I always tell those who attend my AutoCAD Civil 3D Essentials class that the bulk of work for those who are new Civil 3D users are setting up their CAD standards in a template file.
Like AutoCAD, Civil 3D is template-based. All styles you need for points, surfaces, alignments, profiles, etc are painstakingly prepared using the Settings Tab of the Prospector. After which it can be saved in an AutoCAD template (.DWT) file. As long as these styles are inside the template, all you need to do is focus on your design.
From my years of experience, honestly, I get mixed responses from this Style Settings of Civil 3D. Some find it really hard to grasp the idea of the template. Some, on the other hand, gladly accepts it as long as we help them set it up. Now, there's even a greater help for those new in Civil 3D. I found this cool entry from Mr. Pete Kelsey's blog The Dirt, Civil 3D Style Creation Wizard. Just click the link and it will guide you through how you can download the zip file and install the wizard which you can call within Civil 3D 2010 by typing AeccXStyleWizard in the command line.
With hopes that you can set-up your organizations' CAD/Civil Standards. Goodluck!
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