Chapter 15

Grading

Beyond creating streets and sewers, cul-de-sacs, and inlets, much of what happens to the ground as a site is being designed must still be determined. Describing the final plan for the earthwork of a site is a crucial part of bringing the project together. This chapter examines feature lines and grading groups, which are the two primary tools of site design. These two functions work in tandem to provide the site designer with tools for completely modeling the land.

In this chapter, you will learn to:

• Convert existing linework into feature lines
• Model a simple linear grading with a feature line
• Model planar site features with grading groups