Harnessing AutoCAD land development desktop

Title:

Personal Author:

Zimmerman, Phillip J.

Publication Information:

Albany, N.Y. : Thomson Learning, 2001

Physical Description:

1v + 1 CD-ROM (CP 4141)

ISBN:

9780766828063

Subject Term:

Civil engineering -- Computer programs

Surveying -- Computer programs

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A solid foundation in AutoCAD Land Development Desktop is yours with this new book. Beginning with the project and drafting environment, it continues with coverage on points, parcels, and terrain. Review of each concept and tool is facilitated by an exercise that will take you step-by-step through the command sequences that were just covered. Topics include roadway design, hydrology, site grading, surveying.

Introduction	p. XXV
Introduction	p. XXV
How to Use the CD	p. XXVI
About the Author	p. XXVII
Supplements	p. XXVII
Acknowledgments	p. XXVII
Section 1 The Land Development Desktop Project and Drafting Environment	p. 1
Section Overview	p. 1
Unit 1 Drawing Setup	p. 3
New Drawing and Project Initialization Overview	p. 3
Exercise	p. 16
Unit 2 Prototypes and Projects	p. 20
Prototype Manager and Project Manager	p. 21
Project Basics	p. 22
Exercise	p. 23
Unit 3 Creating and Modifying a Prototype	p. 28
Exercise	p. 28
Section 2 Basic Data Group--Points	p. 33
Section Overview	p. 33
Unit 1 Point Settings	p. 36
Create	p. 37
Insert	p. 38
Update	p. 40
Coords	p. 41
Description Keys	p. 41
Marker	p. 42
Text	p. 43
Preferences	p. 44
Exercise	p. 45
Unit 2 Creating Points	p. 49
Create Points	p. 49
Create Points-Intersection	p. 54
Surface/Slope/Interpolate	p. 55
Import/Export	p. 55
Exercise	p. 59
Unit 3 Analyzing and Reporting Point Data	p. 65
List Points	p. 65
Point Groups	p. 69
Exercise	p. 71
Unit 4 Editing Point Data	p. 74
Edit Points Menu	p. 74
Insert Points to Drawing	p. 78
Remove Points from Drawing	p. 78
Check Points	p. 78
Point Utilities Cascade	p. 81
Stakeout	p. 82
Exercise	p. 83
Unit 5 Annotating Point Data	p. 86
Description Keys	p. 86
Point Label Styles	p. 95
Exercise	p. 97
Section 3 Line and Curve Data	p. 105
Section Overview	p. 105
Unit 1 Creating Lines and Curves	p. 106
Lines	p. 107
Curves	p. 111
Spirals	p. 114
Speed Tables	p. 115
Attach Multiple	p. 115
Exercise	p. 116
Unit 2 Analyzing Line and Curve Data	p. 122
Exercise	p. 124
Unit 3 Editing Line and Curve Data	p. 125
Line Extension	p. 125
Exercise	p. 125
Unit 4 Annotating Lines and Curves	p. 126
Annotation Styles	p. 126
Anatomy of a Label Style	p. 127
Labels Settings	p. 130
Shortcut Menu Options	p. 132
Label Dialog Bar	p. 133
Add Static Labels	p. 133
Labeling Segments	p. 133
Exercise	p. 134
Unit 5 Line, ARC, and Spiral Tables	p. 141
Anatomy of a Tag Style	p. 142
Table Dialog Box	p. 143
Exercise	p. 145
Unit 6 Point Data from Lines and ARCS	p. 146
Manual	p. 147
Automatic and on Line/Curve/Spiral	p. 147
Divide and Measure	p. 147
Along Line/Curve/Spiral	p. 147
Exercise	p. 148
Section 4 Parcels	p. 151
Section Overview	p. 151
Unit 1 Parcel Settings	p. 152
Options	p. 153
Parcel Numbering	p. 154
Square Feet/Meters Labeling	p. 154
Acres/Hectares Labeling	p. 155
Exercise	p. 155
Unit 2 Creating Parcels from Entities	p. 156
Lot Defining and Sizing Routines	p. 156
Exercise	p. 157
Unit 3 Editing Lots	p. 167
