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This is known as a
contextual tab, and it contains all the tools related to surfaces. Depending
on the type of object that is selected, different tools are displayed on the
contextual tab. The tools on all AutoCAD Civil 3D contextual tabs are
arranged in a similar series of panels:
■ Labels and Tables
■ General Tools
■ Modify
■ Analyze
■ Object Tools
■ Launch Pad
5 Press Esc.
7 Press Esc.
The corridor is deselected, and the Home tab is active, and the contextual
tab is removed.
NOTE If the Toolspace is not visible, enter ShowTS on the command line.
The command line is not case sensitive, but in this document, commands
are written in mixed case.
■ Alignments
■ Feature Lines
■ Grading Groups
■ Parcels
A site provides a logical grouping of objects that form part of the same
design project, or are otherwise related. An object can belong to only one
site.
item preview button at the top of the Prospector tab is pressed in. Then,
right-click the Parcels collection and click Show Preview.
7 Click the Information tab. Change the Object Style from Single-Family
to Open Space. Click OK.
Notice that the appearance of the parcel changes in the drawing, and in
the item view preview. The name of the parcel changes in the Parcels
collection on the Prospector tab. This happened because the style name
is part of the naming template that is associated with the parcel.
A distinct set of custom styles for each AutoCAD Civil 3D object type can
be saved in a drawing template. Object styles can be changed as needed
to change the display of an object.
4 Click Cancel.
Further exploration: Expand the Settings tree and look at several style
objects and commands. Right-click various objects to see the available
menu selections, but do not change anything.
1 Use the Pan and Zoom controls to locate the beginning of the
alignment and pipe network on the far right side of the site.
TIP To move the Panorama window, hold down the Ctrl key to prevent the
Panorama window from docking when you move it.