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Release 8 Specific Detailed Changes for Civil 3D 2022

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Framework Release 8 2022

Release 8 2022 Detailed Changes and Updates

Last Update 9/2023

Release 8 changes affect all Framework products delivered for:

AutoCAD Civil 3D 2022

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Release 8 General Changes

Release 8 2022.2.5

Release 8 Autodesk Civil 3D 2022.2.5
All previous AddOns are included.

Misc Jump Kit Style Updates

Spreadsheet Tools 2022

Release 8 2022.2.4

Release 8 Autodesk Civil 3D 2022.2.4
All previous AddOns are included.

Misc Jump Kit Style Updates

Assemblies 2022.2.4

Project Datasets 2022.2.4

Spreadsheet Tools 2022

Updated Help On-line for Tools

Release 8 2022.2

Release 8 Autodesk Civil 3D 2022.2
All previous AddOns are included.

Assemblies 2022.2

Project Datasets 2022.2

Spreadsheet Tools 2022

Updated Help On-line for Tools

Release 8 2022.1

Release 8 Autodesk Civil 3D 2022.1
All previous AddOns are included.

Assemblies 2022.1

Project Datasets 2022.1

Spreadsheet Tools 2022

Updated Help On-line for Tools

Release 8 2022

Release 8 Autodesk Civil 3D 2022
All previous AddOns are included.

Reference Templates in Projects

Spreadsheet Tools 2022

Release 8 AddOns

Previous Release 7 Layer Standards compatibility and other AddOns are also included here

AddOns and specifically no Spreadsheet Tools are not supplied with Templates Only trial products.

The following Release 7 AddOns are listed and linked below to the Release 7 Details page

AddOns and specifically no Spreadsheet Tools are not supplied with Templates Only trial products.

Release 8 Autodesk Civil 3D 2022.2.5

The Release 8 for 2022.2.5 is a maintenance release for Release 8 customers.
By default Release 8 products ships in the NCS 6.0+ Layer scheme and includes Adaptive Layer and Linetype Standards support and backwards compatibility to the NCS 5.0+ Layer scheme.
Jump Kit library resources from Release 8 can be migrated back to Release 7 (NCS 5.0+) with Layer script adjustments.

All supplied Civil 3D resources are supplied in the new Civil 3D 2022.2.5 Object Model.

All Layer Standards AddOns and updated Layer Standards Spreadsheet Tools are included.

All Rail AddOns are included.

All the previously supplied Spreadsheet Tools are included in Jump Kit 8 2022 products.

All previously supplied Label Style Expression Set resources from AddOns are included in Jump Kit 8 2022.2 products.

Release 8 2022.2.5 Changes

The Release 8 products include all resources delivered in the NCS 6.0 utility names layer system.
The Release 8 AIA products include all resources delivered in the NCS 6.0 AIA utility names layer system.
The Templates Only and Templates Only AIA trial products include both STB and CTB based templates and basic resources.

The updated Jump Kit and Jump Kit AIA resources include:

Classic Civil 3D Template resources in STB and CTB
Civil 3D Reference Template (TREF) resources in STB and CTB
Jump Kit Style Library Collection resources
Updates to the Assemblies Library resources
Updates and improvements to the Framework for Civil 3D Sandbox Projects for both STB and CTB
New and updated Civil 3D Project Template resources
Updates to the US_Civil Sheets.dst supplied Sheet Set Template

For both consistency and interoperability reasons all the supplied Release 8 Civil 3D Style Tool names, rules, and conventions are maintained.

By default there are no Description Key Sets and/or Point Groups in the basic Reference Template (TREF) .dwg and/or .dwt files supplied.

Project Templates Updates

The InstantOn download resources now include a collection of separate Civil 3D Project Templates.

Multiple versions of Civil 3D Project Templates that were previously supplied in Framework AddOns are now supplied.

Civil 3D Project Templates examples include:

A US_Blank template - all the Data Shortcuts in the project and no Project selection required in Civil 3D
Separate Design Only and Survey Only mini projects - require Project selection in Civil 3D
A complete 00-000 project template that includes both the Design and Survey mini project templates - requires Project selection

All the supplied Civil 3D Project Templates include Project folder customizations in XML files.

Compatibility and General Improvement Summary

Release 8 2022 Framework product Style library resources will run in Civil 3D 2022 but may not run in previous Civil 3D releases.

The AutoCAD DWG does not change in 2022 - All resource drawings are in the 2018 DWG format.
The Civil 3D object model is new in 2022.2.5
All resource drawings are upgraded to the Civil 3D 2022.2.5 model.

Layer Standards Update

Included is a major replacement update of the integrated NCS 6 and NCS 6 AIA Layer Standards resources for the Framework for Civil 3D.
The updated Layer Standards support Civil 3D 2024, Civil 3D 2023, and Civil 3D 2022.

All Layer Standards Updates may be employed in all Release 8 versions for Civil 3D versions 2024-2022.

Layer Standards updates for NCS 6.0 and NCS AIA 6.0+ improved Rail, Grading Optimization, and Geotechnical integrations included.

Grading Optimization for Civil 3D Support

The Release 8 products and resources for Civil 3D 2022.2 support the Grading Optimization for Civil 3D interface and tools.

Layer Standards updates for NCS 6.0 and NCS AIA 6.0+ improved Grading Optimization support.

Project Explorer for Civil 3D Support

The Release 8 products and resources for Civil 3D 2022.2 support the Project Explorer for Civil 3D interface, tools, templates, and potential resources libraries for the same.

A Project Explorer folder is included in the default ..\00_Resources folder for Project Explorer Reports.

Geotechnical for Civil 3D Support

The Release 8 products and resources for Civil 3D 2022.2 support the Geotechnical for Civil 3D interface and tools.

Layer Standards updates for NCS 6.0 and NCS AIA 6.0+ improved Geotechnical support.

Templates and Styles 2022.2.5

The update includes no additions to previously supplied Templates or Reference Template resources.

The supplied Templates intentionally do not include Label Style Expression Set Styles included in the Jump Kit product resources.

For both consistency and interoperability reasons all the supplied Release 8 Civil 3D Style Tool names, rules, and conventions are maintained.

Templates Only Template resources now include both STB and CTB support for Civil 3D 2022.2.5.

General Updates

All templates updated to 2022.2.5 Civil 3D Object Model
Minor fixes and updates to some Styles based on customer feedback

Reference Template Resources

A rebuild of the supplied Reference Template (TREF) example resources.
Reference Template Resources are supplied in addition to classic Civil 3D Template resources.
Supplied templates intentionally do not include Label Style Expression Set Styles.
Supplied examples employ the supplied Design and Survey template resources based on a Shared Resources common setup.

All Reference Template (TREF) resource drawings and templates updated to 2022.2.5 Civil 3D Object Model
Both STB and CTB detailed example Reference Template resources and templates are supplied

Symbol Set 2022.2.5

Complete 2022.2.5 new build of all Civil 3D Point Styles.
Symbol blocks are in the AutoCAD 2018 DWG format

Jump Kit Styles 2022.2.5

Complete new build of all Civil 3D Style collection resources.

All Style collection resources updated to 2022.2.5 Civil 3D Object Model
Minor fixes and updates to some Styles based on customer feedback

Misc Jump Kit Style Updates

Fixes and corrections were made to a few previously supplied Style Library resources.

Assemblies 2022.2.5

Complete 2022.2.5 new build of all Civil 3D Assemblies.
All Subassemblies in all Assemblies were updated to the current version of the Civil 3D 2019 dll.

Project Datasets 2022.2.5

Complete 2022.2.5 new build of project drawings for both the STB and CTB projects.

To fully support Windows 10 and Windows 11 compatibility the default Sandbox project location was changed to:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Autodesk\Civil 3D Projects.
All included Reference Template (TREF) and project-based File Dependent References target this default Civil 3D install location by default.

Reference Templates in Projects

The default project-based Reference Templates were updated to include Sandbox Project coordinate systems and proper plot resources.

Projects intentionally employ generic (non-release specific) names for the Reference Template resource
Single file Project-based Reference Templates are employed
The InstantOn Desktop resources include separate examples with multiple Reference Template drawing resources.
The source Reference Template is in the project's ..\00_Resources\Templates\Reference folder
Both CTB and STB versions of the standard Design and Survey templates are supplied in the ..\00_Resources\Templates\Reference folders

The updated project resources allow users to update all the Porject dataset content with changes to the supplied Reference Template (TREF) resource files.

To update project Reference Template in supplied drawings in the Reference Template Tool remove the existing template Update, Purge Styles, and then the Add a new Reference Template.
Pay careful attention to the source folders of the Reference Template resources in the stack in the Reference Template tool.
The Civil 3D Reference Template Tool currently does not support relative paths.

The contents of STB and CTB Framework Sandbox Projects differ.
More project drawings and resources are included in the STB project.

Projects Updates

All Sandbox Projects

All supplied Project drawings were updated to the Civil 3D 2022.2.5 Object Model
All the supplied example Sheet Sets and files were updated
All the referenced Sheet Set resources in all Sandbox Projects were updates to reflect current 2022.2.5 resources

The ExampleCorridors Drawing

All supplied versions of the standard example drawing (ExampleCorridors.dwg) were updated for both Templates Only and Jump Kit Sandbox projects.

New Mini-Project Datasets

The Framework for Civil 3D includes additional smaller Civil 3D Project Datasets focused on specific Civil 3D workflows and mechanics.
The new Project Datasets are not available for all releases and/or flavors of the Framework. They are available for the default NCS 6.0 in STB at the minimum.

To fully support Windows 10 and Windows 11 compatibility the default Sandbox project location is:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Autodesk\Civil 3D Projects.
All included Reference Template (TREF) and project-based File Dependent References target this install location by default.

See the Blog Videos page for videos and posts on Turn Lanes and Median Corridor topics and details.

See the Blog Videos page for videos and posts on Label Style Expression Set topics and details.

Spreadsheet Tools 2022.2.5

Detailed and updated help and documentation for the new Spreadsheet Tools and usage is available in the Members section when logged in.

All on-line Spreadsheet Tools help pages were updated to reflect 2022.2.5 resource locations and Release 8 AddOn updates.

See on-line help pages for updated Layer Standards Spreadsheet Tool documentation.
Improvement and corrections to Sheet resources and on-line help is supplied.

Release 8 Autodesk Civil 3D 2022.2.4

The Release 8 for 2022.2.4 is a maintenance release for Release 8 customers.
By default Release 8 products ships in the NCS 6.0+ Layer scheme and includes Adaptive Layer and Linetype Standards support and backwards compatibility to the NCS 5.0+ Layer scheme.
Jump Kit library resources from Release 8 can be migrated back to Release 7 (NCS 5.0+) with Layer script adjustments.

All supplied Civil 3D resources are supplied in the new Civil 3D 2022.2.4 Object Model.

All Layer Standards AddOns and updated Layer Standards Spreadsheet Tools are included.

All Rail AddOns are included.

All the previously supplied Spreadsheet Tools are included in Jump Kit 8 2022 products.

All previously supplied Label Style Expression Set resources from AddOns are included in Jump Kit 8 2022.2 products.

Release 8 2022.2 Changes

The Release 8 products include all resources delivered in the NCS 6.0 utility names layer system.
The Release 8 AIA products include all resources delivered in the NCS 6.0 AIA utility names layer system.
The Templates Only and Templates Only AIA trial products include only STB based templates and basic resources.

The updated Jump Kit and Jump Kit AIA resources include:

Classic Civil 3D template resources in STB and CTB
Updates and additions to Alignments, Profiles, Cant Views, Rail Turnouts, and their Label Style collections
Reference (TREF) template resources in STB and CTB
No updates to previously support Reference Template Style collections
Jump Kit Style Library Collection resources
Updates and additions to Alignments, Profiles, Cant Views, Rail Turnouts, and their Label Style collections.
Rebuild of the Assemblies Library resources
Updated Framework for Civil 3D Sandbox Projects for both STB and CTB

For both consistency and interoperability reasons all the supplied Release 8 Civil 3D Style Tool names, rules, and conventions are maintained.

There are new naming conventions and new Jump Kit resources supplied for the previously released Rail AddOns.

By default there are no Description Key Sets and/or Point Groups in the basic Reference Template (TREF) .dwg and/or .dwt files supplied.

Compatibility and General Improvement Summary

Release 8 2022 Framework product Style library resources will run in Civil 3D 2022 but may not run in previous Civil 3D releases.

The AutoCAD DWG does not change in 2022 - All resource drawings are in the 2018 DWG format.
The Civil 3D object model is specifically new in 2022.2.4
All resource drawings are upgraded to the Civil 3D 2022.2.4 model.

Layer Standards Update

Included is a major replacement update of the integrated NCS 6 and NCS 6 AIA Layer Standards resources for the Framework for Civil 3D.
The updated Layer Standards support Civil 3D 2024, Civil 3D 2023, and Civil 3D 2022.

All Layer Standards Updates may be employed in all Release 8 versions for Civil 3D versions 2024-2022.

All Layer Standards Spreadsheet Tools file names updated to end in 2024.
Updates and Additions to Layer Standards Spreadsheet Tool supplied Sheets that include updates to NewKeys and Trans Sheets and lists.
Updated Layer Standards resource drawings (.dwg), Layer Standard (.dws), and script (.scr) files are supplied.
Layer Standards updates for NCS 6.0+ and NCS AIA 6.0+ improved Rail and Grading Optimization are included.

Added Keys for Rail and Grading Optimization

The following new NCS 6 Keys were added to support Civil 3D Rail and Grading Optimization.

BALL - Ballast
BEND - Bend
SLEP - Sleeper

New Layer State Resources for Rail and Grading Optimization

New Release 8 NCS 6 and NCS AIA Layer States for both STB and CTB were added to support Civil 3D Rail and Grading Optimization.

GO is employed as a name prefix for Grading Optimization Layer States to act as a subset
Rail is employed as a name prefix for Rail Layer States to act as a subset

The new added GO and Rail Layers and Layer States are not included in supplied Template resources for consistency.