Unit 4 Analyzing Parcel Data	p. 167
Exercise	p. 169
Unit 5 Annotating Lots	p. 171
Exercise	p. 171
Section 5 Surfaces	p. 173
Section Overview	p. 173
Unit 1 DTM Settings	p. 175
Surface Display	p. 175
Surface 3D Grid	p. 176
Surface 3D Polyline	p. 178
Surface Elevation Shading Settings	p. 178
Surface Slope Shading Settings	p. 179
Surface Legend	p. 180
Watershed Settings	p. 181
Contour Creation	p. 181
Contour Styles	p. 182
Exercise	p. 186
Unit 2 Surface Data	p. 190
Points	p. 191
Breaklines	p. 195
Contour Data	p. 199
Exercise	p. 204
Unit 3 Editing A Surface	p. 221
Flip Face	p. 223
Add Line	p. 223
Delete Line	p. 223
Surface Boundaries	p. 224
Add a Point	p. 224
Delete Point	p. 224
Edit Point	p. 224
Exercise	p. 224
Unit 4 Surface Analysis	p. 230
Surface Statistics of Terrain Explorer	p. 231
Slopes	p. 232
Elevation	p. 233
Grid of 3D Faces	p. 234
Surface Elevation Exaggeration	p. 235
Sections	p. 235
Surface Utilities	p. 236
Multiple Surfaces	p. 238
Inquiry Menu Routines	p. 238
Exercise	p. 239
Unit 5 Surface Annotation	p. 255
Create Contour	p. 255
Contour Styles	p. 255
Contour Labels	p. 256
Editing Contours	p. 258
Exercise	p. 259
Unit 6 Surface Point Tools	p. 261
Exercise	p. 261
Section 6 Site and Parcel Volumes	p. 265
Section Overview	p. 265
Unit 1 The Site Volume Process	p. 266
Unit 2 Site Volume Settings	p. 271
Volume Site Settings	p. 272
Grid Volume	p. 273
Grid Volume Ticks	p. 274
Compositevolume	p. 275
Section Volume	p. 276
Section Volume Plotting	p. 276
Exercise	p. 279
Unit 3 Basic Surface Design Tools	p. 280
Point Data	p. 280
Contour Data	p. 285
Exercise	p. 290
Unit 4 Calculating a Grid Volume	p. 305
Exercise	p. 307
Unit 5 Calculating Section Volumes	p. 315
Exercise	p. 318
Unit 6 Composite Surface Volume	p. 323
Exercise	p. 324
Unit 7 Parcel Volumes	p. 326
Exercise	p. 327
Section 7 The Roadway Design Process--Horizontal Alignments	p. 331
Section Overview	p. 331
Unit 1 Roadway Settings	p. 334
Alignment Labels	p. 335
Alignment Offsets	p. 335
Station Format	p. 336
Station Labels	p. 337
Curve Tables	p. 339
Exercise	p. 340
Unit 2 Creating a Roadway Centerline	p. 343
Lines/Curves Menu	p. 343
Alignments Menu	p. 344
Exercise	p. 347
Unit 3 Centerline Analysis	p. 354
Analyzing a Horizontal Alignment	p. 354
Exercise	p. 356
Unit 4 Centerline Editing	p. 357
Editing A Horizontal Alignment	p. 357
Exercise	p. 360
Unit 5 Centerline Annotation	p. 365
Exercise	p. 366
Unit 6 Creating New Data Relative to an Alignment	p. 368
Create Offsets	p. 368
Point Tools	p. 368
Exercise	p. 373
Section 8 The Roadway Design Process--Profiles and the Vertical Alignment	p. 377
Section Overview	p. 377
Unit 1 Profile Settings	p. 379
Profile Eg Layers	p. 379
Profile Fg Layers	p. 380
Profile Sampling	p. 381
Profile Labels	p. 382
Profile Values	p. 383
Exercise	p. 384
Unit 2 Profiles	p. 386
Elevation Sampling	p. 386
Creating a Profile	p. 388
Analyzing a Profile	p. 389
Editing a Profile	p. 389
Exercise	p. 390
Unit 3 Creating a Vertical Alignment	p. 393
Creating Vertical Tangents	p. 393
Editing Vertical Tangents	p. 395
Creating Vertical Curves	p. 395
Defining a Vertical Alignment	p. 396
Exercise	p. 397
Draw Proposed Vertical Centerline	p. 397
Vertical Curves	p. 398
Define the Vertical Alignment	p. 398
Unit 4 Analyzing and Editing a Vertical Alignment	p. 398
Vertical Alignment Editor	p. 398
