AUGIWorld Magazine - January/February 2008 - (Page 15) of Civil 3D styles can become incredibly complex, these pre-defined templates are a wonderful starting point for new Civil 3D users. Your first parcels A general rule of thumb when creating Civil 3D Parcels is to start with your largest parcel and then divide that one large parcel into several smaller parcels. That said, the natural starting place is your boundary survey. Since items such as your boundary survey are most often provided in the form of lines, arcs, and/or polylines, we will need a way to convert AutoCAD entities to Civil 3D objects. Using the “Create Parcel By Objects” command, we can convert any AutoCAD entity into a Civil 3D parcel object. Generally speaking I will use this tool to define items such as my boundary and rear lot lines. To create a parcel from existing AutoCAD entities: 1. Go to “Parcels > Create parcel By Objects” 2. When prompted, select the objects (Lines, Arcs, or Polylines) you wish to convert into Civil 3D Parcel Objects; press [Enter] 3. The resulting “Create parcels” dialog will ask you to give Civil 3D some additional information about the parcel. Once finished, press [Ok] to exit the dialog. • Site: Each Civil 3D parcel must be assigned to a site. If only one site exists in your drawing, Civil 3D will default to it. Civil 3D Parcels will interact only with parcels that are contained within the same site. • Parcel Style: Just as in AutoCAD®, where Text Style dictates the way a piece of text looks, Civil 3D styles dictate the way a parcel is illustrated. Properties such as layer, linetype, and color are each defined within the parcel style. Thus, separate styles must be used to illustrate one parcel differently from another. • Area Label Style: Just like the Parcel Style, the Area Label Style dictates the way your parcel will be labeled. Controlled within it are items such as the lot number and area. • Erase existing entities: To keep my drawings clean, I like to use this feature to get rid of the original linework. Not all PDF and DWF Files are Created Equal Wilhome.dwg converted to PDF at 300 DPI For full test results visit: http://www.cadzation.com AutoCAD 2008 (412 kb) Acrobat 8.1 (151 kb) AcroPlot Pro (138 kb) TM ® ® Creating ROWs The Civil 3D “Create ROW” command takes the long and tedious task of drawing ROW lines and automates it into a few higher quality and smaller size PDF files. Input Formats AcroPlot Pro consistently creates TM Figure 3: Specify the parameters of your ROW from the Create Right Of Way dialog. Figure 2: The Create Parcels Dialog is used to define the style of your parcels. quick procedures. Recent releases of Civil 3D allow for Road Alignments to be “siteless;” that is, not assigned to a given site. For the “Create ROW” command to work, your Road Alignment must be assigned to the same site as your parcels. Doing this effectively makes your alignments a parcel line, and consequently subdivides your parcel as such. With your Road Alignments created and assigned to the appropriate site: Go to “Parcels > Create ROW” You will be prompted to select the parcels for which to create a ROW. First instinct is to select the parcel line itself; however, Civil 3D wants you to select the parcel label itself. The “Create Right of Way” dialog will appear once you have selected the desired parcels. From here you can define some basic parameters such as Offset From Alignment and the radii for various AutoCAD 2000 - 2008 Compatible Batch Creation of PDF, DWF, or Images Automatic Bookmark Creation Custom File Naming Options Create a PDF from any Windows Application Try it free for 30 days. Output Formats Corporate Headquarters USA 518 South Route 31 Suite 200 McHenry, IL 60050 847.973.9460 Main 866.845.6881 US Toll Free AcroPlot Pro is a trademark of CADzation. All other band names, product names, or trademarks are property of their respective owners. Copyright © 2007 CADzation. All rights reserved. r rv Jan/Feb 2008 15 http://www.cadzation.com
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