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Civil 3D User InterfaceOverview

This lesson describes the user interface in Civil 3D and explains how you manage the user

interface to maximize your productivity.

Civil 3D is a complex design and drafting environment. Users work with many interface

components to accomplish design and drafting tasks. When used properly, the final drafting and

production of engineering and construction drawings is a by-product of the design process.

Objectives

After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

Navigate through the Civil 3D software. Use the user interface to open files and display static and contextual ribbons. Examine the two main components of Toolspace: the Prospector and Settings tabs. Describe the function of Toolspace in drawing creation and management. Use the Panorama window, Properties Palette, and Tool Palette Explore existing workspaces and create a custom workspace. Create reports using the Toolbox tab of Toolspace.

Exercises

The following exercises are provided in a step-by-step format in this lesson:

1. Explore the Civil 3D User Interface2. Explore Toolspace3. The Panorama Window, Properties and Tool Palettes4. Work with Workspaces5. Create Reports

Lesson

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AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010

Education Curriculum Student Workbook

Unit 1: Civil 3D Environment


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Lesson 2: Civil 3D Interface Civil 3D 2010 Student Workbook

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The InterfaceThe standard interface is shown in the graphic below. Notice the following elements:

1. The Graphic Window or Drawing Area: This is the main window where the user inputs,modifies, and views visual data.

2. Toolspace: Toolspace is an integral component in the user interface for accessingcommands, styles, and data. Use it to access the Prospector, Settings, Survey, and Toolbox

tabs. Right-click each collection or item on these tabs to access commands.

3. Ribbon: The ribbon provides access for AutoCAD Civil 3D commands. Displayed at the top ofthe drawing window, the ribbon provides one location for commands, in an organization

that provides the most-frequently used commands in the most accessible places.

4. Application Menu: Provides drawing-related commands, such as New, Open, Save, andExport to AutoCAD.

5. Quick Access Toolbar: The Quick Access toolbar displays frequently used tools. You can addribbon buttons to the Quick Access toolbar

6. InfoCenter: The InfoCenter enables you to search for key words, enter a question for help,display the Communication Center panel for product updates and announcements, and

display the Favorites panel to access saved topics. It also displays links to Help topics, RSS

feeds, and product updates and announcements.

7. Command window: Also known as the command line or the text window, the commandwindow enables user input using the keyboard for commands or numerical values. It also

queries the user for information when required and reports data about the drawing.

8. Status bar: The status bar displays status information and includes some controls forchanging the view.


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About Ribbons

In AutoCAD Civil 3D, the ribbon is the primary user interface for accessing commands and

features. While the traditional menus are still available, all commands for both AutoCAD and

Civil 3D are available on the ribbon. The ribbon is a palette that displays task-based commands

and controls. It is automatically displayed when you create or open a drawing file. The ribbonconsists of tabs, panels, and commands. The tabs contain panels, and the panels contain

commands.

Tabs

Commands

Panel

Ribbon Types

Ribbons are classified as either static or contextual ribbons. Static ribbons are always displayed,

and contain the tabs, panels, and commands that you use most often. In Civil 3D, the static

ribbon displays the Home, Insert, Annotate, Modify, Analyze, View, Output, and Manage tabs. A

contextual ribbon tab is displayed when you select an object in the drawing area or execute

certain commands. It identifies the object, and shows panels and commands that can be used

to work with the selected object. Contextual ribbons filter and display only the applicable

commands, thereby making it easier to work with your data.

Static Ribbon

Civil 3D uses the Home, Insert Annotate, Modify, Analyze, View, Output, and Manage tabs.

When you select a tab, the ribbon displays the panels associated with that tab. For example, the

Home tab contains panels named Palettes, Create Ground Data, Create Design, Profile & SectionViews, Draw, Modify, Layers, Clipboard, and View. The panels and their commands directly

relate to the name of the tab.


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Contextual Ribbons

A contextual ribbon appears as a tab when an object is selected in the drawing area. For

example, when a surface model is selected in the drawing area, the contextual ribbon displays

the name of the surface, as well as the commands associated with surfaces.

About Toolspace

Toolspace is one of the primary interface components in Civil 3D. It provides an object-oriented

view of the engineering data in your drawing and lists the object and label styles used to displaythe data. Toolspace is also used to display survey data and create external reports on your

engineering data.

