Features

What’s new in Civil 3D

Discover how the newest features in Civil 3D^® can help improve your civil design workflows.

Project Explorer for Civil 3D

AEC COLLECTION EXCLUSIVE

Explore and share design information in your Civil 3D model with an intuitive tool for review and reporting. (video: 2 min.)

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Enhancement

Collaboration for Civil 3D

Process more file types faster and easily navigate the project with cloud-based Collaboration for Civil 3D. (video: 1:20 min.)
Bridge object support

Assign layers for bridge generic-object subtypes and configure layers for an existing bridge.
ENHANCEMENT

Connector for ArcGIS

Enjoy geometry upgrades, edit and save back features, and more enhancements to the Autodesk Connector for ArcGIS. (video: 1:55 min.)
ENHANCEMENT

Pressure pipe networks

Do more with new capabilities for pressure pipe networks, like snap specific angles, snap to a pipe, and add PVI bends. (video: 1:57 min.)
Rail profile view bands

Create new settings, input additional profile band information, and revise cant data based on your rail project needs. (video: 1:47 min.)

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Previous release features

Bridge design interoperability

Link your bridge model between InfraWorks and Civil 3D. (video: 1:02 min.)
Pressure network

Enjoy greater design flexibility and efficiency with pressure pipe layout and editing. (video: 2:02 min.)
Dynamo Player

Easily locate and run Dynamo scripts directly in Civil 3D. Create and share scripts for design automation tasks. (video: 1:37 min.)
Collaboration for Civil 3D

Manage the exchange of design data, visualize changes, track project progress, and manage issues in a cloud-based single source of truth. (video: 1:59 min.)
BIM 360 project creation

Set up project teams, add members, set user permissions, and more. (video: 2:39 min.)
Connect to BIM 360 Design

Add a Civil 3D file to a BIM 360 project. Connect to BIM 360 through the Desktop Connector. (video: 1:46 min.)

Connector for ArcGIS

Bring ArcGIS data into your Civil 3D drawings, update features as needed, then save back or publish that data for use in ArcGIS.
Dynamo for Civil 3D

Use Dynamo for programming and design automation. Define scripts and routines in a visual environment to design and expedite workflows.
Rail and centerline exports

Generate rail lines based on specified tolerance or interval and that dynamically adjust to modifications to the parent rail alignment, profile, and cant.
Storm and sanitary analysis

Set individual tailwater conditions for each designed storm, use dimensionless Hydrographs per sub-basin, and use new storage chambers by ADS.
Gravity network analysis

Use the updated Analyze Gravity Network dialog to analyze a pipe network and apply the results.
BIM 360 File Locking for AutoCAD

Automatically lock and unlock for DWG and DWT files that are stored in BIM 360 when they are opened in AutoCAD.

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