Land development demands precise control of grading, drainage, and parcels — exactly where Civil 3D’s dynamic, model-based design delivers its greatest value. This program focuses specifically on site and land development workflows, teaching engineers and designers to model sites where a single design change ripples automatically through volumes, profiles, and documentation, eliminating tedious manual recalculation.
As land development accelerates and margins tighten, the ability to design and revise sites quickly and accurately is a decisive professional advantage. This course builds complete site-design capability from surfaces to stormwater, and introduces emerging sustainable-drainage and data-driven design practices that meet rising environmental and regulatory expectations.
Course Objectives
Upon the successful completion of this program, attendees will be able to:
- Create existing and proposed surfaces for development sites
- Design and manage parcels and subdivisions
- Develop grading objects and feature lines accurately
- Calculate site earthwork volumes with confidence
- Design gravity pipe networks for site drainage
- Model pressure pipe networks for utilities
- Apply stormwater and detention design principles
- Create profiles and sections for site features
- Produce grading and utility plans for construction
- Generate quantities and construction documentation
- Balance cut and fill to optimise earthworks
- Apply parcel styles, labels, and layout tools
- Manage catchment areas and runoff analysis
- Use data shortcuts for project collaboration
- Produce coordinated plan and section sheets
- Apply emerging trends in sustainable drainage (SUDS)
Course Outline
- Module 1: Project Setup & Existing Ground Surfaces
- Module 2: Surface Editing, Analysis & Volume Surfaces
- Module 3: Parcel Creation & Layout Tools
- Module 4: Parcel Styles, Labels & Subdivision Design
- Module 5: Feature Lines & Grading Groups
- Module 6: Grading to Surfaces & Volume Calculation
- Module 7: Cut/Fill Balancing & Earthwork Optimisation
- Module 8: Gravity Pipe Networks & Structures
- Module 9: Pressure Pipe Networks for Utilities
- Module 10: Network Profiles & Editing
- Module 11: Stormwater Catchments & Runoff Analysis
- Module 12: Detention, Storage & Hydraulic Design
- Module 13: Plan Production & Grading/Utility Plans
- Module 14: Quantity Take-Off & Sheet Creation
- Module 15: Emerging Trends: Sustainable Urban Drainage (SUDS)
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for civil engineers, site and land development designers, and surveyors involved in subdivision, grading, drainage, and utility design. A working knowledge of AutoCAD and basic Civil 3D is recommended.
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