Highway and Transportation

Infrastructure Modeling

Module 2: Conceptual Design

Exercise 0210: Perform a Sight

Analysis

Steps to take
Exercise 0210 - Perform a Sight Analysis

Exercise requirements

To use Civil 3D, you will need an Autodesk ID.

As a Student or Educator, you can obtain an
Autodesk ID for free at
www.autodesk.com/education .

Exercise 0210 — Perform a Sight Analysis

In this exercise, you will learn how perform a

sight analysis in Civil 3D.

Objectives:
 Complete a sight analysis on the
alignment using the sight analysis
wizard.
 Insert a sight analysis report into the
drawing.

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Complete a Sight Analysis on the
Alignment Using the Sight Analysis
Wizard

1. Launch Civil 3D on your computer. Open the

Civil 3D drawing file located in the resources
folder for this exercise.

2.. On
n the Analyze tab, click the “Visibility
Visibility
Check” button
Check button,, and then select “Check
Check Sight
Distance.”
Distance.

3. Enable the “Use

“Use alignment and profile”
profile
option button. Click the drop-down and
drop down list and
select “P
Proposed
roposed Local Road.”
Road.”

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 down
4. Click the drop-dow
drop dow n list labeled “Select
Select
surfaces to check against,”
against, and then se select
lect
“Composite Surface.” Click
Composite Surface. +” button.
lick the “+
ick the “Next
Cllick Next button.
Next”

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5. Change the “Minimum distance”” value
Minimum sight distance
200.
200.” Change the “Eye
to “200. Height” value to
Eye Height
2.5”” and then click ““Next.
“2.5 Next.””

right of the “Choose

6. Click the button to the right Choose a
type” field. Select the “ReportTXT.xsl
file type ReportTXT.xsl”
ReportTXT.xsl file
in the “Choose
Choose Style Sheet”
Sheet” window, and then
clic “Open.
click Open.
Open.”

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7. Click the “Finish
Finish button.
Finish”

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Insert a Sight Analysis Report Into the
Drawing

Open
1. Open the Sight Analysis Report in Windows
Notepad.

2. Copy the text from the report to the

Window
Windo wss Clipboard.

3. Paste the report tex

textt to the Civil 3D drawing.

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This concludes Exercise 0210
210.