Project Explorer for Civil 3D Support

The Release 8 products and resources for Civil 3D 2022.2.4 fully support the Project Explorer for Civil 3D interface, tools, templates, and potential resources libraries for the same.

A Project Explorer folder included in the ..\00_Resources folder for Project Explorer Reports and templates

Templates and Styles 2022.2.4

The update includes no additions to preiouvsly supplied Templates or Reference Template resources.

General Updates

All templates updated to 2022.2.4 Civil 3D Object Model
Additions and updates to the Alignments Style collection library
Additions and updates to the Profiles Style collection library
Additions and updates to the Cant Views Style collection library
Additions and updates to the Rail Turnouts Style collection library
Minor fixes and updates to some Styles based on customer feedback

Reference Template Resources

A rebuild of the supplied Reference Template (TREF) example resources.
Reference Template Resources are supplied in addition to classic Civil 3D Template resources.
Supplied templates intentionally do not include Label Style Expression Set Styles.
Supplied examples employ the supplied Design and Survey template resources based on a Shared Resources common setup.

All Reference Template (TREF) resource drawings and templates updated to 2022.2.4 Civil 3D Object Model
Both STB and CTB detailed example Reference Template resources and templates are supplied

Symbol Set 2022.2.4

Complete 2022.2.4 new build of all Civil 3D Point Styles.
Symbol blocks are in the AutoCAD 2018 DWG format

Jump Kit Styles 2022.2

Complete new build of all Civil 3D Style collection resources.

All Style collection resources updated to 2022.2.4 Civil 3D Object Model
Additions and updates to the Alignments Style collection library
Additions and updates to the Profiles Style collection library
Additions and updates to the Cant Views Style collection library
Additions and updates to the Rail Turnouts Style collection library
Minor fixes and updates to some Styles based on customer feedback

Misc Jump Kit Style Updates

Fixes and corrections were made to a few previously supplied Style Library resources.

Assemblies 2022.2.4

Complete 2022.2.4 new build of all Civil 3D Assemblies.
All Subassemblies in all Assemblies were updated to the current version of the Civil 3D 2019 dll.

All Subassemblies were renamed to employ prefix codes to improve the ease of use with new Civil 3D Targeting tools and filters.

Assembly Plan View Display Resolution

Civil 3D is currently more particular about resolving Plan view Assemblies in upgraded drawings if upgraded with the Civil 3D Batch Save Utility.
The applied Assemblies all function properly in Corridors and Intersections regardless of this display resolution issue.

Civil 3D Batch Save Utility upgraded drawings may also require Edits of the Assembly's Type property to resolve the Subassemblies properly in Plan.
If that doesn't suffice to fix the display resolution issue, a temporary rename of any subassembly in the Assembly should force the Assembly to resolve.

Project Datasets 2022.2.4

Complete 2022.2.4 new build of project drawings for both the STB and CTB projects.

To fully support Windows 10 and Windows 11 compatibility the default Sandbox project location was changed to:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Autodesk\Civil 3D Projects.
All included Reference Template (TREF) and project-based File Dependent References target this default Civil 3D install location by default.

Reference Templates in Projects

The default project-based Reference Templates were updated to include Sandbox Project coordinate systems and proper plot resources.

Projects intentionally employ generic (non-release specific) names for the Reference Template resource
Single file Project-based Reference Templates are employed
The InstantOn Desktop resources include separate examples with multiple Reference Template drawing resources.
The source Reference Template is in the project's ..\00_Resources\Templates\Reference folder
Both CTB and STB versions of the standard Design and Survey templates are supplied in the ..\00_Resources\Templates\Reference folders

The updated project resources allow users to update all the Porject dataset content with changes to the supplied Reference Template (TREF) resource files.

To update project Reference Template in supplied drawings in the Reference Template Tool remove the existing template Update, Purge Styles, and then the Add a new Reference Template.
Pay careful attention to the source folders of the Reference Template resources in the stack in the Reference Template tool.
The Civil 3D Reference Template Tool currently does not support relative paths.

The contents of STB and CTB Framework Sandbox Projects differ.
More project drawings and resources are included in the STB project.

Projects Updates

All the supplied Sandbox Projects were ugraded to the Civil 3D 2022.2.4 Object Model.

The ExampleCorridors Drawing

All supplied versions of the standard example drawing (ExampleCorridors.dwg) were updated for both Templates Only and Jump Kit Sandbox projects.
Reference Template versions of the standard example drawing (ExampleCorridors.dwg) are now included with Jump Kit.

Civil 3D Update Assembly Display Issues

Civil 3D is more particular about resolving Plan view Assemblies in upgraded drawings if upgraded with the Civil 3D Batch Save Utility.
This appears to be less an issue in Civil 3D 2022.2.3 and above.
The applied Assemblies all function properly in Corridors and Intersections regardless of this display resolution issue.
To fix failed Assemblies:
Select the Assembly; Go to the Construction tab; Select a subassembly; Right click and pick Rename; Add and remove a space character to the end of the subassembly name; Click Apply or OK; Civil 3D will update the Plan view display.

New Mini-Project Datasets

The Framework for Civil 3D includes additional smaller Civil 3D Project Datasets focused on specific Civil 3D workflows and mechanics.
The new Project Datasets are not available for all releases and/or flavors of the Framework. They are available for the default NCS 6.0 in STB at the minimum.

To fully support Windows 10 and Windows 11 compatibility the default Sandbox project location is:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Autodesk\Civil 3D Projects.
All included Reference Template (TREF) and project-based File Dependent References target this install location by default.

See the Blog Videos page for videos and posts on Turn Lanes and Median Corridor topics and details.

Spreadsheet Tools 2022.2.4

Detailed and updated help and documentation for the new Spreadsheet Tools and usage is available in the Members section when logged in.

All on-line Spreadsheet Tools help pages were updated to reflect 2022.2.4 resource locations and Release 8 AddOn updates.

Updated Help On-line for Tools

See on-line help pages for updated Layer Standards Spreadsheet Tool documentation.
Improvement and corrections to Sheet resources and on-line help is supplied.

Release 8 Autodesk Civil 3D 2022.2

The Release 8 for 2022.2 is a significant upgrade and maintenance release for Release 8 customers.
By default Release 8 products ships in the NCS 6.0+ Layer scheme and/or the NCS 6.0+ AIA Layer scheme and do include Adaptive Layer and Linetype Standards support and backwards compatibility to the NCS 5.0+ Layer scheme.
Jump Kit library resources from Release 8 can be migrated back to Release 7 (NCS 5.0+) with Layer script adjustments.
Jump Kit and Jump Kit AIA library resources from Release 8 can be employed in Civil 3D 2021.3+ and Civil 3D 2020.6+.

All supplied Civil 3D resources are supplied in the new Civil 3D 2022.2 Object Model.

All the previously supplied Spreadsheet Tools are included in Jump Kit 8 2022 products.

All previously supplied Label Style Expression Set resources from AddOns are included in Jump Kit 8 2022.2 products.

Release 8 2022.2 Changes

The Release 8 products include all resources delivered in the NCS 6.0 utility names layer system.
The Release 8 AIA products include all resources delivered in the NCS 6.0 AIA utility names layer system.
The Templates Only and Templates Only AIA trial products include only STB based templates and basic resources.

The updated Jump Kit and Jump Kit AIA resources include:

Classic Civil 3D template resources in STB and CTB
Updates and additions to the Generals and Surface Styles and their Label Style collections
Reference (TREF) template resources in STB and CTB
Updates and additions to the Generals and Surface Styles and their Label Style collections
Jump Kit Style Library Collection resources
Updates and additions to the Generals and Surface Styles and their Label Style collections
Inclusion of Surface and Point Label Style Expression Set resources from AddOns.
Major updates and additions to the Assemblies Library resources
Major updates and improvements to the Framework for Civil 3D Sandbox Projects for both STB and CTB

For both consistency and interoperability reasons all the supplied Release 8 Civil 3D Style Tool names, rules, and conventions are maintained.

There are new naming conventions and new Jump Kit resources supplied for the previously released Label Style Expression Sets AddOns.

By default there are no Description Key Sets and/or Point Groups in the basic Reference Template (TREF) .dwg and/or .dwt files supplied.

Compatibility and General Improvement Summary

Release 8 2022 Framework product Style library resources will run in Civil 3D 2022-2020 but will not run in previous Civil 3D releases.
Some Civil 3D program functionality is lost with the use in older Civil 3D 2021 and Civil 3D 2020 releases.

Jump Kit and Jump Kit AIA library resources from Release 8 can be employed in Civil 3D 2021.3+ and Civil 3D 2020.6+.

The AutoCAD DWG does not change in 2022 - All resource drawings are in the 2018 DWG format.
The Civil 3D object model is specifically new in 2022.2
All resource drawings are upgraded to the Civil 3D 2022.2 model.
The Release 8 for Civil 3D 2022 changes are focused on added new Style resources, Style fixes, updated product documentation, and support resources.
New upgrades of the supplied Jump Kit Generals Style and Label Style library resources are included.
Major new upgrades of the supplied Jump Kit Label Style Expression Set Library resources for Points are included.

Layer Standards Update

All Layer Standards Updates may be employed in all Release 8 and Release 7 versions for Civil 3D versions 2022-2020.

All supplied Layer Standards resource drawings and Layer Standard (dws) files were updated.

All Layer Standards Spreadsheet Tools file names updated to end in 2022.

Project Explorer for Civil 3D Support

The Release 8 products and resources for Civil 3D 2022.2 fully support the Project Explorer for Civil 3D interface, tools, templates, and potential resources libraries for the same.

A new Project Explorer folder was added to the default ..\00_Resources folder for Project Explorer Reports

Templates and Styles 2022.2

The update includes the addition of new Label Style Expression Set resources for General Segment Labels, Surface Contour Labels, Surface Spots, and Points.
Supplied templates intentionally do not include new Label Style Expression Set Styles.

For both consistency and interoperability reasons all the supplied Release 8 Civil 3D Style Tool names, rules, and conventions are maintained.

There are new or revised naming conventions and new Jump Kit resources supplied for the previously released Label Style Expression Sets AddOns.

General Updates

All templates updated to 2022.2 Civil 3D Object Model
Additions and updates to the Generals Style collection library
Updates and fixes to the template Description Key Set resources for both NCS and AIA flavors
Updates and fixes to the template Object Settings resources
Updates to the Surface Style collection library
Added recent new and updated Label Style Expression Sets AddOn collection libraries
Minor fixes and updates to some Styles based on customer feedback

Reference Template Resources

A rebuild of the supplied Reference Template (TREF) example resources.
Reference Template Resources are supplied in addition to classic Civil 3D Template resources.
Supplied templates intentionally do not include Label Style Expression Set Styles.
Supplied examples employ the supplied Design and Survey template resources based on a Shared Resources common setup.

All Reference Template (TREF) resource drawings and templates updated to 2022.2 Civil 3D Object Model
Both STB and CTB detailed example Reference Template resources and templates are supplied
Updates and fixes to the template Object Settings resources
Object Settings resource drawing examples for Sewer and Storm are supplied
Extraneous Description Key Sets were removed where appropriate

Generals Style Library Updates

See the Generals Style Library Updates for 2022.1 for more details.

There was a major rebuild of previously supplied Generals Style collections.
New Jump Kit Line and Curve Label Style collections are supplied to make Generals Line and Curve Label Style replacements more adaptive.
There are no naming revisions to previously supplied Styles and Label Styles for consistency.

Added Current Layer and NoPlot Styles for all new and previously supplied Line and Curve Label Styles
Updates to fix Style and Label Style properties as required
Updates to fix or adjust Style and Label Style Descriptions
Updated stock Subassemblies and PKT visualization drawings and removed dated content

The Jump Kit Line and Curve Label Styles are included in supplied classic Template and Reference Template (TREF) resources for consistency.

Segment Labels Expression Set

New and updated Segment Label Style Expression Set resource collections that support Corridor output Feature Lines, Feature Lines, and Lines and Curves.
The Segment Label Style Expression Set Line and Curve Labels include:

Automatic Variable Label Offset by Setting and drawing scale
Variable and Fixed Elevation Truncation support for Label Style collections
Customizable integrated Property Set Code support for single and dual calculated Height of Label Style collections
Separate Start Node and End Node Label Style collections
Both Object and View-based Label Style collections are supplied with 8 levels of rotation

New supplied Styles and Label Styles employ the classic NCS "C-", "V-", and "G-" Discipline Codes for Layer assignments
The supplied Layer Standards resources include potential support for other NCS official Disciplines which may be applicable for these Styles.

See the Members>>Documentation and Help>>Labels in Civil 3D section for details.

See the Segment Label Style AddOn Updates for more details.

Point Truncation Label Style Expression Set

The Point Truncation Label Style Expression Set is a major addition of integrated Label Style Expression Set resources and matched Label Style Library resources for the Framework for Civil 3D.
The Point Truncation Label Style Expression Set supports Point Elevation truncation and multiple forms of scaled Offset Label Style display in the NCS 6 and AIA flavors of the Jump Kit product.

The new large Style Library of resources include:

Variable and Fixed truncation for all Point Elevations in a large number of display formats.
Current Layer, Proposed, Existing, and No Plot publication
8 Levels of integrated Expression Set based offset
8 forms of rotation

New supplied Styles and Label Styles employ the classic NCS "C-", "V-", and "G-" Discipline Codes for Layer assignments
The supplied Layer Standards resources include potential support for other NCS official Disciplines which may be applicable for these Styles.

See the Members>>Documentation and Help>>Labels in Civil 3D section for details.

See the Point Truncation Label Style AddOns for more details.

Point Offset Label Style Expression Set

An updated large library of Label Styles and Expression Set resources are supplied to produce standardized and consistent Offset Point Labels.
Supplied templates intentionally do not include Label Style Expression Set Styles.

