1. Introduction to CAD: What is CAD; creating a drawing, saving your drawing, setting up the workspace; understanding user interface; basic functionality; changing display and viewing drawing in Model.
2. Point Tutorials: Creating point Data; Import points, update point groups, display and editing points, User defined properties to points; querying user-defined property information.
3. Drawing Topographic Features: Creating feature graphics in AC3D; Using hatch patterns; using trim and mirror, array, block, scale and copy command in CAD.
4. Working with Surfaces: Creating a surface in CAD; building a surface in CAD.
5. Working with Alignments: Creating alignment, adding free curves and spirals to alignment; editing alignments; working with offset alignment; adding widening to an offset alignment.
6. Designing Alignment using Local Standards: Applying super elevation to an alignment; calculate super elevation for individual curve.
7. Creating Profiles: Designing Simple Cross-sectional and longitudinal Profiles; using Surface Profile; Using Layout Profiles.
8. Sectional Tutorial: Creating Section Views in MicroSurvey CAD; Creating Sample Lines; Creating Section Views.
9. Corridor Assembly: Working with Assemblies; Creating assembly; modifying the subassembly Name Template; Managing Assemblies and Sub-assemblies.
10. Corridor Tutorial: Create a Basic Corridor Model; Create an Assembly with a Transition Lane.
11. Intersection Tutorial: Intersections; Creating Intersections; Creating Peer Road Intersection; Creating a Primary Road Intersection; Creating Intersections with existing Geometry.
12. Parcel Tutorial: Creating Parcels; Creating Parcels from CAD; Subdividing a parcel with a Free-Form Segment; Subdividing Parcel with a Slide Line; Subdividing Parcel with a Swing Line.
13. Preparing Map Layout in MicroSurvey CAD: Create Coordinates grids in CAD; Creating coordinates grids; Using Ortho and Offset commands; Using Text in CAD; Adding marginal information in CAD.

1. Laptop or PC;
2. MicroSurvey CAD;
3. Microsoft Excel;
4. Sample GPS Data.

- Registration: Please register at: Register
- Training Intake: Feb, May, Aug and Nov every year.
- Location: Nairobi, KENYA
- Duration: 5 Days
- Training Fee: Kshs. 50,000 or USD 600 {NB: Up to 50% discount for: (i) University/College students) (ii) A group of 5 or more participants}

1. On-site instructor-led training;
2. On-line self-paced training (optional);
3. Use of PowerPoint Slides;
4. Use of Case Study Videos;
5. Data Collection using phones, GPS etc.

1. Engineering Students;
2. Surveying Students;
3. Experts in Construction Sector;
4. Utility e.g. Power transmission;
5. Urban Planners;
6. Land Managers;