Course description
Civil 3D Essentials Course - Live Virtual Training
AutoCAD Civil 3D has firmly established itself as a market leading solution for the analysis, design and construction of Civil Infrastructure projects. Whether you’re analysing a site for slope, aspect and runoff; designing earthworks projects involving cut and fill calculations; or full-blown infrastructure design for projects in all construction sectors, Civil 3D is the most powerful tool on the market today.
Our Civil 3D training courses are run as bespoke courses at either our premises or yours and are tailored to suit your exact requirements…. whether you’re a complete beginner or looking to develop more advanced skills, the course will be pitched at the right level for you with expert guidance throughout. In fact our Civil 3D trainer is one of the most in demand Civil 3D instructors in the country.
Our Civil 3D training courses focus on topics that will be most applicable to users wanting to get the best results from the software in a professional environment, learning incredibly useful skills such as mastering the Toolspace, modifying surfaces, creating pipe networks and working with survey data.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
No previous Civil 3D experience is necessary, just a working knowledge of Microsoft Windows is required.
It would be useful to have an understanding of civil engineering terminology, but this is not essential.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Benchmarq is a fully Authorised Autodesk Training Centre and you will be awarded an official Autodesk Certificate on completion of the course.
Training Course Content
During this course you will cover the following topics. On a bespoke training day, the agenda can be adjusted to suit your requirements.
Understanding the Civil 3D Workspace
Navigating the User Interface
The concept of Objects vs Styles
Mastering the Toolspace
Working with Points
Importing points
Creating and importing points
Managing points
Exporting point information
Developing Surfaces
Creating and importing surfaces
Modifying Surface
Stylising surfaces
Analysing a surface Creating Plots (Land Parcels)
Creating Sites
Creating Parcels Site Analysis
Alignments
Creating Alignments from Objects
Labelling alignments
Tables & Legends Site Analysis
Profiles
Creating Surface Profiles
Creating Profiles Views (Longsections)
Labelling Profiles and Profile Views
Site Analysis – Assemblies
Creating Assemblies
Grading (Earthworks)
Creating Feature Lines
Creating Interim Grading Surface
Creating Featurelines
Cut and Fill calculations
Volume measurements
Labelling Grading surface
Corridor Design
Creating simple corridor Models
Creating Corridor surfaces
Pipes Networks
Creating Pipe Networks
Drawing and Editing Pipes
Labeling Pipes
Exporting and Importing Pipe networks
Transportation – Alignments
Designing Alignments
Designing Criteria-Based Alignments
Creating Offset Alignments
Transportation – Profiles
Designing Vertical Profiles
Best fit profiles
Editing Profile Geometry
Transportation – Assemblies
Creating assemblies
Modifying assemblies
Transportation – Corridors
Creating Corridors
Creating Junctions
Editing regions
Creating corridor surfaces
Transportation – Quantities and Sections
Creating Sample Lines
Calculating Corridor Quantities
Creating Quantity Reports
Creating Section Views
Managing Data
Working with data shortcuts
Plan Production
Calculating Quantity Takeoff
Working with Survey
Creating Survey Databases
Creating Survey Networks
Creating Figure Styles
Importing Survey Data
Why choose Benchmarq Training
Founded in 2005
500+ courses completed
1500+ participants successfully trained
Reviews
Average rating 5
I used Benchmarq for a 3-day Introduction to Autodesk Civil 3D course. It was an excellent learning experience, well-paced, and our tutor, Carl, was thoroughly knowledgeable, cl...
Commissioned Benchmarq for some Autocad Civil 3D training. The company provided very patient and professional training. Some time after completing the training I contacted Be...
Excellent, the Civil 3D Course covered a lot but I was given time to take in what was being taught. Look forward to an opportunity to put taining into use.