Summary

In this chapter, we learned about the fundamental navigation tools and Civil 3D elements that will act as the basis for our design as we compound on this chapter going forward. Civil 3D has a very intuitive and adaptive navigation workflow to ensure the analysis and design process transitions seamlessly as we move from step to step.

With the contextual ribbon, the main commands for building upon our design automatically highlight to expedite decision making. Civil 3D provides additional methods of navigation as well as you dive further into specific workflows and begin to customize your method of working.

With a firm understanding of utilizing the navigation tools, we can effectively begin our analysis and design with the core Civil 3D elements. We learned about the different elements within the software and how they respond to different parameters and functions.

In addition to this, we learned about the Civil 3D process that links these elements together in a dynamic way to mitigate redundant work and ensure objects dependent upon each other maintain such integration through the evolution of our designs.

In the next chapter, we will learn about the details of some of these elements and dive further into their inner workings for proper and confident designs. As we explore these new elements in further detail, we will build upon the knowledge of this chapter and demonstrate their dynamic nature in incredibly fast and adaptive workflows as projects change and adjust, as is common with industry work.

Civil 3D is a program that adapts with you at your pace for maintaining focus on the design and not wasting time understanding how the program should work. Successive chapters will build upon the previous chapters, so at any point, if questions arise, feel free to return to those chapters and connect any gaps there may be.