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48:32Our experts walk through what organizations should consider when evaluating a transition from Bentley MicroStation to Autodesk, including how to manage data, workflows, and team adoption.
1:10Teaser for our modernizing aging infrastructure webinar featuring InfraWorks, Civil 3D optimization, Clarity automation, and IMAGINiT Forms Connected.
11:45Stay current with the latest standards in Civil 3D. The SUDAS 2025 Gravity Parts Library Update includes new features, added parts, catalog enhancements, and improved compatibility across platforms.
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Explore how AI is being applied in infrastructure today and where it's headed next, with real examples from AutoCAD 2026 and insights on what's coming.
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53:44Learn how standardizing your Civil 3D environment helps improve efficiency, accuracy, and collaboration across projects.
Considering Autodesk's Civil 3D is now 20 years old, one might think that everyone who has adopted it over the last two decades has fine-tuned every nook and cranny of the software
Issue: Labels in Civil 3D: shift position unexpectedly, disappear after regen or reopen, lose leaders or flip direction, and/or behave differently between drawings
Issue: Pipe networks display correctly in plan, but in profile view: Pipes do not move when edited, Structures stay at old elevations, Labels do not update, and Profile view appears “stuck”
Civil 3D drawings that contain aerial imagery or raster references may behave inconsistently when opened, even if they worked previously.
Problem: You change styles and: XREF updates correctly but DREF does NOT Root Cause: DREFs: pull object data only styles are resolved locally in host drawing
Error: “Drawing file is write protected” even when: you have full permissions, no one else has the file open, and the file worked fine in previous versions. Here's what you need to know and do.
Have you ever had a pipe or structure display incorrectly in a Data Shortcut drawing?
When exporting to PDF from Civil 3D 2025, Text styles with some specific system fonts (e.g. Calibri), and an oblique angle set to 1 or larger appear to shrink vertically
You have your Pressure Network Catalog Path set to a custom location in your profile and after opening a different drawing it resets to a different location or to the default location.
You have a surface that has Elevation analysis done and you have set the layer of the elevation banding to have a transparency value (to see the underlying geometry), and the TIN Lines show up in plot
Issue: When importing XML files, they do not come in properly Causes: This problem is triggered by the units of the exported XML and the units set in the DWG file you are importing into
This three-part series reviews how to make best use of Horizontal Conditionals in Civil 3D (part 3).
This three-part series reviews how to make best use of Horizontal Conditionals in Civil 3D (part 2).
This three-part series reviews how to make best use of Horizontal Conditionals in Civil 3D (part 1).
