Inside Softdesk Civil

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ISBN: 9781566901093 | 156690109X
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 9/1/1996

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This is an in-depth guide for civil engineers, designers, and technicians using Softdesk Civil application software as a primary design and drafting tool. Written for new users but equally invaluable for more experienced professionals, the book covers fundamental concepts as well as applications oriented exercises. Includes a bonus disk.

Preface

xiii

Introduction

Who Should Use This Book

Book Organization

Typographical Conventions

xvi

Companion Disk Files

xvi

Overview of Softdesk Civil

(48)

Approaching the Software

(1)

Overview of Softdesk Civil Modules and Menus

(45)

Core

(10)

COGO

(6)

DTM

(7)

Earthworks

(3)

Survey

(5)

Design

(7)

Advanced Design

(3)

Landscape

(1)

Details

(1)

Hydrology

(1)

Productivity Tools

(1)

Summary

(2)

Core Module

(22)

Setting Up a Project

(4)

Setting Up a Drawing

(3)

Components of the Core Module

(5)

Pull-down Menus

(1)

Prototypes

(2)

Cursor Menu

(2)

Core Tools

(6)

Keyboard Macros

(1)

Layer Manipulation

(1)

Plan Matrix

(2)

Core Toolbar in Windows

(2)

Summary

(2)

COGO Module 1---Description of Fundamentals

(38)

Creating a New Drawing

(2)

Locating a Drawing

(1)

Selecting and Creating a Project

(11)

Setting Up a Point Database

(1)

Setting Up a Civil Drawing

(7)

Softdesk Point Database and Drawing Point Blocks

(10)

External Point Database

(3)

Point Block Data

(1)

Entity Point Style

(3)

Point Layers

(4)

Point Layer Visibility

(3)

Modifying Point Layers

(1)

Removing and Inserting Points

(1)

Checking Database Points Against Drawing Points

100

(4)

COGO Lines/Curves and Point Input Modes

104

(4)

Summary

108

(1)

COGO Module 2---Data Import and Coordinates

109

(36)

Assessing Data Sources

109

(1)

Data Import

110

(6)

ASCII Point Files

110

(1)

Importing Point Data

111

(2)

Checking Point Data

113

(1)

Assigning Point Blocks with Description Keys

114

(1)

Specifying Description Key Parameters

115

(1)

Layer Strategy

116

(14)

Layering Symbols and Other Elements

117

(1)

Inserting Symbol Blocks and Using Symbol Manager

118

(2)

Assigning Description Keys

120

(2)

Creating an External Point Database with Description Keys

122

(3)

Isolating Layers

125

(5)

Detailing with Lines and Labels

130

(5)

Establishing Coordinates

135

(9)

North Rotation

136

(6)

Identifying Northing/Easting

142

(1)

Establishing a Base Point

143

(1)

Translating and Rotating

143

(1)

Summary

144

(1)

Survey Module

145

(18)

Survey Command Line

146

(1)

Setting Up a New Drawing in Survey

146

(14)

Survey Command Language

150

(2)

Instruct Mode

152

(6)

Adding Figures

158

(2)

Additional Survey Features

160

(1)

Data Collectors

160

(1)

Traverses

161

(1)

Geodesy

161

(1)

Summary

161

(2)

DTM Module 1---Description of Fundamentals

163

(42)

Data Sources

163

(1)

Surface Data

164

(1)

Points, Contours, and Faults

165

(6)

Points

165

(3)

Contours

168

(1)

Faults

169

(2)

Surface Creation Sequence

171

(1)

Working with DTM

172

(22)

Beginning a New Drawing

172

(3)

Defining a Surface

175

(1)

Building a Surface

175

(2)

Viewing a Surface

177

(1)

Base Point/North Rotation

178

(3)

Layer Prefix Settings

181

(1)

Creating Contours

182

(3)

Editing Surfaces

185

(9)

Working with Faults

194

(9)

Inserting Points by Description

195

(1)

Styling with DDPTYPE

196

(1)

