IMAGINiT Civil Solutions Blog

Bryant Quinney | Sr Applications Expert In many states, data is available for large areas in the form of IMG files (essentially a DEM file but differing data format). While Autodesk Civil 3D does...

Richard Morrow | Application Expert In this blog post I wanted to use the surface model created from InfraWorks' Model Builder to create an existing surface in Autodesk Civil 3D. This is NOT a...

Richard Morrow | Applications Expert In this Blog I wanted to show how Offset Alignments are dynamically linked to a “parent” alignment within Autodesk Civil 3D. This makes them perfect for...

Richard Morrow | Application Expert In this Blog I wanted share with you a tip I learned to solve the following challenge. You are working on a project where the Prime is using Autodesk C3D 2020....

Richard Morrow | Application Expert In this Blog I wanted to show how within Autodesk Civil 3D, Offset Alignments are dynamically linked to a “parent” Alignment. This makes them perfect for...

Matt Miyamoto | ISD Project Manager You may already be familiar with Autodesk BIM360’s Collaboration for Autodesk Revit and Collaboration for Autodesk Civil 3D functionality, but another somewhat...

Richard Morrow | Application Expert In this Blog I wanted to show you how to smooth your crossing pipes in profile and section views. Within Autodesk Civil 3D, have you ever come across your pipes...

Leo Lavayen | Applications Expert THE ISSUE: In this blog post, we’re going to take a look at an odd Alignment length and stationing issue within Autodesk Civil 3D which is made obvious when...

Leo Lavayen | Application Expert Since the “Siteless” options was made available within Autodesk Civil 3D, Alignments have defaulted to the “” site. When placing an Alignment in a Site they may...

Leo Lavayen | Applications Expert At times the need to display and label objects in Section Views is needed but having to deal with corridors and their complexity may appear daunting or overkill....

Leo Lavayen | Applications Expert ISSUE: In some cases within Autodesk Civil 3D Pipe Network loses it's assigned Reference Surface from the Corridor. In some cases, issues are obvious as the Rim...

Leo Lavayen | Applications Expert Within Autodesk Civil 3D, the View Edit Sections is an easy way to look at the corridor without having to create sample lines and section views. Stations are...

Leo Lavayen | Applications Expert The scenario is within Autodesk Civil 3D when creating a composite surface by pasting EG (existing grade) and FG (finished grade) together. The expected/desired...

Leo Lavayen | Applications Expert If a Civil 3D label content is edited in any way it will be marked with a Glyph. This function does not plot by default and can be turned ON or OFF on by...

Leo Lavayen | Applications Expert Keyboard shortcuts provide access to functions within AutoCAD and Civil 3D, below are some examples: ** A special shout out to Boris Tillet from WITHERS for...

Leo Lavayen | Applications Expert Autodesk Civil 3D provides great tools for calculating surface volumes. Early releases of Civil 3D (pre-2012) analyzed composite Surface volumes in the Panorama...

Leo Lavayen | Applications Expert Civil 3D Profiles that are generated from Surfaces are locked by default. They are dynamically tied to their source Surface and if the terrain or alignment...

Matt Miyamoto | ISD Project Manager With the incorporation of BIM360 Docs capabilities in the Civil 3D 2020.2 and later versions, civil design teams now have access to a cloud-based file storage...

James Branagan | Applications Expert When you want to give your civil designs much more visual impact, one option you have is to take them in to Autodesk’s 3ds Max software. 3ds Max is a 3D...