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Learn How to Edit Pipe and Structure Styles in Autodesk Civil 3D 2026 with this step-by-step tutorial. This video explains how to customize Pipe Styles and Structure Styles for professional Pipe Network Design, Sewer Network Design, and Infrastructure Projects.

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What You Will Learn:
How to Edit Pipe Styles in Civil 3D
How to Edit Structure Styles in Civil 3D
Customize Pipe and Structure Display Settings
Modify Pipe Network Styles
Configure Plan View Display
Configure Profile View Display
Manage Pipe and Structure Components
Improve Pipe Network Drawing Presentation

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Road and Utility Designers
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Transcript
00:09The structure shown is using the style for a sanitary manhole when it should be a storm manhole.
00:16Select the structure, right click and choose select similar to select all of these structures.
00:24Right click again and choose properties. In the properties 15 structures have been selected.
00:32Change the style to storm sewer manhole. You can see the style has now changed in the drawing.
00:39We are going to edit this style to draw a filled shape of the correct size for each structure.
00:44From the tool space settings tab, expand structure, then expand structure styles.
00:53Select the storm sewer manhole style, right click and choose edit.
00:59In the style dialog go to the model tab. Here you can set how the structure is displayed
01:05in 3D. The structure when viewed in 3D will use the shape defined in the catalogue. We
01:12can swap this to use a simplified shape by selecting use simple 3D part. Then we can choose a simple
01:213D shape. Keep the setting to use catalogue defined 3D part. Go to the plan tab. Here you can set
01:31how the structure is viewed in plan. The current setting is to use a user defined part. This
01:38means it's using a block in the drawing as the structure symbol. And you can set the scale
01:43of the symbol below. We want to see the structures at their true size. So we'll select use outer
01:50part boundary, which will draw the outer shape of the part as it's defined in the catalogue.
01:56Enable part masking at the bottom of the dialog will hide the pipes inside the manhole. Now go
02:02to the profile tab. Here we have 3 choices. Display as solid will draw the structure as a solid
02:10in the profile view, which will show the correct shape, but also show some additional modelling
02:15lines which are undesirable. Display as boundary will show the outer boundary of the catalogue
02:21part. Display as block will allow us to substitute a block for the structure and set its scale. Using
02:30this option will not allow the structure to stretch if its depth changes, which could lead to confusion.
02:36Select display as boundary. On the bottom right of the page, crop structure at profile view extents
02:43will trim structures that extend beyond the view. And enable part masking will hide pipes inside the
02:50structure. Go to the section tab. Here we have the same options for displaying in the section view.
02:58The sliced section option will show only the cut area of the structure if the sample line passes directly
03:05through the structure. Ensure display as boundary is selected. Now go to the display tab. Here we can
03:15control the visibility of different components of the structure. In the plan view direction we want
03:20to display the structure hatch. Set the colour of the hatch to blue. Click on the hatch pattern in the
03:28component hatch display and set the type to solid fill. Click apply to see the changes. Change the view
03:37direction to profile. Turn on the structure hatch again and set the colour to blue. Change the hatch pattern
03:44to solid fill as before. We won't see the changes for this until the viewport is active. Set the view
03:52direction to section and turn on the structure hatch and change the colour and set the hatch pattern to
04:00solid fill. Click OK to save the changes and review them in the profile view. The pipes are currently
04:08displayed as a double line. We're going to edit the pipe style to show a single line in plan that
04:14shows
04:15the inner pipe diameter. In the settings tab of the tool space expand pipe and then expand pipe styles.
04:25Select the double line storm style. Right click and choose edit. In the style dialog go to the
04:32information tab. Change the name to storm. Now go to the plan tab. For part wall sizes we're currently
04:41using the part dimension. Wall thicknesses will be drawn to the size defined in the part. You can
04:48override this by using user defined and setting the pipe inner and outer diameter. The pipe hatch options
04:55will control which parts are hatched to the inner walls, to the outer walls or the walls only. If you
05:04apply
05:04a hatch then you can align the pattern to the pipe. The pipe end line size controls how the pipe
05:11end is
05:12closed off. It can be set to draw to the inner walls, the outer walls or user defined to match
05:19the wall sizes.
05:21We won't be drawing end lines in plan so we can ignore this setting. The pipe centerline options control
05:27how the centerline is drawn. The choices are by line weight or to specify a width. We want to show
05:35the
05:35pipe centerline with a thickness that matches the inner pipe diameter. Select specify width and then
05:41change the size to draw to inner walls. Now go to the display tab. In the plan view direction turn
05:49off
05:50inside pipe walls and pipe end line. Turn on the pipe centerline. Click apply to see the changes.
05:58We're now going to change the profile display. Go to the profile tab. We see similar options here to the
06:08plan tab except the centerline options are replaced with crossing pipe hatch options. Pipe wall sizes should
06:16be set to use part dimensions. The pipe hatch options should be set to hatch walls only. Leave the other
06:25settings on their defaults. Now go to the section tab. Here we have simpler settings. We'll leave the
06:34options to display a hatched pipe in section with hatch walls only set. Now go to the display tab and
06:41change
06:41the view direction to profile. Turn on outside pipe walls. Turn off pipe end line and turn on pipe hatch.
06:53Set the color of the pipe hatch to blue. In the component hatch display change the pipe hatch to solid
07:01fill. Now change the view direction to section. Turn on crossing pipes inside wall, crossing pipe outside wall,
07:11and crossing pipe hatch, and turn off sliced solid pipe walls. Set the color of the crossing pipe hatch to
07:21blue.
07:22Click OK to save the style and review the changes. We now have some clear styles that we can use.
07:29Let's see.

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