1. 1© 2006 Autodesk Help please! On your Desktop there is a shortcut called DataSetCopy Double-click, then click the COPY NEW button Verify by looking for C:\Datasets\CV25-4L

2. 2© 2006 Autodesk Elements of Style in Autodesk Civil 3d ® James Wedding, P.E. Vice President, Engineered Efficiency, Inc. CV13-1L (Tuesday) CV25-4L (Wednesday)

3. © 2006 Autodesk Welcome to AU 2006! James Wedding, P.E. Dana Probert & Kevin Breslin (Tuesday) Rad Lazic & Jessica Montoya (Wednesday)

4. 4© 2006 Autodesk Today’s Topics What is a Style? ByLayer vs ByStyle Parent and Child Styles Four States of Styles Managing Styles Reference Text & Notes

5. 5© 2006 Autodesk What is a Style? Visual Control for Civil 3D Objects  Text Height  Layering  Colors and Lineweights  Hatching  Masking  Object Information

6. 6© 2006 Autodesk ByLayer vs ByStyle ByLayer  Familiarity  Works with XREFs  One Style for One Object ByStyle  Fewer Layers  Right-click Flexibility  Easy to Change Multiple Objects For now, ByLayer is the way to go!

7. 7© 2006 Autodesk Parent & Child Styles Applies to Labels Only Similar to Dimension Styles Allows Mass Changes to Styles Standardization of Display within a Family

8. 8© 2006 Autodesk Four States of Styles Surfaces, Points, Pipes Some Corridors Alignments, Profiles, Parcels Some Corridors & Surfaces

9. 9© 2006 Autodesk Managing Styles Template Creation Parents and Children  Divide by Type, then Specifics Drag and Drop Enforcement? Who Has the Keys?  Civil3d.com Discussion

10. 10© 2006 Autodesk Reference Text and Notes New in 2007 Allows Multiple Objects in One Label Customer Driven Overrides Multi-directional  Surface label calling Alignment  Alignment label calling Surface  Dana’s Driveway Area Example on civl3d.com

11. 11 Questions? E-mail: james.wedding@eng-eff.com Web: www.eng-eff.com www.civil3d.com MSN Messenger james_wedding@hotmail.com AU Exhibit Hall: Booth #202

12. 12© 2006 Autodesk