The new large library of Resources include:

New integrated Offset Point Label Styles with Truncated Elevation support
Support for standardized and consistently scaled Offset Point Labels
8 separate managed levels of Offset in 8 different rotations
All supplied Offset Label Expression Set Styles employ automatic Annotative Scale adjustment
Current Layer, Proposed, Existing, and No Plot publication in multiple Label Style formats

Supplied Styles and Label Styles employ the classic NCS "C-", "V-", and "G-" Discipline Codes for Layer assignments
The supplied Layer Standards resources include potential support for other NCS official Disciplines which may be applicable for these Styles.

See the Members>>Documentation and Help>>Labels in Civil 3D section for details.

See the Point Offset Label Style AddOns for more details.

Description Key Set Updates

Civil 3D Description Key Set creation, maintenance, and management plays a significant role in Civil 3D production work.
The supplied product Style Library resources include significant Description Key Set capabilities and many customization resources.

Description Key Set resources were added and updated:

Stock Description Key Sets for all templates were updated
AIA Description Key Sets now assign AIA Layers correctly
Minor fixes and updates to NCS Description Key Sets
NCS and AIA Description Key Set Spreadsheet Tools were updated with additional XML production sheets
See the ..\Documentation\Description Keys folders for updated Spreadsheet Tools
Updated and added XML and DWG Description Key Set resources are included
Description Key Set updates to all supplied Civil 3D Project datasets
Updated version of the Quux Software IMPORTDESCKEY Tool is supplied
See the ..\Documentation folder for the updated Description Key Set Import Tool PDF documentation

Surfaces Style Library Updates

The release includes a rebuild of all previously supplied Surface Styles and new Surface Style additions.

New Screening versions of Surface Styles are supplied to facilitate better and improved publication of Surfaces and Label Annotation
The new Screening Surface Style tools work in both STB and CTB for all types of Civil 3D Surface models that produce Elevation Ranges

See the Surface Style AddOns for included Surface Style improvements and details.

Surface Contour Label Style Expression Set

A large library of Label Styles and Expression Set resources are supplied to produce standardized and consistent Surface Contour Labels.
Supplied templates intentionally do not include Label Style Expression Set Styles.

The updated Contour Label Style Expression Set resources include:

Current Layer, Proposed, Existing, and No Plot publication in multiple Label Style formats
All Borders forms are supported
Many NCS Layer Label Style publication options
Updated Expression Set names and Expression Resources
Updated Label Style collection resource drawings and names
Label Style name updates
Fixes and consistency updates to Label Styles

Supplied Styles and Label Styles employ the classic NCS "C-", "V-", and "G-" Discipline Codes for Layer assignments
The supplied Layer Standards resources include potential support for other NCS official Disciplines which may be applicable for these Styles.

See the Members>>Documentation and Help>>Labels in Civil 3D section for details.

See the Contour Label Style AddOn Updates for more details.

Surface Spot Label Style Expression Set

A large library of Label Styles and Expression Set resources are supplied to produce standardized and consistent Surface Spot Elevation Labels.
Supplied templates intentionally do not include Label Style Expression Set Styles.

The updated Spot Label Style Expression Set resources now include:

Automatic Variable Label Offset by Setting and drawing scale
Current Layer, Proposed, Existing, and No Plot publication in multiple Label Style formats
View-based Label Style collections are supplied with 8 levels of rotation
Variable and Fixed Elevation Truncation support for Label Style collections
Spot Labels include customizable integrated Property Set Code support for single and dual calculated Height of Label Style collections
Spot Labels include a Reference Surface Label Style collection
Label Style name updates
Fixes and consistency updates to Label Styles

Supplied Styles and Label Styles employ the classic NCS "C-", "V-", and "G-" Discipline Codes for Layer assignments
The supplied Layer Standards resources include potential support for other NCS official Disciplines which may be applicable for these Styles.

See the Members>>Documentation and Help>>Labels in Civil 3D section for details.

See the Surface Spot Label Style AddOns Update for more details.

Symbol Set 2022.2

Complete 2022.2 new build of all Civil 3D Point Styles.
Symbol blocks are in the latest AutoCAD 2018 DWG format

Jump Kit Styles 2022.2

Complete 2022.2 new build of all Civil 3D Styles.
Resource drawings upgraded to the Civil 3D 2022.2 Object Model.

InstantOn and Jump Kit Reorganization

The InstantOn and Jump Kit resource folders were renumbered in the supplied collections libraries to continue to match the Civil 3D Toolspace display order.
Folder numbers below the Bridge Projection Style location in the Civil 3D Toolspace tree were updated in 2021+.
Rail resources are intentionally not in the Toolspace order sequence.

A new placeholder folder for Rail Turnouts Styles was added for future support of Rail Turnout Styles.
No Rail Turnout Styles or Label Styles are currently supplied.

Generals Style and Label Style Updates

See the Generals Style Library Updates for 2022.1 for more details.

There is a major rebuild of previously supplied Generals Style collections.
New Jump Kit Line and Curve Label Style collections are supplied to make Generals Line and Curve Label Style replacements more adaptive.
There are no naming revisions to previously supplied Styles and Label Styles for consistency.

Updates to previously supplied Generals Styles and Label Style content
New added content employs new Style and Label Style names where appropriate
Previously supplied resource drawings, Styles, and Label Style names intentionally remain the same.
Added new NCS 6.0 Boundary (BNDY) and Property (PROP) Layer resolutions for all Line and Curve Label Styles
Label Style names in each separate Line and Curve collection are the same as the previously supplied resources to facilitate easy Label Style publication replacement.
In other words, template collections or project drawings can be updated by inserting the appropriate resource collection to produce the desired result.
Three separte resource collection drawings of each of the Generals and IOB_Generals collections are supplied for the ANNO, BNDY, and PROP collections
Updates and fixes for the previously supplied NCS General annotative (G-ANNO) Layer resolutions for all Line and Curve Label Styles
Removed all previous references to non-compliant NCS 6.0+ V-ANNO and C-ANNO layers
Added Current Layer and NoPlot Styles for all new and previously supplied Line and Curve Label Styles
Added Current Layer and NoPlot Styles for all new and previously supplied Marker, Link, and Shape Label Styles where appropriate
A (CL) name predicate is employed for Current Layer Label Styles - Floats to Layer 0
A (Qa)NP name predicate is employed for NOPLOT resolutions - employs a NCS General ANNO-NPLT Layer
Updates to fix Style and Label Style properties as required
Updates to fix or adjust Style and Label Style Descriptions
Updated stock Subassemblies visualization drawings and removed dated content
Supplied Style and Label Style drawings were checked and updated with the AutoCAD Standards Checker to the supplied NCS 6.0 Standards .dws resource drawings.
The supplied resources drawings can be updated any of the supplied Framework for Civil 3D Layer Standards or customized Layer Standard files.

The new General Line, Curve, Marker, Link, and Shape Label Styles are included in supplied classic Template and Reference Template (TREF) resources for consistency.
Customized existing templates and project drawings may be updated from the updated resource drawings by typical Civil 3D Style update tools and methods.

Segment Labels Expression Set

New and updated Segment Label Style Expression Set resource collections that support Corridor output Feature Lines, Feature Lines, and Lines and Curves.
The Segment Label Style Expression Set Line and Curve Labels include:

Automatic Variable Label Offset by Setting and drawing scale
Variable and Fixed Elevation Truncation support for Label Style collections
Customizable integrated Property Set Code support for single and dual calculated Height of Label Style collections
Separate Start Node and End Node Label Style collections
Both Object and View-based Label Style collections are supplied with 8 levels of rotation

New supplied Styles and Label Styles employ the classic NCS "C-", "V-", and "G-" Discipline Codes for Layer assignments
The supplied Layer Standards resources include potential support for other NCS official Disciplines which may be applicable for these Styles.

See the Members>>Documentation and Help>>Labels in Civil 3D section for details.

See the Segment Label Style AddOn Updates for more details.

Point Truncation Label Style Expression Set

The Point Truncation Label Style Expression Set is a major addition of integrated Label Style Expression Set resources and matched Label Style Library resources for the Framework for Civil 3D.
The Point Truncation Label Style Expression Set supports Point Elevation truncation and multiple forms of scaled Offset Label Style display in the NCS 6 and AIA flavors of the Jump Kit product.

The new large Style Library of resources include:

Variable and Fixed truncation for all Point Elevations in a large number of display formats.
Current Layer, Proposed, Existing, and No Plot publication
8 Levels of integrated Expression Set based offset
8 forms of rotation

New supplied Styles and Label Styles employ the classic NCS "C-", "V-", and "G-" Discipline Codes for Layer assignments
The supplied Layer Standards resources include potential support for other NCS official Disciplines which may be applicable for these Styles.

See the Members>>Documentation and Help>>Labels in Civil 3D section for details.

See the Point Truncation Label Style AddOns for more details.

Point Offset Label Style Expression Set

An updated large library of Label Styles and Expression Set resources are supplied to produce standardized and consistent Offset Point Labels.
Supplied templates intentionally do not include Label Style Expression Set Styles.

The new large library of Resources include:

New integrated Offset Point Label Styles with Truncated Elevation support
Support for standardized and consistently scaled Offset Point Labels
8 separate managed levels of Offset in 8 different rotations
All supplied Offset Label Expression Set Styles employ automatic Annotative Scale adjustment
Current Layer, Proposed, Existing, and No Plot publication in multiple Label Style formats

Supplied Styles and Label Styles employ the classic NCS "C-", "V-", and "G-" Discipline Codes for Layer assignments
The supplied Layer Standards resources include potential support for other NCS official Disciplines which may be applicable for these Styles.

See the Members>>Documentation and Help>>Labels in Civil 3D section for details.

See the Point Offset Label Style AddOns for more details.

Description Key Set Updates

Civil 3D Description Key Set creation, maintenance, and management plays a significant role in Civil 3D production work.
The supplied product Style Library resources include significant Description Key Set capabilities and many customization resources.

Description Key Set resources were added and updated:

Stock Description Key Sets for all templates were updated
AUA Description Key Sets now assign AIA Layers correctly
Minor fixes and updates to NCS Description Key Sets
NCS and AIA Description Key Set Spreadsheet Tools were updated with additional XML production sheets
See the ..\Documentation\Description Keys folders for updated Spreadsheet Tools
Updated and added XML and DWG Description Key Set resources are included
Description Key Set updates to all supplied Civil 3D Project datasets
New version of the IMPORTDESCKEY Tool is supplied
See the ..\Documentation folder for the updated Description Key Set Import Tool PDF documentation

Surfaces Style Library Updates

The release includes a rebuild of all previously supplied Surface Styles and new Surface Style additions.

New Screening versions of Surface Styles are supplied to facilitate better and improved publication of Surfaces and Label Annotation
The new Screening Surface Style tools work in both STB and CTB for all types of Civil 3D Surface models that produce Elevation Ranges

Surface Style Collections include:

Rebuild of all previously supplied Surface Styles
Corrections to Style names and Surface Style property fixes and updates
Rebuild of all previously supplied Thematic Surface Styles
Minor consistency corrections to a few Surface Style properties
Updates and fixes to all previously supplied Surface Style Descriptions
A new Screened Surface Style collection of Existing, Proposed, and No Plot Contours at multiple Contour intervals
A new Surface Style is also supplied that only produces Screening of any objects below the surface.
A new Screened Thematic Surface Style collection of Proposed Contours at multiple intervals and as Triangles are supplied
All versions of the previously supplied Surface Thematic Style are supplied with Screening.
Renamed copies of old Surface Style resource files and Style Tool contents are supplied for consistency

Surface Style Collection Details

Screening is produced with a single Elevation Pastel Range and a 0% Screening plotstyle assigned to the NCS Design TINN-VIEW layer.

The supplied Screening Styles when employed in CTB require that an Elevation analysis is run.
Color 240+ should be assigned to the single Range result to conform to and produce screening with the supplied CTB file resources.

The produced screening effect from the Surface is AutoCAD Display Order dependent.

New supplied Styles employ the classic NCS "C-", "V-", and "G-" Discipline Codes for Layer assignments
The supplied Layer Standards resources include potential support for other NCS official Disciplines which may be applicable for these Styles.

See the Surface Style AddOns for included Surface Style improvements and details.

Surface Contour Label Style Expression Set

A large library of Label Styles and Expression Set resources are supplied to produce standardized and consistent Surface Contour Labels.
Supplied templates intentionally do not include Label Style Expression Set Styles.

The updated Contour Label Style Expression Set resources include:

Current Layer, Proposed, Existing, and No Plot publication in multiple Label Style formats
All Borders forms are supported
Many NCS Layer Label Style publication options
Updated Expression Set names and Expression Resources
Updated Label Style collection resource drawings and names
Label Style name updates
Fixes and consistency updates to Label Styles

Supplied Styles and Label Styles employ the classic NCS "C-", "V-", and "G-" Discipline Codes for Layer assignments
The supplied Layer Standards resources include potential support for other NCS official Disciplines which may be applicable for these Styles.

See the Members>>Documentation and Help>>Labels in Civil 3D section for details.

See the Contour Label Style AddOn Updates for more details.

Surface Spot Label Style Expression Set

A large library of Label Styles and Expression Set resources are supplied to produce standardized and consistent Surface Spot Elevation Labels.
Supplied templates intentionally do not include Label Style Expression Set Styles.

The updated Spot Label Style Expression Set resources now include:

Automatic Variable Label Offset by Setting and drawing scale
Current Layer, Proposed, Existing, and No Plot publication in multiple Label Style formats
View-based Label Style collections are supplied with 8 levels of rotation
Variable and Fixed Elevation Truncation support for Label Style collections
Spot Labels include customizable integrated Property Set Code support for single and dual calculated Height of Label Style collections
Spot Labels include a Reference Surface Label Style collection
Label Style name updates
Fixes and consistency updates to Label Styles

Supplied Styles and Label Styles employ the classic NCS "C-", "V-", and "G-" Discipline Codes for Layer assignments
The supplied Layer Standards resources include potential support for other NCS official Disciplines which may be applicable for these Styles.

See the Members>>Documentation and Help>>Labels in Civil 3D section for details.

See the Surface Spot Label Style AddOns Update for more details.

Misc Jump Kit Style Updates

Fixes and corrections were made to a few previously supplied Style Library resources.

