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Displaying Pipe Networks using Styles
Pipe and structure styles are two of the most sophisticated styles in the AutoCAD ®
Civil 3D ® software. They provide many options for displaying the components
of your pipe network design in plan, profile, model, and even section view. It's
important to have many options for displaying pipe networks because often you
have different types of systems in the same drawing that need to be differentiated
graphically.
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Applying Structure, Fitting, and
Appurtenance Styles
Civil 3D styles provide a number of fundamental ways to display structures, fit-
tings, and appurtenances. In plan view, you can display a structure as an outline
of its 3D form, or you can use an AutoCAD ® block as a symbol representing the
structure. When you use a block, you can determine its size according to the draw-
ing scale, a fixed scale, or the actual dimensions of the part. Figure 16.1 shows a
structure represented using an AutoCAD block on the left and as an outline of its
3D shape on the right.
AutoCAD Block
Outline of 3D Shape
FiGuRE 16.1 A structure shown as a block (left) and as an outline of a 3D shape (right)
In profile view, there are the following three ways to display a structure:
Solid The structure is shown as a slice through the 3D model of the part,
which means the size, shape, and dimensions are an accurate representation
(see Figure 16.2, left). Any detail within the interior of the part is visible with
this option.
Boundary An outline of the 3D model of the part is shown (see Figure 16.2,
center). This is also an accurate representation of the part but without the inte-
rior detail.
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