Jump On Civil 3D Blog

We all learn about those nasty CAD Standards. We believe we get them down pat. Next thing we know, they come back and bite us at the most uncomfortable times.

“We cannot see the degree symbols (°) in labels in the survey parcel drawings.”

How does that happen?
Everyone who uses AutoCAD knows that we just…

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The Framework for Civil 3D Jump Kit product is notable and perhaps even famous for the product’s native support for multiple variations of the National CAD Standard (NCS) Layer Standards. These include the current NCS 6.0 and NCS 6.0 AIA variants. These common NCS Layer Standard variants are variously required for GSA, DOD, US Army Corps, and other project submittals.

People…

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We proclaim that the Framework for Civil 3D is a Managed System for Autodesk Civil 3D. We famously like to tell folks, “It’s in there.” Indeed, there are many powerful and useful capabilities included inside our Framework products for Autodesk Civil 3D.

For obvious reasons, product makers tend to talk about our latest and…

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If we run any release of Autodesk Civil 3D, that software we employ to perform our daily civil engineering and survey project work changed recently. In the last month Autodesk released the Civil 3D 2024.1 Update, the Civil 3D 2023.3 Update, the Civil 3D 2022.2.5 Update, and the Civil 3D 2021.3.6 Update. Whoa. A Civil 3D Update mania.

Aside from the mandatory…

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Out here in the wilds of Civil 3D Land, we recognize that an update for Autodesk Civil 3D never arrives all at once. It’s hard to forget that. We may choose to avoid thinking about it for as long as possible. There is more important civil engineering and survey project work to get out the door.

A Civil 3D Update is dependent on raw AutoCAD updates and the AutoCAD Map 3D…

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