Toolspace is the primary tool that you use to control and display civil engineering data. With

Toolspace, you can manage drawing and project data, create and manage settings and styles,

manage survey data, and create reports.

Toolspace presents a large amount of data about the drawing, project, object styles, label

styles, and drawing settings. The Toolspace palette can:

Float or dock. Become semitransparent. Automatically hide itself. Be located on a second monitor.

Toolspace Components

There are two main components to Toolspace: the Prospector and Settings tabs. When you

work with the Survey functionality, Toolspace displays a Survey tab. When you create reports,

Toolspace displays a Toolbox tab.


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Prospector tab

The Prospector tab displays information about all of the Civil 3D objects in a drawing. Select this

tab to manage drawing and project data. You work with point, point group, surface, alignment,

profile, section, grading, parcel, and sheet layout data. In the bottom pane is the item view

area. This pane shows additional information about the selected item. In this illustration, theitem view displays a list of the surfaces in the drawing.

Settings tab

The Settings tab is where you manage object styles, label styles, and drawing settings for Civil

3D. Select this tab to configure drawings and drawing templates. You can specify drawing setup

parameters such as units, scale, and coordinate zone. You can also set up object styles and

object label styles.


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Survey and Toolbox tabs

The Survey and Toolbox tabs are optional tabs for Toolspace. When you open the Survey

Toolspace, this tab is added and used to manage survey observation data. You create survey

databases, create survey networks, import survey data, and edit survey observations. You also

create the survey network, points, and figures. When you open the toolbox, this tab is added to

create external reports on Civil 3D objects in a drawing.


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The Panorama Window, Properties and Tool Palettes

The Panorama window can display many types of data, such as the Point Editor vista and the

Alignment Entities vista. The Panorama window is especially useful for horizontally-orienteddata, such as point data.

The Properties palette displays the current properties for any selected object(s) in your drawing.

You can modify these properties directly in the palette.


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The Tool Palettes provide an efficient method for organizing, sharing, and placing many types of

commonly used design objects. You can customize your own object or even gather commonlyused objects into a new tab for frequent use.

About Workspaces

Civil 3D has several predefined workspaces. You can use these workspaces as they are, or copy

and modify them. The workspace is the configuration of the user interface. Workspaces are sets

of ribbons, menus, toolbars, and their positions, which are grouped and organized so that you can

work in a custom, task-oriented drawing environment. When you use a workspace, only theribbons, menus, toolbars, and secondary windows specified in that workspace are shown. You

can modify workspaces to add or remove toolbars, menus, and ribbon tabs and panels. You make

these modifications in the Customize User Interface dialog box.

The following workspaces are included in Civil 3D:

Civil 3D: This workspace displays the ribbon tabs, panels, and other interface components that

show all Civil 3D related commands. You use the Civil 3D workspace to create site and

transportation designs.


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2D Drafting and Annotation: This workspace displays the ribbons tabs, panels, and other

interface components required for two-dimensional drafting and annotation tasks. You use thisworkspace to produce engineering and construction drawings.

3D Modeling: This workspace displays the ribbon tabs, panels, and other interface components

required for three-dimensional modeling. You use this workspace to create 3D rendered modelsand animations that show your proposed design.

Workspace Switching

You can switch to a different workspace at any time by using the Workspace Switching

command. This command is displayed on the status bar at the bottom of the graphic screen.


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Key Terms

Ribbon The ribbon is the primary user interface for accessing commands and

features. While the traditional menus are still available, all commands for

both AutoCAD and Civil 3D are available on the ribbon. The ribbon is a

palette that displays task-based commands and controls. Contextual

ribbons appear when an object is selected and common commands used

for that object are displayed.

Toolspace Toolspace is the primary tool that you use to control and display civil

engineering data. With Toolspace, you can manage drawing and project

data, create and manage settings and styles, manage survey data, and

create reports. Toolspace contains Prospector and Settings tabs as well

as the optional Survey and Toolbox tabs.

Application Menu The Application Menu provides drawing-related commands, such as New,

Open, Save, and Export to AutoCAD.

Quick Access

Toolbar

The Quick Access toolbar displays frequently used tools.

InfoCenter The InfoCenter enables you to search for key words, enter a question for

help, display the Communication Center panel for product updates and

announcements, and display the Favorites panel to access saved topics. It

also displays links to Help topics, RSS feeds, and product updates and

announcements.

