcels so that a change to one parcel is
automatically reflected in neighboring parcels.
AutoCAD Civil software, the better AutoCAD
software for civil engineering design and
construction documentation, helps civil
engineering technicians, drafters, and surveyors
complete projects faster. Boost productivity and
help streamline time-consuming design tasks.
Deliver more consistent and better coordinated
construction documentation with design and
drafting that stays synchronized. Accelerate learning
in a familiar AutoCAD environment.
Import Survey Data
Easily convert and process proprietary raw survey
data directly into AutoCAD Civil. Automate line
work for planimetric or topographic creation—with
or without field book file formatting—using the
AutoCAD Civil field-to-finish process.
Points
Harness and manage the power of points by using
description keys, styles, and point groups. Points can
be imported multiple ways, providing the flexibility to
work with various data sources. As data is imported,
users can automatically populate point groups with
simple or sophisticated querying methods.
Coordinate Systems
Work with more than , real-world coordinate
systems to more accurately georeference your
AutoCAD Civil design data.
Whether you work on land development,
transportation, or environmental projects,
AutoCAD Civil software is the right choice
for your organization, providing integrated
surveying, design, and documentation tools.
Not Just Faster: Higher Quality
Reduce the time it takes for survey tasks,
design, and documentation creation,
and implement changes easily and more
accurately so you can realize improved
results faster.
On Schedule and on Budget
Work in a familiar AutoCAD®environment
with tools and processes you already know.
With design and drafting that remain
synchronized in AutoCAD Civil, the entire
team can work from the same up-to-date
project data, so everyone stays better
coordinated throughout all project phases,
helping to avoid costly errors or omissions.
Leading the way in the delivery of field to finish, AutoCAD®
Civil software provides a comprehensive solution for civil
engineering projects.
Setting the Course for High-Quality Design

Help streamline project workflows by automating
time-consuming tasks that keep design and drafting
data synchronized.
Tools Purpose-Built for Design
Preliminary Design
Pull in aerial imagery and terrain models from the
Google Earth™ application; import road centerlines,
pipe networks, and wetlands boundaries using
Autodesk spatial data format (SDF); and then use the
purpose-built design tools to lay out preliminary road
and lot designs—all without hiring a survey crew.
Surfaces
AutoCAD Civil software supports large surface
models while maintaining dynamic relationships to
source data, including points, contours, breaklines,
corridor models, and grading objects. Once
generated, the surface can be used to display
contours, catchment areas, flow paths, elevation and
slope analysis, and D render-ready views.
Grading
Team members can use the powerful daylighting and
grade projection tools to generate surface models for
any type of grading projection. You also get easy-to-
use graphical and tabular grading manipulation tools
for use in the development of any surface.
Corridor Modeling
Corridor modeling combines horizontal and vertical
geometric constraints with customizable cross
sectional components called subassemblies to create
a dynamic model of roads and other transportation
systems. Use the included subassemblies—ranging
from travel lanes, sidewalks, and ditches to complex
lane components—or create your own to match any
conceivable design standard. AutoCAD Civil software
also provides an interactive intersection builder that
helps to create complex models that remains dynamic
as your designs change.
Criteria-Based Geometric Design
Quickly lay out dynamic plan and profile alignment
geometry with local design criteria that you specify.
These constraints remain in place when using
interactive “best fit,” PI-based (point of intersection),
or highly flexible element-based layout approaches.
Pipes
Use rule-based tools to lay out sanitary and storm
drainage systems. Make changes to pipes and
structures using graphical or numerical input, and
conduct interference checks. Plot and complete final
drafting of the pipe network in plan, profile, and
section views, and share pipe network information,
such as invert elevations, size, slope, and type with
external analysis applications or compatible Autodesk
products such as AutoCAD Civil D.
Earthwork Calculations
As the coordination between engineers and
contractors becomes increasingly important, mass
haul diagrams continue to be a vital tool for planning
the movement, amount, and placement of material
during construction. Use AutoCAD Civil to generate
mass haul diagrams for computing the distance over
which cut and fill can balance, the amount of material
to be moved, the direction of movement, and the
identification of borrow pits and dump sites.
Multiple design updates. All deliverables coordinated.
Better Communicate Winning Ideas.
Quickly and eciently convey designs
to the public, review boards, and
other stakeholders.
Model. Use the intelligent and dynamic
tools to more quickly make a design
change at any stage of the project.
Reports. When a change to the design is
made, all the crucial information for your
reports and tables update as well.
Documentation. The model automatically
reflects any changes to drafting and annotation
throughout the project.

