Appendix B
AutoCAD Civil 3D Certification
Autodesk certifications are industry-recognized credentials that can help you succeed in your design career—providing benefits to both you and your employer. Getting certified is a reliable validation of skills and knowledge, and it can lead to accelerated professional development, improved productivity, and enhanced credibility.
This Autodesk Official Training Guide can be an effective component of your exam preparation. Autodesk highly recommends (and we agree!) that you schedule regular time to prepare, review the most current exam preparation roadmap available at www.autodesk.com/certification, use Autodesk Official Training Guides, take a class at an Authorized Training Center (find ATCs near you here: www.autodesk.com/atc), take an assessment test, and use a variety of resources to prepare for your certification—including plenty of hands-on experience.
To help you focus your studies on the skills you’ll need for these exams, the following tables show the objective and in which chapter you can find information on that topic—and when you go to that chapter, you’ll find certification icons like the one in the margin here.
Table B-1 is for the Autodesk Certified Associate Exam and lists the topic, exam objectives, and chapter where the information is found. Table B-2 is for the Autodesk Certified Professional Exam. The topics and exam objectives listed in the table are from the Autodesk Certification Exam Guide.
These Autodesk exam objectives were accurate at press time; please refer to www.autodesk.com/certification for the most current exam roadmap and objectives.
Good luck preparing for your certification!
Table B-1: Certified Associate Exam Topics and Objectives
| Topic | Objective | Mastering AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Chapter |
| User Interface | Navigate the user interface | 1 |
| Use the functions on the Prospector tab | 1 | |
| Use functions on the Settings tab | 19 | |
| Styles | Create and use object styles | 19 |
| Create and use label styles | 19 | |
| Lines and Curves | Use the Line and Curve commands | 1 |
| Use the Transparent command | 1 | |
| Points | Create points using the Point Creation command | 3 |
| Create points by importing point data | 3 | |
| Use point groups to control the display of points | 3 | |
| Surfaces | Create and edit surfaces | 4 |
| Use styles and settings to display surface information | 19 | |
| Use styles to analyze surface display results | 4 | |
| Parcels | Create parcels using parcel layout tools | 5 |
| Select parcel styles to change the display of parcels | 19 | |
| Select styles to annotate parcels | 5 | |
| Create alignments | 6 | |
| Profiles and Profile Views | Create a surface profile | 7 |
| Create a layout profile | 7 | |
| Create a profile view | 7 | |
| Corridors | Design and create a corridor | 9 |
| Derive information and data from a corridor | 10 | |
| Design and create an intersection | 10 | |
| Sections and Section Views | Create and analyze sections and section views | 9 |
| Pipe Networks | Design and create a pipe network | 13 |
| Grading | Design and create a grading model | 15 |
| Create a grading model feature line | 15 | |
| Managing and Sharing Data | Use data shortcuts to share and manage data | 17 |
| Plan Production | Generate a sheet set using plan production | 16 |
| Survey | Use description keys to control the display of points created from survey data | 3 |
| Use figure prefixes to control the display of linework generated from survey data | 2 |
Table B-2: Certified Professional Exam Topics and Objectives
| Topic | Objective | Mastering AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Chapter |
| Styles | Create and use object styles | 19 |
| Create and use label styles | 19 | |
| Points | Use point groups to control the display of points | 3 |
| Surfaces | Use styles and settings to display surface information | 4 |
| Create a surface by assembling fundamental data | 4 | |
| Use styles to analyze surface display results | 4 | |
| Parcels | Design a parcel layout | 5 |
| Alignments | Design a geometric layout | 6 |
| Profiles and Profile Views | Design a profile | 7 |
| Create a profile view style | 19 | |
| Corridors | Design and create a corridor | 9 |
| Derive information and data from a corridor | 10 | |
| Design and create an intersection | 10 | |
| Sections and Section Views | Create and analyze sections and section views | 9 |
| Pipe Networks | Design and create a pipe network | 13 |
| Managing and Sharing Data | Create a data sharing setup | 17 |
| Plan Production | Create a sheet set | 16 |
| Survey | Create a topographic/boundary drawing from field data | 4 |