AutoCAD Civil is a specialized design and documentation software used for civil engineering projects such as roads, land development, and infrastructure. It offers powerful tools for drafting, surveying, and analyzing terrain. With integrated workflows, users can efficiently create detailed plans, profiles, and cross-sections. The software enhances collaboration across disciplines through data sharing and automation. AutoCAD Civil helps engineers deliver accurate, optimized designs faster and more effectively.
Field Scope & Importance
- Enables precise land surveying and plotting.
- Supports road and highway design with alignment tools.
- Allows terrain modeling and contour mapping.
- Facilitates stormwater and sewage pipe design.
- Offers automated quantity takeoff for cost estimation.
- Improves infrastructure planning through 3D visualization.
Working Steps for Autocad Civil
Project Setup
Define drawing units, coordinate systems, and import survey data to begin accurate design.
Surface Creation
Generate terrain models using contours, point data, or DEM for topographic analysis.
Alignment & Profile Design
Create road or pipeline alignments with vertical profiles for infrastructure
layout.
Plan Production
Produce detailed drawings, cross-sections, and quantity reports for construction use.
Curriculum
- Basic Navigating of AutoCAD Environment
- Understanding the AutoCAD Toolbars and Functions
- Understanding the AutoCAD Command prompt Line
- Open and Save Drawings (Creating Drawings, Setting Units/Drawing Settings)
- Controlling the Display Area (Pan/Zoom and Views)
- Creating 2D Geometry (Lines/Arcs, Coordinates, Polar Tracking, Object Snap)
- Creating Objects (Circles, Ellipses, Polylines, Arcs, Splines, Construction lines)
- Layers (Creating layers, Settings)
- Editing objects (Copy, Trim/Offset, Chamfer/Fillet, Array, Polyline Editing, Mirroring
- Dimensioning (Creating dimension styles, Adding dimensions
- Drawing information (Determining distance, angle and area)
- Practice on Drawing basics
- Geometrical Drawing Practice
- Making plan of Projection.
- Creation Multi-view Orthographic projection.
- Drafting views in First angle & Third angle Projection
- Creating Auxiliary views & Sections
- Representing Standard base 2D drafting.
- Drawing Elementary CADD command – Line, Polyline, Polygon, Circle, Polyline, arc, ellipse, text Single Text, Multi text, D text
- Modifying Elementary Commands – Erase, Move, Copy , Mirror, Offset, Scale, Stretch, Chamfer, fillet & explode & Making layers, line type & Lineweight
- Different menus of Auto-Cad, Function keys, Shortcut keys, Paper size Making Title Block, Writing it & inserting it in any drawing file with scale, angle & explode options & Creating a new template file (.Dwt file) & applying it to every drawing file
- Drafting of building plan , Elevation , Section Views.
- Applying dimensions to various views by using dimension style.
- Creating Revolved, Ruled, and Tabulated & Edge surfaces.Creating Isometric drawing with the Isoplane (Left, Top & Right Plane) Shaded it from visual style. Making Solid Model – Box, Polysolid, Cylinder, Cone, Pyramid, Wedge Torus Project – Site Visit
- Building Model.
Core functions of Autocad Civil
Site Design
Plan and model land development projects with precise grading and layout tools.
Road Alignment
Design road profiles and alignments for highways, streets, and intersections.
Surface Modeling
Create and analyze digital terrain models (DTMs) from survey data.
Pipe
Networks
Design and document stormwater, water supply, and sewer networks efficiently.
Quantity Takeoff
Automate material and earthwork calculations for accurate cost estimation.
Topographic Mapping
Generate and edit contour maps and elevation data for construction planning.
