Chapter 12

Superelevation

Superelevation and cant tools have matured greatly since the early releases, and theAutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2013 software has added even more functionality.

Before you can understand the superelevation tools, you should have a good grasp of alignments, assemblies, and corridors. You may want to refer to the corresponding chapters for a refresher on those topics before attempting to put superelevation or cant into practice.

In this chapter, you will learn to:

  • Add superelevation to an alignment
  • Create a superelevation assembly
  • Create a rail corridor with cant
  • Create a superelevation view

Getting Ready for Super

Several pieces need to be in place before superelevation can be applied to the design. You will need a design criteria ...

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