Dec 05, 2025  
PUBLISHED 2025-2026 Credit Catalog 
    
PUBLISHED 2025-2026 Credit Catalog

CIVL 306 - Civil Drafting and Modelling


Description
This course equips you with practical experience in civil drafting and modelling, using industry-standard software for civil design. You will learn the fundamental features and screen elements of civil design software, and compare the processes involved in point cloud, GPS, and photogrammetry data. You will also learn to create commonly used elevation models in civil design and analyze terrain characteristics with drafting software. Additionally, you will conduct a geospatial transformation of raw survey data to a 3D-compatible format, and implement effective strategies for optimizing a proposed design feature based on a terrain model.



3 Credits

Time Guidelines
The standard instructional time for this course is 60 hours.


Prerequisites
  • CIVL 201
  • SURV 203