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AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 Certified Professional Exam Objectives

Object Styles
• Create object styles that achieve a specified result
• Create label styles that achieve a specified result

Points
• Organize points and control their display using point groups

Surfaces
• Create a surface by assembling fundamental data
• Set up the appropriate styles and analyses to achieve specific surface display results

Parcels
• Design a parcel layout based on given information and design requirements

Alignments
• Design a geometric layout by properly applying various alignment functionality

Profiles & Profile Views
• Design a profile according to given information and design requirements
• Create a profile view style that achieves a specified result

Corridors
• Design a corridor based on given information and design requirements
• Create specific corridor data/information according to a specified result
• Design an intersection based on given information and design requirements

Sections & Section Views
• Analyze section views to obtain or derive information about a design

Pipe Networks
• Design a pipe network according to given information and design requirements

Grading
• Design a site grading model based on given information and design requirements

Managing and Sharing Data
• Compose a data sharing setup based on given requirements

Plan Production
• Create a sheet set according to given information and a specified result

Survey
• Create a topographic/boundary drawing from field data