Civil 3D

Tips, tricks and information on Autodesk Civil 3D.

  • Teaser: Modernizing Aging Infrastructure with IMAGINiT1:10

    Teaser: Modernizing Aging Infrastructure with IMAGINiT

    Teaser for our modernizing aging infrastructure webinar featuring InfraWorks, Civil 3D optimization, Clarity automation, and IMAGINiT Forms Connected.

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  • See What’s New in the SUDAS Gravity Parts Library 202511:45

    See What’s New in the SUDAS Gravity Parts Library 2025

    Stay 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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  • Civil 3D Gravity Parts SUDAS Library

    Civil 3D Gravity Parts SUDAS Library

    Learn about how you can implement the Iowa Statewide Urban Design and Specifications Civil 3D library. Standardize and streamline your Civil 3D workflow with help from IMAGINiT.

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  • Civil 3D Classes Now Available

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  • Artificial Intelligence and Infrastructure

    Artificial Intelligence and Infrastructure

    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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  • Mastering Civil 3D Workflows  Standardization for Seamless Projects53:44

    Mastering Civil 3D Workflows Standardization for Seamless Projects

    Learn how standardizing your Civil 3D environment helps improve efficiency, accuracy, and collaboration across projects.

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  • Is your Civil 3D software in need of a Health Check?

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  • Enforcing and Creating Purpose-Built Autodesk Technology Standards

    Enforcing and Creating Purpose-Built Autodesk Technology Standards

    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

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  • Creating Custom 2D Dynamic Blocks for Pipe Structures in Civil 3D

    Creating Custom 2D Dynamic Blocks for Pipe Structures in Civil 3D

    Civil 3D comes with a library of standard structure styles, but many firms require custom 2D plan symbols for pipe structures

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  • Label Pipe Slope From Center-to-Center in Civil 3D

    Label Pipe Slope From Center-to-Center in Civil 3D

    By default, Civil 3D labels pipe slope using invert-to-invert, which is correct for hydraulic calculations but not ideal for plan/profile clarity

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  • Best Practices for Using Pipe Runs in Civil 3D

    Best Practices for Using Pipe Runs in Civil 3D

    Pipe Runs provide a clean, modern workflow for managing storm, sanitary, and pressure systems in Civil 3D.

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  • Best Practices for Working with DREFs, XREFs, and Blocks in Civil 3D

    Best Practices for Working with DREFs, XREFs, and Blocks in Civil 3D

    Using DREFs, XREFs, and blocks properly is essential for maintaining a stable, collaborative Civil 3D environment.

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  • Fix Civil 3D Startup Crashes by Verifying Required VC++ and .NET Runtimes

    Fix Civil 3D Startup Crashes by Verifying Required VC++ and .NET Runtimes

    Civil 3D may crash at launch, freeze during corridor rebuilds, display “Unhandled e0434352h – CLR Exception,” or silently fail to start.

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  • Modernizing Aging Infrastructure with IMAGINiT34:21

    Modernizing Aging Infrastructure with IMAGINiT

    Learn how IMAGINiT helps engineering teams modernize aging infrastructure. Discover IMAGINiT Clarity for automation, IMAGINiT FormsConnected for digital field data collection and more.

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  • Civil 3D: hiding inconvenient assembly labels - Part 2 zero length links

    Civil 3D: hiding inconvenient assembly labels - Part 2 zero length links

    This post will show how to leverage expressions to remove unwanted zero length assembly labels.

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  • Civil 3D: hiding inconvenient assembly labels - Part 1 vertical links

    Civil 3D: hiding inconvenient assembly labels - Part 1 vertical links

    This post will show how to leverage expressions to remove unwanted vertical assembly labels.

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  • Civil 3D: adding dimensions to corridor in section views

    Civil 3D: adding dimensions to corridor in section views

    Are your corridor dimensions twisted? Look here for how to create AutoCAD dimension like labels for corridor links in section views

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  • Map 3D: Background color vs Object colors

    Map 3D: Background color vs Object colors

    Making Map 3D connected (FDO) entities and labels visible against light or dark backgrounds.

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  • Civil 3D: How Design Speeds Work in Alignment Curves

    Civil 3D: How Design Speeds Work in Alignment Curves

    Provide insight on behaviors of Design Speed changes along Alignment Curves.

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  • Map 3D: Creating Multiline Labels for Connected Data Objects

    Map 3D: Creating Multiline Labels for Connected Data Objects

    How to Stack Map 3D Feature Label Text.

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  • Top 5 IMAGINiT Utilities Features Civil 3D Teams Love

    Top 5 IMAGINiT Utilities Features Civil 3D Teams Love

    Top 5 IMAGINiT Utilities for Civil 3D that teams love—automate points, sheets, cleanup, and survey tasks to deliver projects faster.

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  • Civil 3D Hangs on File Open – and the ‘Recent List’ Disappears

    Civil 3D Hangs on File Open – and the ‘Recent List’ Disappears

    Civil 3D caches file history and drawing thumbnails in a local roaming profile folder.

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