Tips & Tutorials Blog: civil 3d

The ability to study so many alternative designs in such a short amount of time helped save an estimated $10 million on this project. These cost savings were made possible with help from Civil 3D. —Scott Reed, P.E., Huitt-Zollars, Inc Large infrastructure projects take a lot of planning and often hundreds of renderings to really […]

Successful civil engineers and designers can quickly adapt to change while weighing the potential impact of their designs.  Learn how Autodesk BIM for Infrastructure can help you create better performing designs in a fast-paced, budget-constrained environment. Challenge: Civil engineers and designers need to balance a number of objectives such as safety, cost, environmental impact, client […]

Want to get more from your Infrastructure software? With Subscription you can! What if you had access to tools that could automate water surface analysis? With Infrastructure Design Suite Premium or Ultimate 2015 and Maintenance or Desktop Subscription you can do all of this and much more. You get access to the most up-to-date tools […]

Autodesk Vehicle Tracking software allows designers to see how transportation will interact with their building and infrastructure designs before they are built. Some of the benefits of Vehicle Tracking include: Faster planning and design Accurately predict movement Reduce rework Easily evaluate for safety factors Optimize designs Watch the video below for a quick overview of […]

Next Wednesday, some of team will be hosting a live, free breakfast event to update you on the 2015 Autodesk Infrastructure product line and discuss in detail the capabilities of InfraWorks. Discover the tools available to you for designing Infrastructure. Roy Martin, Director of Sales, will cover the latest strategies, technologies, and techniques to help […]

Autodesk® AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2015 civil engineering software supports Building Information Modeling (BIM) workflows by extending the value of the model. With a focus on optimizing transportation design workflows, Civil 3D 2015 offers improved usability and greater efficiency during corridor modeling, profile layout and production drafting. Additionally, project teams can help improve collaboration with the […]

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Kevin Spear, Synergis Civil Solutions Engineer: How many times are you called over for pipe network “issues” only to find out that the catalog path has somehow been changed from the network share to the local cache? ** Wrong catalog path ** We could open this dialog, browse for […]

Check out this post by our own Kevin Spear, Synergis Civil Solutions Engineer, on his blog, Land Development Engineering. GIS Data with Google Maps or Infrastructure Map Server This is just a quick note for those government agencies that publish GIS data. I just discovered that Google has a Public Data program to make the […]

You may have seen recently Autodesk has acquired a new technology into their family of products to announce the new solution Autodesk Point Layout.  With this product release, Autodesk takes BIM information beyond the computer design to aid with field operations.  Autodesk Point Layout allows design and fabrication office professionals to create installation points inside a […]

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is everyday lingo and now Civil integrated Management (CIM) is joining its ranks as the 3D/4D of civil and infrastructure design.  Regardless of the name, the purpose is to be able to see a completed project before it’s built so better design decisions can be made earlier in the design process, while […]