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Autodesk released Autodesk Civil 3D 2023 earlier this week. Most of us in Civil 3D Land have more important things to do than install and test the latest and greatest Civil 3D. We have civil engineering and survey project work to get out the door. Truly, Civil 3D 2023 is a faster, less buggy, and generally better version of previous releases. Sooner or later that…

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Autodesk made significant improvements in the initial release of Civil 3D 2022 to enhance Connected Alignments to better handle the complex geometries of ramps and interchanges. New horizontal Alignment Curve Group combinations were added to support combinations of spirals, curves, and reverse spirals. We can now create Connected Alignments…

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One of our Framework for Civil 3D customers recently discovered that a strategic visit to the Civil 3D Data Shortcut Manager Tool (DSM) appears to currently help reduce the size of Surface Data Reference container drawings rather significantly. Hoorah. The results may vary based on the content of the Surface Model and how the Civil 3D Diva…

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Automated Design Corridor annotation is a mission critical, learned skill and a vital workflow to master in Autodesk Civil 3D. A Civil 3D project-based approach is essential to produce better and faster deliverables from Complex Corridors in less time and with less effort.

Simple and repetitive Civil 3D user events can dramatically affect the amount of work…

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Our recent explorations of a common Turn Lanes and Median Corridor design reveals that we have skills and best practices to learn to successfully annotate Complex Corridors in Autodesk Civil 3D.

Repetitive and simple Civil 3D user events dramatically affect the amount of work required and the quality and substance of the Civil 3D Corridor results we can…

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