Assemblies 2022.2

The Release 8 for Civil 3D 2022.2 ships with major updates to the Assembly resources.

Complete 2022.2 new build of all Civil 3D Assemblies.
All Subassemblies in all Assemblies were updated to the current version of the Civil 3D 2019 dll.

All Subassemblies were renamed to employ prefix codes to improve the ease of use with new Civil 3D Targeting tools and filters.

The supplied Assembly resources open and run in Civil 3D 2020, Civil 3D 2021, and Civil 3D 2022.

Assembly Updates

The supplied Assembly library of resource drawings were rebuilt from scratch.
The naming convention for the supplied Assembly resources and drawings was not changed for consistency.
All Subassemblies updated to employ prefix codes.

Stock Subassembly replacements and/or property updates may be cascaded to sets of or copies of sets of Assemblies with relative ease.

PKT replacements and/or property updates may also be cascaded to sets of or copies of sets of Assemblies with relative ease.

Updated all supplied Assemblies to employ prefix codes for Subassembly components for improved ease of use with new Civil 3D Targeting tools and filters
Updated all supplied Assemblies with corrected Superelevation assignments where appropriate
Updated all supplied Assemblies properties to current AASHTO Green Book recommendations where appropriate
For example - All 35 Collectors were upgraded from standard 6" curbs to standard 8" Curbs.
For example - All Rural Assemblies were upgraded to standard 6' paved and 6' unpaved or standard 4' paved and 4' unpaved with 5% grades
Based on customer requests and feedback Curb Subgrade extensions were removed for Local and Collector Assemblies
Datum surfaces therefore resolve better
Updated all Curb Fillets Assemblies to include superelevation support
Updated all Shoulder Fillets Assemblies with width and slope standards and to include superelevation support
Updated all Assembly Descriptions to reflect current properties
Removed and/or dated Description content where appropriate

Assembly Additions for Medians

A number of new Assembly Sets and Assemblies are included that produce typical Medians and Turn Lanes.

Added both 35 Rural and 35 Collector sets of Assemblies for Link Medians - include "_ML" in the Assembly name
The set of Assemblies to construct Link based Medians and Turn Lanes with single Undivided Crown or Undivided Planar roadways with Superelevation
Added both 35 Rural and 35 Collector sets of Assemblies for Flat Medians - include "_MF" in the Assembly name
The set of Assemblies to construct Flat Medians and Turn Lanes with single Undivided Crown or Undivided Planar roadways with Superelevation
Added both 35 Rural and 35 Collector sets of Assemblies for Crowned Medians - include "_MC" in the Assembly name
The set of Assemblies to construct Crowned Medians and Turn Lanes with single Undivided Crown or Undivided Planar roadways with Superelevation
Added 35 Rural set of Assemblies for Curb and Depressed Medians - include "_MD" in the Assembly name
The set of Assemblies to construct Curb and Depressed Medians and Turn Lanes with single Undivided Crown or Undivided Planar roadways with Superelevation

Assembly Additions

A number of new Assemblies and prototype Assemblies are included.

Added Urban prototyle Assemblies with AASHTO Urban minimum 11' Lanes
Added 8" Curb Fillets for AOR and standard Superelevation lanes
Added 4' Shoulder Fillets for AOR and standard Superelevation lanes

New Assembly Collection Resources

New collections of Sets of Assemblies resource drawings are included to facilitate Assembly replacement by insertion into working drawings.
AutoCAD script resources are also supplied to aid in the rapid construction of Sets of Assemblies resource drawings.

Added a new Collections Library of resource drawings
Typical AASHTO speed based Resource drawings include prebuilt collections of Sets of Assemblies for quicker use in Corridor construction.
Supplied Collections include 15, 25, 30, 35, 35 Medians, Curb Fillets, and Shoulder Fillets
Collections include Sets of Assemblies with separate Daylight (DL), No Daylight (ND), Pavement and Curbs (PC), Pavement and Shoulders (PS), and Pavement Only (PO) resource drawings
All new Assembly Collection Library drawings intentionally employ the same Set of Assembly and Subassembly names to facilitate Assembly replacement by insertion into working drawings
Useful example production AutoCAD Script resources to construct additional and/or edited Sets of Assemblies resource drawings are included
A prototype Set of Assemblies script file is supplied

Set of Assemblies Insert Mechanics

This is a summary of Set of Assemblies mechanics.
The basic process may be employed to insert any supplied single Assembly resource drawing into a working production drawing.

The CLASSICINSERT command should be employed to add a Set of Assemblies into a production drawing
Pick an appropriate drawing location
Do not scale or rotate the inserted drawing
Do not Explode the block reference on insert
Next the EXPLODE command is employed to separate out the Assemblies from the previously inserted block reference
The PURGE command is employed to delete the inserted block/drawing reference and allow the maintenance renaming of inserted Assemblies
In the Civil 3D Toolspace Prospector tab or Assembly Ribbon
Rename the separated Assemblies or chose leave the Civil 3D code added reference numbering in the Assembly names
Assign an appropriate Plan View Code Set Style to the new Assemblies

Assembly Plan View Display Resolution

Civil 3D is currently more particular about resolving Plan view Assemblies in upgraded drawings if upgraded with the Civil 3D Batch Save Utility.
The applied Assemblies all function properly in Corridors and Intersections regardless of this display resolution issue.

Civil 3D Batch Save Utility upgraded drawings may also require Edits of the Assembly's Type property to resolve the Subassemblies properly in Plan.
If that doesn't suffice to fix the display resolution issue, a temporary rename of any subassembly in the Assembly should force the Assembly to resolve.

Project Datasets 2022.2

The Release 8 for Civil 3D 2022.2 ships with major 2022.2 updates to the Release 8 Project Dataset resources.

Complete 2022.2 new build of project drawings for both the STB and CTB projects.

To fully support Windows 10 and Windows 11 compatibility the default Sandbox project location has changed to:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Autodesk\Civil 3D Projects.
All included Reference Template (TREF) and project-based File Dependent References target this default Civil 3D install location by default.

Reference Templates in Projects

The default project-based Reference Templates were updated to include Sandbox Project coordinate systems and proper plot resources.

Projects intentionally employ generic (non-release specific) names for the Reference Template resource
Single file Project-based Reference Templates are employed
The InstantOn Desktop resources include separate examples with multiple Reference Template drawing resources.
The source Reference Template is in the project's ..\00_Resources\Templates\Reference folder
Both CTB and STB versions of the standard Design and Survey templates are supplied in the ..\00_Resources\Templates\Reference folders

The updated project resources allow users to update all the content with changes to the supplied Reference Template (TREF) resource files.

To update project Reference Template in supplied drawings in the Reference Template Tool remove the existing template Update, Purge Styles, and then the Add a new Reference Template.
Pay careful attention to the source folders of the Reference Template resources in the stack.
The Civil 3D Reference Template Tool currently does not support relative paths.

The contents of STB and CTB Framework Sandbox Projects differ. More project drawings and resources are included in the STB project.

Projects Updates

There were significant improvements and edits made to drawings, project data, and structures of the supplied Sandbox Projects.

A few dated example drawings were removed and replaced with new drawing content to minimize the Sandbox Project size and maximize usability.

Consistency updates were made to project drawing Layer States, Sheet Set files, and other Sandbox Project data.

Supplied template Description Key Sets and resources were updated, fixed, and improved
All the Subassemblies in all Assemblies in all versions were updated to support the current stock 2019 dll
All the Subassemblies were updated to support prefix naming conventions
Assemblies were physically relocated and more logically grouped in the drawing
Some Subassembly properties were updated to adjust some potential example Corridor build results for consistent behaviors
Reference Template (TREF) versions of the ExampleCorridors drawing are now supplied for Sandbox Projects
Unnecessary Description Key Sets were deleted from project Reference Templates
Unnecessary Description Key Sets removed from project drawings

The ExampleCorridors Drawing

All supplied versions of the standard example drawing (ExampleCorridors.dwg) were updated for both Templates Only and Jump Kit Sandbox projects.

Data References and Data Shortcuts

Project DREF management plays an important role in Civil 3D production use.
Improvements were made to the Projects to clarify typical DREF usage and current Civil 3D production practices.

Updated appropriate publication and working drawing examples to employ Data Reference (DREF) Corridors
Updated and fixed the Project Folders XML for example Project Data Shortcuts (DREF) folders
Moved most Alignment Data Shortcuts to appropriate Project Folders to reduce Toolspace clutter
Moved most Profile Data Shortcuts to appropriate Project Folders to reduce Toolspace clutter
All the supplied Data Shortcut XML files were updated to reflect the current Project file property details
Added Rail Alignment and Rail Profile sample drawings and project Data Shortcut (DREF) resources

Grading Examples

Supplied a new version of the commercial Site Plan suitable and set up for use with Grading Optimization.
The parking lot layouts include Vehicle Tracking parking spaces and/or DWF IREF versions of the same.

Medians Intersection Examples

Based on popular requests a set of Medians with Turn Lanes Intersection example drawings are included.
The Corridor Turn Lane design include Horizontal Curve Alignment and Vertical Curve Profile conditions.
Connected Alignments and Profiles are employed to produce the Curb Returns geometries and Corridor Regions.
Supplied Set of Assemblies resources were employed and modified to construct the basics of the Medians Intersection.

See the Turn Lanes and Medians Project Dataset for more in depth Civil 3D project resources.

Pipe and Pressure Pipe Updates

Rebuild and update of the supplied Pipe Network resources
Moved Pipe Network Data Shortcuts to appropriate Project Folders
Rebuild and update of the supplied Pressure Pipe Network resources
All the supplied XML files were updated
Removed dated and/or unnecessary files and folders
Updated appropriate working examples to employ a Data Reference (DREF) Corridor

Rehab Corridors

Three separate Rehab scenarios are supplied - most with ordered process drawings.

The Rehabv Corridor examples will intentionally produce minor slope Corridor resolution errors that may be optionally corrected.

Renamed all example files to align with the appropriate Project Alignment names
Removed unnecessary Data References and Features from the examples for clarity
Removed a previously supplied Rehab Intersection example

Civil 3D Update Assembly Display Issues

All Subassemblies in all Assemblies were updated to the current version of the Civil 3D 2019 dll
Updated the Subassembly names employed in Sandbox Project's Assemblies to employ predicate based naming conventions to improve Corridor Targeting behaviors and filtering.
All Assemblies were updated to Civil 3D default Subassembly Group names and default subassembly names with the new predicates
Unnecessary Assemblies were removed from all examples
Data Reference (DREF) Corridors were employed where appropriate and maximize project consistency

Civil 3D is more particular about resolving Plan view Assemblies in upgraded drawings if upgraded with the Civil 3D Batch Save Utility.
The applied Assemblies all function properly in Corridors and Intersections regardless of this display resolution issue.
To fix failed Assemblies:
Select the Assembly; Go to the Construction tab; Select a subassembly; Right click and pick Rename; Add and remove a space character to the end of the subassembly name; Click Apply or OK; Civil 3D will update the Plan view display.

New Mini-Project Datasets

The Framework for Civil 3D now includes new additional smaller Civil 3D Project Datasets focused on specific Civil 3D workflows and mechanics.
The new Project Datasets are not available for all release and/or flavors of the Framework. They are available for the default NCS 6.0 in STB at the minimum.

To fully support Windows 10 and Windows 11 compatibility the default Sandbox project location is:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Autodesk\Civil 3D Projects.
All included Reference Template (TREF) and project-based File Dependent References target this install location by default.

Turn Lanes and Medians Project

The Medians Project Dataset explores Civil 3D Project Data Reference (DREF) method and practice to fully support Multiple Baseline Corridor design options.
Multiple design options are supplied including two shared design options and a separate grading Datum surface the employs a separate Set of Assemblies.
The project also explores use of Corridor Frequency Models to help produce faster deliverables annotation in Civil 3D.

The Corridor naming convention employed is documented with a PDF included in the dataset.

The project explores the Corridor creation and construction of a complex 4-way Intersection with Turn Lanes and Medians with lots of nuanced Alignment and Profile design control.

The project explores the use of managed DREF (Data Reference) design control to employ multiple design, region, and assembly options in Multiple Baseline Corridor design and development.

The Medians Project:

Project named Medians-8-<Civil 3D Release>
The project employs a Reference Template (TREF)
The project employs multiple shared Data Reference (DREF) sources for the design control
Includes an initial Intersection with Median and Turn Lane design with Offset Alignment, Slope controlled Offset Profiles, and Curb Return design control and complex targeting
A Grading Corridor produced with Generic Pavement Subassemblies that employs the same design control to resolve a construction Datum surface
A second design option that resolves the same Intersection with a different Baseline Plan and different Set of Assemblies
Multiple example Corridor Frequency Models to resolve output Surfaces, Points and Labels, and validate and adjust the Region design control
Sample DREF Corridors and Feature Line annotative output is employed to produce Label Style Expression Set (LSES) Segment Label annotation for the design
By default, static extracted Corridor Feature Lines are employed to generate the Segment Label locations
Code(s) based Property Set Labels with variable Elevation truncation and optional Height of Curb Labels are employed

See the Civil 3D Turn Lane and Median Corridors post and video series for topics and details related to the Medians Project Dataset.

The dataset is tested and validated with the Autodesk Desktop Connector Reference Explorer tool.

See the Blog Videos page for videos and posts on Turn Lanes and Median Corridor topics and details.

Label Style Expression Sets Project

The Label Style Expression Set (LSES) Project Dataset explores the usage and mechanics of Framework for Civil 3D Labels in multiple grading annotation scenarios.
Included scenarios include typical and atypical Surfaces, multiple design Corridors for Ponds, Roads, and Parking Lot grading projects.

The Dataset explores the use of Framework Label Style Expression Set (LSES) resources with Variable and/or Fixed Truncation combined with Code(s) Property Set Label Style annotation to generate production deliverables annotation from these common Civil 3D grading scenarios.

