MicroStation to Autodesk: Preparing Data, Workflows, and Teams

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).

When plotting a PDF from Civil 3D, where text is below a certain text height (as displayed) and depends on drawing viewport scale, the text will no longer print correctly

When you open a drawing or attach a reference template while active in a locked or unlocked viewport, the viewport zooms out.

Reduce configured Structure labels by taking advantage of built in fields.

Closing the gap by creating PVIs at the intersecting grade line of two tangents.

This post will review an odd corridor behavior when a feature line direction is changed.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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