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Learning AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2010
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Learning AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2010

by Autodesk Official Training Guide
November 2009
Beginner content levelBeginner
720 pages
12h 29m
English
Sybex
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Chapter 9. Site Design - Grading and Quantities

In this chapter, you design the grading for land parcels adjacent to subdivision roads. You begin by creating grading feature lines from the subdivision road corridor models at the right-of-way locations. The grading feature lines are then offset horizontally and vertically to model the frontage of the building lots and the overall drainage characteristics of the site.

You then create a temporary interim grading surface from the feature lines, which is used to calculate another feature line at the back of parcels location. From this feature line, you grade to the existing ground surface by daylighting with grading objects and slope criteria.

Next, you create a final grading surface that incorporates ...

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