Label Style Expression Sets Project:

Project named LsEs-8-<Civil 3D Release>
Employs multiple shared Data Reference (DREF) sources
Employs a Reference Template (TREF) and multiple Label Style Reference Templates
Example drawings employ either or both Variable or Fixed Truncated Contour LSES Labels
Current Layer, Variable Truncation, and Code(s) Property Set LSES Labels are typically employed
A Parking Lot example with LSES Labels produced on a live Corridor Model and Dynamic Corridor Feature Lines
A Roadway example with LSES Labels produced on a DREF Corridor Model and Dynamic Corridor Feature Lines
A Pond example with Surface Variable Truncation Spot Elevation and Contour LSES Labels produced on a DREF Corridor Model
A Site Design example with Surface Variable Truncation Spot and Contour LSES Labels produced on a complex DREF Surface Model produced by Grading Optimization

All Label Style Reference Template Styke collections may be easily replaced with other supplied Label Style Expression Set (LSES) Style collection resource drawings.

The Dataset drawings may therefore be employed to develop LSES Label Style resource collections for customer production use.

The dataset is tested and validated with the Autodesk Desktop Connector Reference Explorer tool.

See the Blog Videos page for videos and posts on Label Style Expression Set topics and details.

Spreadsheet Tools 2022.2

Detailed and updated help and documentation for the new Spreadsheet Tools and usage is available in the Members section when logged in.

All on-line Spreadsheet Tools help pages were updated to reflect 2022.2 resource locations and Release 8 AddOn updates.

Updated Help On-line for Tools

See on-line help pages for updated Civil 3D Codes Spreadsheet Tool documentation.
Improvement and corrections to Sheet resources and on-line help is supplied.
See on-line help pages for updated Description Key Set Spreadsheet Tools documentation.
A wide array of Sheet resources and on-line help is supplied.
See on-line help pages for updated Figure Db Spreadsheet Tools documentation.
A array of Sheet resources and on-line help is supplied.

Release 8 Autodesk Civil 3D 2022.1

The Release 8 for 2022.1 is a significant upgrade and maintenance release for Release 8 customers.
By default Release 8 products ships in the NCS 6.0+ Layer scheme and/or the NCS 6.0+ AIA Layer scheme and do include Adaptive Layer and Linetype Standards support and backwards compatibility to the NCS 5.0+ Layer scheme.
Jump Kit library resources from Release 8 can be migrated back to Release 7 (NCS 5.0+) with Layer script adjustments.
Jump Kit and Jump Kit AIA library resources from Release 8 can be employed in Civil 3D 2021.3+ and Civil 3D 2020.6+.

All supplied Civil 3D resources are supplied in the new Civil 3D 2022.1 Object Model.

All the previously supplied Spreadsheet Tools are included in Jump Kit 8 2022 products.

All previously supplied Label Style Expression Set resources from AddOns are included in Jump Kit 8 2022.1 products.

Release 8 2022.1 Changes

The Release 8 products include all resources delivered in the NCS 6.0 utility names layer system.
The Release 8 AIA products include all resources delivered in the NCS 6.0 AIA utility names layer system.
The Templates Only and Templates Only AIA trial products include only STB based templates and basic resources.

The updated Jump Kit and Jump Kit AIA resources include:

Classic Civil 3D template resources in STB and CTB
Updates and additions to the Generals and Surface Styles and their Label Style collections
Reference (TREF) template resources in STB and CTB
Updates and additions to the Generals and Surface Styles and their Label Style collections
Jump Kit Style Library Collection resources
Updates and additions to the Generals and Surface Styles and their Label Style collections
Inclusion of Surface and Point Label Style Expression Set resources from AddOns.
Major updates and additions to the Assemblies Library resources
Major updates and improvements to the Framework for Civil 3D Sandbox Projects for both STB and CTB

For both consistency and interoperability reasons all the supplied Release 8 Civil 3D Style Tool names, rules, and conventions are maintained.

There are new naming conventions and new Jump Kit resources supplied for the previously released Label Style Expression Sets AddOns.

By default there are no Description Key Sets and/or Point Groups in the basic Reference Template (TREF) .dwg and/or .dwt files supplied.

Compatibility and General Improvement Summary

Release 8 2022 Framework product Style library resources will run in Civil 3D 2022-2020 but will not run in previous Civil 3D releases.
Some Civil 3D program functionality is lost with the use in older Civil 3D 2021 and Civil 3D 2020 releases.

Jump Kit and Jump Kit AIA library resources from Release 8 can be employed in Civil 3D 2021.3+ and Civil 3D 2020.6+.

The AutoCAD DWG does not change in 2022 - All resource drawings are in the 2018 DWG format.
The Civil 3D object model is specifically new in 2022.1
Additions were made to the Alignment, Connected Alignment, and Pressure Pipes components.
All resource drawings are upgraded to the Civil 3D 2022.1 model.
The Release 8 for Civil 3D 2022 changes are focused on added new Style resources, Style fixes, updated product documentation, and support resources.
New upgrades of the supplied Jump Kit Generals Style and Label Style library resources are included.
Major new upgrades of the supplied Jump Kit Label Style Expression Set Library resources for Points are included.

Layer Standards Update

All Layer Standards Updates may be employed in all Release 8 and Release 7 versions for Civil 3D versions 2022-2020.

All supplied Layer Standards resource drawings and Layer Standard (dws) files were updated.

All Layer Standards Spreadsheet Tools file names updated to end in 2022.

Project Explorer for Civil 3D Support

The Release 8 products and resources for Civil 3D 2022.1 fully support the Project Explorer for Civil 3D interface, tools, templates, and potential resources libraries for the same.

A new Project Explorer folder was added to the default ..\00_Resources folder for Project Explorer Reports

Templates and Styles 2022.1

The update includes the addition of new Label Style Expression Set resources for Points.
Supplied templates intentionally do not include new Label Style Expression Set Styles.

For both consistency and interoperability reasons all the supplied Release 8 Civil 3D Style Tool names, rules, and conventions are maintained.

There are new naming conventions and new Jump Kit resources supplied for the previously released Label Style Expression Sets AddOns.

General Updates

All templates updated to 2022.1 Civil 3D Object Model
Additions and updates to the Generals Style collection library
Updates to the Surface Style collection library
Added recent Label Style Expression Sets AddOn collection libraries
Minor fixes and updates to some Styles based on customer feedback

Reference Template Resources

A rebuild of the supplied Reference Template (TREF) example resources.
Reference Template Resources are supplied in addition to classic Civil 3D template resources.
Supplied templates intentionally do not include Label Style Expression Set Styles.
Supplied examples employ the supplied Design and Survey template resources based on a Shared Resources common setup.

All Reference Template (TREF) resource drawings and templates updated to 2022.1 Civil 3D Object Model
Both STB and CTB detailed example Reference Template resources and templates are supplied
Basic Object Settings resource drawing examples for Sewer and Storm supplied

Generals Style Library Updates

This is a complete rebuild of all previously supplied Generals Style collections.
New Jump Kit Line and Curve Label Style collections are supplied to make Generals Line and Curve Label Style replacements more adaptive.
There are no naming revisions to previously supplied Styles and Label Styles for consistency.
There are numerous additions and updates to the Generals Styles collections.

Added new NCS 6.0 Boundary (BNDY) and Property (PROP) Layer resolutions for all Line and Curve Label Styles
Label Style names in each separate Line and Curve collection are the same as the previously supplied resources to facilitate easy Label Style publication replacement
Updates and fixes for the NCS General annotative (G-ANNO) Layer resolutions for all Line and Curve Label Styles
Separate Style resources drawings are now included for NCS 6.0 Boundary (BNDY) and Property (PROP) Layer resolutions
Added Current Layer and NoPlot Styles for all new and previously supplied Line and Curve Label Styles
Updates to fix Style and Label Style properties as required
Updates to fix or adjust Style and Label Style Descriptions
Updated stock Subassemblies visualization drawings and removed dated content

The new Jump Kit Line and Curve Label Styles are included in supplied classic Template and Reference Template (TREF) resources for consistency.

Surfaces Style Library Updates

The Update includes a rebuild of all previously supplied Surface Styles and new Surface Style additions.

New Screening versions of Surface Styles are supplied to facilitate better and improved publication of Surfaces and Label Annotation
The new Screening Surface Style tools work in both STB and CTB for all types of Civil 3D Surface models that produce Elevation Ranges

See the Surface Style AddOns for all the details.

Point Truncation Label Style Expression Set

The Point Truncation Label Style Expression Set is a major addition of integrated Label Style Expression Set resources and matched Label Style Library resources for the Framework for Civil 3D.
The Point Truncation Label Style Expression Set supports Point Elevation truncation and multiple forms of scaled Offset Label Style display in the NCS 6 and AIA flavors of the Jump Kit product.

The new large Style Library of resources include:

Variable and Fixed truncation for all Point Elevations in a large number of display formats.
Current Layer, Proposed, Existing, and No Plot publication
8 Levels of integrated expression based offset
8 forms of rotation

New supplied Styles and Label Styles employ the classic NCS "C-", "V-", and "G-" Discipline Codes for Layer assignments
The supplied Layer Standards resources include potential support for other NCS official Disciplines which may be applicable for these Styles.

See the Members>>Documentation and Help>>Labels in Civil 3D section for details.

See the Point Truncation Label Style AddOns section.

Point Offset Label Style Expression Set

An updated large library of Label Styles and Expression Set resources are supplied to produce standardized and consistent Offset Point Labels.
Supplied templates intentionally do not include Label Style Expression Set Styles.

The new large library of Resources include:

New integrated Offset Point Label Styles with Truncated Elevation support
Support for standardized and consistently scaled Offset Point Labels
8 separate managed levels of Offset in 8 different rotations
All supplied Offset Label Expression Set Styles employ automatic Annotative Scale adjustment
Current Layer, Proposed, Existing, and No Plot publication in multiple Label Style formats

Supplied Styles and Label Styles employ the classic NCS "C-", "V-", and "G-" Discipline Codes for Layer assignments
The supplied Layer Standards resources include potential support for other NCS official Disciplines which may be applicable for these Styles.

See the Members>>Documentation and Help>>Labels in Civil 3D section for details.

See the Point Offset Label Style AddOns section.

Surface Spot Label Style Expression Set

A large library of Label Styles and Expression Set resources are supplied to produce standardized and consistent Surface Spot Labels.
Supplied templates intentionally do not include Label Style Expression Set Styles.

The new large library of Resources include:

Support for managed variable and fixed Truncation
Support for Height of Curb and Height of Wall with managed variable and fixed Truncation
Support for multiple Reference Surfaces
8 different rotations
Current Layer, Proposed, Existing, and No Plot publication in multiple Label Style formats

Supplied Styles and Label Styles employ the classic NCS "C-", "V-", and "G-" Discipline Codes for Layer assignments
The supplied Layer Standards resources include potential support for other NCS official Disciplines which may be applicable for these Styles.

See the Members>>Documentation and Help>>Labels in Civil 3D section for details.

See the Spot Label Style AddOns section.

Surface Contour Label Style Expression Set

A large library of Label Styles and Expression Set resources are supplied to produce standardized and consistent Surface Contour Labels.
Supplied templates intentionally do not include Label Style Expression Set Styles.

The new large library of Resources include:

Support for managed variable and fixed Truncation
Current Layer, Proposed, Existing, and No Plot publication in multiple Label Style formats

Supplied Styles and Label Styles employ the classic NCS "C-", "V-", and "G-" Discipline Codes for Layer assignments
The supplied Layer Standards resources include potential support for other NCS official Disciplines which may be applicable for these Styles.

See the Members>>Documentation and Help>>Labels in Civil 3D section for details.

See the Contour Label Style AddOns section.

Symbol Set 2022.1

Complete 2022.1 new build of all Civil 3D Point Styles.
Symbol blocks upgraded to the latest AutoCAD 2018 DWG format

Jump Kit Styles 2022.1

Complete 2022.1 new build of all Civil 3D Styles.
Resource drawings upgraded to the Civil 3D 2022.1 Object Model.

InstantOn and Jump Kit Reorganization

The InstantOn and Jump Kit resource folders were renumbered in the supplied collections libraries to continue to match the Civil 3D Toolspace display order.
Folder numbers below the Bridge Projection Style location in the Civil 3D Toolspace tree were updated in 2021+.
Rail resources are intentionally not in the Toolspace order sequence.

A new placeholder folder for Rail Turnouts Styles was added for future support of Rail Turnout Styles when US Turnout data files are available.
No Rail Turnout Styles or Label Styles are currently supplied.

Generals Style and Label Style Updates

The Update is a complete rebuild of all previously supplied Generals Style collections.
New Line and Curve Label Style collections are supplied to make Generals Line and Curve Label Style replacements more adaptive.
There are no naming revisions to previously supplied Generals Styles and Label Styles for consistency.
There are numerous additions and updates to the Generals Styles collections.

Updates to previously supplied Generals Styles and Label Style content
New added content employs new Style and Label Style names where appropriate
Previously supplied resource drawings, Styles, and Label Style names intentionally remain the same.
Added new NCS 6.0 Boundary (BNDY) and Property (PROP) Layer resolutions for all Line and Curve Label Styles
Label Style names in each separate Line and Curve collection are the same as the previously supplied resources to facilitate easy Label Style publication replacement.
In other words, template collections or project drawings can be updated by inserting the appropriate resource collection to produce the desired result.
Three separte resource collection drawings of each of the Generals and IOB_Generals collections are supplied for the ANNO, BNDY, and PROP collections
Updates and fixes for the previously supplied NCS General annotative (G-ANNO) Layer resolutions for all Line and Curve Label Styles
Removed all previous references to non-compliant NCS 6.0+ V-ANNO and C-ANNO layers
Added Current Layer and NoPlot Styles for all new and previously supplied Line and Curve Label Styles
Added Current Layer and NoPlot Styles for all new and previously supplied Marker, Link, and Shape Label Styles where appropriate
A (CL) name predicate is employed for Current Layer Label Styles - Floats to Layer 0
A (Qa)NP name predicate is employed for NOPLOT resolutions - employs a NCS General ANNO-NPLT Layer
Updates to fix Style and Label Style properties as required
Updates to fix or adjust Style and Label Style Descriptions
Updated stock Subassemblies visualization drawings and removed dated content
Supplied Style and Label Style drawings were checked and updated with the AutoCAD Standards Checker to the supplied NCS 6.0 Standards .dws resource drawings.
The supplied resources drawings can be updated any of the supplied Framework for Civil 3D Layer Standards or customized Layer Standard files.