Modifying Point Layers

197

(1)

Defining Faults

198

(1)

Working with Standard Faults

199

(4)

Summary

203

(2)

DTM Module 2---Editing and Digitizing

205

(40)

Working with Proximity Faults

205

(8)

Using Edit History

213

(7)

Removing Point Blocks

216

(4)

Working with Edit History

220

(7)

Flip Face

227

(2)

Non-Destructive Breaklines

229

(8)

Surface Boundaries

234

(3)

Digitizing Contours

237

(6)

Contour Optimization

237

(6)

Summary

243

(2)

DTM Module 3---Building and Analyzing Surfaces

245

(28)

Project Setup and Surface Creation

245

(9)

Using the Check Points Command

247

(2)

Creating a Surface

249

(3)

Creating Contours

252

(2)

Adding a Surface with Bedrock Data Points

254

(2)

Orienting with Elevation Tracking

256

(6)

Visualizing with Ranges

262

(3)

Delineating Ranges

263

(2)

Generating Legends and Viewing in 3D

265

(3)

Sectioning

268

(4)

Summary

272

(1)

Earthworks Module 1---Overview of Tools

273

(34)

Grading Menu

273

(1)

Earthworks Tools and Procedures

274

(32)

New Drawing Setup

274

(1)

Locating the Working Area

275

(2)

Setting and Labeling Points

277

(7)

Inserting Spot Elevations

284

(2)

Setting Drawing and Database Points Using Surface Data

286

(1)

Calculating a High/Low Point

287

(7)

Eliminating Points Safely

294

(1)

Interpolating with Incremental Distances and Elevations

295

(1)

Using the Perpendicular and Figure/Entity Commands

296

(1)

3D Polylines

297

(4)

Grading by Elevations from a Surface

301

(3)

Modifying Surface-calculated Elevations

304

(1)

Creating Contours

305

(1)

Applying Polylines

306

(1)

Summary

306

(1)

Earthworks Module 2---Designing a Site

307

(34)

Viewing Contours with Elevation Tracking

307

(3)

Using Polyline Functions

310

(1)

Locating Points with High/Low

311

(1)

Connecting Points with Polylines

312

(6)

Daylighting

318

(10)

Summary of Site Design Steps

328

(1)

Using Surface Paste

328

(2)

Creating a 3D Grid

330

(5)

Volumes Procedure

335

(1)

Defining a Site

336

(1)

Creating New Volume Surfaces

337

(3)

Using the Section Method

338

(2)

Summary

340

(1)

Design Module

341

(38)

Setting Up a New Drawing

342

(1)

Indicating Project Extents

343

(3)

Preliminary Design with CADD

346

(32)

Horizontal Alignments

346

(2)

Filleting Tangents with Zero Radius

348

(1)

Defining an Alignment

349

(1)

Editing an Alignment

350

(4)

Profiling an Alignment

354

(6)

Viewing Cross Sections

360

(3)

Adding a Finished Grade

363

(5)

Defining a Vertical Alignment

368

(1)

Using the Vertical Alignment Editor

368

(2)

Importing an Edited Vertical Alignment

370

(1)

Applying a Template

371

(1)

Drawing a Template

372

(3)

Defining a Template

375

(3)

Summary

378

(1)

Design Control in the Design and Advanced Design Modules

379

(32)

Control with Design and Advanced Design

380

(2)

Advanced Design Module

382

(7)

Viewing and Editing Sections

383

(6)

Working with Surfaces

389

(3)

Building a Surface

389

(1)

Contouring a Surface

390

(2)

Reviewing the Design Control Process

392

(2)

Procedure

392

(2)

Pipe Run Exercise

394

(15)

Alignment Offsets

396

(1)

Alignment Stationing

397

(2)

Defining the Pipe Run

399

(2)

Pipe Settings

401

(1)

Running the Conceptual Profile

402

(2)

Viewing the Finished Draft

404

(3)

Sheet Manager

407

(2)

Summary

409

(2)

Glossary

411

(8)

Index

419

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