AutoCAD® Civil 3D® Profile Views, Data Bands, and Styles Thomas Martin Dipl.-Inf., Software Developer and Trainer, UDS GmbH, Hamburg Germany

Class Summary How do I get a profile view that meets my expectations? Profile view world walk-through Produce meaningful profile views Graphic design of a profile view Data Bands No Profile styles!

Learning Objectives At the end of this class, you will be able to: Create meaningful profile views Label profile views with data bands Define and edit profile view styles Define and edit band styles

Meaningful Profile Views

A Sample Profile View Live-Demo in Civil 3D®

The Profile View Ribbon Profile View Properties Profile View Style

Profile View Properties 1 Information Tab Name it! Name everything! Description is optional Select Style

Profile View Properties 2 Station Tab Automatic or User-specified Select directly in the Drawing

Profile View Properties 3 Elevations Tab Automatic or User-specified Check the vertical range

Profile View Properties 4 Profiles Tab List of alignment Profiles Select which Profiles to display Clip Grid

Hatches Live-Demo in Civil 3D®

Data Bands

Profile View Properties Bands Tab Add Data Bands Location! Different band types Each band type has its own class of style

Data Band Properties 1 Data Source Band types: Profile Data Vertical Geometry Profile1 and Profile2 Columns

! Data Band Properties 2 Intervalls and Weeding Major Interval and Minor Interval Columns Profile1 and Profile2 Columns Weeding for legibility ! Deactivate this Option to define Intervals

Labels Stagger Labels and Stagger Line Height Columns Manipulate Single Labels Ctrl-Click

Profile View Styles

Profile View Styles 1 Graph Tab Vertical exaggeration Profile View direction

Profile View Styles 2 Grid Tab Grid clipping Grid padding Axis offset

Profile View Styles 3 Axis Tabs Ticks Tick Labels Horizontal geometry [Horizontal Axis Tab]

Profile View Styles 4 Display Tabs What should be visible?

Profile View Styles Live-Demo in Civil 3D®

Data Band Styles

Data Band Styles 1 Band Details Tab Title Text Band layout Labels and Ticks Unique for each band type!

Data Band Styles 2 Display Tab What to display?

Label Style Workflow Labels are made up of components Add, Copy and Delete components Define Contents Specify Format Parameters

Reuse of Styles and Data Bands

Reuse Live-Demo in Civil 3D®

Conclusion Controlling the appearance of Profile Views It’s worth taking a closer look Strength of Civil 3D® styles Reusability Go ahead and use standard AutoCAD® functionality!

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Contact Information address: UDS Urbane Daten-Systeme GmbH Alstertower Lübecker Straße 1 D - 22087 Hamburg phone: +49 40 44 63 48 mail: martin@uds.de

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