Category results for : Civil 3D

Plan production tools in Civil 3D are great for creating plan and profile sheets, but what about when the inevitable design changes come and you need to update your sheets? You either update them manually or ... https://www.solidcad.ca/finally-plan-and-profile-sheets-that-update-after-design-changes/ Create custom legends and QTO with Data Wizard

Tabling, legend creation and QTO workflows leave a lot to be desired in Civil 3D, forcing to use many different subpar tools, or worse, performing the work manually. With Data Wizard you can scan any number of ... https://www.solidcad.ca/create-custom-legends-and-qto-with-data-wizard/ BING Images Won’t Appear

Have you ever turned on background BING imagery inside AutoCAD products only to find they don’t appear?  There could be a few reasons for this: No Geolocation or coordinate system is set. You’re not logged ... https://www.solidcad.ca/bing-images-wont-appear/ Design better Pipe Networks with CTC Software

While Pipe Networks are a great toolset in Civil 3D, they fall short as a true design tool. With CTC Software, we can edit pipe runs through a design-oriented, dynamic interface. We can swap multiple parts, both ... https://www.solidcad.ca/design-better-pipe-networks-with-ctc-software/ AutoCAD FLATTEN

AutoCAD has a command contained within the Express Tool named FLATTEN.  It is designed to remove any non-zero elevations from selected objects within a drawing.  It does an excellent job with this, but there ... https://www.solidcad.ca/autocad-flatten/ ArcGIS and AutoCAD – Free Background for everyone using AutoCAD

Imagine a world where you could get high resolution background image maps to display and PRINT in AutoCAD. Esri and Autodesk are working closer than ever and this alliance benefits all CAD and GIS users. Esri ... https://www.solidcad.ca/arcgis-and-autocad-free-background-for-everyone-using-autocad/ Revisiting AutoCAD Basics: Shortcut Menu Hotkeys

Many of us use keyboard shorts and aliases to keep our eyes on the drawing area and keep our thoughts on our design. Searching for commands on the ribbon, especially if it’s buried in the pull-down portion, ... https://www.solidcad.ca/revisiting-autocad-basics-shortcut-menu-hotkeys/ Civil 3D Assembly Sets

Have you ever saved and used Assembly Sets within the Intersection Wizard for saving your custom assemblies for future use?  Have you ever had issues with them not appearing to work properly every time you use ... https://www.solidcad.ca/civil-3d-assembly-sets/ Civil 3D Viewports

A little tip today.  Have you ever zoomed out within a profile viewport and your surfaces and alignments are not there?  The two viewports shown below are nearly identical except the one on the bottom doesn’t ... https://www.solidcad.ca/civil-3d-viewports/ Workaround: Civil 3D XREF Structures Do Not Resize

My friend and customer, Ben Cartmell from Koers & Associates in Parksville, has brought to my attention a method, of which you may not be aware, for working around a limitation within Civil 3D. The limitation ... https://www.solidcad.ca/workaround-civil-3d-xref-structures-do-not-resize/