LDD Civil Design Books

[rlshound]

Hello, I am using LDD 2008.I am a surveyor responsible for creating surface models from our field collected data for the engineers. I also draft when needed. I'm trying to teach myself civil design, exploring the different menus...creating existing cross sections and profiles...can anyone recommend a good book on civil design? Something that has a straight forward approach without needless/endless options...ok you create an existing surface...next step(how you do it)...next step(how you do it)....

Thanks for your continued help. Have a good week end. rlshound

[CivilPrice]

Mastering AutoCAD Civil 3d 2009 is the only book I have read. I think it would be pretty useful for what you are looking for, but it is not so cut and dry. There is a lot of fluff which I hate as well.

 

Some of these super users should just write some step by step manual, they could probably make some serious money. The problem is there is so much that can go wrong in even a simple procedure. AutoCAD is deep!

 

These forums do have some good info, so navigate around a little you might find what you need right here.

[rlshound]

Thanks CivilPrice, It can be pretty frustrating at times...your right there is a lot to it. You know conceptually what needs to happen and can visualize easily...oh well...got to dig in...Thanks for getting back to me. Have a good one...rlshound

[CivilPrice]

for sure! check out that civil 3d book. i am sure they have one at your library even. I know there is a 2009 & 2010 so I bet there is a 2008.

 

good luck!

[sinc]

That Mastering Civil 3D book will not help you at all with Land Desktop. Land Desktop and Civil 3D are essentially two completely different programs.

[CivilPrice]

opps... totally missed that.

[sinc]

Just out of curiosity, do you have any plans to move to Civil 3D?

 

Civil 3D has that intense learning curve, but once you get through it, this overall task is much easier in Civil 3D. I know a lot of people are still using Land Desktop, and there will still be people using Land Desktop ten years from now (just like there's still a few people using R14/Softdesk), but it's definitely on the way out. If possible, it seems like it would be more productive to learn how to do it with the new software, rather than the software that is dying.

 

Unless, of course, you're in the position where upgrading to C3D is not going to happen for whatever reasons, and you know you're going to be using LDD 2008 for the foreseeable future.