Key features of Autodesk Civil 3D

Site and survey workflows

Download, create, analyse and adjust survey data, as well as transfer field-captured data to the office

Terrain modelling

Create digital models of topography for land-use studies, transportation system planning, and water flow simulations 

Corridor modelling

Create dynamic and data-rich corridor models for motorways, roads and rail tracks

Intersection design

Create dynamic models of 3-way (T-shaped) or 4-way intersections, as well as roundabouts

Drainage design and analysis

Manage stormwater and sanitary sewer design. Define pipeline paths, optimised with hydraulics/hydrology analysis

Pressure networks

Lay out horizontal and vertical pressure network designs; model deflected-curve pipe segments and use design and depth checks

Plan production and documentation

Quickly create construction documents from drawings, including plan/profile, plan(s)-only, profile(s)-only and section sheets

Interoperability

Civil 3D supports import, export and links with commonly used CAD formats, including IFC, and connects with Esri ArcGIS and Bentley data

Design automation

Use visual programming to generate scripts that automate repetitive and complex tasks, including electrification and signalling

Geotechnical modelling

Visualise and analyse subsurface data and easily utilise that data directly in the Civil 3D design model

Materials and quantities

Use materials and sectional or profile information to create reports for volumes, comparing design and existing surfaces and quantity takeoff

Bridge design

Coordinate workflows more efficiently across the various disciplines working on complex bridge design projects

More features of Civil 3D

Surface modelling

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MMS file saving

Experience performance improvements when saving surface MMS files. MMS files no longer update if there is no surface geometry change. (video: 3:30 mins)


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Surface level of detail

Modify the level of detail you’d like to see in your surface workflows. Engineers have the option to reduce the surface level of detail or render high surface detail.


Surface modelling tools

Create surfaces composed of a combination of points, breaklines, boundaries and contours with support for TIN, Grid and Cropped, and Corridor surfaces.


Point cloud tools

Use a large collection of points acquired by laser scanners and other capture technologies to create digital representations of existing conditions and structures. Import the point data to Civil 3D to generate a 3D model to be used in your design project.


Surface editing

Work with editing tools that add edits to a surface definition as edit operations and not to any of the existing surface data components.


Surface masks

A display tool that enables you to block out areas of a surface and prevent them from being displayed or to render a section of the surface using a specified render material.


Surface watersheds

Analyse how water flows along and off a surface to better determine drain targets and watersheds.


Surface volumes

Use the Volumes Dashboard to calculate and analyse volume surfaces and bounded areas within those surfaces.


Surface analysis

Conduct surface-related analysis, including contour, directions, elevations, slopes, slope-arrows, watersheds and water drop path.