This is a customizable course. To create a course for your firm, simply fill out the form below the session description area and select the sessions that you want to include in the training. The minimum number of sessions you can select is four (each selection is a 2-hour session) but you can add as many additional sessions as needed to create your own curriculum.
Please note that a minimum of 4 students is required to create a custom course.
How do you take a solid employee, whether they’re a CAD drafter or someone fresh out of school, and turn them into a reliable Civil Designer? Sure, there are plenty of classes available on how to use software tools, like Civil 3D, but how do you get them up to speed on real world design concepts? This is a common problem for every Civil/Site firm: it takes too long to train solid design staff, and doing so impacts the productivity of the designers you already have. It’s nearly impossible to teach, and handle billable projects, all at once. If you’re tired of waiting years for your staff to understand enough about Civil/Site Design so you can get the value from them you need, or if you’re one of those folks we’re talking about, who wants a chance to improve your skill set and move your career forward, then this series of classes from ZenTek Consultants is the perfect answer for you!
Each 2-hour live online session takes students through industry-standard processes of designing site projects, across a wide array of civil types and functions. From Conceptual Land Planning thru final Construction Layout, there’s no other training curriculum available today that can help your staff become accomplished designers so quickly. A live instructor will explain the detailed functions and address questions as the class progresses.
Note: Instructor will present using Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2025. Students who wish to follow along with instructor are encouraged to use the same version.
Prerequisite: Students should have a working knowledge of AutoCAD.
Recording: Registrants for this course will receive access to a recording of each session for 7 consecutive days. Access will start the next business day after the session ends.
Sessions
$125 per person (in the US and Canada) | 2 CPC/CEU credits
This class will focus on civil design at the conceptual level; its terminology and processes. The class is broken into two components: one-hour of Instructional design instruction, followed by a matching Procedural hour of performing that design inside of Civil 3D. This class discusses detailed design concepts and couples them with the practical process of using Autodesk Civil 3D to develop professional construction documents for those concepts.
Instructional: This session presents concepts of planning and layout for the civil world. Zoning, land use, ordinance compliance, existing easements and initial site concerns like soils, and existing utilities are explained in detail.
Procedural: This session shows students how to develop a conceptual Land Plan inside of Civil 3D using Maps, import of USGS Soils, and GIS Data to develop existing site conditions for a design concept.
$125 per person (in the US and Canada) | 2 CPC/CEU credits
This class will focus on civil design at the preliminary level; its terminology and processes. The class is broken into two components: one-hour of Instructional design instruction, followed by a matching Procedural hour of performing that design inside of Civil 3D. This class discusses detailed design concepts and couples them with the practical process of using Autodesk Civil 3D to develop professional construction documents for those concepts.
Instructional: This session discusses understanding client needs, initial layout of roads, buildings and support items according to local ordinance requirements, while maximizing site usability.
Procedural: This session shows students how Civil 3D can accurately structure georeferenced files, to specific scale, and use standard 2D drafting tools for preliminary layout of design sites.
$125 per person (in the US and Canada) | 2 CPC/CEU credits
This class will focus on fundamental concepts of survey; its terminology and processes. The class is broken into two components: one-hour of Instructional design instruction, followed by a matching Procedural hour of performing that design inside of Civil 3D. This class discusses detailed design concepts and couples them with the practical process of using Autodesk Civil 3D to develop professional construction documents for those concepts.
Instructional: This session will discuss the basic concepts of planar land surveying, including coordinate systems, elevation controls, MSL and assumed datums. This class will also cover historical and modern processes of data collection, and recording of survey data.
Procedural: This session will show students how to use Civil 3D to import field collected data into their drawings as civil point objects, and how to control display, labeling, and presentation of those points using Point Groups.
$125 per person (in the US and Canada) | 2 CPC/CEU credits
This class will focus on developing linear surveys; their terminology and processes. The class is broken into two components: one-hour of Instructional design instruction, followed by a matching Procedural hour of performing that design inside of Civil 3D. This class discusses detailed design concepts and couples them with the practical process of using Autodesk Civil 3D to develop professional construction documents for those concepts.
Instructional: This session will cover concepts of developing linear surveys, bearing & distance, POB’s, control points, and other survey location controls and concepts.