The new General Line, Curve, Marker, Link, and Shape Label Styles are included in supplied classic Template and Reference Template (TREF) resources for consistency.
Customized existing templates and project drawings may be updated from the updated resource drawings by typical Civil 3D Style update tools and methods.

Surfaces Style Library Updates

New and rebuilt Surface Style collections are supplied.
Most of the supplied additions and fixes were based on customer requests.

New Screening versions of Surface Styles are supplied to facilitate better and improved publication of Surfaces and Label Annotation.
The new Screening Surface Style tools work in both STB and CTB for all types of Civil 3D Surface models that produce Elevation Ranges.

Style Compatibility

The new and improved Surface Style Tools were integrated into builds of the Framework for Civil 3D 2022.1+, Civil 3D 2021.3+, and Civil 3D 2020.6+.

All the supplied Style Tools should be backwards compatible with earlier Framework for Civil 3D 2019 and Civil 3D 2018 versions.
Most of the Layers assigned in Styles agree with earlier released Framework for Civil 3D Release 7 NCS versions.

For details about Surface Label Style Expression Set integrations:
See the Surface Spot Label Style Expression Set and Surface Contour Label Style Expression Set sections below.

Surface Style Collections include:

Rebuild of all previously supplied Surface Styles
Corrections to Style names and Surface Style property fixes and updates
Rebuild of all previously supplied Thematic Surface Styles
Minor consistency corrections to a few Surface Style properties
Updates and fixes to all previously supplied Surface Style Descriptions
A new Screened Surface Style collection of Existing, Proposed, and No Plot Contours at multiple Contour intervals
A new Surface Style is also supplied that only produces Screening of any objects below the surface.
A new Screened Thematic Surface Style collection of Proposed Contours at multiple intervals and as Triangles are supplied
All versions of the previously supplied Surface Thematic Style are supplied with Screening.
Renamed copies of old Surface Style resource files and Style Tool contents are supplied for consistency

Surface Style Collection Details

Screening is produced with a single Elevation Pastel Range and a 0% Screening plotstyle assigned to the NCS Design TINN-VIEW layer.

The supplied Screening Styles when employed in CTB require that an Elevation analysis is run.
Color 240+ should be assigned to the single Range result to conform to and produce screening with the supplied CTB file resources.

The produced screening effect from the Surface is AutoCAD Display Order dependent.

New supplied Styles employ the classic NCS "C-", "V-", and "G-" Discipline Codes for Layer assignments
The supplied Layer Standards resources include potential support for other NCS official Disciplines which may be applicable for these Styles.

See the Surface Style AddOns post.

See the Surface Style AddOns section.

Point Truncation Label Style Expression Set

The Point Truncation Label Style Expression Set is a major addition of integrated Label Style Expression Set resources and matched Label Style Library resources for the Framework for Civil 3D.
The Point Truncation Label Style Expression Set supports Point Elevation truncation and multiple forms of scaled Offset Label Style display in the NCS 6 and AIA flavors of the Jump Kit product.

The new large Style Library of resources include:

Variable and Fixed truncation for all Point Elevations in a large number of display formats.
Current Layer, Proposed, Existing, and No Plot publication
8 Levels of integrated expression based offset
8 forms of rotation

New supplied Styles and Label Styles employ the classic NCS "C-", "V-", and "G-" Discipline Codes for Layer assignments
The supplied Layer Standards resources include potential support for other NCS official Disciplines which may be applicable for these Styles.

See the Members>>Documentation and Help>>Labels in Civil 3D section for details.

See the Point Truncation Label Style AddOns section.

Point Offset Label Style Expression Set

A new large library of Label Styles and Expression Set resources are supplied to produce standardized and consistent Offset Point Labels.
Supplied templates intentionally do not include Label Style Expression Set Styles.

The new large library of Resources include:

Support for standardized and consistently scaled Offset Point Labels
8 separate managed levels of Offset in 8 different rotations
All supplied Offset Label Expression Set Styles employ automatic Annotative Scale adjustment
Current Layer, Proposed, Existing, and No Plot publication in multiple Label Style formats

New supplied Styles and Label Styles employ the classic NCS "C-", "V-", and "G-" Discipline Codes for Layer assignments
The supplied Layer Standards resources include potential support for other NCS official Disciplines which may be applicable for these Styles.

See the Members>>Documentation and Help>>Labels in Civil 3D section for details.

See the Point Offset Label Style AddOns section.

Surface Spot Label Style Expression Set

A new large library of Label Styles and Expression Set resources are supplied to produce standardized and consistent Surface Spot Labels.
Supplied templates intentionally do not include Label Style Expression Set Styles.

The new large library of Resources include:

Support for managed variable and fixed Truncation
Support for Height of Curb and Height of Wall with managed variable and fixed Truncation
Support for multiple Reference Surfaces
8 different rotations
Current Layer, Proposed, Existing, and No Plot publication in multiple Label Style formats

New supplied Styles and Label Styles employ the classic NCS "C-", "V-", and "G-" Discipline Codes for Layer assignments
The supplied Layer Standards resources include potential support for other NCS official Disciplines which may be applicable for these Styles.

See the Members>>Documentation and Help>>Labels in Civil 3D section for details.

See the Spot Label Style AddOns section.

Surface Contour Label Style Expression Set

A new large library of Label Styles and Expression Set resources are supplied to produce standardized and consistent Surface Contour Labels.
Supplied templates intentionally do not include Label Style Expression Set Styles.

The new large library of Resources include:

Support for managed variable and fixed Truncation
Current Layer, Proposed, Existing, and No Plot publication in multiple Label Style formats

New supplied Styles and Label Styles employ the classic NCS "C-", "V-", and "G-" Discipline Codes for Layer assignments
The supplied Layer Standards resources include potential support for other NCS official Disciplines which may be applicable for these Styles.

See the Members>>Documentation and Help>>Labels in Civil 3D section for details.

See the Contour Label Style AddOns section.

Misc Jump Kit Style Updates

Fixes and corrections were made to a few previously supplied Style Library resources.

Assemblies 2022.1

The Release 8 for Civil 3D 2022.1 ships with major updates to the Assembly resources.

Complete 2022.1 new build of all Civil 3D Assemblies.
All Subassemblies in all Assemblies were updated to the current version of the Civil 3D 2019 dll.

All Subassemblies were renamed to employ prefix codes to improve the ease of use with new Civil 3D Targeting tools and filters.

The supplied Assembly resources open and run in Civil 3D 2020, Civil 3D 2021, and Civil 3D 2022.

Assembly Updates

The supplied Assembly library of resource drawings were rebuilt from scratch.
The naming convention for the supplied Assembly resources and drawings was not changed for consistency.
All Subassemblies updated to employ prefix codes.

Stock Subassembly replacements and/or property updates may be cascaded to sets of or copies of sets of Assemblies with relative ease.

PKT replacements and/or property updates may also be cascaded to sets of or copies of sets of Assemblies with relative ease.

Updated all supplied Assemblies to employ prefix codes for Subassembly components for improved ease of use with new Civil 3D Targeting tools and filters
Updated all supplied Assemblies with corrected Superelevation assignments where appropriate
Updated all supplied Assemblies properties to current AASHTO Green Book recommendations where appropriate
For example - All 35 Collectors were upgraded from standard 6" curbs to standard 8" Curbs.
For example - All Rural Assemblies were upgraded to standard 6' paved and 6' unpaved or standard 4' paved and 4' unpaved with 5% grades
Based on customer requests and feedback Curb Subgrade extensions were removed for Local and Collector Assemblies
Datum surfaces therefore resolve better
Updated all Curb Fillets Assemblies to include superelevation support
Updated all Shoulder Fillets Assemblies with width and slope standards and to include superelevation support
Updated all Assembly Descriptions to reflect current properties
Removed and/or dated Description content where appropriate

Assembly Additions for Medians

A number of new Assembly Sets and Assemblies are included that produce typical Medians and Turn Lanes.

Added both 35 Rural and 35 Collector sets of Assemblies for Link Medians - include "_ML" in the Assembly name
The set of Assemblies to construct Link based Medians and Turn Lanes with single Undivided Crown or Undivided Planar roadways with Superelevation
Added both 35 Rural and 35 Collector sets of Assemblies for Flat Medians - include "_MF" in the Assembly name
The set of Assemblies to construct Flat Medians and Turn Lanes with single Undivided Crown or Undivided Planar roadways with Superelevation
Added both 35 Rural and 35 Collector sets of Assemblies for Crowned Medians - include "_MC" in the Assembly name
The set of Assemblies to construct Crowned Medians and Turn Lanes with single Undivided Crown or Undivided Planar roadways with Superelevation
Added 35 Rural set of Assemblies for Curb and Depressed Medians - include "_MD" in the Assembly name
The set of Assemblies to construct Curb and Depressed Medians and Turn Lanes with single Undivided Crown or Undivided Planar roadways with Superelevation

Assembly Additions

A number of new Assemblies and prototype Assemblies are included.

Added Urban prototyle Assemblies with AASHTO Urban minimum 11' Lanes
Added 8" Curb Fillets for AOR and standard Superelevation lanes
Added 4' Shoulder Fillets for AOR and standard Superelevation lanes

New Assembly Collection Resources

New collections of Sets of Assemblies resource drawings are included to facilitate Assembly replacement by insertion into working drawings.
AutoCAD script resources are also supplied to aid in the rapid construction of Sets of Assemblies resource drawings.

Added a new Collections Library of resource drawings
Typical AASHTO speed based Resource drawings include prebuilt collections of Sets of Assemblies for quicker use in Corridor construction.
Supplied Collections include 15, 25, 30, 35, 35 Medians, Curb Fillets, and Shoulder Fillets
Collections include Sets of Assemblies with separate Daylight (DL), No Daylight (ND), Pavement and Curbs (PC), Pavement and Shoulders (PS), and Pavement Only (PO) resource drawings
All new Assembly Collection Library drawings intentionally employ the same Set of Assembly and Subassembly names to facilitate Assembly replacement by insertion into working drawings
Useful example production AutoCAD Script resources to construct additional and/or edited Sets of Assemblies resource drawings are included
A prototype Set of Assemblies script file is supplied

Set of Assemblies Insert Mechanics

This is a summary of Set of Assemblies mechanics.
The basic process may be employed to insert any supplied single Assembly resource drawing into a working production drawing.

The CLASSICINSERT command should be employed to add a Set of Assemblies into a production drawing
Pick an appropriate drawing location
Do not scale or rotate the inserted drawing
Do not Explode the block reference on insert
Next the EXPLODE command is employed to separate out the Assemblies from the previously inserted block reference
The PURGE command is employed to delete the inserted block/drawing reference and allow the maintenance renaming of inserted Assemblies
In the Civil 3D Toolspace Prospector tab or Assembly Ribbon
Rename the separated Assemblies or chose leave the Civil 3D code added reference numbering in the Assembly names
Assign an appropriate Plan View Code Set Style to the new Assemblies

Assembly Plan View Display Resolution

Civil 3D is currently more particular about resolving Plan view Assemblies in upgraded drawings if upgraded with the Civil 3D Batch Save Utility.
The applied Assemblies all function properly in Corridors and Intersections regardless of this display resolution issue.

Civil 3D Batch Save Utility upgraded drawings may also require Edits of the Assembly's Type property to resolve the Subassemblies properly in Plan.
If that doesn't suffice to fix the display resolution issue, a temporary rename of any subassembly in the Assembly should force the Assembly to resolve.

Project Datasets 2022.1

The Release 8 for Civil 3D 2022.1 ships with major 2022.1 updates to the Release 8 Project Dataset resources.

Complete 2022.1 new build of project drawings for both the STB and CTB projects.

For compatibility with older releases the default Sandbox project location remains C:\Civil 3D Projects.
All included Reference Template (TREF) and File Dependent References target this install location by default.

Reference Templates in Projects

The updated project resources allow you to update all the content with changes to the supplied Reference Template (TREF) resource files.

To update project Reference Template in supplied drawings in the Reference Template Tool remove the existing template Update, Purge Styles, and then the Add a new Reference Template.
Pay careful attention to the source folders of the Reference Template resources in the stack.
The Reference Template Tool currently does not support relative paths.

Single file Project-based Reference Templates are employed
The InstantOn resources include separate examples with multiple Reference Template drawing resources.
Reference Template is in the project's ..\00_Resources\Templates\Reference folder
Projects intentionally employ generic (non-release specific) names for the Reference Template resource
Both CTB and STB versions of the standard Design and Survey templates are supplied in the ..\00_Resources\Templates\Reference folders

The contents of STB and CTB Framework Sandbox Projects differ. More project drawings and resources are included in the STB project.

Projects Updates

There were significant improvements and edits made to drawings, project data, and structures of the supplied Sandbox Projects.

A few dated example drawings were removed and replaced with new drawing content to minimize the Sandbox Project size and maximize usability.

Consistency updates were made to project drawing Layer States, Sheet Set files, and other Sandbox Project data.

The ExampleCorridors Drawing

All supplied versions of the standard example drawing (ExampleCorridors.dwg) were updated for both Templates Only and Jump Kit Sandbox projects.

All the Subassemblies in all Assemblies in all versions were updated to support the current stock 2019 dll
All the Subassemblies were updated to support prefix naming conventions
Assemblies were physically relocated and more logically grouped in the drawing
Some Subassembly properties were updated to adjust some potential example Corridor build results for consistent behaviors
Reference Template (TREF) versions are now supplied for Sandbox Projects

Data References and Data Shortcuts

Project DREF management plays an important role in Civil 3D production use.
Improvements were made to the Projects to clarify typical DREF usage and current Civil 3D production practices.

