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Master Civil 3d Expressions - Add a constant to Surface Labels

In the realm of civil engineering design, precision is paramount. This blog post is your guide to mastering Elevation Label Formulas in Civil 3D... December 5, 2023 · 3 min read

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How to Label Crossing Alignments in AutoCAD Civil 3D

In this comprehensive guide, we'll explore how to add a Label to Crossing Alignments with Profile Elevations in AutoCAD Civil 3D, demystifying this... November 21, 2023 · 3 min read

How to Change Elevations of COGO Points in Civil3D

Several days ago, I searched for a way to add a constant number to the Elevations of a Selected Group of COGO points in a Drawing. In short, the task was... October 11, 2022 · 1 min read

When Moved the object Elevation Changes in AutoCAD?

Learn why when Move or Copy in AutoCAD, program changes object Elevations and How to Stop That! March 8, 2022 · 1 min read

Surface Contours are Missing in AutoCAD Civil 3D (3 Possible Solutions!)

Your Civil 3d Surface Contours are not shown? Don't worry, the missing surface contours problem can be due to several different reasons. Here, we will go... July 6, 2021 · 2 min read

Civil 3D Guides

How to Create Surface from Text in Civil3D (Also Assign Elevations to Text!)

Often times we receive exported files from other surveyors that we need to use in our drawings. At this time, it is great that AutoCAD Civil 3D gives us... October 6, 2020 · 3 min read

How To Raise or Lower Multiple Feature Lines in Civil 3D

It is quite a common task, to raise or lower the elevations of all vertexes of a feature line in a drawing. The reasons can be anything, from using the... September 8, 2020 · 1 min read

Convert Anonymous Blocks *U### to Normal AutoCAD Blocks

Today's issue we are going to deal with will be converting anonymous block objects in normal AutoCAD Blocks. U blocks? Usually, anonymous blocks are... March 10, 2020 · 1 min read

Alignment Label Text Rotating? (One click solution!)

Today we are going to look at one really small tip that bothered me in the past. Rotating Alignment Labels . If you are using a template that is given to... April 3, 2018 · 1 min read

Declutter Your Drawings: Show Only the Last Two Digits of Elevation Labels in Civil 3D

Do your Civil 3D drawings feel cluttered and overcrowded? Overly detailed elevation labels can overwhelm your drawings, making them difficult to read and... March 27, 2018 · 3 min read

AutoCAD Cannot Save my Drawing! (5 Simple Solutions!)

One of the most frightening situations I've encountered using AutoCAD is seeing the error: One or more objects in this drawing cannot be saved to the... March 20, 2018 · 2 min read

Point Elevations From Lines (AutoCAD and AutoCAD Civil 3D Methods!)

Do you need to extract Points with Elevations from simple Line Objects ? Or you need to create a Surface from Line Objects? Well, this was my task today... March 13, 2018 · 4 min read