Procedural: This session will show students how to use Civil 3D Survey based drafting tools, in coordination with civil point objects, to generate survey basemaps using industry standard survey tools and input processes.
$125 per person (in the US and Canada) | 2 CPC/CEU credits
This class will focus on collecting and building topographic data an related outputs. The class is broken into two components: one-hour of Instructional design instruction, followed by a matching Procedural hour of performing that design inside of Civil 3D. This class discusses detailed design concepts and couples them with the practical process of using Autodesk Civil 3D to develop professional construction documents for those concepts.
Instructional: This session will discuss the use of surveyed elevations to generate topographic information, and discuss concepts of contouring and spot elevations, along with rise/run calculations, slopes, and how those existing conditions will affect a site design.
Procedural: This session will show students how to make use of survey point data, and linear structures to develop a Civil 3D TIN Surface, and how to control its display and label properties. We will also discuss concepts of TIN editing, and use of contour lines.
$125 per person (in the US and Canada) | 2 CPC/CEU credits
This class will focus on developing existing map information for a design project. The class is broken into two components: one-hour of Instructional design instruction, followed by a matching Procedural hour of performing that design inside of Civil 3D. This class discusses detailed design concepts and couples them with the practical process of using Autodesk Civil 3D to develop professional construction documents for those concepts.
Instructional: This session will cover the layout and integration of sites with existing tax map and zoning information, and the concepts of block, lot, and parcel designations. It will also cover lot line designations, extinguishment, and sub-division potential.
Procedural: This session will show students how Civil 3D Parcel tools can be used to develop intelligent layout of existing lots, verify map checks, closure reports, and even label existing owners and addresses of lots. We will also cover how to generate reports and tables of those items.
$125 per person (in the US and Canada) | 2 CPC/CEU credits
This class will focus on developing horizontal/linear layout of road deigns. The class is broken into two components: one-hour of Instructional design instruction, followed by a matching Procedural hour of performing that design inside of Civil 3D. This class discusses detailed design concepts and couples them with the practical process of using Autodesk Civil 3D to develop professional construction documents for those concepts.
Instructional: This session will explain different road types (Arterial, Collection, Local). It will also explain their uses, along with an understanding for roadway stationing and design criteria of items such as traffic flow, speed and sight distance, as they relate to new roadway design.
Procedural: This session will show students how to use Civil 3D Alignment creation tools to develop a dynamic road design, and associated stationing. It will also show the setting of design speeds and horizontal sight rules for a new road design.
$125 per person (in the US and Canada) | 2 CPC/CEU credits
This class will focus on developing vertical/slope layout of road deigns. The class is broken into two components: one-hour of Instructional design instruction, followed by a matching Procedural hour of performing that design inside of Civil 3D. This class discusses detailed design concepts and couples them with the practical process of using Autodesk Civil 3D to develop professional construction documents for those concepts.
Instructional: This session will discuss concepts of roadway slope and cross slope. It will give an understanding of vertical sight distance, K-value requirements, PVI, and with sag/crest concerns within roadway designs.
Procedural: This session will show students how to design, create, and modify vertical road designs using Civil 3D Profile creation, labeling, and editing tools. We will also cover applying use of design rules, and controls.
$125 per person (in the US and Canada) | 2 CPC/CEU credits
This class will focus on developing traffic lanes, widenings, and turnouts for road deigns. The class is broken into two components: one-hour of Instructional design instruction, followed by a matching Procedural hour of performing that design inside of Civil 3D. This class discusses detailed design concepts and couples them with the practical process of using Autodesk Civil 3D to develop professional construction documents for those concepts.
Instructional: This session will discuss traffic considerations, including road widenings, turnout lanes, and curb returns, along with design speed, and sight distances. We will also discuss developing simple road designs in conjunction with governing ordinance.
Procedural: This class will show students how to use Civil 3D Alignment widening and offset tools, to generate multiple lanes and traffic control conditions for use in local/simple road design conditions. We will also show how offsets/widening can be tied to transitioning Civil 3D Assemblies.
$125 per person (in the US and Canada) | 2 CPC/CEU credits
This class will focus on developing detailed paving and structure components for road deigns. The class is broken into two components: one-hour of Instructional design instruction, followed by a matching Procedural hour of performing that design inside of Civil 3D. This class discusses detailed design concepts and couples them with the practical process of using Autodesk Civil 3D to develop professional construction documents for those concepts.
