AutoCAD Civil 3D Essentials
Overview
This hands-on, foundation-level course covers the essentials of AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2015 software, including how to manage survey data, create and analyze a surface, horizontal and vertical alignment design, model roads and corridors and calculate volumes.
Programme
Survey
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Importing survey data
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Creating point and line code description sets
Surface Modeling
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Creating a Surface from survey data
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Editing and Analyzing a Surface
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Contour Labels
Road Design
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Creating and Editing Alignments
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Creating and Editing Profiles
Site Design
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Grading tools
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Earthworks volumes
Corridor Modeling
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Creating Assemblies
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Creating & editing a Corridor Model
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Creating and editing Cross-Sections
Sharing Data
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Exporting Civil 3D Data for setting out
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Calculating Corridor Volumes & Quantities
Learning objectives
The primary objective of the course is to familiarize students with the concepts and application of the essential functions of AutoCAD Civil 3D. After completing this course, students should be able to navigate the Civil 3D user interface, Import and manage survey data, create, edit, analyse and view surfaces, create and edit alignments, profiles, and sections, create assemblies and corridors, calculate corridor volumes, import survey data and create survey drawings, use Civil 3D Grading too.
Who should attend
Civil Engineers, technicians or draughting personnel working with AutoCAD or Civil 3D and involved with road design and/or site development design. Students should have a working knowledge of AutoCAD 2010 or later and have a good understanding of Civil engineering and surveying principles for road and site design.
Course material
This course is taught in conjunction with practical courseware exercises and supporting reference manual. Each trainee will receive a 12 month subscription to Global eTraining’s Civil 3D 2016 online courseware.
Trainer
Donal McMoreland is a Chartered Engineer with a 1st class Degree in Civil Engineering from NUIG and an HDip in Project Management from Trinity. Following 5 years experience as a Civil engineer using AutoCAD software in Australia, Canada and Ireland he spent 6 years with Amicus Technology (now Diatec) as a technical support engineer and CAD trainer (AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D & MAP 3D, Autodesk Vehicle Tracking, Infraworks). In 2014 Donal founded Civil Intentions Ltd, a company specialising in Building Information Modelling and design for Civil Engineering projects. He is an Autodesk certified Trainer, an Autodesk Infrastructure Certified Specialist and is Train the Trainer Certified.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Confirmation is subject to event fee being finalised. Cancellation fees calculated at 50% of the estimated total bill will be charge for confirmed bookings cancelled less than 5 working days prior to the date of the planned event. A replacement person can attend instead. Cancellations made the day prior to an event will be charged 75% of the total estimated bill. No-shows will be charged the full fee. All cancellations must be confirmed in writing, fax or email.