NOTES Module 18 Roadway Plan Production In this module, you learn how to work with Roadway Plan Production tools in AutoCAD Civil 3D. The Plan Production tools are used to automate the generation of plan and profile design and construction sheets. Plan and profile design and construction sheets can be either generated in the working drawing, or in new drawings that seamlessly reference the data residing in the working drawing. Objectives After completing this module, you will be able to: Create view frames in a view frame group. Create all plan and profile sheets in the current drawing. Create all plan and profile sheets in a new drawing. Create all plan and profile sheets in individual drawings. Use the AutoCAD Sheet Set Manager to manage the sheets.
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 Education Curriculum NOTES Notes to Instructor Data for this module resides in the \AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 Education Curriculum\Module 18 - Roadway Plan Production\ folder. Exercises The following exercises are provided in step-by-step format. Open the AutoCAD Civil 3D program prior to beginning the lesson by double-clicking the Civil 3D icon on the desktop. For those working in the imperial system use the drawing files beginning with the letter I. Those working in the metric system should use the drawing files beginning with the letter M. You are provided with a drawing for each exercise in the lesson. You must use the drawings provided with the exercises. The exercises in this module are as follows: 1. Create View Frames in a View Frame Group 2. Create All Sheets in the Current Drawing 3. Create All Sheets in a New Drawing 4. Create All Sheets in Individual Drawings 5. Use the AutoCAD Sheet Set Manager 18-2
Module 18 - Roadway Plan Production NOTES Roadway Plan Production In this module, you learn how to use the Plan Production feature in AutoCAD Civil 3D to create plan and profile contract sheets. Creating plan and profile sheets in Civil 3D involves the following steps: Create the view frames. Create the sheets. View frames are model space objects that show the area of the horizontal alignment that is represented in each sheet. To create view frames, you select a drawing template (DWT) with layout definitions that contain scaled viewports and the sheet borders. When you use the Create View Frames command, the first step is to select the drawing template (DWT) that contains the layout definitions. 18-3
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 Education Curriculum NOTES After you select the drawing template, you then select the layout definition. Civil 3D then prompts you for a number of other parameters that control the creation of the view frames and match lines. In Prospector, view frames are organized in a view frame group. The View Frame Style and View Frame Label Style control the display and 18-4
Module 18 - Roadway Plan Production NOTES annotation of the view frames in model space. The Match Line Style and Match Line Label Style control the display and annotation of the match lines in model space. You can use grips to modify the position of the view frames and match lines in model space before creating the sheets. After you have created the view frames, the next step is to create the sheets. When you create the sheets, you are presented with the following options: Create all sheets on layouts in the current drawing. Create sheets on layouts in a new drawing. Create sheets on layouts on individual drawings. When you create the sheets and layouts in the current drawing, Civil 3D creates a layout for each sheet in the view frame group. When you create the sheets and layouts in a new drawing, Civil 3D creates a layout for each sheet in the view frame group, and uses AutoCAD external references and Civil 3D reference objects to reference the data residing in the original drawing. This enables you to create a production drawing that is dynamically linked to the objects in a design drawing. Graphical data is referenced using AutoCAD external references. Object data is referenced with Civil 3D reference objects. 18-5
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 Education Curriculum NOTES A Civil 3D reference object is created in the production drawing and references the object data that resides in the working drawing. You can also create the sheets and layouts in individual drawings. In this circumstance, AutoCAD external references and Civil 3D reference objects are also used. AutoCAD Sheet Set Manager is used to manage the created sheets. Sheet sets are defined and stored in a sheet set (DST) file that indicates where the sheets are located. 18-6
Module 18 - Roadway Plan Production NOTES Sheet Set Manager can also be used to automate the population of relevant data in a title block, such as date and drawing number. 18-7
