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Sewer Profiles

Sewer profiles are not a problem if you go in order of the necessary

commands, most people get lost and go out of order or they get confused

with all of the label options not to mention the object styles. To do a proper

sewer profile the first thing that you need is a surface model that has been

adjusted and modified to represent the existing ground, for this exercise we

will not include the finished grade profile. You can add a proposed grade

profile if desired. The parts list should already be a part of the template and

contain all of your structure types, pipes, and materials. If you don’t have a

parts list or you need to add a part it’s not a problem to do this while you arecreating your profile. As opposed to the Land Desktop method of profile

creation where creating the profile is the last thing you do. Civil 3D changes

all that by recommending creating the profile first and then editing it. The

advantage of Civil 3D is power and simplicity of editing on the fly without

worrying about changing labels on the plan or profile since it is dynamic and

updates automatically. The following example sewer profile will explain the

steps necessary to produce top notch profiles.



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Figure 1

In Figure 1 make sure your screen matches the criteria shown. Create a network name

that is unique so it is easily identifiable. Select the correct parts list, which in this case is

the “Sanitary Sewer” parts list. Select the correct surface, in this case we are using the

EG (Existing Ground) surface. Alignment name is set to none as we will create a new

alignment for the parts. The default label styles should automatically come up. You can

set your styles as the default in the template so you won’t have to worry about

somebody choosing the wrong one. Select OK to continue.



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Figure 2

After selecting OK the network layout tools appear see Figure 2, Here you can set orchange parts list and select the structures and pipes as you layout the network. Select

the concentric structure 48 dia 18 frame and 8” pvc for the pipe style. Make sure you

have selected the downslope button on the right of Figure 3. Click structures and pipes

which is on the left in Figure 3 that allows you to draw both structures and pipes. If you

add a pipe or structure later there is the add pipe only or structure only option.

Figure 3

After clicking structures and pipes select the area that you would like your plan parts to

be. See Figure 4.



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Figure 4

Continue selecting until all of your parts in in the proper places. Your labels should

automatically be placed in the drawing and you can select and drag them to better

readable location via grips. See Figure 5 for the finished location.

Figure 5

You are now ready to name your parts. Select a structure and right click. Choose

structure properties and the structure properties dialog box pops up. See Figure 6.



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Figure 6

Under the information tab you can assign a name for the manhole. You may need to go

to the part properties tab to adjust the sump elevation to 0 or if you actually have a

sump, adjust the elevation. Don’t worry about the Tops and Inverts that are shown on

the screen. We will adjust those in a bit. Next on your menu bar pick Pipes-Utilities-

Create Alignment From Network Parts pull down menu (if you don’t have your menu

bar visible you can turn it on via the quick access toolbar by doing the following as

shown in Figure 7).



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Figure 7

Figure 8 shows the menu toolbar selection.

Figure 8



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The Create Alignment - From Network Parts pops up. Make the following changes to

match the settings in Figure 9.

Figure 9

For the alignment label set it is best to choose no labels that way all you see are the part

labels without all of the clutter. If required though you can always customize the

alignment label to suit your needs. Next the Create Profile from Surface dialog box

comes up. See Figure 10.



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Figure 10

Select the surface and click add. Make sure the correct alignment is selected and click

Draw in Profile View finally the profile wizard comes up which is the last dialog box that

you use. I promise. Make the selections as shown in Figure 11 and then click next.

Figure 11



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See Figure 12. Here you can adjust the stations of the profile or use the automatic

option after you are satisfied click next.

Figure 12

It’s a good idea on the profile view height to use the user specified elevations as shown

in Figure 13. Then click next again.



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Figure 13

Next is the Profile display options as in Figure 14. Use the default that comes up. Guess

what is next? Yes “next”.

Figure 14



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Next is where you tell the wizard which pipes and structures to show in the profile. See

Figure 15. In LDD pipe runs were the standard which meant that each branch had to

have its own separate profile. In Civil 3D it uses a “Network” verbiage that means that

all structures and pipes that are connected together can be one network and you can

cut on and off which parts are to be shown. This makes life much easier in the long run.

Life is already easier with the editing process. In LDD when a design change consisting of

lengths and horizontal changes occurred you had to recreate the profiles from scratch.

Click next to continue.

Figure 15

The next screen is where you tell Civil 3D what data you want along the bottom of the

profile, such as existing and proposed elevations and stations. See Figure 16. Click next

to continue.



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Figure 16

Click next; here you have options for hatching. After you satisfy your hatching needs if

so desired click Create Profile View and click anywhere on the screen to place your

profile. Go to Model space tab and click on your new profile to highlight the grips and

move the profile via the grip to the correct location. Go back to your sheet tab and start

editing your inverts and tops. It’s very important to edit your inverts using the pipes list

on your Toolspace-pipe networks-profile name- pipes. See figure 17 for reference.



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Figure 17

Look on the bottom to find your start invert elevation and end invert elevation column

and adjust elevations to specifications. After the inverts are adjusted click on the

structures below pipes and adjust the tops. The profile and plan views automaticallyadjust to the new elevations. Easy right? Right. If you have a preferred label style use it

on the pipe network. It is recommended to have a different label style for plan and

profile view. Also you should have separate label styles for Storm Sewer parts. As you

can see it is just that simple, actually the first few times you do profiles you may beat

the keyboard into submission, but eventually it will become second nature.



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