Updated appropriate publication and working drawing examples to employ Data Reference (DREF) Corridors
Updated and fixed the Project Folders XML for example Project Data Shortcuts (DREF) folders
Moved most Alignment Data Shortcuts to appropriate Project Folders to reduce Toolspace clutter
Moved most Profile Data Shortcuts to appropriate Project Folders to reduce Toolspace clutter
All the supplied Data Shortcut XML files were updated to reflect the current Project file property details
Added Rail Alignment and Rail Profile sample drawings and project Data Shortcut (DREF) resources

Medians Intersection Examples

Based on popular requests a set of Medians with Left Turn Lanes Intersection example drawings are included.
To make things interesting the Corridor Turn Lane sections were built in Horizontal Curve Alignment and Vertical Curve Profile conditions.
Connected Alignments and Profiles are employed to produce the Curb Returns geometries and Corridor Regions.
Supplied Set of Assemblies resources were employed and modified to construct the basics of the Medians Intersection.

Pipe and Pressure Pipe Updates

Rebuild and update of the supplied Pipe Network resources
Moved Pipe Network Data Shortcuts to appropriate Project Folders
Rebuild and update of the supplied Pressure Pipe Network resources
All the supplied XML files were updated
Removed dated and/or unnecessary files and folders
Updated appropriate working examples to employ a Data Reference (DREF) Corridor

Rehab Corridors

Renamed all example files to align with the appropriate Project Alignment names
Removed unnecessary Data References and Features from the examples for clarity
Removed a previously supplied Rehab Intersection example

Civil 3D Update Assembly Display Issues

All Subassemblies in all Assemblies were updated to the current version of the Civil 3D 2019 dll
Updated the Subassembly names employed in Sandbox Project's Assemblies to employ predicate based naming conventions to improve Corridor Targeting behaviors and filtering.
All Assemblies were updated to Civil 3D default Subassembly Group names and default subassembly names with the new predicates
Unnecessary Assemblies were removed from all examples
Data Reference (DREF) Corridors were employed where appropriate and maximize project consistency

Civil 3D is more particular about resolving Plan view Assemblies in upgraded drawings if upgraded with the Civil 3D Batch Save Utility.
The applied Assemblies all function properly in Corridors and Intersections regardless of this display resolution issue.
Batch Save upgraded drawings may also require Edits of the Assembly's Type property to resolve properly in Plan.

Spreadsheet Tools 2022.1

Detailed and updated help and documentation for the new Spreadsheet Tools and usage is available in the Members section when logged in.

All on-line Spreadsheet Tools help pages were updated to reflect 2022.1 resource locations and Release 8 AddOn updates.

Updated Help On-line for Tools

See on-line help pages for updated Civil 3D Codes Spreadsheet Tool documentation.
Improvement and corrections to Sheet resources and on-line help is supplied.
See on-line help pages for updated Description Key Set Spreadsheet Tools documentation.
A wide array of Sheet resources and on-line help is supplied.
See on-line help pages for updated Figure Db Spreadsheet Tools documentation.
A array of Sheet resources and on-line help is supplied.

Release 8 Autodesk Civil 3D 2022

The Release 8 for 2022 is a significant upgrade and maintenance release for Release 8 customers.
By default Release 8 products ships in the NCS 6.0+ Layer scheme and/or the NCS 6.0+ AIA Layer scheme and do include Adaptive Layer and Linetype Standards support and backwards compatibility to the NCS 5.0+ Layer scheme.
Jump Kit library resources from Release 8 can be migrated back to Release 7 (NCS 5.0+) with Layer script adjustments.
Jump Kit and Jump Kit AIA library resources from Release 8 can be employed in Civil 3D 2020.5+ and Civil 3D 2019.4+.

All supplied Civil 3D resources are supplied in the new Civil 3D 2022.0 Object Model.

All the previously supplied Spreadsheet Tools are included in Jump Kit 8 2022 products.

All previously supplied Label Style Expression Set resources from AddOns are included in Jump Kit 8 2022 products.

Release 8 2022 Changes

The Release 8 products include all resources delivered in the NCS 6.0 utility names layer system.
The Release 8 AIA products include all resources delivered in the NCS 6.0 AIA utility names layer system.
The Templates Only and Templates Only AIA trial products include only STB based templates and basic resources.

The updated Jump Kit and Jump Kit AIA resources include:

Classic Civil 3D template resources in STB and CTB
Reference (TREF) template resources in STB and CTB
Update of all Assembly drawings
Update of all Layer Standards resources
Minor Updates to NCS 6.0 and NCS AIA 6.0 Layer Standard Spreadsheet Tools
Jump Kit Style Library Collection resources
The numbering of resource folders was updated in the 2021+ products to reflect the new Civil 3D Toolspace changes
Symbol Set Point Styles resources
Added new Label Style Expression Set resources
Updates to Codes, Description Key Set, and Figure Db Spreadsheet Tools
Civil 3D Sandbox Project updates for both STB and CTB with built-in support for Reference Templates
Updates to the supplied Framework Standards, Framework Installs, and Framework Cheat Sheet documentation PDFs

For both consistency and interoperability reasons all the supplied Release 8 Civil 3D Style Tool names, rules, and conventions are maintained.

There are new naming conventions and new Jump Kit resources supplied for the previously released Label Style Expression Sets AddOns.

By default there are no Description Key Sets and/or Point Groups in the basic Reference Template (TREF) .dwg and/or .dwt files supplied.

Compatibility and General Improvement Summary

Release 8 2022 Framework product Style library resources will run in Civil 3D 2022-2019 but will not run in previous Civil 3D releases.
Some Civil 3D program functionality is lost with the use in older Civil 3D 2021, Civil 3D 2020, and Civil 3D 2019 releases.

Jump Kit Style library resources from Release 8 can be migrated back to Release 7 with Layer script adjustments.
Jump Kit and Jump Kit AIA library resources from Release 8 can be employed in Civil 3D 2021.2+, Civil 3D 2020.5+, and Civil 3D 2019.4+.

The AutoCAD DWG does not change in 2022 - All resource drawings are in the 2018 DWG format.
The Civil 3D object model is specifically new in 2022
Additions were made to the Alignment and Connected Alignment components.
All resource drawings are upgraded to the Civil 3D 2022 model.
The Release 8 for Civil 3D 2022 changes are focused on added new Style resources, Style fixes, updated product documentation, and support resources.
Major new upgrades of the supplied Jump Kit Label Style Expression Set Library resources for Points and Surfaces are included.

Layer Standards Update

All Layer Standards Updates may be employed in all Release 8 and Release 7 versions for Civil 3D versions 2022-2019.

All Layer Standards exchange and interoperability is improved. There are fewer layer behavioral inconsistencies.

All Layer Standards Spreadsheet Tools were updated and drawing standard resources and supplied scripts updated where required.

All supplied Layer Standards resource drawings and Layer Standard (dws) files were updated.

All new Layer Standards Spreadsheet Tools file names updated to end in 2022.

Project Explorer for Civil 3D Support

The Release 8 products and resources for Civil 3D 2022.0 fully support the Project Explorer for Civil 3D interface, tools, templates, and potential resources libraries for the same.

A new Project Explorer folder was added to the default ..\00_Resources folder for Project Explorer Reports

Templates and Styles 2022.0

The update includes the addition of new Label Style Expression Set resources for Surfaces and Points.
Supplied templates intentionally do not include new Label Style Expression Set Styles.

Many new Codes, Description Key Set, Figure Db and related resources are included.

For both consistency and interoperability reasons all the supplied Release 8 Civil 3D Style Tool names, rules, and conventions are maintained.

There are new naming conventions and new Jump Kit resources supplied for the previously released Label Style Expression Sets AddOns.

General Updates

All templates updated to 2022.0 Civil 3D Object Model
Minor fixes and updates to some Styles based on customer feedback

Reference Template Resources

New complete rebuild of the supplied Reference Template (TREF) example resources.
Reference Template Resources are supplied in addition to classic Civil 3D template resources.
Supplied templates intentionally do not include Label Style Expression Set Styles.
Supplied examples employ the supplied Design and Survey template resources based on a Shared Resources common setup.

All Reference Template (TREF) resource drawings and templates updated to 2022.0 Civil 3D Object Model
Both STB and CTB detailed example Reference Template resources and templates are supplied
Basic Object Settings resource drawing examples for Sewer and Storm supplied

Point Offset Label Style Expression Set

A new large library of Label Styles and Expression Set resources are supplied to produce standardized and consistent Offset Point Labels.
Supplied templates intentionally do not include Label Style Expression Set Styles.

The new large library of Resources include:

Support for standardized and consistently scaled Offset Point Labels
8 separate managed levels of Offset in 8 different rotations
All supplied Offset Label Expression Set Styles employ automatic Annotative Scale adjustment
Current Layer, Proposed, Existing, and No Plot publication in multiple Label Style formats

New supplied Styles and Label Styles employ the classic NCS "C-", "V-", and "G-" Discipline Codes for Layer assignments
The supplied Layer Standards resources include potential support for other NCS official Disciplines which may be applicable for these Styles.

See the Members>>Documentation and Help>>Labels in Civil 3D section for details.

See the Point Offset Label Style AddOns section.

Surface Spot Label Style Expression Set

A new large library of Label Styles and Expression Set resources are supplied to produce standardized and consistent Surface Spot Labels.
Supplied templates intentionally do not include Label Style Expression Set Styles.

The new large library of Resources include:

Support for managed variable and fixed Truncation
Support for Height of Curb and Height of Wall with managed variable and fixed Truncation
Support for multiple Reference Surfaces
8 different rotations
Current Layer, Proposed, Existing, and No Plot publication in multiple Label Style formats

New supplied Styles and Label Styles employ the classic NCS "C-", "V-", and "G-" Discipline Codes for Layer assignments
The supplied Layer Standards resources include potential support for other NCS official Disciplines which may be applicable for these Styles.

See the Members>>Documentation and Help>>Labels in Civil 3D section for details.

See the Spot Label Style AddOns section.

Surface Contour Label Style Expression Set

A new large library of Label Styles and Expression Set resources are supplied to produce standardized and consistent Surface Contour Labels.
Supplied templates intentionally do not include Label Style Expression Set Styles.

The new large library of Resources include:

Support for managed variable and fixed Truncation
Current Layer, Proposed, Existing, and No Plot publication in multiple Label Style formats

New supplied Styles and Label Styles employ the classic NCS "C-", "V-", and "G-" Discipline Codes for Layer assignments
The supplied Layer Standards resources include potential support for other NCS official Disciplines which may be applicable for these Styles.

See the Members>>Documentation and Help>>Labels in Civil 3D section for details.

See the Contour Label Style AddOns section.

Description Key Set Styles

Updated Description Key Set resources drawing collections were added to the libraries
See the Description Key Set Resources section for details

Figure Prefix Dbs

Updated integrated and matched Figure Prefix Db resources were added
See the Figure Prefix Db Resources section for details

Symbol Set 2022.0

Complete 2022.0 new build of all Civil 3D point styles.
Symbol blocks upgraded to the latest AutoCAD 2018 DWG format

Symbols Maintenance Spreadsheet Tool improvements

Column support to generate block Redefinition scripts
Updates for new dwg resources and maintenance
Minor upgrades all supplied Insert and Update maintenance scripts.
As per prior Framework mechanics the content paths in scripts need to be updated to customer download locations.

Added new Point Styles dwgs, resource symbol dwgs, script, and maintenance resources.

Jump Kit Styles 2022.0

Complete 2022.0 new build of all Civil 3D Styles.
Resource drawings upgraded to the Civil 3D 2022.0 Object Model.

InstantOn and Jump Kit Reorganization

The InstantOn and Jump Kit resource folders were renumbered in the supplied collections libraries to continue to match the Civil 3D Toolspace display order.
Folder numbers below the Bridge Projection Style location in the Civil 3D Toolspace tree were updated in 2021+.

Point Offset Label Style Expression Set

A new large library of Label Styles and Expression Set resources are supplied to produce standardized and consistent Offset Point Labels.
Supplied templates intentionally do not include Label Style Expression Set Styles.

The new large library of Resources include:

Support for standardized and consistently scaled Offset Point Labels
8 separate managed levels of Offset in 8 different rotations
All supplied Offset Label Expression Set Styles employ automatic Annotative Scale adjustment
Current Layer, Proposed, Existing, and No Plot publication in multiple Label Style formats

New supplied Styles and Label Styles employ the classic NCS "C-", "V-", and "G-" Discipline Codes for Layer assignments
The supplied Layer Standards resources include potential support for other NCS official Disciplines which may be applicable for these Styles.

See the Members>>Documentation and Help>>Labels in Civil 3D section for details.

See the Point Offset Label Style AddOns section.

Surface Spot Label Style Expression Set

A new large library of Label Styles and Expression Set resources are supplied to produce standardized and consistent Surface Spot Labels.
Supplied templates intentionally do not include Label Style Expression Set Styles.

The new large library of Resources include:

Support for managed variable and fixed Truncation
Support for Height of Curb and Height of Wall with managed variable and fixed Truncation
Support for multiple Reference Surfaces
8 different rotations
Current Layer, Proposed, Existing, and No Plot publication in multiple Label Style formats

New supplied Styles and Label Styles employ the classic NCS "C-", "V-", and "G-" Discipline Codes for Layer assignments
The supplied Layer Standards resources include potential support for other NCS official Disciplines which may be applicable for these Styles.

See the Members>>Documentation and Help>>Labels in Civil 3D section for details.

See the Spot Label Style AddOns section.

Surface Contour Label Style Expression Set

A new large library of Label Styles and Expression Set resources are supplied to produce standardized and consistent Surface Contour Labels.
Supplied templates intentionally do not include Label Style Expression Set Styles.

The new large library of Resources include:

Support for managed variable and fixed Truncation
Current Layer, Proposed, Existing, and No Plot publication in multiple Label Style formats

New supplied Styles and Label Styles employ the classic NCS "C-", "V-", and "G-" Discipline Codes for Layer assignments
The supplied Layer Standards resources include potential support for other NCS official Disciplines which may be applicable for these Styles.

See the Members>>Documentation and Help>>Labels in Civil 3D section for details.