Analysis Tools	p. 400
Exercise	p. 401
Unit 5 Annotating a Vertical Alignment	p. 403
Set Text Style	p. 403
Vertical Curves	p. 404
Tangents	p. 404
Spot Elevations	p. 404
Exercise	p. 404
Unit 6 Creating Points from a Vertical Alignment	p. 405
Exercise	p. 406
Section 9 The Roadway Design Process--Cross Sections and Volumes	p. 409
Section Overview	p. 409
Unit 1 Cross Section Settings	p. 412
Cross Section Sampling	p. 412
Cross Section Control	p. 413
Superelevation Control	p. 416
Cross Section View/Edit	p. 417
Cross Section Plotting	p. 417
Sheet Manager Settings	p. 419
Cross Sections Menu	p. 422
Exercise	p. 424
Unit 2 Cross Section Sampling	p. 428
Exercise	p. 431
Unit 3 The Template	p. 432
Defining a Template	p. 435
Defining a Subassembly	p. 436
Editing a Template	p. 436
Editing a Subassembly	p. 438
Horizontal and Vertical Manipulation of the Template	p. 439
Exercise	p. 441
Unit 4 Processing a Roadway Design	p. 458
The Design Control Dialog Box	p. 458
Exercise	p. 464
Unit 5 Reviewing Design Results	p. 467
View/Edit Sections	p. 469
Volume Reports	p. 474
Surface Volumes	p. 476
Subsurface	p. 477
Strip Surface	p. 477
Sections	p. 477
Exercise	p. 477
Unit 6 Editing a Roadway Design	p. 482
Exercise	p. 483
Unit 7 Creating Cross Sections	p. 498
Section Plot Cascade	p. 498
Section Utilities Cascade	p. 499
Exercise	p. 502
Unit 8 Sheet Manager	p. 505
Sheet Manager Settings	p. 506
Sheet Style Anatomy	p. 508
Defining a Series	p. 514
Editing a Series	p. 514
Creating Sheets	p. 516
Editing Sheets	p. 516
Exercise	p. 516
Unit 9 Creating Points and a Surface from the Final Design	p. 532
Exercise	p. 532
Section 10 Transition Alignments and Templates	p. 539
Section Overview	p. 539
Unit 1 Transition Control and Region Points	p. 542
Transition Control Point	p. 542
Transition Region Point	p. 543
Transition Properties	p. 544
Exercise	p. 547
Unit 2 Processing and Viewing Transitions	p. 562
Exercise	p. 562
Unit 3 Transition Control of Multiple Template Surfaces	p. 570
Exercise	p. 571
Unit 4 Transitioning a Region	p. 577
Exercise	p. 579
Unit 5 Importing the Transition Control Data	p. 587
Exercise	p. 588
Unit 6 Ditch Design	p. 588
Exercise	p. 589
Section 11 Slope Control and Superelevation	p. 591
Section Overview	p. 591
Unit 1 Simple Slope Control and Benching	p. 592
Exercise	p. 594
Unit 2 Depth Parameters	p. 605
Exercise	p. 607
Unit 3 Stepped Parameters	p. 609
Exercise	p. 610
Unit 4 Surface Parameters	p. 611
Exercise	p. 612
Unit 5 Superelevations	p. 614
Exercise	p. 617
Section 12 Hydrology	p. 625
Section Overview	p. 625
Unit 1 Hydrology Settings	p. 627
Exercise	p. 630
Unit 2 Structure Calculators	p. 632
Pipe Calculators	p. 632
Channel Calculators	p. 636
Weir Calculators	p. 639
Culvert Calculator	p. 640
Orifice Calculator	p. 644
Riser Calculator	p. 644
Exercise	p. 645
Unit 3 Runoff Calculators	p. 646
Rainfall Frequency	p. 646
Scs Runoff Curve Number Editor	p. 648
Time of Concentration	p. 649
Time of Travel	p. 651
Rational Runoff Calculator	p. 652
Graphical Peak Discharge Calculator	p. 652
Tabular Runoff Calculator	p. 653
Exercise	p. 653
Unit 4 Pond Design	p. 672
Pond Settings	p. 672
Creating Ponds	p. 674
Analyzing Ponds	p. 676
Routing Editors	p. 677
The Outflow Editors	p. 679
Annotating Ponds	p. 680
Exercise	p. 680
Pond Settings	p. 681
