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CHAPTER 1 GettinG Dirty: the Basics of civil 3D
Toolspace
Toolspace is one of the unique Civil 3D palette sets. Toolspace can have as many as four tabs to
manage user data. These tabs are as follows:
Prospector
•u
Settings•u
Survey•u
Toolbox•u
Using a Microsoft Windows Explorer–like interface within each, these tabs drive a large por-
tion of the user control and data management of Civil 3D.
Pr o s P e c t o r
Prospector is the main window into the Civil 3D object model. This palette or tab is where you
go mining for data; it also shows points, alignments, parcels, corridors, and other objects as one
concise, expandable list. In addition, in a project environment, this window is where you control
access to your project data, create references to shared project data, and observe the check-in
and check-out status of a drawing. Finally, you can also use Prospector to create a new drawing
from the templates defined in the Drawing Template File Location branch in your AutoCAD
Options dialog. Prospector has the following branches:
Open Drawings
•u
Projects (only if the Vault client is installed)•u
Data Shortcuts•u
Drawing Templates•u
Figure 1.1
Civil 3D in a typical
environment. Tool-
space is docked
on the left, and
Panorama and Tool
Palettes float over
the drawing win-
dow. The Ribbon
is at the top of the
workspace.
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