Jump On Civil 3D Blog

Most of the people we talk to everyday are advanced Civil 3D users, CAD Managers, and organization Project Managers and Principals who try to get work out the door and keep the wheels on the bus. Many of these folks are literally rebuilding the Civil 3D Magic Bus while it rolls down the road.

That is truly an act of daring do. That is also something we all must do.

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Many, if not most, of our Civil 3D Projects will involve multiple Reference Replacement processes and workflows. Many of us in Civil 3D Land employ the classic AutoCAD-based External References (XREF) basemap strategy in our plan set publications. We publish a stack of separate drawings to better separate and effectively manage the content of the…

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It’s a pretty good bet that most people in Civil 3D Land consider Points to be pretty much a survey thing in Civil 3D. It’s an even better bet that these same folks have complaints about Civil 3D’s point display representations, or rather point resolutions. It’s sad but true. Many want and still try and force Civil 3D to behave like older CAD software.…

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The Autodesk marketing people say that everyone wants an Autodesk Civil 3D built their way. This is wishful thinking.

Professional civil engineers and surveyors really want their expensive Autodesk code to work and produce work that is acceptable to them and those that they deliver their work too. If that’s the goal of your Autodesk Civil 3D customizations or improvements,…

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What to do about the new release of Civil 3D? Autodesk Civil 3D 2026 hit the street just a month ago today. Some brave folks in Civil 3D Land rip off the Band-Aid and jump right in. Many folks take Autodesk’s latest and greatest with a hefty pinch of salt. They will wait a bit for the first Civil 3D 2026 Update. For somewhat historical and at times…

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