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Civil 3D experts and consultants produce a wide range of video content.
This pages features videos about some basic tasks in Civil 3D.
Many of these videos are very short. Many may include tips and tricks and yet all include useful Civil 3D basics.
Please visit included links to the original postings. Those may contain details not included here for the sake of brevity.
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Five More Useful Civil 3D Edit Tips
Five More Useful Civil 3D Edit Tips
10/2/2025
Five simple Civil 3D edit tips and tools in 5 minutes.
Visit the Civil 3D Fix (Click This Do That) YouTube Channel page.
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The fact that Feature Line edit tools work on raw AutoCAD objects too is super useful.
Look for more Civil 3D interface tool updates like this real soon now.
Got to love the Select Similiar settings and other useful commands in Civil 3D.
Object Snap Essentials
Object Snap Essentials
9/26/2025
Renu Muthoo of Ascent delivers a detailed review of the mission critical Object Snap essentials in AutoCAD.
This useful video begins with Powerpoint reviews and provides the live demos.
Visit the ASCENTctk YouTube Channel page.
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Most of us overlook some of the nuanced changes that Autodesk has made to OSNAPs in AutoCAD in recent years. Oh yes they did.
Some short but regular challenge-based practice time mastering the OSNAP and Grips interface particulars will always pay off big time in our production work.
Make Civil 3D Settings Work
Make Civil 3D Settings Work
8/19/2025
Paul, a Micrographics Solutions tech, demos how the essentials of how the important Civil 3D Settings work.
This brief video review covers the basics and the important Settings functions, edit tools, and concepts.
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A solid understanding how Settings work is an essential skill in Autodesk Civil 3D.
Civil 3D Settings have a hierarchy (called levels in the video) that is mission critical to maintaining Style and Label Style consistency and standards.
See the vital and classic The Civil 3D Hierarchy Rules post.