Command window Also known as the command line or the text window, the command

window enables user input using the keyboard for commands or

numerical values. It also queries the user for information when required

and reports data about the drawing.

Status bar The status bar displays status information and includes some controls for

changing the view.

Panorama window The Panorama window can display many types of data, such as the Point

Editor vista and the Alignment Entities vista.

Properties palette The Properties palette displays the current properties for any selected

object(s) in your drawing. You can modify these properties directly in the

palette.

Tool palette The Tool Palettes provide an efficient method for organizing, sharing, and

placing many types of commonly used design objects. You can customize


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your own object or even gather commonly used objects into a new tab

for frequent use.

Workspace A workspace is a set of ribbons, menus, toolbars, and their positions,

which are grouped and organized so that you can work in a custom, task-

oriented drawing environment. The workspace is the configuration of theuser interface.


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Exercise 1: Explore the Civil

3D User Interface

In this exercise, you explore the user

interface of Civil 3D.

No visible changes will be made to the

drawing during this exercise.

For this exercise, start AutoCAD Civil 3D and

a new drawing, drawing1.dwg, is opened.

Overall Interface

1. View the interface. Notice the majorinterface elements:

1) Graphic window or drawing area2) Toolspace3) Ribbon4) Application menu5) Quick Access toolbar6) InfoCenter7) Command window8) Status bar

2. Click the Toolspace button to causeToolspace to appear and disappear.

Click Toolspace again.

Application Menu

3. Click the Application Menu button.

Note the various types of drawing-related

commands that are available.

4. Click the Application Menu button againto close the menu.

Quick Access Toolbar

Note the series of buttons that form the

Quick Access toolbar. This toolbar can be

modified to add commands that are used

frequently.

5. Click the down arrow on the right sideof the toolbar.

Note the option to customize the toolbar

and the capability to show the menu bar

used in previous versions of Civil 3D.


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InfoCenter

Note the series of buttons that form the

InfoCenter. The purpose of thesecommands is to help you find information

and stay in touch with Autodesk.

6. Click the Help button. Be sure to explorethe Help system in Civil 3D.

7. Click the down arrow next to Help toview frequently used help topics.

Command window and Drawing area

The Command window and the Drawing

area work together to help the user interact

with the software graphically.

8. Draw a polyline to see this interaction. Enter pl. Press ENTER. Note the

options in the Command

Window.

Click in the drawing area tobegin a polyline.

Move the cursor and click againto draw a polyline.

Press ENTER to end thecommand.

Press F2 to open the commandwindow as a dedicated text

window where you can view

your previous commands.

Press F2 again to toggle off thetext window.

The Ribbon

One of the biggest changes to the interface

for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 is the ribbon. The

ribbon essentially replaces the menus and

provides one location for the most

frequently used commands in the most

accessible places. The ribbon is divided into

tabs according to the purpose of the

command. Each tab is further divided into

panels. A computer with better resolution

will show more complete descriptions for

the panels and buttons.

9. On the Home tab, Create Design panel,click Parcel. Note the additional

commands that are available.


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Note the down arrow next to the Create

Design panel name.

10.Click the panel name and note theadditional commands available.

Layout ToolbarsAdditional commands are available on the

Layout Toolbars. AutoCAD Civil 3D has the

following layout toolbars:

Alignment Layout toolbar Grading Creation toolbar Parcel Layout toolbar Pipe Network Layout toolbar Point Object Creation toolbar Profile Layout toolbar

11.On the Create Ground Data panel, clickthe Points > Point Creation Tools. The

Point Object Creation toolbar displays.

12.Click the double down arrow on theright side of the toolbar.

13.Expand the various Parameter trees toview the options that are available when

creating points. Close the toolbar.

Status bar

The status bar resides along the bottom of

the Civil 3D screen.

14.Hold your cursor over the variousbuttons to view the explanations of the

many options available to you.


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15.On the View tab, Windows panel, clickStatus Bar. This is where you control

what is shown on the status bar.

16.Close the drawing and do not save thechanges.


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Exercise 2: Explore

Toolspace

In this exercise, you explore Toolspace.

Toolspace is a critical interface componentof AutoCAD Civil 3D. The Prospector tab

shows and permits interaction with all of

the open drawings, projects, or objects

within the drawings. The Settings tab

contains a tree structure of object styles,

label styles, and settings for the drawing.