Instructional: This session will explain the design of pavement, curbs, and components of a developed road corridor. It will also discuss concepts of rehabilitation, overlay and milling/paving in a road design environment.
Procedural: This session will explain the development of Civil 3D Assemblies to generate 3D Corridors from designed alignments and profiles. We will also demonstrate development of design surfaces built directly from Corridors.
$125 per person (in the US and Canada) | 2 CPC/CEU credits
This class will focus on developing and understanding sectional views for road deigns. The class is broken into two components: one-hour of Instructional design instruction, followed by a matching Procedural hour of performing that design inside of Civil 3D. This class discusses detailed design concepts and couples them with the practical process of using Autodesk Civil 3D to develop professional construction documents for those concepts.
Instructional: This session will cover the concepts related to road cross sections and their components. We will discuss pavement materials, depths, and methods of construction, along with variable cross slopes and transitioning between sections/stations.
Procedural: This session will show students the section editing tools within Civil 3D Corridors, and how to override design criteria on a sectional basis. We will also cover generation and output of individual and multiple cross section to a construction document.
$125 per person (in the US and Canada) | 2 CPC/CEU credits
This class will focus on developing parcels and lots for subdivision designs. The class is broken into two components: one-hour of Instructional design instruction, followed by a matching Procedural hour of performing that design inside of Civil 3D. This class discusses detailed design concepts and couples them with the practical process of using Autodesk Civil 3D to develop professional construction documents for those concepts.
Instructional: This session will discuss concepts of layout for new building lots, including setback, lot area, frontage and min/max yard sizing variables. We will also cover concepts of radial lot design, and remainder distribution.
Procedural: This class will show students how to use Civil 3D Parcel creation and layout tools to generate subdivision designs based upon ordinance requirements and best fit options, labeling, and reporting on designed parcels.
$125 per person (in the US and Canada) | 2 CPC/CEU credits
This class will focus on developing buildings and structures on a site based on code requirements. The class is broken into two components: one-hour of Instructional design instruction, followed by a matching Procedural hour of performing that design inside of Civil 3D. This class discusses detailed design concepts and couples them with the practical process of using Autodesk Civil 3D to develop professional construction documents for those concepts.
Instructional: This session will cover the concepts of use structures; their sizing and accessory structure uses and layout. We will also discuss setbacks, easements, ordinance requirements and application for variance procedures.
Procedural: This class will show students how to use Civil 3D Feature line creation and editing tools to create structures and site items that can be used for both 2D construction document presentation and 3D Surface generation, along with labeling processes for same.
$125 per person (in the US and Canada) | 2 CPC/CEU credits
This class will focus on developing individual lot grading concepts for subdivision designs. The class is broken into two components: one-hour of Instructional design instruction, followed by a matching Procedural hour of performing that design inside of Civil 3D. This class discusses detailed design concepts and couples them with the practical process of using Autodesk Civil 3D to develop professional construction documents for those concepts.
Instructional: This session will discuss concepts of slope and drainage control, front/rear yard grade breaks and side lot swale controls for positive drainage flow in individual lot design. We will also cover design considerations for curbed and EOP frontage conditions, and driveway slopes.
Procedural: This class will show students how to create and control Civil 3D Grading objects to dynamically adjust grade as structures are moved/re-sized. We will also show how to work with multiple Grading Objects and develop TIN and volume surfaces from each.
$125 per person (in the US and Canada) | 2 CPC/CEU credits
This class will focus on developing large scale grading concepts for commercial designs. The class is broken into two components: one-hour of Instructional design instruction, followed by a matching Procedural hour of performing that design inside of Civil 3D. This class discusses detailed design concepts and couples them with the practical process of using Autodesk Civil 3D to develop professional construction documents for those concepts.
Instructional: This session will discuss site design considerations for commercial and public use sites, including ingress/egress, fire lanes, parking, loading areas, and pedestrian concerns. We will also discuss large site drainage and flow concerns, and detention/storage considerations.