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 Education Curriculum NOTES Key Terms External Reference Layout Match Line Match Line Label Style Match Line Style Reference Object Sheet Set Manager View Frame View Frame Label Style View Frame Style View Frame Group An AutoCAD function used to share the graphical contents of one or more drawings with other drawings. Used to represent a single sheet in a contract drawing set. The layout is a tab that contains a title block and viewport(s), and has details of the associated printer and paper size. A line drawn in plan view that indicates the separation between adjacent plan and profile sheets. The position of the match line is based on the length of profile alignment that will fit in the viewport. Controls the display of the match line label. Controls the display of the match line. A Civil 3D function used to share Civil 3D object data residing in one or more other drawings. An AutoCAD utility used for the creation and management of individual sheets within a drawing set. A model space object that shows the plan view portion of the model that is displayed in a plan sheet or a plan and profile sheet. Controls the display of the view frame label. Controls the display of the view frame. A collection in Prospector of view frames for an alignment. 18-8
Module 18 - Roadway Plan Production NOTES EXERCISE 1: CREATE VIEW FRAMES IN A VIEW FRAME GROUP In this exercise, you use the Plan Production tools to create view frames. View frames are created in model space along the horizontal alignment and show the locations in plan view that will be displayed in the plan and profile sheets. A drawing template with layout definitions is used to determine the size of the view frames. The viewport size and scale on the layout is used to determine the size of the view frames. The layout definition in the drawing template also contains the sheet border that will be used when the sheets are created. Civil 3D creates view frames and match lines and organizes them in a view frame group on the Prospector tab of the Toolspace window. You must complete this exercise before completing the other exercises in this module. For this exercise, open \Module 18 Roadway Plan Production\ I_RoadwayPlanProduction-EX1.dwg (M_RoadwayPlanProduction-EX1.dwg). 18-9
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 Education Curriculum NOTES 1. Click General menu > Plan Production Tools > Create View Frames. The Create View Frames wizard launches. 2. On the Alignment page, ensure the alignment is set to 8 th Avenue and that Automatic is toggled for Station Range. 3. Click Next. Specify the parameter for the sheets. 4. On the Sheets page, for Sheet Settings, select Plan and Profile. Now browse and select a layout in a drawing template that will be used to create the sheets. 5. For Template for Plan and Profile Sheet, click Browse. 6. For Drawing Template File Name, click Browse again. First select the drawing template. 7. Browse to the \Program Files\AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 Education Curriculum\Module 18 - Roadway Plan Production\ folder. 18-10
Module 18 - Roadway Plan Production NOTES 8. Select Civil 3D (Imperial) Plan and Profile.dwt (Civil 3D [Metric] Plan and Profile.dwt). Click Open. Now select the layout definition. 9. In the Select Layout as Sheet Template, dialog box, select Arch D Plan and Profile 40 Scale (ISO A1 Plan and Profile 1 to 500). Arch D and ISO A1 are industry imperial and metric conventions for common sheet sizes used for plotting drawings. 10. Click OK. 11. For View Frame Placement, select Along Alignment. 18-11
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 Education Curriculum NOTES 12. Click Next. Review the parameters for the view frame group. You specify the following: Name for the view frame group. Name for the view frames in the view frame group. View frame style. View frame label style. View frame label location. Modify the naming template for the view frame group. 13. For View Frame Group Name, click Edit View Frame Group Name. 14. For Starting Number, enter 1. 15. Click OK. 16. For View Frame Name, click Edit View Frame Name. 18-12
Module 18 - Roadway Plan Production NOTES 17. For Starting Number, enter 1. 18. Click OK. 19. Review the remaining settings. Click Next. Set the parameters for the match lines. 20. On the Match Lines page, select Snap Station Value Down to the Nearest. Enter 10. This setting positions the match lines to the nearest 10 (10 m) station increment. 21. Click Edit View Frame Match Line Name. 22. For Starting Number, enter 1. 23. Click OK. 24. Review the remaining settings. Click Next. 18-13
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 Education Curriculum NOTES 25. On the Profile Views page, review the Profile View parameters. Click Create View Frames. Civil 3D creates the view frames in the drawing area. You can modify the position of the view frames in the drawing area. 26. Zoom to and click any of the view frames. Civil 3D displays three grips: The green circular-shaped grip is used to rotate the position of the view frame. The blue diamond-shaped grip is used to position the view frame along the alignment. The blue square-shaped grip is used to move the view frame to any position. 27. Click each of the grips and make small adjustments to the view frame. 28. Close the drawing and do not save the changes. 18-14
