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1. Section view work flow

From my point of view, Section view is the most complicated object in Civil 3D object hierarchy.

Before creating a section view, we need to prepare the following objects:

For section view modelling:

• An existing surface

• An alignment with a Sample line group

• A profile view with EG (Existing Ground) profile and FG (Finished Grade) profile

• An Assembly (typical cross section)

• A Corridor with Top surface and Datum surface generated from Corridor

For section view displaying:

• A section view style (to manage section view scale, grid line, axes, title)

• A section view Band set style (to annotate section points' elevation and offset, section segments' length)

• A Code set style (to annotate special point/link/shape of corridor section)

For section view quantity take-off:

• Section view Material Table style (Locate under Tool space\ Settings\ Section view\ Table styles\ Material)

To save time, it is recommend to utilize available template styles and drawing from Civil 3D country kits

(Remark:  Section label components are not shown here)

2. Download Civil 3D country kits contents

Download source:

1. Autodesk subscription site: https://manage.autodesk.com/products/updates#updates

2. https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/tsarticles/ts/79qe86x7d7FDpIMrC6SliF.html

Installation: Not recommended

If you only need to find a drawing template then do NOT install the country kit.  A casual installation may ruin your Civil 3D.  

For example:  You 're using an English version of Civil 3D.  You install a Russian country kit, then your sub assembly codes will be replaced by a Russian version.  A case has been reported here

3. Extract the content of .MSI file to a folder

Instead of installing country kit, user can extract the Country kit content by using a MSI extractor like LessMSI: 

https://github.com/activescott/lessmsi/releases/download/v2.5.0/lessmsi-v2.5.0.zip

The application is portable and FREE

For more information, please refer to the next article:  P02: Sample line group