Procedural: This class will show students how to use Civil 3D Feature Lines and Grading Objects in conjunction with how to build Design Surfaces with both contouring and spot elevations. We will also cover direct editing of Surfaces from a design perspective, and how to merge multiple Surfaces into one entity.
$125 per person (in the US and Canada) | 2 CPC/CEU credits
This class will focus on developing understanding of cut/fill and volume controls in a design. The class is broken into two components: one-hour of Instructional design instruction, followed by a matching Procedural hour of performing that design inside of Civil 3D. This class discusses detailed design concepts and couples them with the practical process of using Autodesk Civil 3D to develop professional construction documents for those concepts.
Instructional: This session will discuss concepts of site volume, excavation, and site balancing and soil conditions. We will also cover soil expansion and compaction concerns, along with on and off-site storage and net zero soil targets.
Procedural: This class will show students how to use existing and design surfaces to generate Civil 3D volume calculations and iterative design processes, to adjust for site balance. We will also show how to adjust for fluff and fill factors, and how to create cut/fill maps and stockpile volume calculations.
$125 per person (in the US and Canada) | 2 CPC/CEU credits
This class will focus on layout and creation of gravity pipe networks. The class is broken into two components: one-hour of Instructional design instruction, followed by a matching Procedural hour of performing that design inside of Civil 3D. This class discusses detailed design concepts and couples them with the practical process of using Autodesk Civil 3D to develop professional construction documents for those concepts.
Instructional: This session discusses layout of storm and sanitary gravity systems, and the structures, pipes, and outfalls that make them up. It will cover their relation to environmental regulation, and how they integrate with grading and roadway design criteria.
Procedural: This session takes students through the layout and creation of horizontal gravity pipe networks in Civil 3D. It will cover how to set invert, rim/grate elevations, structure sizes using multiple design methods, and how to label and edit all pipe network components in a plan view.
$125 per person (in the US and Canada) | 2 CPC/CEU credits
This class will focus on concepts of vertical drainage/slope controls in civil designs. The class is broken into two components: one-hour of Instructional design instruction, followed by a matching Procedural hour of performing that design inside of Civil 3D. This class discusses detailed design concepts and couples them with the practical process of using Autodesk Civil 3D to develop professional construction documents for those concepts.
Instructional: This session covers concepts of gravity network pipe materials, sizing, slope and physical construction processes. We will also discuss min/max, cover and depth along with a discussion of pipe vertical terminology (invert, crown, sump) and pipe slopes.
Procedural: This class will show students how to project Civil 3D pipes and structures into profile views, and how to edit and verify design rules/controls in that view. We will also cover labeling of pipe networks and projecting plan objects into a profile view.
$125 per person (in the US and Canada) | 2 CPC/CEU credits
This class will focus on concepts of stormwater catchment and hydrology in civil designs. The class is broken into two components: one-hour of Instructional design instruction, followed by a matching Procedural hour of performing that design inside of Civil 3D. This class discusses detailed design concepts and couples them with the practical process of using Autodesk Civil 3D to develop professional construction documents for those concepts.
Instructional: This session will discuss concepts of hydrology, including catchment areas, rainfall intensity, flow path and flow rate, and how they interact with different soil and paving conditions. We will also discuss concepts of storm event detention and outflow control structures.
Procedural: This class will show students how to export gravity pipe networks from Civil 3D and into the integrated Storm and Sanitary Analysis package, and show mapping components of the Civil 3D network for part matching during the import/export process. We will also explain basic component structures and overall concepts of the SSA system.
$125 per person (in the US and Canada) | 2 CPC/CEU credits
This class will focus on concepts of translating civil designs into real-world construction data. The class is broken into two components: one-hour of Instructional design instruction, followed by a matching Procedural hour of performing that design inside of Civil 3D. This class discusses detailed design concepts and couples them with the practical process of using Autodesk Civil 3D to develop professional construction documents for those concepts.
Instructional: This session will discuss the process of construction stakeout, machine control, as-built reporting and plan development and overall process of converting a design into a constructed site. We will also discuss soil erosion control measures, and construction site safety and access measures.
Procedural: This class will cover using Civil 3D Point creation and output tools to generate data files that can be used for both stakeout and machine control and import of final “as-built” points. We will also discuss use of surface and slope tools to identify need for sediment control barriers and inlet protection on a site.