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

2. 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!

3. 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

4. Meaningful Profile Views

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

6. The Profile View Ribbon
Profile View Properties
Profile View Style

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

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

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

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

11. Hatches
Live-Demo in Civil 3D®

12. Data Bands

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

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

15. ! 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

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

17. Profile View Styles

18. Profile View Styles 1 Graph Tab Vertical exaggeration
Profile View direction

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

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

21. Profile View Styles 4
Display Tabs
What should be visible?

22. Profile View Styles
Live-Demo in Civil 3D®

23. Data Band Styles

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

25. Data Band Styles 2
Display Tab
What to display?

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

27. Reuse of Styles and Data Bands

28. Reuse
Live-Demo in Civil 3D®

29. 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!

30. ? !
Q & A

31. Contact Information
address: UDS Urbane Daten-Systeme GmbH Alstertower Lübecker Straße 1 D Hamburg phone: mail:

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