AutoCAD. Land Desktop Essentials Autodesk. Official Training Courseware (AOTC)

AutoCAD Land Desktop 2008 Essentials Autodesk Official Training Courseware (AOTC) 19108-010008-1700A July 2007

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Contents Introduction...................................................... xi Chapter 1: Product Overview...................................... 1 Lesson: Using AutoCAD Land Desktop.................................... 2 Overview............................................................ 2 Exercise: Start AutoCAD Land Desktop............................... 7 Lesson: Establishing the AutoCAD Land Desktop Project Environment..... 8 Overview............................................................ 8 About the Land Desktop Project..................................... 9 About the Project-Based Drawing................................... 10 Project Creation Process............................................ 11 Land Desktop User Preferences..................................... 13 Land Desktop Workspaces.......................................... 14 Exercise: Set Options and Preferences............................... 16 Exercise: Create and Customize a Workspace........................ 17 Exercise: Create a Project-Based Drawing........................... 19 Lesson: Managing the Project Environment.............................. 22 Overview........................................................... 22 Exercise: Manage Projects.......................................... 23 Exercise: Manage Prototype and Drawing Setup Settings............ 24 Chapter Summary........................................................ 26 Chapter 2: Creating a Legal Survey Plan........................... 27 Lesson: Using the Drawing Setup Command............................. 28 Overview........................................................... 28 Exercise: Set Up a New Drawing.................................... 29 Lesson: Specifying Point Object Settings................................. 31 Overview........................................................... 31 About Point Objects................................................ 32 Point Settings...................................................... 33 Controlling Point Object Behavior................................... 34 Exercise: Work with Point Settings.................................. 36 v

Lesson: Using Description Keys.......................................... 38 Overview........................................................... 38 About Description Key Files......................................... 39 About Description Keys............................................. 41 When to Use Description Keys...................................... 43 Using Wild Cards................................................... 43 Setting the Point Label Style........................................ 46 Troubleshooting DescKeys.......................................... 47 Exercise: Create a Description Key File.............................. 49 Lesson: Importing an ASCII Point File..................................... 51 Overview........................................................... 51 Exercise: Specify the Import File Format............................. 52 Exercise: Import the ASCII PNEZD Metric Point File.................. 54 Lesson: Point Groups and Lists........................................... 56 Overview........................................................... 56 About Point Groups................................................ 57 About Selecting Points............................................. 58 Point Group Status................................................. 61 Managing Point Lists............................................... 62 Exercise: Create and Print a Point Group for Traverse Points......... 64 Lesson: Drawing Traverse, Boundary, and Special Lines................... 67 Overview........................................................... 67 Exercise: Connect the Traverse Loop Points......................... 68 Exercise: Connect the Boundary Points............................. 69 Exercise: Close the Boundary....................................... 71 Exercise: Draw Special Lines........................................ 74 Lesson: Labeling the Boundary Plan...................................... 77 Overview........................................................... 77 About Labeling..................................................... 78 Tag Labels and Tables.............................................. 80 Label Styles and Settings........................................... 81 Using Label Styles.................................................. 84 About Editing Labels............................................... 85 Exercise: Labeling the Site Parcel................................... 86 Exercise: Setting Label Styles....................................... 88 Exercise: Labeling Boundary Lines.................................. 89 Exercise: Editing Labels............................................. 92 Exercise: Generate a Line Table..................................... 95 Chapter Summary....................................................... 96 Chapter 3: Creating a Topographic Survey Drawing................ 97 Lesson: Setting Up a Topographic Survey Drawing....................... 98 Overview........................................................... 98 Exercise: Create the Topographic Drawing......................... 100 Exercise: Verify Point Settings..................................... 101 Exercise: Set Up Terrain Model Surface Layers...................... 104 Exercise: Select Points for a Surface by Visual Inspection............ 105 Exercise: Create a TOPO Point Group............................... 106 vi Contents

