Autodesk 23703-010008-1600A - Civil 3D 2006 Essentials, Manual

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■ Have you ever edited a surface and wished your contours would update
automatically?
■ Have you ever wished you could use the standard Undo command to fix
a mistake you made to your surface?
■ Have you ever had to extensively edit a surface created from contours to
correct areas not interpolated correctly?
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Have you ever wished your contour labels could faithfully be used for
multiple scale drawings?
Surfaces in Civil 3D
In Civil 3D, you can create surfaces on the Prospector Tab in the Toolspace
window by right-clicking on the Surfaces collection and clicking Create Surface.
Or you can also select the same command from the Surfaces drop-down menu.
A dialog box prompts you to assign the surface a name and a style. If you
don’t assign the surface a name, it is given a default name which is typically
Surface[1]. This default object naming is just one of the useful conventions
used in many Civil 3D features.
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