Appendix A. The Bottom Line

Chapter 1: Getting Dirty: The Basics of 3D

Find any Civil 3D object with just a few clicks

By using Prospector to view object data collections, you can minimize the panning and zooming that are part of working in a CAD program. When common subdivisions can have hundreds of parcels or a complex corridor can have dozens of alignments, jumping to the desired one nearly instantly shaves time off everyday tasks.

Master It

Open Sample Site.dwg from the tutorials, and find parcel number five without using any AutoCAD commands.

Solution

  1. In Prospector, expand Sites

    Chapter 1: Getting Dirty: The Basics of 3D

  2. Right-click on Property :5 as shown and select Zoom To.

Modify the drawing ...

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