Autodesk Civil 3D is the next generation of model based software for the Land Industry from Autodesk.

Based on AutoCAD 2007 & Autodesk MAP 2007

The foundation for Autodesk® Civil 3D is AutoCAD® 2007, so you can work in a familiar graphical environment with trusted drafting tools. The robust AutoCAD plotting process enables you to plot project documentation and plan sets with dependable accuracy and fidelity. Points.

Autodesk Civil 3D provides familiar and extended tools for creating point information from various data sources. Points groups are dynamic groupings with expanded control over their appearance in the graphics environment. Styles can control the appearance of points when they label a point, are dragged from their original location, and are a part of a point group. Autodesk Civil 3D contains several routines to migrate points to and from Autodesk® Land Desktop projects, including LandXML and direct reading of ASCII and Autodesk Land Desktop database files.

Autodesk Civil 3D creates surfaces from all the traditional data types. But now these surfaces are responsive and dynamically update to all your data selections and editing choices. The analysis tools for surfaces include developing contours, delineating watersheds, slope arrows, and elevation banding. When you have two Autodesk Civil 3D surfaces, you can calculate volumes between them.

Autodesk Civil 3D offers many options for designing parcel layouts. In this flexible application, you interactively design parcels by converting AutoCAD polylines, creating alignments, or using new dynamic and graphical layout tools. Parcel styles in Autodesk Civil 3D help control the lot configuration by introducing design criteria and setting the labeling characteristics. All the labeling, individual lines, curves, and tables are dynamically linked to the editing of defining geometry and parcel boundaries.

Dynamic and graphical alignment design layout tools create an interactive design environment. Autodesk Civil 3D creates an alignment where editing and what-if scenarios are part of the design solution process. You have control over the design criteria (including design speed and station equations) and the visibility and appearance of all alignment elements.

Autodesk Civil 3D is aware that alignments and profiles are linked design elements. When you edit a roadway alignment, for example, Civil 3D automatically updates the profile of that alignment to show the new elevations found along the roadway centerline. The profile can show one or more surfaces. Creating a vertical alignment is as simple as graphically drawing the alignment or editing a tabular data sheet. You can graphically edit the vertical alignment to contain circular or parabolic vertical curves.

Autodedsk Civil 3D grading tools now interact with surfaces and other grading schemes. The grading process is more interactive and suited for site and subdivision design. You can easily convert a grading solution into a design surface ready for analysis and visualization.

Data is the most important asset of any design project. Autodesk Civil 3D has tools to migrate your design data from Autodesk Land Desktop and other design applications to your new design environment. These tools include directly importing Autodesk Land Desktop project data and importing and exporting data as LandXML files. Autodesk Civil 3D saves in DWG and DXF formats.

Autodesk has ongoing Civil 3D Web training sessions to build your skills. To access current and archive training sessions click below.

Autodesk Civil 3D Web Cast Training Sessions