Module 18 - Roadway Plan Production NOTES EXERCISE 2 : CREATE ALL SHEETS IN THE CURRENT DRAWING In this exercise, you create the plan and profile sheets in the current drawing. Each sheet is shown on a paper space layout definition. AutoCAD Sheet Set Manager is used to manage the sheets. When you create the sheets in the current drawing, Civil 3D does the following: Creates profile views in the current drawing. Creates layouts in the current drawing. Displays the new sheet set in the Sheet Set Manager window. Displays messages in the Event Viewer of the Panorama window. For this exercise, open \Module 18 - I_RoadwayPlanProduction-EX2.dwg (M_RoadwayPlanProduction-EX2.dwg). 1. In Toolspace, click the Prospector tab. 2. Expand all the trees under View Frame Groups. 18-15
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 Education Curriculum NOTES Civil 3D organizes the view frames and match line objects under the VFG 8 th Avenue (1) View Frame Group. 3. Right-click VFG 8 th Avenue (1). Click Create sheets. The Create Sheets wizard launches. 4. On the View Frame Group and Layouts page, for Layout Creation, select All Layouts in the Current Drawing. 5. For Layout Name, click Edit Layout Name. 6. For Starting Number, enter 1. Click OK. 7. Select a north arrow block. 8. Review the remaining settings. Click Next. 9. On the Sheet Set page, for New Sheet Set, enter VFG 8 th Avenue (Layouts in Current Drawing). 18-16
Module 18 - Roadway Plan Production NOTES 10. Click Next. 11. On the Profile Views page, review the settings. Click Create Sheets. Civil 3D prompts you to save the drawing before creating the sheets. 12. In the AutoCAD Civil 3D dialog box, read the message. Click OK. 13. At the Select Profile View Origin prompt, select a location above the 8 th Avenue Profile View for the Profile View Origin. Civil 3D does the following: Creates profile views in the current drawing. Creates layouts in the current drawing. Displays the new sheet set in the Sheet Set Manager window. Displays messages in the Event Viewer of the Panorama window. 14. Close the Sheet Set Manager window. 15. Close the Panorama window. 16. Click each of the new layout definitions and review the sheets. 17. Click the Model tab. 18. Close the drawing and do not save the changes. 18-17
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 Education Curriculum NOTES EXERCISE 3: CREATE ALL SHEETS IN A NEW DRAWING In this exercise, you create all sheets in a new drawing. Each sheet is shown on a paper space layout definition in the new drawing. When you create all layouts in one new drawing, Civil 3D does the following: Creates a new drawing with layout definitions for each sheet. In the new drawing, creates an AutoCAD external reference to the current drawing and creates Civil 3D reference objects for the 8 th Avenue Alignment and the 8 th Avenue profiles. Three profile view objects are also created in the new drawing. Displays the new sheet set in the Sheet Set Manager window. Displays messages in the Event Viewer of the Panorama window. The new drawing references the data in the original drawing. Graphical data is referenced with AutoCAD external references. Object data is referenced with Civil 3D reference objects. 18-18
Module 18 - Roadway Plan Production NOTES For this exercise, open \Module 18 Roadway Plan Production\ I_RoadwayPlanProduction-EX3.dwg (M_RoadwayPlanProduction-EX3.dwg). 1. In Toolspace, click the Prospector tab. 2. Expand all the trees under View Frame Groups. Civil 3D organizes the view frames and match line objects under the VFG 8 th Avenue (1) View Frame Group. 3. Right-click VFG 8 th Avenue (1). Click Create Sheets. The Create Sheets wizard opens. 4. On the View Frame Group and Layouts page, select All Layouts In One New Drawing. 5. For Layout Name, click Edit Layout Name. 6. For Starting Number, enter 1. Click OK. 7. Select a north arrow block. 8. Review the remaining settings. Click OK. 9. Click Next. 18-19
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 Education Curriculum NOTES 10. On the Sheet Set page, for New Sheet Set, enter VFG 8 th Avenue (Layouts in One New Drawing). 11. For Sheet File Name, click Edit Sheet File Name. 12. For Starting Number, enter 1. Click OK. 13. In the Profile Views page, review the settings. Click Next. 14. In the Data References page, review the settings. Click Create Sheets. 15. Click OK to save the drawing. 16. At the Select Profile View Origin prompt, select a location above the 8 th Avenue profile views for the profile view origin. Civil 3D does the following: Creates a new drawing with layout definitions. In the new drawing, creates an AutoCAD external reference to the current drawing and creates Civil 3D reference objects for the 8 th Avenue Alignment and the 8 th Avenue profiles. Three profile view objects are also created in the new drawing. 18-20