The Survey tab can be displayed and used to

work with survey data. The Toolbox tab is

also optional and enables you to generate

reports. Toolspace can be docked on the

left or right side of the screen, or it can

float.

No visible changes are made to the drawing

during this exercise.

For this exercise, open \I_Civil3DInterface-

EX2.dwg.

Toolspace Docking and Properties

1. If Toolspace is not open, click theToolspace button.

2. Click the Survey Toolspace button todisplay the Survey tab on the Toolspace

window.

3. Click the Prospector and Settings tabs tonavigate between them.

4. To display the Toolbox tab, click Palettes> Toolbox.

The Palettes panel is located under the

Toolspace button. A fourth tab is added to

Toolspace.

The default location for Toolspace is docked

left, but you have several options.

5. Double-click the gray bar at the top ofthe window to undock the window.

Toolspace can be moved, resized, or dockedon the right side.

6. While Toolspace is a floating window,right-click the solid gray bar on the left

side and notice the commands: Move,

Size, Close, Allow Docking, Anchor Left

and Right, AutoHide, and Transparency.

You can get this same menu using the

Properties button.

7. Try the AutoHide toggle and pull thecursor off the window to watch it

disappear.

You can also click the button at the upper

left to quickly activate the AutoHide mode.


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Examine the Prospector tab

8. Click the Prospector tab.9. Click the Active Drawing View drop-

down list.

From the Active Drawing View list, you can

select Master View or Active Drawing View.

The Master View enables you to view all of

the open drawings and their components,

and as many projects and templates that

are available. All of these are available for

you to expand by clicking the plus (+) sign to

the left. Note that the current drawing is

listed with a bold font. You can make

another drawing active by right-clicking its

name and clicking Switch To. Expand the

current drawing and note the objects. If you

switch to the Active Drawing View, you see

only the active drawing.

10.Expand the active drawings objects.Right-click Points. Notice the many

commands that are available on the

Toolspace Prospector tab.

11.Click Create to view the Create PointsLayout toolbar. Close the toolbar.

12.Click Points. View the correspondinginformation listed in the Item View

window at the bottom of the Prospector

tab.

13.In the Item View window, right-clickpoint 20573. Click Zoom To.


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14.Expand the Surfaces tree in the activedrawing.

15.Right-click Surface1. Click SurfaceProperties.

The Surface Properties dialog box displays

and enables you to review and alter the

properties of this surface.

16.Close the Surface Properties dialog boxwhen finished.

Preview Graphic Objects

In addition to tabular information, mostgraphic objects can also be previewed in the

Prospector tab. Here you preview a parcel.

17.Expand the Sites, Site 1, and Parcelstrees in Prospector. Notice that there is

one parcel named Property:1.

18.To preview the parcel, click themagnifying glass icon at the top of

Toolspace.

19.Right-click Parcels. Click Show Preview.20.Click the Standard:1 parcel to see a

preview Item View window.

The Toolspace Settings tab

21.Click the Settings tab in Toolspace toview the various types of settings.


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22.Expand the Point heading to view thevarious types of Point settings.

Point Styles and Label Styles enable you to

change the look of the points and labels.

23.Expand the Point Styles and Label Stylesheadings.

Notice the many point and label styles that

can be used when creating points. You can

copy and alter these styles to be your own.

You can specify that certain points use style

A and others use style B. The same is truefor the labels. Once the styles are defined,

the Prospector tab is used to designate the

styles used for each object.

24.Close the drawing and do not save thechanges.


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Exercise 3: The Panorama

Window, Properties and

Tool Palettes

In this exercise, you view the PanoramaWindow, and the Properties and Tool

Palettes in AutoCAD Civil 3D.

The Panorama Window and the Properties

Palette both enable you to view and edit

specific data for various objects. The

Panorama Window is a general use window

that uses different names depending on its

use.



For this exercise, continue from the

previous exercise or open

\I_Civil3DInterface-EX3.dwg.

The Panorama Window

1. On the Prospector tab in Toolspace,expand the components of the active

drawing.

2. Right-click Points. Click Edit Points.The Panorama window opens the Point

Editor, which shows all of the points in the

drawing.

3. Highlight a point row and click in theNorthing cell.

Note that you can edit the values directly in

this window.

