Autodesk Civil 3D All-in-one
Autodesk Civil 3D is used for the design of roads and civil services, i.e., stormwater, sewer & water reticulation. It is also used to …
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What is Civil 3D?
Autodesk's Civil 3D is a computer aided design (CAD) application designed to support a variety of civil infrastructure projects including rail, roads and highways, land development, airports, drainage, storm and sanitary, and civil structures.
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- $335 per month
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What is Civil 3D?
Autodesk’s Civil 3D is a civil engineering design tool for engineers, architects, and designers, featuring tools to improve drafting, design, and construction documentation. The tool supports the design and visualization of an array of projects, like rails, bridges, pipes and sanitary systems, corridors, and works with a variety of surfaces and sites.
Civil 3D is available standalone with a number of licensing options. It is also available as part of Autodesk’s Architecture, Engineering & Construction (AEC) Collection, a solution that includes Civil 3D with other CAD and BIM tools including Revit, AutoCAD, InfraWorks, and Navisworks Manage, in a discounted bundle for engineering and construction firms. This package also includes professional grade support and unlimited cloud storage for project files, and all the applications in a common data environment.
Many of Civil 3D’s features are enhanced or completed by inclusion in the AEC Collection. For instance, users can conduct grading design studies based on project constraints. Grading Optimization is available in Civil 3D only as part of the Architecture, Engineering & Construction Collection. Project Explorer is also an extension available in Civil 3D through the AEC collection, and enables users to simplify design review and modification and validate design objectives.
On its own, Civil 3D does support various design projects; popularly, road design can be done in Civil 3D with what the vendor describes as dynamic, flexible 3D models of road corridors that enable users to simulate driving and evaluate sight distance, as well as manage road rehabilitation projects and drainage design. Civil 3D also supports surface modeling, stormwater and wastewater analysis, and the software enables users to download, create, analyze, and adjust survey data, and conduct topographical and terrain modeling.
Autodesk announced expansions to the AEC Collection, including the additions of updated collaboration, project management, and document management tools, particularly Autodesk Docs, a document management tool available exclusively through the AEC Collection to improve approval workflows and data management, and an updated BIM Collaborate and BIM Collaborate Pro, presented as a tool to help teams execute on design.
Civil 3D Features
- Supported: Collaborative Working Environment
- Supported: Bridge Design
- Supported: Surface Modeling
- Supported: Railway Design
- Supported: Road Design (materials, intersections, road rehabilitation)
- Supported: Site & Survey
- Supported: Corridor Modeling
- Supported: Storm & Sanitary
- Supported: Plan Production & Documentation
- Supported: IFC Import & Export
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Civil 3D Integrations
- Revit
- Navisworks
- AutoCAD
- ArcGIS
- Autodesk 3ds Max
- InfraWorks
- ReCap Pro
- Dynamo for Civil 3D
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Civil 3D Technical Details
| Deployment Types | On-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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| Operating Systems | Windows |
| Mobile Application | No |
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Autodesk's Civil 3D is a computer aided design (CAD) application designed to support a variety of civil infrastructure projects including rail, roads and highways, land development, airports, drainage, storm and sanitary, and civil structures.
Civil 3D starts at $335.
The most common users of Civil 3D are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Users of Civil 3D frequently recommend the following:
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Attend training and stay updated with tutorials: Many users advise attending training to better utilize Civil 3D for 3D modeling. They recommend staying updated with tutorials on new features to make the most out of the software.
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Utilize online resources and forums for learning and troubleshooting: Users suggest utilizing online resources, forums, and training to learn and troubleshoot with Civil 3D. They recommend learning different commands and tips from others to fully utilize the software.
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Expect a learning curve for beginners: Several users mention that there is a learning curve when starting with Civil 3D. They advise newcomers to watch online videos and participate in forums to seek help and overcome challenges during the initial stages of using the software.
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Our organization use three main software of Autodesk, which are Autocad for product design and plan payout (if we need). Architecture mainly for plan design and Autodesk Civil 3D for pipe and structure design, or you can say we use it for geotechnical modeling mostly, Because of its accuracy in complicated Autodesk Civil 3D designs. We all know that the design of intersections, roundabout, corridor, pipeline, etc. are very time-consuming tasks. They have very little parts that cannot be done on Autocad. So, I can say that we use it to test the accuracy of our project in design for transportation, land development, and geospatial analysis.
- The best part of using Autodesk software is that all of its software is connected, which helps us to switch according to our project use.
- Pipe Network Part Replacement is very easy. It analyze the gravity flow and recommends the size accordingly. It also helps to understand the pressure parts.
- When you are using Autodesk Civil 3D with Navisworks, things get a little complicated, and Autodesk Civil 3D has no tutorials for that, and I think they need to address those little bugs.
- There is no automatic file saving feature in it, so after making every tiny change, we have to save that manually, which is so annoying for me.
- In term of accuracy our firm has some positive impacts , mainly in pipeline design.
- When design changes have to be made: change any aspect of the corridor, whether alignment, profile, or any cross-section, and Autodesk Civil 3D automatically recalculates and redraws everything else affected by that change. Due to this, we can save more time.