See the Contour Label Style AddOns section.

Description Key Set Resources

Large libraries of generic new Description Key Set resources are supplied.

Description Key Set Spreadsheet Tools Resource Locations

The Description Key Set Spreadsheet Tools are supplied in the ..\Documentation\Description Key Sets folder in Layers Standards subfolders
The supplied resources are supplied in the ..\Styles\Jump Kit\02_Description Keys folder in Layers Standards subfolders
Scripts for automated resource DWG generation from XML resources are supplied and a Spreadsheet Tools to create, edit, and maintain them is supplied

Description Key Set resources support the supplied NCS Key-based Code system in tremendous depth and detail.
1000+ easily customized Description Key Sets are now supplied for all general and specialty civil engineering and surveyed types of projects.

These Description Ket Sets resources include:

Large library of editable ASCII text XML file resources in a managed set of library folders
Large library of editable Civil 3D DWG file resources in a managed set of library folders
See the Description Key Set Spreadsheet Tools section below for details

Figure Prefix Db Resources

Many Figure Prefix Dbs and XML file resources are supplied in addition to the previously supplied Figure Dbs.
The Figure Dbs are integrated and matched to the new supplied Description Key Set resources.
Both double digit and single digit line code versions are supplied for each of multiple Layer Standards.

Figure Prefix Db Tools Resource Locations

The Figure Db Spreadsheet Tools are supplied in the ..\Documentation\Figure Db folder in Layers Standards subfolders
The Figure Dbs are also supplied in the ..\00_Resources\Survey folder in Layers Standards subfolders

Figure Db resources support the NCS Key-based 4-digit Code system.
A dozen easily customized Figure Dbs for each Layer Standard are now supplied for all general and specialty civil engineering and surveyed types of projects.

Three types of Figure Dbs are supplied:

IOD-Basic - Line codes for many common NCS Key-based Codes with essential Structures
IOD-Super - A super set of Line codes for many Codes with essential Structures
IOD-Structure - Detailed Line codes for all Structures

The Figure Db resources include:

Layer Standard libraries of editable ASCII text XML file Record resources
Layer Standard libraries of editable Figure Db file resources
See the Figure Prefix Db Tool section below

The Figure Dbs Record codes intentionally employ a single basic Figure Style assignment with an appropriate NCS Layer assignment.

Misc Jump Kit Style Updates

Fixes and corrections were made to a few previously supplied Style Library resources.

Assemblies 2022.0

The Release 8 for Civil 3D 2022.0 ships with 2022.0 updates to the Release 8 Assembly resources.

Complete 2022.0 new build of all Civil 3D Assemblies.
All resource drawings were upgraded to the Civil 3D 2022.0 object model.
Assembly Set XML files were updated.

Project Datasets 2022.0

The Release 8 for Civil 3D 2022.0 ships with 2022.0 updates to the Release 8 Project Dataset resources.

Complete 2022.0 new build of project drawings for both the STB and CTB projects.

For compatibility with older releases the default Sandbox project location remains C:\Civil 3D Projects.
All included Reference Template (TREF) and File Dependent References target this location by default.

Reference Templates in Projects

The updated project resources allow you to update all the content with changes to the supplied Reference Template (TREF) resource files.

To update project Reference Template in supplied drawings in the Reference Template Tool you should remove the existing template Update, Purge Styles, and then the Add a new Reference Template.
Pay careful attention to the source folders of the Reference Template resources in the stack.
The Reference Template Tool currently does not support relative paths.

Single file Project-based Reference Templates are employed
The InstantOn resources include separate examples with multiple Reference Template drawing resources.
Reference Template is in the project's ..\00_Resources\Templates\Reference folder
Projects intentionally employ generic (non-release specific) names for the Reference Template resource
Both CTB and STB versions of the standard Design and Survey templates are supplied in the ..\00_Resources\Templates\Reference folder

The contents of STB and CTB Framework Sandbox Projects differ. More project drawings and resources are included in the STB project.

Spreadsheet Tools 2022.0

Detailed and updated help and documentation for the new Spreadsheet Tools and usage is available in the Members section when logged in.

All on-line Spreadsheet Tools help pages were updated to reflect 2022.0 resource locations and Release 8 AddOn updates.

The Symbols Maintenance Spreadsheet Tool was updated. See the Symbol Set section above for details.

Improvements were made to the Civil 3D Codes Tool, the Description Key Set Tools, and Figure Prefix Db Tools.
Minor consistency addition updates to NCS 6.0 and NCS AIA 6.0 Layer Standards Tools.
Updates to resources libraries for various specific integrated Layer Standard versions are on-going.

Updated Help On-line for Tools

See on-line help pages for updated Civil 3D Codes Spreadsheet Tool documentation.
Improvement and corrections to Sheet resources and new on-line help is supplied.
See on-line help pages for updated Description Key Set Spreadsheet Tools documentation.
A wide array of new Sheet resources and new on-line help is supplied.
See on-line help pages for updated Figure Db Spreadsheet Tools documentation.
A array of new Sheet resources and new on-line help is supplied.

Civil 3D Codes Spreadsheet Tool

The Civil 3D Codes Spreadsheet Tool will produce a host of sorted and filtered Code data for use in the other related Spreadsheet Tools.
This functionality allows you to fully integrate both Design and Survey Codes systems into your Civil 3D customization.

Updates, additions, and improvements were made to the Civil 3D Codes Spreadsheet Tool previously supplied in an AddOn for Release 8.
See the Civil 3D Codes Tool page in the on-line help in the Members section for details and newly supported capabilities.

There were additions, fixes, and updates to Code details and new Filter columns and sort detail capabilities added to the Sheets in the workbook.

Previously supplied Sheets and Description Key Set resources are still supplied and continue to function with previously supplied resources.
New collections of prototype Description Key Set Sheet, XML File, and DWG resources for the many new potential Key Codes were added.
Generic resources are intentionally supplied to simplify the application of user preferences for Point Style and Layer assignment.
Generic resources include support for both double digit (##) and single digit (#) numeric line codes for use in common left and right scenarios.
Additional support for specific Layer Standards support is on-going and may be supplied in AddOns

Description Key Set Spreadsheet Tools

This is a major upgrade to the supplied Framework for Civil 3D Description Key Set Spreadsheet Tools

Description Key Set Spreadsheet Tools Resource Locations

The new Description Key Set Spreadsheet Tools are supplied in the ..\Documentation\Description Key Sets folder in Layers Standards subfolders
The new supplied resources are supplied in the ..\Styles\Jump Kit\02_Description Keys folder in Layers Standards subfolders
Scripts for automated resource DWG generation from XML resources are supplied and a Spreadsheet Tools to create, edit, and maintain them is supplied

The updated Description Key Set Tools are optimized to produce Description Key Sets far faster and with more adaptive and flexible results.

Upgraded versions of the Description Key Set Tools can produce content to produce XML Import files compatible with the free downloadable Quux Software SINCPAC Description Keys tool and IMPORTDESCKEYS command.
These Quux Software tools employ a simple XML format to externalize Civil 3D Description Keys and Description Key Sets.

An updated NewDescKeySet production prototype Sheet and numerous production Sheets with pre-built XML files in a libraries are supplied.

Previously supplied Sheets and Description Key Set resources are still supplied and continue to function with previously supplied resources.
New collections of prototype Description Key Set Sheet, XML File, and DWG resources for the many new potential Key Codes were added.
Generic resources are intentionally supplied to simplify the application of user preferences for either or both Point Style and Layer assignment.
Generic resources include support for Existing and Proposed Sets with:

Both double digit (##) and single digit (#) numeric line codes for use in common left and right linecode scenarios.
No Point Styles or Layer assignments - Points are routed to the CURRENT layer
Choices of multiple common general NODE Layer assignments
Detailed (DETL) Layer assignments based on the supported Layer Standards
Detailed (DETL) Layer assignments based on the supported Layer Standards with relative Point marker Point Styles
Detailed (DETL) Layer assignments based on the supported Layer Standards with fixed Point marker Point Styles
Detailed Point Style assignments and DETL layer assignment may be supplied
Fixed (PSFD) scale Point Styles assignments may be supplied
Relative (PSRD) scale Point Styles assignments may be supplied
Common example (PSD) Point Style assignments may be supplied where appropriate.
Note the supplied (PSD) scripts include usage of separate supplied dwt resources.

Additional support for specific Layer Standards support is on-going and may be supplied in AddOns

Resources for Multiple Description Key Sets

The use of multiple Description Key Sets and the Description Key Set Priority property in Civil 3D production drawings has long been a significant productivity tool.
The supplied Sheet content of the Description Key Set Tool are designed to maximize the employment of these important production Civil 3D capabilities for Point resolutions.

Production DescKeySet Sheets

Previously supplied Release 8 and Release 7 Spreadsheet Tool Sheets and DWG resource drawings are still supplied without changes.

Customer choice and application of custom Point Styles and/or Layer assignments is easier from the Sheet and XML file resources.

The supplied Sheets were constructed with the aid of the Codes Tool.
In other words, a Filtered list of Codes produced the Sheet list and various Format column details.

The Sheet naming convention is the same as the Framework Description Key Set naming convention.
See the Framework Standards PDF documentation supplied with your version of the product for the naming rules employed.

The Production Sheet content typically includes generic Description Key Sets:

Basic - A Key Set with properties set and Basic descriptions
Comp - A Key Set with properties set and Comp or Core descriptions
Pass - A Key Set with properties set and Pass descriptions

Both double-digit and single-digit line codes are supported
Sheet. XML, and DWG resources employ the "##-" or "#-" name convention.

New Sheet Creation Suggestions

It is strongly suggested that you create these 3 typical versions for each Sheet that you create before adding detailed additional properties to the Sheet and XML output file detail.
This consistent methodology will help you maintain the Description Key Set XML and resultant drawing file resources in the long term.
Edited copies of the Sheets will allow you to develop and maintain more effective and managed Description Key Set content with less work.

See the Points in Civil 3D section for more help, posts, and videos.

Updates to Previously Supplied Description Key Sets

New versions of these Sheets, XML files, and DWG resources drawings contain a consistent NCS 6.0 based Code content.
An attempt was made to create more generic and more easily customizable Description Key, Ket Set, and Figure Prefix Db resources.
The updated resources include:

Codes lists optimized to employ 4-character NCS 6.0 Key compliant Codes
This allows users to more easily identify the purpose and usage of the supplied Codes.
Older 2-character NOT Key lists were generally replaced with updated 4-character Codes
3-character Not Key lists may still be employed
More basic Structures Codes are included with more detailed Codes Lists are supplied in separate Structure resources.
Updated Codes lists are documented by additional Sheet Filters in the Codes Tool and in
Production Sheets supplied in the Description Key Set Tools for Layer Standards

Updated New Production Sheets

IOD Basic - updated versions of the IOB Core resources with NCS 6.0 Key based Codes
The list of Codes included, added, deleted is documented in the Codes Tool Filter columns.
IOD Super - updated superset versions of the larger IOB Survey resources with NCS 6.0 Key based Codes
The list of Codes included, added, deleted is documented in the Codes Tool Filter columns.
Trees - detailed Keys for trees
Others - many other new and replacement NCS 6.0 updated versions of previously supplied Description Key Sets
Based on both Codes List content and purpose not all previously supplied resources may be updated.

The Updated Production Sheets and resources allow customers to switch from old Code Lists to new Codes List with less effort and complication.

New Production Sheets

See the Framework supplied resource folders for current specifics and AddOn updates.
Many design and survey Codes Lists are gathered by Sheet to support the use of Adaptive Building Block Feature Line annotation from Corridors.

Airfields - detailed Keys for typical airport structures and design
Boundaries - typical political and project related boundaries
Buildings - detailed Keys for buildings
Easements and ROWs - detailed keys for easements and Right of ways
Ecologic - detailed Keys for many specialty ecologic features
Erosion - detailed Keys for erosion and erosion control
Flood Control - detailed Keys for flood control structures and design
Hazmat - detailed Keys for hazardous materials and contamination
InstantOn Basic - detailed InstantOn core Keys
InstantOn Super - a detailed superset of InstantOn Keys with extended Structures support
Monumentation - Set and Found
Pavement Markings - detailed Keys for pavement markings
Pavement Stripe - detailed Keys for pavement stripping
Pavement Words - detailed Keys for pavement words
Railways - a generic resources with common Keys for railways
Roadways - a generic resource with common Keys for roadways
Signage - detailed Keys for roadway and site signage
Structures - a large generic resources with all Key forms of man-made structures
Topo - detailed Keys for topo and grading
Traffic Signals - detailed Keys for traffic signals
Trees - detailed Keys for trees
USA Markup - detailed Keys for utility paint markup
Vaults Sized - detailed Keys for sized utility vaults
Vegetation - generic resources with common Keys for vegetation
Wetlands - a generic resources with common Keys for wetlands

Multiple variants of all Sheet, XML file, and DWG Description Key Set resources may be supplied.
Both new Sheets and Search and Replace text methodologies within the output XML files were employed in the construction and maintenance of resources.

See the details in the On-line Help and the current supplied content libraries.

Figure Prefix Db Tool

See the Framework supplied resource folders for current Layer Standards support, specifics, and future AddOn updates.
Many design and survey codes based on the NCS Key-based 4-digit codes are included to support the use of Adaptive Building Block Feature Lines from Corridors.

Previously supplied Sheets and Figure Prefix Db resources are still supplied and continue to function with previously supplied resources.
New Layer Standard specific Figure Prefix Db libraries and versions of Figure Prefix Db Spreadsheet Tools are supplied.
New Super Sets of prototype Figure Prefix Db Sheet and database resources for the many new potential Figure Codes were added.
Generic resources are intentionally supplied to simplify the application of user preferences for Figure Style and Layer assignment.
Generic resources include support for both double digit (##) and single digit (#) numeric line codes for use in common left and right scenarios.
Additional support for specific Layer Standards support is on-going and may be supplied in AddOns
See the Figure Prefix Db Spreadsheet Tool online help in the Members section for the detailed documentation and usage