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    Civil 3D 2024

    Posted on by Gabriel Perez

    Well, it’s that time of year again when Autodesk bestows us with the latest release of their flagship Civil Design application. Click here for Autodesk’s documentation. Read on to see which features speak to this blogger.

    File Format

    This is probably the most-asked question, and I’m happy to say that there is yet again, no format change. We are still on the 2018 format. Good news for everyone!

    Performance

    Considerable improvements have been made to:

    • Installation
    • Switching between paper space layout tabs
    • Corridors

    ArcGIS Connector

    We can now save configurations for importing data. Arc objects can now be imported. Objects can be imported as AutoCAD entities if required.

    IFC

    IFC 4.3, which has been available for 2022, is now available for 2024.

    Project Explorer

    This tool is now native to Civil 3D. No need to download and install separate from Civil 3D.

    Subassemblies

    A major change has been made regarding managing custom subassemblies (PKT files).

    • PKT files can be saved to a shared folder on a network or even a cloud service such as Autodesk Docs. Civil 3D accesses these in place, no longer in C:\Program Data.
    • If a PKT file cannot be found, Civil 3D will notify you.

    • Tool palettes containing custom subassemblies are far easier to manage now and they are less error prone.
    • Subassembly versioning was added in 2023, but there was no obvious reason for it. Well, now we have a reason. PKT versions can be managed in Civil 3D and new versions can be reloaded and implemented WITHOUT restarting Civil 3D.

    • Since we are on the subject, the eTransmit tool still DOES NOT recognize custom PKT files. Click here to upvote this wish list item.

    Pressure Networks

    • Fitting and appurtenance styles now have an annotative option. Pro Tip: spend some time considering the options. Sizing may not be what you expect. Contact us for some advice when you’re ready.
                                         
    • Fitting and appurtenance styles now support hatching.

                   

    • Pipe runs can be merged and broken.
    • Pipe segments can quickly be toggled between line or an arc.

                 

    • Bend styles now have a vertical bend option for visibility in plan view.

                     

    Point Clouds

    • Recap can now automatically classify points for any scan type.
    • Point clouds can be manipulated in Autodesk Docs; measured, linear curb features extracted, before inserting into a drawing.

     

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    Civil 3D 2021.1 Update

    Posted on by Rikki Kenzhebayeva

    Autodesk has released the first update for Civil 3D 2021.  Find official documentation here.  Here are some highlights:

    • Feature Lines:
      • Easily insert elevation points or PIs on feature lines at their crossings with other feature lines.
      • Set grade or slope between multiple feature lines.  Use the previous new command to insert points first.
    • Pressure Networks:
      • Add/Move/Delete vertical bends from a pressure network.
      • Pipe run profile settings:
        • New overrides tab for specifying static or dynamic updates.
        • Profiles selection now includes a create from surface option.
      • You can now change a straight pipe to a curved pipe in profile view by grip editing, and change a curved pipe to a straight pipe.
    • BIM 360 Collaboration for Civil:  Support has been added for reference templates and sheet set data files.  You must install the latest update for the Desktop Connector.
    • ArcGIS:
      • You can add new objects that were created in Civil 3D to ArcGIS by moving them to an existing ArcGIS layer and then saving the layer back to ArcGIS. Changes to property set data are now saved back to ArcGIS along with the geometry.
      • Support has been added for exporting curves (instead of tessellated segments) to a file geodatabase.
    • Bridges
      • Support has been added for configuring layers for an existing bridge in a drawing.
      • Support has been added for assigning layers for bridge generic object subtypes.
    • Project Explorer: Autodesk Project Explorer for Civil 3D is an environment that allows you to review and analyze civil objects in the model. Here we will look at Alignments, Profiles, and Corridors.  See this YouTube playlist.  This is an extension which must be downloaded and  installed separately from 2021.1.