Early this fall Autodesk continues to prepare and release a rash of important Civil 3D Updates in preparation for the annual Autodesk University event. This year AU-2026 is back in Las Vegas, NV from Sept 15-17, 2026. Of course, lots of folks will show up on Monday the 14th. Call it - Day Zero.
The Civil…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Sep 03, 2026
Tags Civil 3D 2024, Upgrade, Update, AutoCAD 2024, Map 3D 2024, .NET 10, Civil 3D 2027
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
Will Autodesk marketing pick Welcome to the Jungle as the Autodesk Civil 3D 2027 rollout theme song? Trust me. That’s not happening. Heavy metal sound and City of LA dystopia are not the current Autodesk marketing thing. They might rather have a go at the famous '80s hits Material Girl or Physical. True. The Guns and Roses first album is memorable…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Apr 02, 2026
Tags Civil 3D 2027, Upgrade, Update, AutoCAD 2027, Map 3D 2027, video
The latest version of AutoCAD 2027 hit the street this week. Hoorah. There are things to like about that for almost everybody out here in Civil 3D Land. Based on the promised and real AutoCAD 2027 Tab performance improvement - Should we call this AutoCAD the Tabby Cat release? Eheh.
AutoCAD 2027 and the…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Mar 26, 2026
Tags 2027, AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2027, Map 3D, Map 3D 2027, Upgrade, Update
DWF-based publication is a powerful and useful publishing methodology in Autodesk Civil 3D. DWF publication is a core AutoCAD publishing functionality. DWF-based publication functions well in Civil 3D projects managed on local machines, networks, the Autodesk Construction Cloud, and Autodesk Docs environments.
Civil 3D users and organizations can thankfully…
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