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Autodesk Civil 3D is loaded with useful and powerful tools to help us create, edit, and manage Complex Corridors. Whether the Corridor design addresses a roadway or a site grading design condition, Design Visualization becomes a significant Civil 3D user issue for any Multiple Baseline Corridor (MBC).

Complex Corridors include a host of…

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To sub or not to sub. That is the question.
Do you employ the Autodesk Civil 3D stock subassemblies or your own custom PKT files versions produced with the Civil 3D Subassembly Composer to produce Assemblies used in Baseline Regions in your Corridor designs? As in the norm with the Civil 3D Diva, we soon discover there is…

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What does a Code Set Style do in Civil 3D?
I tend to answer that well-built Code Set Styles work for you or a bad Code Set Style drives you completely bonkers. Most Civil 3D users can probably say amen to that. We can all probably attest that the many purposes of Code Set Style in Civil 3D sneaks up on you.

Maybe this image works for you - Think of the Code Set Style…

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Every AutoCAD Civil 3D templates and Civil 3D styles collection of resources needs continuous improvement as the software evolves. The Framework for Civil 3D doesn’t dodge those dicey details. Those details tend to consume way too many of your production man-hours. Our recent series of posts about the new AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018.1 Rehab Corridor…

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Feature Line Baselines in Corridors are a big deal in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017. I also like the basic cleanups in corridors with angular horizontal control. It’s been a long wait for them. Technically, I wish Autodesk had implemented them differently and gone the extra mile. Here’s a brain bender. What’s the difference between a Feature…

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