Civil 3D beginners course2023-03-08T12:52:15+05:30

Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D beginners course.

Learn Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D from scratch with project-based tutorials, exercises and quizzes.

139 Video lessons

11.3 Hours of video

3 Student Projects

17 Practice exercises

Certificate of completion

85 MCQ Quizzes

Beginner and intermediate level

Downloadable lesson files

Recommended For

Civil engineers, surveyors, landscape architects, GIS professionals and others who want to learn all about using Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D right from scratch.

About this course

The course is made with a beginner in mind, and all the topics start from scratch explaining everything in detail.

Although the course is made with a beginner in mind and most of the topics, in the beginning, are basic topics but later advance are also discussed in complete detail.

So, essentially this course will not only help you build the foundations of Civil 3D but also help you learn the advanced tools and commands if you have the basic knowledge of Civil 3D.

This course is primarily made with AutoCAD Civil 3D 2022/2023 but is completely compatible with older versions of Civil 3D.

The course lessons are project-oriented, and the tools and commands are taught with real-world applications in mind.

Each section ends with practical questions that are related to the topics taught in the section and students can answer these questions to assess their performance before moving further.

Who should take this course

This course is recommended for a complete beginner of Autodesk Civil 3D as well as intermediate-level users who know only the basics and want to learn the advanced tools and commands.

Pre-requisites

Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 up to the latest version on Windows operating system is recommended for the course.

Course projects

These are the projects included with this course, you can make these projects after finishing the course.

Creating sheets in Civil 3D

Learn to create sheets using project files using Civil 3D.

Table of Contents.

  1. Getting started (3:10)
  2. What is Civil 3D (3:05)
  3. What you should expect from this course (0:47)
  4. Working with the dataset for this course

  1. Points Overview (4:18)
  2. Description Keys (7:27)
  3. Point File Formats (6:40)
  4. Importing Points (3:47)
  5. Reviewing Point Data (2:02)
  6. Point Tools (5:01)
  7. Point Groups (5:01)
  8. Modifying Points (4:25)
  9. Creating Point Reports (8:38)
  10. Exporting Points (2:16)
  11. Practice Exercises (1:16)
  12. Quiz

  1. Points Overview (4:18)
  2. Description Keys (7:27)
  3. Point File Formats (6:40)
  4. Importing Points (3:47)
  5. Reviewing Point Data (2:02)
  6. Point Tools (5:01)
  7. Point Groups (5:01)
  8. Modifying Points (4:25)
  9. Creating Point Reports (8:38)
  10. Exporting Points (2:16)
  11. Practice Exercises (1:16)
  12. Quiz

  1. Survey Toolspace Overview (3:02)
  2. Survey Database Overview (6:40)
  3. Survey Settings and Styles (2:49)
  4. Import Events (10:27)
  5. Linework Code Sets (7:04)
  6. Survey Figures (6:36)
  7. Practice Exercises (1:46)
  8. Quiz

  1. Surfaces Overview (5:42)
  2. Creating Breaklines from Points (7:06)
  3. Adding Survey Data to a Surface (4:38)
  4. Adding Proximity and Standard Breaklines to a Surface (3:25)
  5. Adding a Headwall Breakline to a Surface (4:42)
  6. Adding Contours to a surface (2:16)
  7. Adding Boundaries to a Surface (3:51)
  8. Surface Properties (2:59)
  9. Editing Surfaces – Lines (4:19)
  10. Editing Surfaces – Points (2:29)
  11. Editing Surfaces – Paste Surfaces (2:20)
  12. Editing Surfaces – Additional Tools (4:13)
  13. Surface Analysis (5:02)
  14. Surface Labels (8:39)
  15. Surface Volumes (2:09)
  16. Practice Exercises (2:20)
  17. Quiz

  1. Alignment Overview (2:44)
  2. Alignment – Element Constraints (2:44)
  3. Creating Alignments – PI Method (8:48)
  4. Creating Alignments – Fixed, Floating, and Free Methods (7:03)
  5. Alignment Properties (4:27)
  6. Alignment Reporting (4:02)
  7. Alignment Labels and Tables (4:50)
  8. Practice Exercises (2:32)
  9. Quiz

  1. Sharing Data Overview (2:39)
  2. Data Shortcut Overview (4:46)
  3. Using Data Shortcuts (5:55)
  4. Editing and Promoting Data Shortcuts (2:19)
  5. Labeling Referencing Files (2:31)
  6. Practice Exercises (3:29)
  7. Quiz

