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Creating curbs - AutoCAD Civil 3D Tutorial
From the course: AutoCAD Civil 3D: Site Design
Creating curbs
- Now that we've got the parking lot perimeter elevations established, let's create some curbs. I think it's time to get this 2% surface kind of out of the way. So I'm going to select it and go to surface properties and change the style to no display. Now it may be tempting to erase these feature lines, but remember that they're actually providing data for that surface. So if I erase them, I remove what's defining that surface and I may need them later so I'm not going to erase them. And I also want to point out that I haven't erased that surface, I've simply set it to a style that makes it invisible. Okay, so we've got our parking lot perimeter elevations established, right to the point where it ties into the road and now we want to start building out the curbs. The best tool in the tool box for creating curbs is the step offset command. So let's get started with constructing a curb using that command. So I'm going to go ahead and zoom in and the first thing I want to do is create…
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Understanding phased grading5m 33s
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Building an overall grading scheme3m 36s
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Assigning grading scheme elevations3m 42s
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Tying the entrance drive to the road5m 49s
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Creating curbs6m 44s
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Daylighting7m 1s
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Creating a parking lot surface6m 29s
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Adding channels and berms7m 10s
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Editing the surface6m 48s
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Creating an FG surface6m 51s
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Labeling your grading design8m 23s
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