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special tool for editing design criteria files called the Design Criteria Editor. Civil
3D comes with AASHTO design criteria files that can be used as is or copied and
modified to meet local requirements. Autodesk also provides numerous country
kits that include even more design criteria files that meet the requirements of vari-
ous design authorities around the world.
Exercise 5.8: Apply a Design Criteria File
In this exercise, you'll apply a design criteria file to the Jordan Court alignment
and then make edits based on the results.
If you haven't already done so, go to the topic's web page at
www.sybex.com/
go/civil3d2015essentials
and download the files for Chapter 5. Unzip the files
to the correct location on your hard drive according to the instructions in the
introduction. Then, follow these steps:
1.
Open the drawing named
Design Criteria Files.dwg
located in the
Chapter 05
class data folder.
Note that currently only one warning symbol is shown for the
Jordan Court alignment.
2.
Click the Jordan Court alignment, and select Alignment Properties
on the ribbon.
3.
Click the Design Criteria tab. Check the box next to Use Design
Criteria File.
4.
Click the button to the right of the file path, and select the file
named
Autodesk Civil 3D Imperial (2011) Roadway Design
Standards.xml
(
Autodesk Civil 3D Metric (2011) Roadway
Design Standards.xml
). Click Open.
5.
Uncheck the box next to Use Design Check Set.
6.
Click OK, and press Esc to clear the grips.
New warning symbols appear on the first, second, and fourth
curves (the one on the third curve was there previously). As you can
see, the design criteria file is a bit more stringent than the design
check set of the previous exercise.
7.
Hover your cursor over the warning symbol farthest to the north.
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8.
Select the alignment, and click Geometry Editor on the
ribbon.
The tooltip informs
you that the required
radius is 154' (47m).
9.
Click Alignment Grid View on the Alignment Layout Tools toolbar.
