Civil 3d Tips

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

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…

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…

Grip Issue Editing Polylines and Labels Civil 3d 2018!

At the beginning of 2018 at work, we moved to AutoCAD Civil 3d 2018, there is some cool new stuff…

AutoCAD Points or Civil 3D COGO Points (What’s new?)

Points are essential objects for Engineers, Land Surveyors and drafters as they represent the coordinates of real objects into the…

Setting up Custom Station Labels for Profile View in Civil 3D

We've already discussed how to add custom stations along an Alignment and then how to set up Alignment and Sample Line…

Setting up Alignment and Sample Line Labels in Civil 3d

This post is in support of the previous post about Adding custom stations along Alignment in Civil 3D. Today we are going…

How to Add Custom Stations Along Alignment in Civil 3D.

Alignment objects Alignment objects are one of the most important parts of Civil 3D drawing. They can represent road centerlines, pipe…

Create Polyline around the Outside of Multiple Objects!

Building on our recent exploration of How to find Closest Distance Between 2 Objects? in Civil 3D, today's post takes…

How to find Closest Distance Between 2 Objects in Civil 3D?

AutoCAD Civil 3D is handy and powerful software. Along with its great functionality related to road design, pipe design, vertical…