In early August Autodesk released the Civil 3D 2026.2.2 Update. This recent Civil 3D Update includes a significant code update to support Microsoft .NET 10, security fixes, and many more Civil 3D fixes. Behind the scenes this important update provides important Civil 3D Backwards Compatibility capabilities. The Update supports the new Autodesk Civil 3D 2027.1…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Aug 18, 2026
Tags Civil 3D 2026, Update, Upgrade, Civil 3D 2027, deployment, Implementation, ADC, AIM, Jump Kit, Templates Only
Autodesk employs a standard industry method and practice development cycle. They didn’t quite invent it. Each spring Autodesk will produce new named builds of their most significant core products.
We know this. This happens like clockwork. Want to take a guess at the AutoCAD 2027 ship date?
Are we ready for the new Autodesk Civil 3D 2027, AutoCAD…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Mar 19, 2026
Tags ADC, Autodesk Access, ASC, AIM, Upgrade, Updates, implementation
Happy February! What do you know? It’s new fiscal year for Autodesk this month. This means those powers start to roll out upgrades and updates to some code in preparation for the annual Autodesk Rite of Spring. Autodesk kicks things off this year with a pretty significant update to the Autodesk Desktop Connector 17.1.0.16 (ADC).
Autodesk Civil 3D users should…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Feb 05, 2026
Tags ADC, Desktop Connector, Project Management, project template, Reference Explorer, CAD Standards
Autodesk showed off a new and improved Autodesk Desktop Connector (ADC) in many public Autodesk University 2025 sessions. In early October, Autodesk finally released that higher performance version of the latest and greatest ADC to the masses. Hoorah.
There's more. In case you missed it - Autodesk Docs users may now include AutoCAD and Autodesk…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Oct 09, 2025
Tags Desktop Connector, ADC, Autodesk Docs, Forma Data Management, FDM, Project Management, CAD Standards, Update
Autodesk celebrated Halloween and Election Week in the United States with the release of their latest version of the Autodesk Desktop Connector (ADC). The Autodesk official release date is listed as Oct 30, 2024. Actual downloads of the new release from the public download page were not available until the early days of the first week of November for reasons unknown.
No…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Nov 07, 2024
Tags Desktop Connector, ADC, Project Management, Reference Explorer, project, project template, Autodesk Docs