Item Description

Course Outline 1

Getting Started With Land Desktop
An overview of Land Desktop.
The LDT workspace.
Creating a new drawing
Setting up a drawing
Customizing LDT Settings
Working with Prototypes
Setting Drawing Preferences

Working with Points
Overview of Points
Working with Point Settings
More Point Settings
Using Description Keys
Importing Points from an ASCII File
Modifying the Display of Points
Working with Point Groups
Printing Point Groups
Updating Point Groups
Inserting Point Groups
Listing Point Groups

Using Autodesk Map
Overview of Autodesk Map
Performing Queries
Using Data Objects in Queries

Line work
Drawing lines from point object to point object
Loading and working with the AECC linetypes

Labels
Labeling an enclosed area
Setting up line label styles
Using dynamic labels
Labeling short line segments with tags
Modify the dynamic labels

Surfaces
Preparing your drawing to build surfaces
Creating and building surfaces
Analyzing your surface for errors
Using surface breaklines to create accurate surfaces
Using outer boundaries to help build surfaces

Contours
Creating contours for the surface
Setting up contour styles to label the contours

Alignments
Setting up alignment label stationing
Labeling the alignment and creating points along the stations
Generating an alignment stakeout report

Parcels
Setting up and defining parcels
Sizing lots using the slide bearing method
Sizing lots using the radial method
Solving a complex parcel layout

Layers
Using the layer manager to create layer groups
Using the layer manager to create layer snapshots

Blocks & Details
Using dynamic blocks to lay out a parking lot
Inserting details into a drawing
Modifying details

LandXML
LandXML Introduction importing
LandXML Importing
LandXML Exporting
LandXML Exporting 2
Style sheets css
Landxml reporting tool


Civil Design - Hydrology

Surfaces
Pasting two surfaces together

Preparing Data
Preparing for a hydrologic analysis
Using visual aids and LDT tools to analyze a surface
Changing hydrology settings

Preparing Data
Preparing pre and post subdrainage area with soil maps| RCN's and TC's
Subdividing drainage areas
Subdividing drainage areas
Identifying flow paths

TR-55
Working with LDT's TR-55 tabular method for pre development
Working with LDT's TR-55 tabular method for post development
Working with LDT's TR-55 tabular method for post development
Sizing a detention basin

Detention Pond
Creating a detention pond
Creating a composite hydrograph


Civil Design - Highways

Profiles
Defining profile settings
How to create a profile
Setting a current profile and moving profiles
Setting up a proposed profile
Designing a proposed profile
Adding vertical curves to a proposed profile
Labeling and editing a proposed profile - using AASHTO regulations

Sections
Concepts of creating finished ground roadway templates
Using LDT tools to draw roadway templates
Setting up material tables and point codes for templates
Defining and editing a roadway template
Creating existing ground cross sections
Applying your template to existing ground cross sections
Applying super elevation to your templates
Creating a report of section area/volumes and how to import a mass haul graph

Finished Ground Surface
Inserting the roadway templates into existing ground sections
Create and import template points to the drawing

Pipes
Changing settings before creating pipes
Drawing and defining a pipe run
Highlighting all pipe runs and identifying existing pipe runs in the drawing
Labeling pipe runs for plan and profile views


Civil Design - Grading

Grading Object
Understanding and defining a grading object
Modifying| relocating and automatically updating your grading object
Applying preset grading values to a footprint with elevations
Creating a surface and contours from a grading object

Multiple Grading Objects
Combining curb grading objects on top of parking lot grading objects
Creating a surface with multiple grading objects
Applying a grade to a pond bottom
Placing grading objects side by side
Creating a surface out of multiple grading objects

Volumes
Generating volumes from two surfaces
Creating a table of volume results
Creating a grading object| modify| relocate| and balance its volumes

3D Polylines
Working with LDT's 3D polyline tools
Working with LDT's 3D polyline tools to create a 3D model of a parking lot
Working with LDT's 3D polyline tools to create a 3D model of a parking lot

3D Polylines - Surface
Creating a surface with 3D polylines
Using daylighting tools for a parking lot perimeter
Modifying and creating surfaces with 3D polylines

Survey
Introduction to Autodesk Survey
Preparing to Download a Field book File
Importing a Field book File
Using Crandall's Rule
Using the Least Squares Method
Import Adjusted Coordinates
Processing a Second Loop - Individual Approach
Processing a Third Loop - Importing Corrected Data
Figures - Introduction
Processing a 3rd Loop - Manual Input
Processing Multiple Loops - Network Approach
Trimble Link Data Import