Graphics Programs Reference
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It's important to point out that Prospector isn't just a place for viewing your
design; it's also a place where you can change the appearance of your design,
create new components for your design, edit your design, and so on. These types
of functions are accessed through contextual menus such as the one used in
step 6 of the previous exercise. A good rule of thumb when using Prospector is,
“When in doubt, right-click it.”
Settings tab
Civil 3D has a lot of settings that control nearly every aspect of how the software
behaves. In fact, one of the things that makes Civil 3D so powerful is that you
can customize its settings to accommodate nearly any type of design, any com-
pany standard, or any other factor that defines the environment within which
you use it. The Settings tab is where these settings are managed; however, you
won't be spending much time here in the early part of your Civil 3D career. This
area is more often the territory of a CAD manager or Civil 3D guru.
Certification
Objective
Exercise 1.4: Explore the Drawing Settings
with the Settings tab
In this exercise, you will use the Settings tab of the Toolspace to explore the
drawing settings.
If you have continued from the previous exercise, you can skip to step 2.
Otherwise, 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 1. Unzip the
files to the correct location on your hard drive according to the instructions in
the introduction. Then, follow these steps:
1. Launch Civil 3D 2015, and open the file named User Interface.dwg .
2. If the Toolspace is not already open, click Toolspace on the Home tab
of the ribbon.
3. Click the Settings tab of the Toolspace.
4. Expand Surface  Surface Styles, and note the list of styles shown
there. These styles control the appearance of models that represent
the shape of the ground.
If the Settings tab is
not visible, click the
Home tab of the rib-
bon and then click
the Settings icon
on the Palettes panel.
5. Expand Surface  Label Styles  Contour, and note the list of styles
shown there. These styles control a certain type of label that is used
to annotate surface models.
6. Keep this drawing open for the next exercise.
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