Improve Coordination
AutoCAD Civil software helps enable
your entire team to work from the same
consistent, up-to-date model so they stay
better coordinated throughout all phases
of the project, from survey to construction
documentation. By providing a scalable
approach to data management and team
coordination, the solution addresses the
needs of any organization, regardless of size
or organizational structure.
Data Shortcuts and References
Starting with xrefs and data shortcuts,
project team members can share model
data, such as surfaces, alignments, and
pipes, and work o the same instance of a
design object for multiple design tasks. For
example, if a surveyor creates the existing
ground surface, engineers and designers can
connect to that data in parallel to conduct
design tasks such as parcel layout or road
design. Annotation can also be generated
from the data shortcuts or directly through
an xref to help ensure that production
drafting remains in sync.
Advanced Data Management
For companies looking for more advanced
data management for civil engineering
workflow, the addition of Autodesk Vault
technology enhances the data shortcut
functionality with advanced change
management, version control, user
permissions, and archive control.
Design Review
Today, the engineering process from design
through construction is more complex than
ever. Design review often involves team
members who are not CAD software users,
yet are vital to the project. Publishing to
DWF™ file format helps overcome these
challenges by digitally extending design
review to the entire team.
Enhance productivity and deliver more consistent construction
documentation that remains coordinated with the design.
High-Quality Construction Documentation
Drafting Styles and Standards
AutoCAD Civil software provides an extensive library
of country-specific CAD styles to control virtually
every aspect of drawing display, including colors,
linetypes, contour increments, robust label settings,
and more.
Production Drafting
Automatically generate production plans such as
fully annotated section sheets, profiles, grading
plans, and more. Most important, drafting can be
generated across multiple drawings by using xrefs
and data shortcuts or Autodesk®Vault software. The
result is a workflow that enables production sheets to
use a single instance of the model. And if the model
changes, you can quickly synchronize all production
sheets to reflect the update, saving design teams
valuable time and resources.
Plan Production
A comprehensive tool assists with the layout of
plan and profile sheets. Fully integrated with the
AutoCAD Sheet Set Manager, and Autodesk Vault
software, the Plans Production wizard automates the
layout of sheets and match lines along alignments,
and generates plan and profile sheets based on the
layouts. The finished product is a series of drawing
sheets that remain dynamic to design data and are
ready for final annotation and plotting. AutoCAD
Civil also introduces automated cross section
production that quickly automates the tedious task
of creating and labeling cross sections throughout a
project. Each section can be customized to meet your
specific project needs.
Annotation
The software’s annotation is derived directly from
design objects or through external references, and
updates automatically when the design changes. It
also automatically responds to changes in drawing
scale and view orientation so if you rotate or change
the plot scale within dierent viewports, all labels
update instantly. All labels update instantly in
multiple viewports.
Reporting
AutoCAD Civil provides flexible, real-time, and
extensible report generation directly in the software.
And, because the data is derived directly from the
model, reports update dynamically, providing quicker
feedback as design changes are made.

AutoCAD Civil software is part of a comprehensive
civil engineering solution that also includes
AutoCAD®Civil D®software.
Software Options to Match How You Work
AutoCAD Civil 2010 AutoCAD®Civil 3D®2010
Target user and
application
Civil engineering technicians, drafters
and surveyors for developing civil
engineering design information and
delivering documentation
Same as AutoCAD Civil
+
Civil engineers and designers
responsible for design, analysis, and
simulation
Industries Land development•
Transportation•
Environmental•
Same as AutoCAD Civil
Drafting and
Documentation
Plan production and drafting•
Drafting styles and standards•
Reporting•
Same as AutoCAD Civil
+
Map books functionality
Design Surface creation and design using•
grading and feature lines
Parcels•
Corridor modeling and•
intersection design
Pipe layout•
Same as AutoCAD Civil
+
Quantity takeo
Surveying and
Coordinate Systems
Full support of surveying workflow
for civil engineering projects from
field to finish
Import and process raw survey data•
from most data collector formats
Survey database•
Traverse and least-squares adjustment•
Automatic creation of survey figures•
COGO•
Coordinate system setting and•
transformations
Export for machine control•
Same as AutoCAD Civil
+
Drawing cleanup tools
Data Management
and Team
Coordination
Xrefs (including annotation of•
civil model)
Data shortcuts•
Advanced data management with•
Autodesk®Vault software (included)
Same as AutoCAD Civil
+
Drawing query tools
Data Exchange and
Interoperability
DGN, LandXML, Google Earth™,
and SDF
Same as AutoCAD Civil
+
Image insertion and manipulation and
geospatial data import and export
Stormwater Analysis
and Simulation
No Stormwater analysis and simulation with
Hydraflow Storm Sewers Extension,
Hydraflow Hydrographs Extension, and
Hydraflow Express Extension
Geospatial Analysis
and Mapping for
Civil Engineering
No Topology analysis tools including buer,
overlay, and dissolve
AutoCAD Civil software provides design and
documentation tools for civil engineering
technicians, drafters, and surveyors. AutoCAD
Civil D software includes all the capabilities
of AutoCAD Civil plus analysis and simulation
capabilities for civil engineers.
AutoCAD Civil and AutoCAD Civil D are
fully compatible so project data can be
used interchangeably between applications,
providing a flexible software solution for
your engineering oce.
The following table can help you decide
which product is best for you.

Using AutoCAD Civil, we are able to immediately
confirm the design intent with real life applicability
and to better coordinate the inextricable relationship
between Planning/Urban Design and Architecture.
—Thomas M. Gallas
Executive Vice President
Torti Gallas and Partners Inc.
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