Mastering AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013

Chapter 11

Advanced Corridors, Intersections, and Roundabouts

In Chapter 10, “Basic Corridors,” you built several simple corridors — including an example where the road lane used an alignment and profile target to add a variable width and elevation to the edge of traveled way — and began to see the dynamic power of the corridor model. The focus of that chapter was to get things started, but it's unrealistic to think that a project would have only one road in the middle of nowhere with no intersections, no adjustments, and no complications. You may be having trouble visualizing how you'll build a corridor to tackle your more complex design projects, such as the one pictured in Figure 11.1.

Figure 11.1 A corridor model for the example subdivision ...