Civil 3D Introduction
3-Day training: $1,125 offered from 9am to 5pm
This course is recommended for all Surveying, Mapping and Engineering Design professionals. Course emphasizes the basic civil engineering tools within Civil 3D. Topics NOT covered in this course include: AutoCAD Level I and II, Map 3d, and Land Desktop. Advanced tools for design are also not covered in the Civil 3D Introduction course. Those features are covered in our Civil 3D Advanced course.

Topics include: Project Management, Toolspace, Styles, Points, Sites, Parcels, Terrain Modeling, Labeling, Surface Creation, Intro to Alignment Design and Profile Design, Basic Corridor Modeling, Cross Sections, Fundamental Grading and Simple Volume Calculations. Learn the Civil 3D environment including the new style based objects, design constraints and defaults, and reactive dynamic design. Master dynamic parcel layout tools, smart labels, reactive terrain modeling, dynamic alignment and profile relationships, and 3D corridor modeling. Develop a comfort level working in Civil 3D. Learn to manipulate and understand the new dynamic design objects for better control, faster design iterations, and a more accurate model. Learn to work effectively in Civil 3D across multiple drawings in a team project environment.

Prerequisite: AutoCAD Level I & II or instructor's consent. Familiarity with the surveying and civil engineering disciplines.

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Civil 3D Advanced
2-Day training: $750 offered from 9am to 5pm
This course is recommended for Engineers and Designers. Course emphasizes SITE DESIGN including advanced grading and daylighting techniques; CORRIDOR DESIGN including complex roads, berms, and channels, and PIPE DESIGN. This course does not cover the Civil Design Companion plug-in for Land Desktop.

Topics include: Project Management, understanding and manipulating styles, smart labeling, sites, advanced alignment creation, editing and labeling tools. Advanced Profile creation, labeling and editing tools, profile design, various profile views and superimposed profiles. Corridor assemblies and subassemblies, corridor creation, corridor surfaces, vertical and horizontal transitioning, volume computations, advanced section creation, labeling and editing. Grading tools including feature lines, daylighting, proposed surface creation, volume computation, and volume balancing techniques. Pipe design tools including calculations, drafting in plan and profile, and labeling. Also covered will be methods and theory of working effectively with and between Land Desktop and Civil Design.

Prerequisite: AutoCAD Level I & II, and Civil 3D Level I, or instructor's consent. Familiarity with civil engineering discipline.

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AutoCAD Map 3D
2-Day training: $750 offered from 9am to 5pm
This course is recommended for anyone who uses external databases, GIS, or facilities management information in conjunction with maps. Course emphasizes tools for linking and querying data in a graphical environment. AutoCAD (drafting) functionality will not be included in this course; please see AutoCAD classes for topics not relating to geographic data analysis.

Topics include: Topics Include: Data query, analysis and editing, modification of entities from several drawings during one work session, database linking, viewing of MS Access and DBase files through the project workspace, topology creation and editing, topology analysis, thematic mapping, boundary trimming, data exchange with other mapping products.

Prerequisite: AutoCAD Level 1 and 2 or instructor's consent.

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Land Desktop Level I
2-Day training: $750 offered from 9am to 5pm
This course is recommended for all Surveying, Mapping, and Engineering Design professionals. Course emphasizes mapping and land development features within Land Desktop. Topics NOT covered in this course include: AutoCAD Levels I, II, MAP, the Survey and Civil Design Plug-Ins, and Civil 3D.

Topics include: Project setup, survey point creation and point management, coordinate geometry, plan drafting and labeling, lot closure reports, existing ground terrain modeling including delineation of grade breaks, creation and editing of surfaces, the Terrain Model Explorer, creation of contours, watershed analysis, and slope analysis.

Prerequisites: AutoCAD Level I and II or instructor's consent.

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Land Desktop Civil Design
3-Day training: $1,125 offered from 9am to 5pm
This course is recommended for Engineers and Designers. Course emphasizes site design including site grading and earthwork computation; corridor design including complex roads, berms, and channels; and utility design. This class will explore the tools available within the Land Desktop Civil Design Plug-In for site design, road design, and pipe design.

Topics include: GRADING, site grading using points, contours, and 3D polylines, daylight computation and control, proposed surface modeling and contour creation, earthwork volume computation and balancing techniques; PLAN/PROFILE, plan view alignment design, profile design and editing, and plan and profile transitioning; CROSS SECTIONS, cross section template design, dynamic template transitioning, daylight location and control, volume computation, creation of proposed contour lines and 3D road views; PIPES, plan and profile design of gravity flow pipes, spreadsheet editing and invert adjustment, computation of flows, and pipe sizing, and more. Class examples for site design include parking lots, building pads, residential subdivisions, and detention basins. Class examples for road design include roadway widenings and overlays, as well as new road designs.

Prerequisite: AutoCAD Level I and II and Land Desktop Level I, or instructor's consent.

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