Module 18 - Roadway Plan Production NOTES Displays the new sheet set in the Sheet Set Manager window. Displays messages in the Event Viewer of the Panorama window. 17. Close the Sheet Set Manager window. 18. Close the Panorama window. Now open the new drawing with the layouts. 19. Click File menu > Open. 20. Browse \AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 Education Curriculum\Module 18 - Roadway Plan Production. 21. Select VFG - 8th Avenue - (1) (1).dwg. Click Open. You now remove the unused Layout tab. 22. With the CTRL key pressed, click all Layout tabs except Model, Sheet (1), Sheet (2), and Sheet (3). 23. Right-click the selected Layout tabs. Click Delete. 24. Click OK to confirm the deletion. The Model, Sheet (1), Sheet (2), and Sheet (3) tabs remain. 25. Click the Sheet (1), Sheet (2), and Sheet (3) tabs. Review the sheets. 26. Click the Model tab. Now review how the data is assembled. 27. Zoom to the extents of the drawing. 28. In Toolspace, click the Prospector tab. 18-21
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 Education Curriculum NOTES 29. Expand all trees under the Alignments tree. A reference object is created for the following objects: 8 th Avenue Alignment 8 th Avenue Existing Ground Profile Design 1 Profile (for 8 th Avenue) The reference object is indicated by the blue arrows. Three profile views are also created in the new drawing. Now review the external reference. 30. On the command line, enter XR. Press ENTER. 18-22
Module 18 - Roadway Plan Production NOTES Civil 3D displays the External References window and shows the current exercise drawing as the external reference. In this example, the production drawing is dynamically linked to the design drawing via AutoCAD external references and Civil 3D data references. 31. Save and close the drawing. 32. Close the drawing and do not save the changes. 18-23
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 Education Curriculum NOTES EXERCISE 4: CREATE ALL SHEETS IN INDIVIDUAL DRAWINGS In this exercise, you create new sheets in individual drawings. When you create new sheets in individual drawings, Civil 3D does the following: Creates new drawings, each with one layout. In each new drawing, creates an AutoCAD external reference to the current drawing and creates Civil 3D reference objects for the 8 th Avenue Alignment and the 8 th Avenue profiles. A single profile view is created in each drawing. Displays the new sheet set in the Sheet Set Manager window. Displays messages in the Event Viewer of the Panorama window. The new drawings reference the data in the original drawing. Graphical data is referenced with AutoCAD external references. Object data is referenced with Civil 3D reference objects. For this exercise, open \Module 18 Roadway Plan Production\ I_RoadwayPlanProduction-EX4.dwg (M_RoadwayPlanProduction-EX4.dwg). 1. In Toolspace, click the Prospector tab. 2. Expand all the trees under View Frame Groups. 18-24
Module 18 - Roadway Plan Production NOTES Civil 3D organizes the view frames and match line objects under the VFG 8 th Avenue (1) View Frame Group. 3. Right-click VFG 8 th Avenue (1). Click Create sheets. The Create Sheets wizard opens. 4. In the View Frame Group and Layouts page, select Number of Layouts Per New Drawing. Enter 1. 5. Click Edit Layout Name. 6. For Starting Number, enter 1. 7. Click OK. 8. Select a north arrow block. 9. Click Next. 10. In the Sheet Set dialog box, for New Sheet Set, enter VFG 8 th Avenue (One Layout Each Drawing). 11. For Sheet File Name, click Edit Sheet File Name. 12. For Starting Number, enter 2. Click OK. 13. Click Next. 18-25
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 Education Curriculum NOTES 14. In the Profile Views page, review the settings. Click Next. 15. In the Data References page, review the settings. Click Create Sheets. 16. Click OK to save the drawing. 17. At the Select Profile View Origin prompt, select a location above the 8 th Avenue profile views for the profile view origin. The origin is a relative location for profile view placement when the new drawings are created. Civil 3D does the following: Creates three new drawings, each with one layout. In each new drawing, creates an AutoCAD external reference to the current drawing and creates Civil 3D reference objects for the 8 th Avenue Alignment and the 8 th Avenue profiles. A single profile view is created in each drawing. Displays the new sheet set in the Sheet Set Manager window. Displays messages in the Event Viewer of the Panorama window. 18. Close the Sheet Set Manager window. 19. Close the Panorama window. 20. Close the drawing and do not save the changes. 18-26
Module 18 - Roadway Plan Production NOTES EXERCISE 5: USE THE AUTOCAD SHEET SET MANAGER In this exercise, you learn how to use AutoCAD Sheet Set Manager. Sheet Set Manager enables you to create, manage, and edit plan and profile sheets using the Sheet Set Manager window interface. The Sheet Set Manager references a sheet set file (DST) that indicates where the sheets are located. Sheet Set Manager can also populate the title block with relevant information, such as sheet number and date. 18-27
