Mastering AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Contents at a Glance -- Contents -- Introduction -- Who Should Read This Book -- The Mastering Series -- What Is Covered in This Book -- How to Contact the Authors -- Chapter 1: Getting Dirty: The Basics of Civil 3D -- Windows on the Model -- It's All About Style -- The Underlying Engine -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 2: Lines and Curves -- Label Lines and Curves -- Curves -- Transparent Commands -- Inquiry Commands -- Drawing Settings -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 3: Lay of the Land: Survey -- Understanding the Concepts -- Databases Everywhere! -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 4: X Marks the Spot: Points -- Anatomy of a Point -- Creating Basic Points -- Basic Point Editing -- Changing Point Elevations -- Point Styles -- Point Label Styles -- Point Tables -- User-Defined Properties -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 5: The Ground Up: Surfaces in Civil 3D -- Digging In -- Creating Surfaces -- Refining and Editing Surfaces -- Surface Styling and Analysis -- Comparing Surfaces -- Labeling the Surface -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 6: Don't Fence Me In: Parcels -- Creating and Managing Sites -- Creating a Boundary Parcel -- Creating a Wetlands Parcel -- Creating a Right-of-Way Parcel -- Creating Subdivision Lot Parcels Using Precise Sizing Tools -- Creating Open Space Parcels Using the Free Form Create Tool -- Editing Parcels by Deleting Parcel Segments -- Best Practices for Parcel Creation -- Labeling Parcel Areas -- Labeling Parcel Segments -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 7: Laying a Path: Alignments -- Alignments, Pickles, and Freedom -- Creating an Alignment -- Editing Alignment Geometry -- Alignments As Objects -- Styling Alignments -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 8: Cut to the Chase: Profiles -- Elevate Me -- Profile Display and Stylization -- The Bottom Line.

Chapter 9: Slice and Dice: Profile Views in Civil 3D -- A Better Point of View -- Editing Profile Views -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 10: Templates Plus: Assemblies and Subassemblies -- Subassemblies -- Building Assemblies -- Working with Generic Subassemblies -- Working with Daylight Subassemblies -- Saving Subassemblies and Assemblies for Later Use -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 11: Easy Does It: Basic Corridors -- Understanding Corridors -- Creating a Simple Road Corridor -- Corridor Anatomy -- Adding a Surface Target for Daylighting -- Applying a Hatch Pattern to Corridor -- Creating a Corridor Surface -- Performing a Volume Calculation -- Creating a Corridor with a Lane Widening -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 12: The Road Ahead: Advanced Corridors -- Getting Creative with Corridor Models -- Using Alignment and Profile Targets to Model a Roadside Swale -- Modeling a Peer-Road Intersection -- Modeling a Cul-de-sac -- Modeling a Widening with an Assembly Offset -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 13: Stacking Up: Cross Sections -- The Corridor -- Lining Up for Samples -- Creating the Views -- It's a Material World -- A Little More Sampling -- Annotating the Sections -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 14: The Tool Chest: Parts Lists and Part Builder -- Planning a Typical Pipe Network: A Sanitary Sewer Example -- The Part Catalog -- Part Builder -- Part Styles -- Part Rules -- Parts List -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 15: Running Downhill: Pipe Networks -- Exploring Pipe Networks -- Creating a Sanitary Sewer Network -- Changing Flow Direction -- Editing a Sanitary Sewer Network -- Creating an Alignment from Network Parts -- Drawing Parts in Profile View -- Adding Pipe Network Labels -- Creating an Interference Check between a Storm and Sanitary Pipe Network -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 16: Working the Land: Grading -- Working with Feature Lines -- Grading Objects.

The Bottom Line -- Chapter 17: Sharing the Model: Data Shortcuts -- What Are Data Shortcuts? -- Creating Data Shortcut Files -- Using Data Shortcuts -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 18: Behind the Scenes: Autodesk Data Management Server -- What Is Vault? -- Installing ADMS -- Managing ADMS -- Vault Management via Vault Explorer -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 19: Teamwork: Vault Client and Civil 3D -- Vault and Project Theory -- Working in Vault -- Team Management in Vault -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 20: Out the Door: Plan Production -- Preparing for Plan Sets -- Using View Frames and Match Lines -- Using Sheets -- Supporting Components -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 21: Playing Nice with Others: LDT and LandXML -- What Is LandXML? -- Handling Inbound Data -- Sharing the Model -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 22: Get The Picture: Visualization -- AutoCAD 3D Modeling Workspace -- Visualizing Civil 3D Objects -- The Bottom Line -- Appendix A: The Bottom Line -- Chapter 1: Getting Dirty: The Basics of Civil 3D -- Chapter 2: Took Long Enough: Lines and Curves -- Chapter 3: Lay of the Land: Survey -- Chapter 4: X Marks the Spot: Points -- Chapter 5: The Ground Up: Surfaces in Civil 3D -- Chapter 6: Don't Fence Me In: Parcels -- Chapter 7: Laying a Path: Alignments -- Chapter 8: Cut to the Chase: Profiles -- Chapter 9: Slice and Dice: Profile Views in Civil 3D -- Chapter 10: Templates Plus: Assemblies and Subassemblies -- Chapter 11: Easy Does It: Basic Corridors -- Chapter 12: The Road Ahead: Advanced Corridors -- Chapter 13: Stacking Up: Cross Sections -- Chapter 14: The Tool Chest: Parts Lists and Part Builder -- Chapter 15: Running Downhill: Pipe Networks -- Chapter 16: Working the Land: Grading -- Chapter 17: Sharing the Model: Data Shortcuts -- Chapter 18: Behind the Scenes: Autodesk Data Management Server -- Chapter 19: Teamwork: Vault Client and Civil 3D.

Chapter 20: Out the Door: Plan Production -- Chapter 21: Playing Nice with Others: LDT and LandXML -- Chapter 22: Get the Picture: Visualization -- Appendix B: Other Resources -- Blogs -- Websites -- Index -- What's on the CD.