Technical requirements
Here are the technical requirements for this chapter:
- Software: Autodesk Civil 3D 2024
- Operating system: 64-bit Microsoft Windows 10
- Processor: 4+ GHz
- Memory: 32 GB of RAM (we suggest going with either 64 GB or 128 GB)
- Graphics card: 8 GB
- Display resolution: 1,980 x 1,080 with True Color
- Disk space: 20 GB
- Pointing device: Microsoft compliant mouse
With that, let’s go ahead and open up our Utility Model_Start.dwg
file, located within our Civil 3D 2025 Unleashed\
Chapter 11
\Model
location. Once the file is opened, you’ll notice that it has zoomed into our site, as displayed in Figure 11.1.
Figure 11.1 – The Utility Model_Start.dwg display
With our Utility Model_Start.dwg
file now opened up, let’s learn how to access and begin familiarizing ourselves with Project Explorer to understand how we can best utilize its capabilities within Autodesk Civil 3D 2025.