Civil 3D: Corridor Highlights

September 1, 2022 Leo Lavayen

While working with Corridors recently, and wanted to review some of the neat corridor highlighting features, that I found helpful when editing complex corridor designs.

First, you can see how Baselines/Regions are highlighted as their corresponding rows are selected from the Corridor Properties > Parameters tab:

The same highlighting occurs if you select a Corridor regions from the Prospector tab

The colors used in highlighting can be set by users from the Settings tab > Corridor collection > Edit Feature Settings dialog > Region Highlight Graphics section:

Anther place where highlighting is enabled is while setting targets. Notice how the subassemblies are highlighted in the Corridor Region (left window) and within built Assembly (right window):

Great visual enhancements to corridors that you may have missed. Features that allow us to visualize what is being edited, especially when design is complex.

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Civil Applications Expert<br><br>As an Applications Expert, Leo is responsible for supporting, training and implementation of software for survey and civil engineering professionals. He has more than 20 years of experience helping large and small, public and private clients in the eastern United States.
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