4. Highlight any point row. Right-click therow to see the available commands.

5. Try zooming to a particular point withthis method. Click Zoom Previous or

Undo to return to the prior view.

6. Try panning to a particular point.7. Click the green check mark to close thePanorama window.Examine the Properties Palette

8. On the Palettes panel, click Properties.9. In the drawing, click a contour line that

is part of a surface called EG.

The Properties box displays data about the

selected object(s) in the drawing.


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Contextual tabs appear on the Ribbon when

an object is selected in the drawing. Thesetabs show pertinent commands that you

can use on the object.

10.Press ESC to deselect the surface.11.Click a point in the drawing and view the

properties of the point in the Properties

palette.

Notice how a different contextual tab for a

point appears on the ribbon and the values

in the Properties Palette change.

12.Click in the Northing cell of theGeometry group of properties.

You can edit the value in the Properties

Palette also.

13.Close the Properties Palette withoutmaking changes.

Examine the Tool Palettes

14.On the Home tab, Palettes panel, clickTool Palettes.

The Tool Palettes are used primarily to

display subassemblies, or components of a

cross section that can be used to model

corridors.

15.Click through the various tabs and usethe slider bar on the left to view the

various assemblies and subassemblies

used for modeling roads and highways.

16.Click the bottom right of the tab namesin order to see a full list of the available

tabs.


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17.Right-click the sidebar of the palette todisplay the many types of palettes that

are available.

18.Close the Tool Palettes.19.Close the drawing and do not save the

changes.


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Exercise 4: Work with

Workspaces

In this exercise, you explore the workspaces

available in Civil 3D and modify some

workspace settings. You then create a

custom workspace by adding toolbars and

removing menus.



For this exercise, either continue from the

previous exercise, or start AutoCAD Civil 3D

and a new drawing, drawing1.dwg, is

opened.

First, you review the existing workspaces.

1. To switch to the 2D Drafting andAnnotation workspace, select 2D

Drafting and Annotation from the

Workspace Switching button in the

status bar.

The user interface changes to show

commands applicable to drafting and

annotation tasks.

2. To switch to the 3D Modelingworkspace, click Workspace Switching.

3. Select 3D Modeling.The user interface changes to show the

commands applicable to 3D modeling tasks.

4. To return to the Civil 3D workspace,click Workspace Switching.

5. Select Civil 3D from the list.The user interface changes to show the Civil

3D commands.

6. Click Workspace Switching. SelectWorkspace Settings from the list.

7. In the Workspace Settings dialog box,select Automatically Save Workspace

Settings to enable the option. Click OK.

This setting ensures that changes you make

to a workspace are automatically saved.

Next, you create and customize a

workspace using the Customize UserInterface (CUI) command.

8. Click Workspace Switching.9. Select Save Current As from the list.10.In the Save Workspace dialog box, for

Name, enter My Civil 3D Workspace.

Click Save.

11.Click Workspace Switching. SelectCustomize from the list.

12.In the Customize User Interface dialogbox, under the Workspace collection,

select the My Civil 3D Workspace

(current) workspace.

Note that the contents of the workspace

are displayed in the Workspace Contents

pane to the right.

13.In the Workspace Contents pane, noticethat the workspace does not display any

toolbars.


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14.In the Workspace Contents pane, clickCustomize Workspace to enter

Workspace Editing mode.

15.To add toolbars to the workspace, clickin the Customizations in All Files pane

on the left side.

16.Select the Toolbars check box.The toolbars are added to the My Civil 3D

Workspace (current) workspace on the right

side.

Collapse Partial Customization Files.

17.To remove and move menus, in theCustomizations in All Files pane:

Click to expand Menus. At the bottom of the list, clear the

Annotation and Inquiry check boxes.

18.In the Workspace Contents pane, clickto expand the Menus tree.

Notice that the Annotation and Inquiry

menus have been removed from the My

Civil 3D Workspace (current) workspace.

19.In the right pane, click and dragLines/Curves. Relocate it above General.

20.Click Done to exit editing mode.21.Click OK to close the Customize User

Interface dialog box. Notice the display

of the toolbars.

Next, you change how the menu bar is

displayed. The use of menus is discouraged

with the inclusion of the ribbon. However, it

is still possible to display the menus.

22.On the command line, enter menubar.Press ENTER.