  1. Profiles – Profile Views Overview (4:16)
  2. Surface Profiles and Profile Views (4:52)
  3. Design Profiles (7:45)
  4. Editing Profiles (3:59)
  5. Profile and Profile View Labeling (4:05)
  6. Practice Exercises (2:30)
  7. Quiz

  1. Assembly and Subassembly Overview (6:25)
  2. Creating Assemblies for Corridor modeling (8:19)
  3. Creating Assemblies for Corridor modeling (4:25)
  4. Modifying Assemblies (4:01)
  5. Copying Assemblies to a Tool Palette (2:47)
  6. Practice Exercises (3:41)
  7. Quiz

  1. Corridor Overview (5:34)
  2. Create a Corridor (5:49)
  3. Target Mapping (8:19)
  4. Corridor Properties (5:45)
  5. Corridor Surfaces (5:09)
  6. Review and Edit Corridor Sections (8:55)
  7. An Overview of Intersections (3:55)
  8. Creating Intersection Geometry (9:16)
  9. Creating Intersections (11:19)
  10. Reviewing and Editing Intersections (2:35)
  11. Practice Exercises (9:45)
  12. Quiz

  1. Grading Overview (6:04)
  2. Creating and Editing Feature Lines(A) (7:29)
  3. Creating and Editing Feature Lines(B) (7:09)
  4. Grading Objects (8:42)
  5. Grading Volumes (3:13)
  6. Practice Exercises (7:06)
  7. Quiz

  1. Pipe Networks Overview (5:44)
  2. Configuring Pipe Networks (5:40)
  3. Creating a Network from Objects (3:43)
  4. Laying out a Pipe Network (7:37)
  5. Editing Pipe Networks (10:30)
  6. Interference Checking with Pipe Networks (5:16)
  7. Annotating Pipe Networks (6:26)
  8. Pipe Reporting (3:30)
  9. Practice Exercises (3:47)
  10. Quiz

  1. Pressure Pipe Networks Overview (3:48)
  2. Configuring Pressure Pipe Networks (7:56)
  3. Creating a Pressure Pipe Network from Objects (7:46)
  4. Laying out a Pressure Pipe Run (5:05)
  5. Editing Pressure Pipe Networks (10:04)
  6. Design Checking Pressure Networks (4:20)
  7. Annotating Pressure Pipe Networks (3:48)
  8. Practice Exercises (6:16)
  9. Quiz

  1. Creating Plan Sheets (10:53)
  2. Creating Plan & Profile Sheets (10:01)
  3. Sheet Sets Overview (4:05)
  4. Practice Exercises (10:16)
  5. Quiz

  1. Cross Section Overview (6:01)
  2. Sample Line Groups (6:15)
  3. Creating Cross Section Views (6:40)
  4. Projecting Objects in Cross Sections (5:18)
  5. Creating Cross Section Sheets (4:45)
  6. Labeling Cross Section Views (4:29)
  7. Practice Exercises
  8. Quiz

  1. Earthwork Volumes (6:55)
  2. Quantity Takeoff (8:44)
  3. Mass Haul Diagrams (4:49)
  4. Practice Exercises (4:10)
  5. Quiz

  1. Parcels Overview (4:02)
  2. Creating Parcels from Objects (4:17)
  3. ROW Parcels (6:05)
  4. Laying Out Parcels (6:36)
  5. Editing Parcels (5:11)
  6. Labeling Parcels (3:26)
  7. Parcel Tables (5:08)
  8. Reporting on Parcels (2:42)
  9. Practice Exercises (5:44)
  10. Quiz

  1. Creating an AutoCAD Box Culvert Model (14:08)
  2. Projecting the model in Different Civil Plans (5:39)
  3. Practice Exercises (6:34)
  4. Quiz

  1. Working with Point Clouds (2:44)
  2. Creating a Civil 3D Surface From Point Clouds (6:08)
  3. Practice Exercises (5:27)
  4. Quiz

Seth Cohen

About the author.

Seth Cohen is the project manager, expert national and international trainer, consultant, strategist, and implementation specialist for transportation projects and a wide variety of Autodesk and Bentley software including AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Map 3D, Autodesk InfraWorks 360, Autodesk Vehicle Tracking, MicroStation, and InRoads.

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