Do you have a drone and are curious about what you can use it for beyond pictures? Do you want to balance earthwork volumes on a large project site that is constantly changing? This course studies a project where a drone was used to find the optimal location of a haul road and balance the earthwork in its construction. With a 200-acre site and multiple phases of landscaping, finding a location for haul roads was proving to be a challenge. As the project moved between phases, the haul road had to be moved to facilitate landscaping and grading. We needed a way to locate the road for as long as possible, while keeping the earthwork balancing to zero. By taking flight, we used the drone to identify a location for the road and obtain a topography survey, which enabled us to design a haul road that balanced to zero. This session features AutoCAD Civil 3D. AIA Approved

This session is dedicated entirely to productivity techniques that will help improve your daily operations when working with Civil 3D software. These tips include automating regular tasks, using standard functions in new ways, exploring underutilized features, and even exploiting a handful of undocumented commands. We'll present the information using a real-world problem-solving context, rather than simply going feature by feature, so you can fully appreciate the "why" in addition to the "how." Come join us for this 60-minute session as we show you numerous ways to help you get the most from your Civil 3D investment.

While talking about BIM (Building Information Modeling) and geographic information system (GIS) integration, it is clear that these are two systems with their specific purposes and use cases: GIS, with its mapping features and geographical database, and BIM as an object-based information model, tailored for built assets. The connection between the two platforms is advancing and gaining credibility, especially in large complex projects. Architectural and civil projects tend to use BIM technologies, while environmental projects are traditionally carried out using GIS systems. In this class, we will look beyond the standard use of 2D maps, GIS layers, and shapefile sets. We will go through all the benefits, challenges, and differences between using GIS and BIM technologies. The adoption of 3D and BIM processes and technologies will largely benefit the environment and remediation industries. It will open the door for more-inclusive stakeholder engagement, better design quality, and data-driven decision making.

The Geotechnical Module 2017 is now available to all AutoCAD Civil 3D software subscription orders. This hands-on lab will show you the basis of getting started with the Geotechnical Module in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 software. Within minutes of starting the class you will learn how to access and import subsurface geology data in AutoCAD Civil 3D software. The class will go on to show you how quickly you can visualize boreholes in context of your site, create multiple strata surfaces, and even generate geotechnical profile views containing borehole log strips all in a few minutes—this would normally take many hours. By the end of the session you will have a great understanding of how the Geotechnical Module works, enabling you to incorporate geotechnical subsurface data in your infrastructure designs using AutoCAD Civil 3D software. This session features AutoCAD Civil 3D.

The possibility to make anything can be overwhelming. Sometimes you just need a picture, a plan, or a push in the right direction. If you don’t know where to start in Dynamo for Civil 3D software, but you’re eager to know what can and cannot be easily automated, then this class is for you. In this class, we’ll walk through the specific steps of creating at least three scripts in Dynamo for Civil 3D. These scripts will automate some of the mundane tasks you do in each of your designs. From placing a legend on multiple sheets, changing text to all upper case, turning on and off layers, adjusting line types of your design based on the type of plan sheet you are creating, or inserting trees at a specific interval along an alignment—Dynamo can do it! At the end of this class, you’ll understand the basics, and you’ll have a few time-saving tools to use within your own projects, and the knowledge of how they were created.