This down-to-earth CBT Series covers the fundamental techniques you need to know in order to use Autodesk Land Desktop, Autodesk Civil and Autodesk Survey together as a cohesive land planning solution.
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Project Basics, Settings and Working With Points
Designed to give the new or self-taught user a comprehensive overview of the features, functionality and improvements included in the LD2004 software. You'll discover Land Desktop projects, point objects, Map features, and Microstation file usage.
Creating a New Drawing & Project, Drawing Set-up Overview, General Settings Overview, Prototypes Overview, Drawing Preferences Overview, Tool Bars, Project Workspace & Menu Palettes, Using AutoCAD MAP Tools in LDT, Using Map's Query Tools, Using Map's Data Query Tools, Personalizing Settings for a Specific Drawing/Project, Working with Points, Point Settings & Inserting Points into a Drawing, Description Keys Overview, Importing ASCII Point Files, Point Display Overview, Defining & Creating Point Groups, Printing Point Group Lists, Updating Point Groups, Inserting Point Groups, Inserting & Listing Point Groups...
Alignment, Parcels and Layer Management
Cover Land Desktop roadway layout & alignment tools, labeling, stakeout, subdivision layout and layer management. These topics are for users that need to expand their knowledge of the features, functionality and improvements included in the latest Land Desktop software.
Drawing Alignments, Defining and Editing Alignments, Offset Alignments, Preparing Alignment Labels, Labeling Alignments, Stakeout Report - Alignment, Defining Parcels, Defining Lots - Slide Bearing Method, Defining Lots - Radial Method, Defining Complex Parcels - Temporary Parcels, Defining Complex Parcels - Final Parcels, Layer Manager - Groups, Layer Manager - Snapshots...
Linework, Labeling and Contours
An introduction and overview of the features, functionality and improvements included in the LD3 software. You'll discover Land Desktop 3 projects, point objects, Map features, and Microstation file usage.
Linework Overview, Special Line Types - Overview, Labeling Areas, Line Label Styles Overview, Labeling Lines, Tagging Labels, Editing Labels. Setting Up a Surface, Building a Surface, Vertical Surface Analysis - Working with Surface Breaklines, Surface Outer Boundary, Creating Contours, Labeling Contours...
Autodesk Civil - Hydrology
Pasting Surfaces Together Gathering Hydrology Data, Determining Drainage Points, Locating Culverts, Subdividing Subdrainage Areas, Tabular Method TR-55 Pre-development Overview, TR-55 Post-development, Developing a Composite Hydrograph, Sizing Storm Water Management Facilities, Creating Storm Drainage Facilities...
Autodesk Civil - Grading
Introduction to the Grading Object, Modifying the Grading Object, How to Apply Grading Settings Automatically, Creating Surfaces and Contours from Grading Objects, Stacking Grading Objects, Combining Grading Objects, Drawing a Pond Bottom Footprint for a Grading Object, Working with Multiple Grading Objects,Creating a Surface from Multiple Grading Objects, Calculating Volumes, Generating Volume Reports, Balance Volumes for Grading Objects, Introduction to 3D Polyline Tools, 3D Polyline Tools - Part I, 3D Polyline Tools - Part 2, Using a Temporary Surface to Create 3D Polylines, Daylighting a 3D Polyline, Creating a Finished Ground Pline from 3D Polylines...
Autodesk Civil - Highways
Profile Settings, Create Profile, Moving a Profile, Creating Proposed Profiles, Edit and Label Finished Ground Profile, Getting Started with Templates, Drawing a Template, Material and Pcode Tables. Defining a Template, Creating Existing Ground Sections, Apply Template to Alignments, Super Elevation on a Template, Volume Reports for Templates, Create Finished Ground Surface, Pipe Settings, Draw Pipe Run, Pipe Run Graphic Tools and Editing, Editing and Importing Pipe Runs...
Autodesk Survey
Preparing to Download a Field book File, Importing a Field