As we have begun to develop a fundamental understanding of how Civil 3D operates and have reviewed in a bit of detail many of the foundational settings, configurations, and workflows necessary to begin a design project within the Civil 3D environment, we can now start to put these skills to the test and into practice.

Typical civil design projects tend to begin with the development of a Survey Model representing your site’s existing conditions. In this chapter, we will demonstrate the start of bringing in existing survey data with proper formatting and how to establish an accurate depiction of the yet-to-be-designed project site.

That said, key topics that we will cover in this chapter include the following:

• Survey setup
• Introduction to the Survey Toolspace
• Existing conditions display settings
• Survey workflow overview
• Analyzing your existing conditions

Additionally, starting with this chapter, we will...