You're reading from Autodesk Civil 3D 2024 from Start to Finish A practical guide to civil infrastructure design, modeling, and analysis

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803239064

Length 422 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Civil3D

Concepts

Computer Aided Design

Authors (2):

Stephen Walz

Tony Sabat

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Getting Acquainted with Civil 3D and Starting Your Next Project for Success

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Civil 3D FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Setting up the Design Environment

4. Chapter 3: Sharing Data within Civil 3D

5. Part 2: Designing and Modeling with Civil 3D from Scratch

6. Chapter 4: Configuring Survey Data with Civil 3D

7. Chapter 5: Leveraging Points, Lines, and Curves

8. Chapter 6: Surfaces - The First Foundational Component to Designs within Civil 3D

9. Chapter 7: Alignments - The Second Foundational Component to Designs within Civil 3D

10. Chapter 8: Profiles - The Third Foundational Component to Designs within Civil 3D

11. Part 3: Leveraging Design-Specific Tool Belts

12. Chapter 9: Land Development Tool Belt for Everyday Use

13. Chapter 10: Roadway Modeling Tool Belt for Everyday Use

14. Chapter 11: Advanced Roadway Modeling Tool Belt for Everyday Use

15. Chapter 12: Utility Modeling Tool Belt for Everyday Use

16. Part 4: Advanced Capabilities with Civil 3D

17. Chapter 13: Section Creation and Analysis

18. Chapter 14: Automating Sheet Creation

19. Index

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Setting up profile views

Now that we’ve connected the ALG - Subdivision Main Road – Access alignment to the SRF – Existing Grade – FromSurveyPoints surface model, we can now create the profile view in preparation for developing the proposed grading model.

By going back to the Home ribbon and then proceeding to the Profile and Section Views panels, we can access our profile view tools. If we click on the down arrow next to where it says Profile View, we’ll see a drop-down menu appear with the following options, shown in Figure 8.5:

Create Profile View: This allows us to create a singular profile view along with an alignment
Create Multiple Profile Views: This allows us to create multiple profile views in the event that a particular alignment is long (typically used for sheeting purposes)
Project Objects to Profile View: This allows us to project objects into profile views for display and coordination purposes
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