Lesson: Building Surfaces.............................................. 107 Overview......................................................... 107 About Surfaces................................................... 108 Building a Surface................................................ 110 Checking Surfaces for Errors...................................... 111 Exercise: Build a Surface Model................................... 113 Lesson: Performing Vertical Surface Analyses........................... 115 Overview......................................................... 115 Exercise: Perform Vertical Surface Analysis........................ 116 Lesson: Defining Surface Breaklines.................................... 119 Overview......................................................... 119 About Breaklines................................................. 120 Defining Proximity Breaklines..................................... 121 Editing Breaklines................................................ 122 Exercise: Define the First Stream Centerline Breakline............. 124 Exercise: Define the Remaining Stream Centerline Breaklines...... 126 Exercise: Define the Roadway Centerline Breaklines............... 127 Exercise: Edit Breaklines.......................................... 128 Lesson: Establishing Surface Boundaries................................ 131 Overview......................................................... 131 Exercise: Draw a Surface Boundary................................ 132 Lesson: Creating Contours............................................. 135 Overview......................................................... 135 About Contours.................................................. 136 Contour Objects.................................................. 138 Contour Style..................................................... 139 Creating Contours................................................ 144 Exercise: Generate Contours...................................... 146 Lesson: Labeling Contours............................................. 150 Overview......................................................... 150 Exercise: Label Contours.......................................... 151 Chapter Summary...................................................... 154 Chapter 4: Laying Out Subdivision Roadways..................... 155 Lesson: Setting Up a Conceptual Plan Drawing......................... 156 Overview......................................................... 156 Exercise: Open a Project-Based Drawing.......................... 157 Lesson: Identifying Existing Roadway Alignments....................... 158 Overview......................................................... 158 Exercise: Locate Existing Right-of-Way Points..................... 159 Exercise: Draw the Existing Roadway Centerline Segment......... 161 Exercise: Verify the Existing Portsmouth Heights Alignment....... 162 Exercise: Verify the Existing Longview Road Alignment............ 164 Contents vii

Lesson: Drawing Horizontal Alignments................................ 165 Overview.......................................................... 165 About Horizontal Alignments...................................... 166 Horizontal Alignment Geometry................................... 167 Drawing Tangent Lines and Curves................................ 170 Guidelines to Define, Check, and Edit Alignments................... 171 Exercise: Draw Alignment Tangents............................... 174 Exercise: Locate Points of Intersection............................. 176 Exercise: Draw Horizontal Curves.................................. 177 Exercise: Define a Roadway Alignment............................. 179 Exercise: Verify the Alignment Definition........................... 181 Exercise: Edit the Alignment....................................... 182 Lesson: Generating Roadway Offsets................................... 184 Overview.......................................................... 184 Exercise: Generate Roadway Offsets............................... 185 Lesson: Labeling Alignments with Station Labels....................... 187 Overview.......................................................... 187 Exercise: Generate Station Labels.................................. 188 Exercise: Locate Alignment Points................................. 191 Lesson: Generating an Alignment Stakeout Report..................... 192 Overview.......................................................... 192 Exercise: Generate a Stakeout Report Using Station and Offset..... 193 Exercise: Generate a Stakeout Report with Point Numbers.......... 195 Chapter Summary...................................................... 196 Chapter 5: Laying Out Subdivision Lots.......................... 197 Lesson: Preparing Parcel Boundaries................................... 198 Overview.......................................................... 198 Exercise: Break Boundary Lines.................................... 199 Exercise: Draw Parcel Boundary Angle Point Guides................ 201 Lesson: Defining and Managing Parcels................................ 202 Overview.......................................................... 202 About Parcels..................................................... 203 Parcel Settings.................................................... 204 Defining Parcels................................................... 206 Parcel Manager.................................................... 207 Importing and Exporting Parcels................................... 208 Exercise: Define Parcels........................................... 210 Exercise: Work with the Parcel Manager............................ 213 viii Contents

Lesson: Sizing Lots Using the Slide Bearing Method..................... 214 Overview......................................................... 214 About Parcel Sizing............................................... 215 Slide Bearing Basics............................................... 217 Establishing New Parcel Line Direction............................ 219 Slide Bearing Command.......................................... 219 Exercise: Prepare for Subdividing Larger Parcels into Lots.......... 220 Exercise: Draw a Preliminary Lot Line............................. 221 Exercise: Size Lot 1............................................... 222 Exercise: Size Lot 2............................................... 225 Exercise: Size Lot 3............................................... 228 Exercise: Add ROW Lines......................................... 229 Lesson: Defining a Roadway Easement................................. 231 Overview......................................................... 231 Exercise: Draw Roadway Easement Boundaries.................... 232 Exercise: Define a Parcel from a Polyline........................... 234 Lesson: Sizing Lots Using the Radial Method............................ 236 Overview......................................................... 236 Exercise: Estimate the Lot Area................................... 237 Exercise: Size Lot 4............................................... 238 Exercise: Size Lot 5............................................... 240 Exercise: Size Lot 6............................................... 242 Exercise: Define Lot 7............................................. 244 Lesson: Solving Complex Parcel Layout Problems....................... 245 Overview......................................................... 245 Exercise: Subdivide a Parcel...................................... 246 Exercise: Size Lot 9............................................... 249 Exercise: Locate a Drainage Easement............................ 250 Exercise: Modify the Lot 9 Boundaries............................. 251 Exercise: Reconfigure Lot 10...................................... 252 Exercise: Define Lots 8 and 11.................................... 253 Lesson: Defining a Drainage Easement................................. 254 Overview......................................................... 254 Exercise: Define a Drainage Easement............................. 255 Lesson: Completing a Conceptual Plan................................. 257 Overview......................................................... 257 About Conceptual Plans.......................................... 258 Modifying the Page Setup........................................ 260 Creating Viewports............................................... 261 About Design Web Format (DWF) Files............................ 262 Exercise: Complete a Conceptual Plan............................ 264 Chapter Summary...................................................... 266 Contents ix

