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Chapter 1 Introduction
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Some sections in this guide have numbered steps you can perform to
complete a task, such as creating a grading plan. The relevant help
topic is listed to the right of each step. For example:
To create a grading object
Steps
Use
to look up
1 From the Grading menu, choose Slope
Grading ➤ Grading Wizard.
Create a Grading Object
using the Grading Wizard
How to Use Online Help
You can access help files for Autodesk Civil Design by using the
following methods. The Autodesk Civil Design help files are
automatically integrated into the AutoCAD Land Development
Desktop interface when you install the program.
Accessing Help Files
Method Result Benefits
From the AutoCAD Land
Development Desktop R2
program group, select the
AutoCAD Land
Development Desktop R2
Online Help icon.
Displays a Contents tab
that lists the Help files
and the tutorial for
Autodesk Civil Design,
AutoCAD Land
Development Desktop,
AutoCAD Map, and
AutoCAD.
This Help file displays a
combined index and
table of contents, as
well as a combined
search mechanism so
you can find the Help
topics you need.
From within AutoCAD,
select Help ➤ Help Topics,
type Help at the command
line, or press F1.
Displays the same
Contents tab as
described above.
This Help file has the
same benefits as
described above.
From a dialog box, click a
Help button.
Displays the Help topic
that describes how to
use the dialog box.
This topic provides the
information that you
need without having to
search for it.
Move your pointer over a
command in a menu using
the up and down keyboard
arrows and press F1.
Displays the Help topic
that describes the
commands in the menu.
This topic has links to
specific Help topics for
the commands in the
menu.