23.Enter 1 forEnter New Value forMENUBAR. Press ENTER.

The menu bar is displayed at the top of the

screen. Notice that the Annotation and

Inquiry menus are no longer visible. Also

notice that the Lines/Curves menu is to the

left of the General menu.

Finally, you confirm the effect of selecting

the Automatically Save Workspace Settings

option.

24.Click Workspace Switching. From themenu, select Civil 3D. Notice that the

menu bar is no longer visible.

25.Switch back to the My Civil 3DWorkspace. Notice that the menu bar is

visible. The visibility of the menu bar is

controlled and saved with a workspace.

To turn off the menu bar in the My Civil 3D

workspace:

26.On the command line, enter menubar.Press ENTER.

27.For New Value for MENUBAR, enter 0.Press ENTER.

28.Close the drawing. Do not save thechanges.


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Exercise 5: Create Reports

In this exercise, you create reports for

design objects.

For this exercise, open \I_Civil3DInterface-

EX5.dwg.

1. On the Home tab, click the Palettespanel. Click Toolbox.

2. In the Toolbox: Click to expand Reports Manager. Click to expand Points. Right-click Points_List. Click Execute.

3. In the Export to XML Report dialog box,click OK.

The report is displayed in a web browser.

4. Close the web browser.Next, you create a report that shows the

station and offset to points from an

alignment.

5. In the Toolbox, right-click Station Offsetto Points. Click Execute.

6. In the Create Reports - Station Offset toPoints Report dialog box:

Review the point list and review thealignments.

Under Report Settings, selectOrchard Road.

Click Create Report.7. The report is displayed in a web

browser.


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8. Close the web browser.In the Create Reports - Station Offset to

Points

9. Report dialog box, click Done.Next, you create a parcel report.

10.In the Toolbox: Click to collapse Points. Click to expand Parcel. Notice the

different reporting options for

parcels.

Right-click Inverse_Report. ClickExecute.

11.In the Export to XML Report dialog box: Scroll down to see the parcels. Click OK.

The report is displayed in a web browser.

Notice the generic headers at the top of the

report. You can change how this

information is displayed by changing the

report settings.

12.Close the web browser.13.In the Toolbox, click Report Settings.

14.In the Edit Report Settings dialog box:

Click to expand Client. Click to expand Company. For Name, enter Town of

Blacksburg.

Click to collapse the Client tree.15.Click to expand Owner and Preparer:

For Name, enter ABC Engineering. Click to expand the other trees and

review the options.

Click OK.Next, you create an Alignment Report.

16.In the Toolbox: Click to collapse Parcels. Click to expand Alignment. Right-click Alignment_Curve. Click

Execute.

17.In the Export to XML Report dialog box,click Pick from Drawing.

18.In the drawing area, select 8th Avenue,the north-south running alignment on

the west side of the site. Press ENTER.

19.Click OK.


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The report is displayed in the web browser.

Notice the updated information for Client

and Prepared By.

20.Close the browser.21.Close the drawing. Do not save the

changes.


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Assessment

Challenge Exercise

Instructors provide a challenge exercise for students to do based on this lesson.

Questions

1. Name the four tabs of Toolspace. Which are always present and which must beactivated to use?

2. Where would you modify a point label style?3. What types of commands are present in the Application Menu?4. What is a contextual ribbon?5. Creating a report about a parcel is best performed using which interface object?6. Panorama windows and the Properties palette can both display and permit edits to data.

Is this correct?

7. What are the three major workspaces in Civil 3D?Answers

1. The four tabs of Toolspace are Prospector, Settings, Survey, and Toolbox. The first twoare always present and the last two need activation to be used.

2. The Settings tab of Toolspace holds settings of all types, including label styles.3. The Application Menu provides drawing-related commands, such as New, Open, Save,

and Export to AutoCAD.

4. A contextual ribbon appears as a tab when an object is selected in the drawing area.Applicable commands for the selected object appear on the ribbon.

5. Reports are created using the Toolbox tab of Toolspace.6. Yes, both Panorama windows and the Properties palette permit display and editing of

object data.

7. The major workspaces include Civil 3D, 2D Drafting & Annotation, and 3D Modeling.

Lesson Summary

This lesson focused on describing the basic aspects of the user interface of Civil 3D. In the

exercises, you learned how to navigate, use Toolspace, work with workspaces, and create

reports.


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