Civil 3D 2007 - Technical Solutions Series (TS1056149)

Civil 3D 2007 includes new drawing templates. Six of them are based on the National CAD Standards version 3.1.

_Autodesk Civil 3D (Imperial) NCS Base.dwt
_Autodesk Civil 3D (Imperial) NCS Classic.dwt
_Autodesk Civil 3D (Imperial) NCS Extended.dwt
_Autodesk Civil 3D (Metric) NCS Base.dwt
_Autodesk Civil 3D (Metric) NCS Classic.dwt
_Autodesk Civil 3D (Metric) NCS Extended.dwt

TS1056149 describes the specifics of these six templates.

Base contains only one style for each object.
Extended contains many styles for each object.
Classic replicates the look of Land Desktop.

Click on the hyperlink above or the title of this post to see the full solution.

This document also mentions that these templates do not contain styles named "Standard" as documented in the "Getting Started Guide".