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Many folks out here in Civil 3D Land have been waiting for the Autodesk Civil 3D 2026.1 Update to arrive. We all hope for better and more stable code to work with. The Civil 3D Update 1 Myth survives. Are you among the civil engineers and surveyors averse to zeros in release number of their daily use production software? You are not alone.

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If we want to learn how to do something in Autodesk Civil 3D, it is pretty easy to find a basic how to video or blog post out here in Civil 3D Land. Odds are the how to video demo will work for the example situation as shown. We all also know that not everyone will get it right the first time around. The many and sometimes complex Civil…

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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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Have you ever hopped up and down on solid ground that bounces like jello? I recently had the chance. All kinds of fun. This wiggly weirdness occurred at the end of my own street earlier this month. It so happens that my neighborhood is part of an on-going city curb and gutter, sidewalk, and repave project.

Miracle of miracles. For once in 30 years our California gas taxes are at work in…

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Autodesk released Autodesk Civil 3D 2026 and the other related Autodesk Infrastructure products officially on April Fools Day 2025. Technically, the actual product downloads and/or deployment builds from the Autodesk Access app and the Autodesk Subscription site were not generally available until the second of April for most US…

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