Civil 3D - Blog articles

Construction Lines – XLine and Ray

I use construction lines quite a lot to translate dimensions from a plan onto an elevation for example, like we used to on a drawing board with first and third angle projection (anybody remember those?).  We could just use lines but that would mean specifying a start point and then zooming\panning to specify an end …

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Autodesk Civils 3D UKIE Country Kits

The typical installation of Autodesk Civil 3D does not include the language content for your specific country. So before you start to use Civils 3D it is recommend you download your country kit. In each country kit it gives you all the pre-configured country specific content for country such as reports, templates and much more. …

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Creating a Corridor in Civil 3D

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I’ve been using Civil 3D for a little while now and wanted to create a short blog with a few tips I found along the way to create a corridor (road design). 1. So first thing’s first, you will need a surface (existing ground). This can be created from many many different types of survey. …

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Civil 3D Country Kits and Extensions

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As you know Civil 3D Country Kits and extensions are released separately and at a later date to Civil 3D. Country Kits The Civil 3D 2018 Country Kits have now been released but have been moved to new and more easily accessible location in your Autodesk account: For 2017 and older Civil 3D Country Kits …

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