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 Education Curriculum NOTES Before completing Exercise 5, you need to complete Exercise 4. Continue working with the drawing from Exercise 4. 1. If the Sheet Set Manager window is not open, on the command line, enter Sheetset. Press ENTER. Civil 3D displays the Sheet Set Manager window. 2. In the Sheet Set Manager window, click the down arrow. 3. Select VFG 8 th Avenue (One Layout in Each Drawing). Civil 3D displays the sheets in the sheet set. 4. Right-click 3-Sheet (3). Click Open. 18-28
Module 18 - Roadway Plan Production NOTES Civil 3D opens the third drawing in the sheet set. Both the original drawing and the sheet set drawing are open. 5. Zoom to the lower right corner of the title block. Civil 3D populates the title block with the current date and sheet number. 6. Click the Model tab. Now review how the data is assembled. 7. Zoom to the extents of the drawing. 8. In Toolspace, click the Prospector tab. 9. Expand all trees under the Alignments tree. 18-29
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 Education Curriculum NOTES A reference object is created for the following objects: 8 th Avenue Alignment 8 th Avenue Existing Ground Profile Design 1 Profile (for 8 th Avenue) The reference object is indicated by the blue arrows. A single profile view is also created in the drawing. Now review the external reference. 10. On the command line, enter XR. Press ENTER. Civil 3D displays the External References window and shows the current exercise drawing as the external reference. 18-30
Module 18 - Roadway Plan Production NOTES In this example, the production drawing is dynamically linked to the design drawing via AutoCAD external references and Civil 3D data references. 11. Close the drawing and do not save the changes. 18-31
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 Education Curriculum NOTES Questions Answers 1. Explain the differences between an AutoCAD external reference and a Civil 3D reference object. 2. What is a view frame? 3. What is a match line? 4. What controls the size of the view frames? 5. How are view frames organized? 6. Describe how you can edit the position of the view frames? 7. What are the three options available when creating sheets? 8. How is Sheet Set Manager used? 9. When creating sheets, under what circumstances are external references and reference objects used? 10. Can Civil 3D Plan Production be used to create cross-section sheets? 1. An AutoCAD external reference is used to share AutoCAD graphical data between drawings. A Civil 3D reference object is used to share Civil 3D object data between drawings. 2. The view frame is the model space object that surrounds an area that is displayed when a sheet is created. 3. The match line is a line drawn in plan view that indicates the separation between adjacent sheets. The position of the match line is based on the length of profile alignment that fits in the viewport. 4. The viewport size and scale in the referenced layout in the drawing template (DWT) controls the size of the view frames. 5. View frames are organized in a view frame group. The view frame group is shown as a collection on the Prospector tab of the Toolspace window. 6. You can use grips to control the position of the view frames in model space. The green circle-shaped grip is used to rotate the view frame. The blue diamond grip is used to position the view frame along the alignment. The blue square grip is used to move the view frame to any position. 18-32
Module 18 - Roadway Plan Production NOTES 7. When you create sheets you can i) create all sheets in the current drawing, ii) create all sheets in a new drawing, or iii) create all sheets in individual drawings. 8. Sheet Set Manager is used to manage the sheets in a sheet set, regardless of how they were created. 9. External references and reference objects are used when you create sheets in new drawings. 10. Civil 3D Plan Production tools cannot be used to create cross-section sheets. There are, however, other methods for producing cross-section sheets such as cross-section group plot styles and map books. 18-33
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 Education Curriculum NOTES Module Summary In this module, you learned how to use the AutoCAD Civil 3D Plan Production tools to create plan and profile sheets. The first step was to create the view frames, which show the plan view areas that are displayed in the individual sheets. The view frames were positioned and sized based on layout definitions residing in a drawing template file (DWT). After the view frames were created, you used grips to modify the position of the view frames. The next step was to generate the sheets. First, sheets were generated with all layouts in the current drawing. Next, sheets were generated with all layouts in a new drawing, and then sheets were generated in individual drawings with one layout for each sheet. Finally, you learned how to use AutoCAD Sheet Set Manager to manage the sheets within a sheet set. 18-34