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Autodesk University 2026 begins today Sept 15, 2026. This year AU returns to the Las Vegas strip and the Venetian event center. I cannot be sure. For some strange reason that reminds me of that big hair ‘80s tune by the Bangels - Walks like an Egyptian. Oh…Ohhh.

I know. My dogs be barkin’. Eheh.

What…

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Many people out here in Civil 3D Land wait for the first Autodesk Civil 3D update to migrate to a new Civil 3D release. Maybe there is a reason for that. Fancy that? The Autodesk Civil 3D 2027.1 Update hit the street this week. 2027.1 Update packs a bunch.

As is the norm for many recent Civil 3D release cycles, there are probably more important and/or significant…

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Our civil engineering and survey projects in Autodesk Civil 3D and other Autodesk apps generally tend to grow larger and more complex with time. Is it just me? Our bottom line requires that we spend some time and attention to regular drawing maintenance as our project timelines grow longer and the project complexity increases.

Hopefully, we learn, practice,…

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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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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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