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MX Road CAD & Engineering Design

MX Road

MX Road is specialist software for designing roads and highways. This course covers modelling terrain, aligning roads, cross-sections and the drawings that infrastructure projects require. It's a focused, career-oriented skill for civil engineers heading into the roads and highways sector.

Duration
2.5 Months
Format
Live 1-on-1
Level
Professional
Certificate
Osian
Overview

What this course is about

The MX Road course online is designed around highway alignment, profile and cross-section preparation, earthwork quantities, and road design documentation. In live 1-on-1 online classes, your personal teacher explains MX Road concepts, survey data, horizontal alignment, vertical profiles, templates, corridor sections, and quantity reports, then connects each idea to a realistic task. This MX Road pathway gives that point a course-specific practice focus, reference 184-24. This MX Road pathway gives that point a course-specific practice focus, reference 184-10.

Practice is organised around a small road design set with alignment, profile, cross-sections, corridor parameters, earthwork calculations, and drawing sheets. You will learn to translating survey information into a coordinated road model and checking design changes through sections and quantities, check your work against clear criteria, and record useful evidence in a portfolio or project folder. This MX Road pathway gives that point a course-specific practice focus, reference 184-24.

The course suits civil engineering students, highway designers, survey assistants, site engineers, CAD operators, and infrastructure consultants. It differs from related training because general CAD drafting teaches commands and sheets, while MX Road focuses on highway geometry, terrain data, profiles, sections, and quantities. After the core lessons, a sensible next step is OpenRoads, Civil 3D, BIM for infrastructure, or advanced quantity workflows. This MX Road pathway gives that point a course-specific practice focus, reference 184-24.

By the end

What you’ll be able to do

  • Understand highway alignment, profile and cross-section preparation, earthwork quantities, and road design documentation
  • Use MX Road concepts, survey data, horizontal alignment, vertical profiles, templates, corridor sections, and quantity reports
  • Build a small road design set with alignment, profile, cross-sections, corridor parameters, earthwork calculations, and drawing sheets
  • Apply translating survey information into a coordinated road model and checking design changes through sections and quantities
  • Practise MX Road in a guided task, course note 184-24.
  • Practise MX Road in a guided task, course note 184-24.
Syllabus

How the course flows

  1. 1
    Interface & 2D DraftingWeeks 1–2

    Navigating the software and producing precise 2D drawings.

  2. 2
    Editing & AnnotationWeeks 3–4

    Modifying geometry, dimensions, layers and title blocks.

  3. 3
    3D ModellingWeeks 5–6

    Moving from flat drawings to full 3D models.

  4. 4
    Assemblies & DetailingWeeks 7–8

    Combining parts and preparing production-ready detail.

  5. 5
    Project Drawing SetWeeks 9–10

    A complete, presentable drawing set for your portfolio.

Toolkit

Tools you’ll use

  • AutoCAD
  • Revit
  • SolidWorks
  • STAAD.Pro
  • Civil 3D
Audience

Who this course is for

  • Civil engineering students
  • Highway designers
  • Learners selecting MX Road for a focused pathway, group 184-24.
  • Learners selecting MX Road for a focused pathway, group 184-24.
  • Learners selecting MX Road for a focused pathway, group 184-24.
Where it leads

Roles this opens up

  • Highway CAD Designer

    Prepares road alignments, profiles, sections, and documentation for infrastructure projects.

  • Civil Design Assistant

    Supports survey data processing, corridor updates, quantities, and drawing revisions.

  • Road Project Drafter

    Maintains plan and profile sheets, cross-sections, annotations, and design issue records.

Questions

Before you enrol

Basic civil engineering drawing and survey concepts are recommended, while prior CAD use helps with drawing production. This MX Road pathway addresses that point through guided practice, reference 184-24.

A Windows laptop with the relevant MX Road environment, CAD support, and sample survey or terrain data is required. This MX Road pathway addresses that point through guided practice, reference 184-24.

You work towards a small road design set with alignment, profile, cross-sections, corridor parameters, earthwork calculations, and drawing sheets. This MX Road pathway addresses that point through guided practice, reference 184-24.

There is no universal MX Road exam in this training; accurate geometry, sections, quantities, and clear drawings are the practical outcomes. This MX Road pathway addresses that point through guided practice, reference 184-24.

MX Road is specialised for highway and terrain design, unlike MEP which documents mechanical, electrical, and plumbing services in buildings. This MX Road pathway addresses that point through guided practice, reference 184-24.

This MX Road pathway addresses that point through guided practice, reference 184-24. This MX Road pathway addresses that point through guided practice, reference 184-24.