What Is Covered in This Book

This book contains 19 chapters and two appendices:

Chapter 1, “The Basics of AutoCAD Civil 3D,” introduces you to the interface and many of the common dialogs in AutoCAD Civil 3D. This chapter looks at the Toolbox and some underused Inquiry tools as well. We also explore various tools for creating linework.

Chapter 2, “Survey,” looks at the Survey Toolspace and the unique toolset it contains for handling field surveying and fieldbook data handling. We also look at various surface and surveying relationships.

Chapter 3, “Points,” introduces AutoCAD Civil 3D points and the various methods of creating them. We also spend some time discussing the control of AutoCAD Civil 3D points with description keys and groups.

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