The Civil 3D 2027.1 Update for the latest Autodesk Civil 3D 2027 release was released last week. That means that some significant remarks should be made.
There are Civil 3D Object Model Updates to support Backwards Compatibility for Civil 3D in the older releases required and/or are coming real soon now.
This summer Autodesk continues…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Aug 11, 2026
Tags Civil 3D 2026, Civil 3D 2027, Update, Upgrade, Grading Optimization, Vehicle Tracking, compatability, .NET 10, deployment, Desktop Connector
Maybe it’s just me? Each and every year, we get more and more mission critical software updates for more Autodesk applications and more related apps? Yeah. We know. This really does have a lot to do with how modern software is both coded and constructed. There’s even a formal geek speak. Oh. Bother.
Most of the time the method in the madness does create…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jul 30, 2026
Tags AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2027, Update, Upgrade, Map 3D, Civil 3D, Civil 3D 2027, Desktop Connector, Revit
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
Most of us out here in Civil 3D Land wait patiently for the Autodesk Civil 3D 2026.2 Update to arrive. As the Eagles song Desperado says, “you’ve got your reasons.”
We all hope for better and more stable Civil 3D code to work with.
Are you among the civil engineers and surveyors averse to zeros in…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Dec 04, 2025
Tags Update, Upgrade, Desktop Connector, DWG Migration, Autodesk Docs, ACC, video, Civil 3D 2026
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