Right before the Fourth of July holiday Autodesk quietly released the Civil 3D 2026 Extension and Plug-in updates to many of the Civil 3D Toolbox Utilities. There were also new releases of some the newer Civil 3D Ribbon tools. Right after the weekend Autodesk released an important Infraworks 2026 Hotfix update as…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jul 08, 2025
Tags Civil 3D 2026, Upgrade, Update, Toolbox, Extension, Plug-in, geotechnical, Infraworks, InfoWorks, SHP
Last week Autodesk released the Autodesk Civil 3D 2025.2.2 Update and the Autodesk Civil 3D 2024.4.4 Update. Aside from important Data Shortcut and other fixes, these recent Civil 3D Updates synch up the Civil 3D Object Models in these older releases with the upcoming release of an Autodesk Civil 3D 2026.1 Update.
In addition to the significant…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jun 26, 2025
Tags Civil 2D 2025, Civil 3D 2024, Update, Upgrade, Jump Kit, Templates Only
It is Civil 3D Update time again. It is that time of year. We are rapidly approaching the release of the first Autodesk Civil 3D 2026.1 Update. How can we know that? Isn’t it a little early in the summer for a Civil 3D 2026 Update 1? Maybe a little.
Perhaps you noticed the earlier schedule for this year's Autodesk…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jun 19, 2025
Tags Civil 3D 2025, Civil 3D 2024, Civil 3D 2023, Update, Upgrade, Map 3D, AutoCAD, Desktop Connector, Batch Save, Core Console
Most of the people we talk to everyday are advanced Civil 3D users, CAD Managers, and organization Project Managers and Principals who try to get work out the door and keep the wheels on the bus. Many of these folks are literally rebuilding the Civil 3D Magic Bus while it rolls down the road.
That is truly an act of daring do. That is also something we all must do.
Around…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
May 29, 2025
Tags Civil 3D, feature line, alignment, surface, DREF, XREF, IREF, parcel, Project Management, benchmark, heuristic
The Autodesk marketing people say that everyone wants an Autodesk Civil 3D built their way. This is wishful thinking.
Professional civil engineers and surveyors really want their expensive Autodesk code to work and produce work that is acceptable to them and those that they deliver their work too. If that’s the goal of your Autodesk Civil 3D customizations or improvements,…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
May 08, 2025
Tags customization, implementation, Civil 2D 2026, Civil 2D 2025, Civil 3D 2024, templates, styles, symbols, layer standard, layers, blocks