Appendix A: Additional Support and Resources.................. 267 Courseware from Autodesk........................................ 268 Autodesk Services & Support...................................... 270 Autodesk Subscription............................................. 270 Autodesk Consulting.............................................. 270 Autodesk Partners................................................. 271 Autodesk Authorized Training Centers............................. 271 Autodesk Certification............................................. 272 Useful Links....................................................... 272 x Contents

Introduction Welcome to the AutoCAD Land Desktop 2008: Essentials Autodesk Official Training Courseware (AOTC), training courseware for use in Authorized Training Center (ATC ) locations, corporate training settings, and other classroom settings. Although this courseware is designed for instructor-led courses, you can also use it for self-paced learning. The courseware encourages self-learning through the use of the AutoCAD Land Desktop Help system. AutoCAD Land Desktop is a comprehensive platform for developing drawings in civil engineering, surveying, and land development industries. It is used to plan, visualize, and edit sites, as well as create and label survey points, create and edit digital terrain models (DTMs), define roadway alignments, and define parcels. In this courseware, you use AutoCAD Land Desktop to perform land development activities for a sample project, the Portsmouth Heights Subdivision Phase II. At every stage in the process, you see how you can build on your existing information. This introduction covers the following topics: Course objectives Prerequisites Using this courseware CD contents Installing the exercise data files from the CD Notes, tips, and warnings Feedback This courseware is complementary to the software documentation. For detailed explanations of features and functionality, refer to the Help in the software. Course Objectives After completing this course, you will be able to: Provide an overview of AutoCAD Land Desktop. Create a legal survey plan. Create a topographic survey drawing. Lay out subdivision roadways. Lay out subdivision lots. xi

Prerequisites It is recommended that you have a working knowledge of: Creating, opening, and saving drawing files, changing the display of a drawing by zooming and panning, displaying and docking toolbars, saving and restoring named views, using object snaps, and managing layers and controlling layer visibility. Microsoft Windows 2000 or Microsoft Windows XP. Using This Courseware The lessons are independent of each other. However, it is recommended that you complete these lessons in the order that they are presented unless you are familiar with the concepts and functionality described in those lessons. Each chapter contains: Lessons Usually two or more lessons in each chapter. Exercises Practical, real-world examples for you to practice using the functionality you have just learned. Each exercise contains step-by-step procedures and graphics to help you complete the exercise successfully. CD Contents The CD attached to the back cover of this book contains all the data and drawings you need to complete the exercises in this course. Installing the Exercise Data Files from the CD Unless you specify a different folder, the exercise files are installed in the following folder: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Autodesk Learning\Land2008\Essentials You install one dataset at a time. To install the data files for the exercises: 1. Insert the courseware CD. The CD contains folders for each lesson. 2. Navigate to the lesson folder for which you want to install the data files and doubleclick Setup.exe. 3. Follow the directions in the AutoCAD Land Desktop 2008 Essentials AOTC - InstallShield Wizard to install the exercise files for a lesson. Only one lesson can be installed at a time. After completing a lesson, you can either continue to the next lesson using the work you have completed, or install the exercise files for the next lesson. If you choose to install the exercise files for each lesson as you work through the course, it is recommended that you delete all the files in the...\documents and Settings\All Users\ Autodesk Learning\Land2008\Essentials\Portsmouth Heights folder before installing those for the next lesson. xii Introduction

Notes, Tips, and Warnings Throughout this courseware, notes, tips, and warnings are called out for special attention. Notes contain guidelines, constraints, and other explanatory information. Tips provide information to enhance your productivity. Warnings provide information about actions that might result in the loss of data, system failures, or other serious consequences. Feedback We always welcome feedback on Autodesk Official Training Courseware. After completing this course, if you have suggestions for improvements or if you want to report an error in the book or on the CD, please send your comments to AOTC.feedback@autodesk.com. Introduction xiii

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