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• Basic Rail Design

  Basic Rail Design Course Introduction
  (Course Duration: 52 minutes)

  Course Description
  In this course, you will learn how to complete a basic rail design in Civil 3D. The rail design workflow is similar to roadway design only different design criteria and specifications are used. Rail designs typically use spirals to create smooth transitions in and out of curves, and apply cant (superelevation) to rails and ballast to counteract centrifugal forces. Civil 3D includes unique settings and design criteria for rail design that include measuring curves along chord lengths, rail alignment types, and rail assembly types. Civil 3D also includes a Rail tab where you can access commonly used Rail tools.

  Course Objectives
  The material presented in this course teach you how to:
  Layout a Rail Alignment
  Calculate Cant for a Rail Alignment
  Layout a Rail Profile using Design Checks
  Create a Rail Assembly
  Create a Rail Corridor
  Report Earthwork Quantities for a Rail Design
  Report Material Quantities for a Rail Design

  Course Prerequisites
  To participate in this training course, you should have the following:
  Fundamentals skills in Civil 3D

  CPD via CPD UK Accredited Course
  This course is eligible for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credit via CPD UK. This is a globally recognized CPD meaning the learning activity has reached the required Continuing Professional Development standards and benchmarks. If you would like to learn more, please see CPDUK. You can log your CPD credits by creating an account and providing the correct, required information. If you would like to log your CPD credits with another organization, you will need to navigate that process as directed by the target organization.

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• Auxiliary Track Design

  Auxiliary Track Design Course Introduction
  (Course Duration: 42 minutes)

  Course Description
  In this course you will learn how to layout and model rail spurs using crossover and turnout alignments from the Rail tools in Civil 3D. In Civil 3D you can leverage the Turnout catalogs that ship with the software or create custom turnouts for your rail designs. Using the Double Track rail subassembly that ships with the software you can accurately model the rail corridor at the track connection points. The rail spur example presented in this course will prepare you for more challenging and complex rail designs.

  Course Objectives
  The material presented in this course teach you how to:
  Create a crossover alignment between parallel tracks
  Create a turnout alignment between two rail alignments
  Create design profiles from superimposed profiles
  Use the Double Track rail subassembly to target multiple alignments and profiles
  Add multiple rail spur regions to a mainline corridor
  View and edit a rail corridor

  Course Prerequisites
  To participate in this training course, you should have the following:
  Basic understanding of Autodesk Civil 3D.
  Completed the Basic Rail Design course.

  CPD via CPD UK Accredited Course
  This course is eligible for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credit via CPD UK. This is a globally recognized CPD meaning the learning activity has reached the required Continuing Professional Development standards and benchmarks. If you would like to learn more, please see CPDUK. You can log your CPD credits by creating an account and providing the correct, required information. If you would like to log your CPD credits with another organization, you will need to navigate that process as directed by the target organization.

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  Go Full Screen when watching videos.