Mastering AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2012

Planning a Typical Pipe Network

Before you begin designing a pipe network, it’s important to brainstorm all of the parts you’ll need to construct the network, how these objects will be represented in plan and profile, and the behavior of these parts (which you’ll specify using the slope, cover, rim, and sump parameters). Once you have a list of the elements you need, you can locate the appropriate parts in the part catalog, build the appropriate rule sets, create the proper styles to match your CAD standard, and tie it all together in a parts list.

Let’s look at a typical sanitary sewer design. You typically start by going through the sewer specifications for the jurisdiction in which you’re working. There is usually a published list of allowable ...