CIVIL ENGINEERING & DESIGN

Expand your perspective

Civil engineering tools to help you approach projects with a more comprehensive view.

Oversee, don't overlook

When you’re responsible for the most ambitious feats in engineering, taking a broad perspective is fundamental. That’s why from bid to build, our software is designed to give civil engineers the total view–down to the last detail.

Civil engineering and design industries

Transportation

Discover tools that help you transport the world.


Water

Our comprehensive digital solutions for water management, come rain or shine. Or storm. Or flood.


Land Development

Whether it's finding the lay of the land or changing the shape of it, we have you covered.


See how firms are transforming today’s infrastructure

Low-carbon rail with a single source of truth

CFL gets stakeholders on-board with dynamic digital twins.

3D workflows help move millions at LAX

HDR leads 37 partners on one of the US's biggest BIM projects.

Evolving a working water treatment plant

Hunziker Betatech AG see the benefits of digital collaboration.

Civil engineering and design solutions

Understand with maximum clarity

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a 3D model-based process that helps civil engineers digitally explore alternative design decisions, capture more detail, and enhance coordination–as well as offer bid-winning project visualization. 

 

The use of BIM increases accuracy, predictability, and understanding throughout project life cycles, driving compelling results and providing data-driven assurance for stakeholders that projects will be delivered on schedule and on budget. 


Design for tomorrow and today

At its core, civil engineering is about improving lives now and for future generations. With our heightened understanding of climate change, it’s vital that the short-term impact of projects is balanced with their long-term environmental impact.

 

Our software and impact modeling solutions can give you the tools you need to explore and recognize innovative ways to minimize material use, energy consumption, and carbon emissions across projects–ensuring projects are sustainable and ethical.


Bring every stakeholder together

Digital project delivery software is a way to integrate all your live, multi-discipline data in a single cloud-based, shared data environment–to create a centralized source of truth.

 

This data aggregation enables every team and stakeholder, no matter their location, to access projects and collaborate in real time. It also serves as a foundation for automation, fully-integrated documentation, and the creation of seamless  workflows that improve efficiency.


See the latest innovation in civil engineering

The signal is green

Meet the railway digitalization projects putting sustainable transport goals on track.


A 230 year-old twin

How digital twinning is giving the world's oldest sea-to-sea canal a second life.


Design & Make Report 2023

Read the Autodesk report on this year's technology trends and key takeaways, straight from AEC industry leaders.


Pushing city limits

Urban resilience and quality of life rests on the ability to map their complexity.


Autodesk + Esri

What happens when the world's leading GIS software provider join forces with the world's leading BIM software provider?

Why Autodesk for civil engineering and design

More project wins

Scale your capabilities to handle bigger projects, meet BIM mandates, and better explain–then sell–your designs with clear, detailed visualizations.

Improved design quality

With access to greater detail and more efficient workflows, you can significantly cut rework, meet compliance goals, and enhance design quality.

Better collaboration

Communicate project details, schedules, and logistics to enable more effective coordination among project team members and improve productivity.

Optimized resiliency

Our enhanced modeling gives you greater control over decisions and insight into their impact, helping you reduce failures and maximize asset life expectancy.

Autodesk civil engineering and design products

Powerful BIM and CAD tools for designers, engineers, and contractors, including Revit, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Autodesk Forma, and more


Cloud-based design co-authoring, collaboration, and coordination software for architecture, engineering, and construction teams. “Pro” enables anytime, anywhere collaboration in Revit, Civil 3D, and AutoCAD Plant 3D.


Civil engineering design and construction documentation


Geospatial and engineering BIM platform for planning, design, and analysis


2D and 3D CAD tools, with enhanced insights, AI-automations, and collaboration features. Subscription includes AutoCAD on desktop, web, mobile, and seven specialized toolsets.


Navisworks Manage, Navisworks Simulate software and the Navisworks Freedom 3D viewer for 5D analysis, design simulation, and project review.


Grow your expertise and do more with our software

The fusion of BIM & GIS

Context is everything. So when geographic information and design data come together, it changes the game.


Engineering webinars

Access on-demand and live webinars on the latest news, tech, and trends in civil engineering.


Software tutorials

Find curated learning content for our software and a range of tutorials on how to use them across civil design projects.


Be part of our civil engineering community

Join Autodesk Community

Find member-contributed resources to learn new skills and make connections with other users in our community.


Get the latest at AEC Tech Drop

Your one-stop shop for everything civil engineering at Autodesk. News or new features, this is where you'll hear it first.


Engineering development center

Learn new skills, refresh your knowledge, and earn recognized certifications in Autodesk software.


Frequently asked questions (FAQs) about civil engineering and design

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