Unit 5 Pond Outflow	p. 684
Exercise	p. 684
Unit 6 HEC2 Sections	p. 695
HEC2-Single	p. 695
HEC2-Multiple	p. 696
Import HEC2-Sections	p. 696
Exercise	p. 696
Section 13 Grading and the Grading Object	p. 701
Section Overview	p. 701
Unit 1 Grading with Points and Contours	p. 702
Point Data	p. 702
Contour Data	p. 705
Exercise	p. 705
Unit 2 Grading with a 3D Polyline	p. 717
Daylight Settings	p. 718
Create Single	p. 719
Create Multiple	p. 719
Daylight All	p. 719
3D Polylines	p. 719
Create by Elevation	p. 719
Exercise	p. 720
Unit 3 Grading with a Grading Object	p. 727
Grading Object Settings	p. 728
Exercise	p. 732
Section 14 Civil Design Pipes	p. 739
Section Overview	p. 739
Unit 1 Pipes Settings	p. 742
Pipe Drafting Labels	p. 743
Node Drafting Labels	p. 744
Layer Data	p. 745
Node and Pipe Data Values	p. 747
Structure Library	p. 750
Editors	p. 750
Units and Precision	p. 752
Exercise	p. 753
Unit 2 Creating Pipe Runs	p. 763
Draw Pipe Run	p. 764
Define by Polyline	p. 764
Import/Export Pipe Runs	p. 764
Exercise	p. 766
Unit 3 Editing and Analyzing Pipe Runs	p. 772
Edit Graphical	p. 774
Edit Data	p. 774
Haestad Methods	p. 775
Exercise	p. 775
Unit 4 Annotating a Pipe Run	p. 789
Plan Annotation	p. 789
Profile Annotation	p. 789
Cross Section Annotation	p. 790
Finish Draft Layers	p. 791
Exercise	p. 792
Section 15 Autodesk Survey	p. 797
Section Overview	p. 797
Unit 1 Survey Settings	p. 798
Survey Units	p. 799
File Editor	p. 800
Interactive Graphics	p. 800
Command Settings	p. 801
Collector	p. 802
Sideshot Instruction	p. 804
Traverse Instruction	p. 804
Corrections	p. 805
Traverse Adjustments	p. 806
Least Squares	p. 807
Point Protection	p. 808
Figure Settings	p. 809
Data Files	p. 810
Exercise	p. 813
Unit 2 Point Tools	p. 818
Menu or Survey Command Prompt	p. 819
Survey Methods	p. 821
Analyzing Points	p. 825
Editing Points	p. 827
Annotating Point Data	p. 827
Exercise	p. 828
Unit 3 Figure from Points	p. 839
Exercise	p. 844
Unit 4 Survey Figures	p. 854
Figure Prefixes	p. 856
Figure Creation Routines	p. 856
Close Figure Analysis	p. 858
Figure Breakline Data	p. 859
Exercise	p. 859
Unit 5 Figures from Field Surveys	p. 861
Exercise	p. 868
Section 16 Survey Data Collection	p. 871
Section Overview	p. 871
Unit 1 Downloading Data Collector Raw Files	p. 874
Unit 2 Creating Figures Directly from the Field	p. 877
Field Coding	p. 880
Figure Layers	p. 883
Breaklines from Figures	p. 883
Exercise	p. 884
Unit 3 Uploading to the Data Collector	p. 892
Section 17 Survey Traverses	p. 895
Section Overview	p. 895
Unit 1 Survey Traverse	p. 896
Traverse Data	p. 896
Entering Traverse Data	p. 897
Defining a Traverse	p. 900
Traverse Adjustment	p. 900
Exercise	p. 900
Unit 2 Multiple Observations/Cross Loop Observations	p. 911
The Network	p. 912
Exercise	p. 913
Unit 3 Electronic Data Traverse	p. 920
Exercise	p. 921
Section 18 Land Development Desktop Extensions and 2i	p. 929
Unit 1 The Autodesk Internet Extension	p. 930
Autocad Today	p. 930
Meet Now	p. 932
Insert a Hyperlink	p. 933
Publish to the Web	p. 933
Etransmit	p. 937
Unit 2 DTX Translators	p. 937
Unit 3 Slope Annotation	p. 938
Unit 4 Land Development Desktop 2i	p. 939
File Translations	p. 939
Dem Surfaces	p. 940
Grading Object Volume Balancing	p. 940
Index	p. 941

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