AutoCAD Civil 3D 2016 Essentials: Autodesk Official Press

Introduction

When the first version of this book was born just over four years ago, my hope was for it to be one book in a long and successful series that would educate, inspire, and even excite many people about using the Autodesk^® AutoCAD^® Civil 3D^® software. In order to make that happen, I decided that each book in the series had to meet the following criteria:

• It should be basic enough to enable anyone to learn Civil 3D.
• It should be in-depth enough to enable a person to be productive using Civil 3D for basic tasks.
• It should foster understanding by associating the things you do in Civil 3D with familiar things you see every day.
• The examples and exercises should be based on the real world.
• The book should not simply demonstrate random ...