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Civil White Papers

Please click on the files below to review industry-specific white papers.

White Papers

• AutoCAD Civil 3D LandXML Support 625kb PDF file
• Getting the Most out of Raster Imagery in AutoCAD Civil 3D 676kb PDF file
• Revit and Civil 3D 2009 Interoperability 2446kb PDF file
• AutoCAD Civil 3D for Large Subdivision Design 392kb PDF file
• AutoCAD Civil 3D for Hydrologic and Hydraulic Tasks 409kb PDF file
• Road Design Basics with AutoCAD Civil and Civil 3D 662kb PDF file
• The Case for AutoCAD Map 3D 187kb PDF file

The latest

• Naming Objects in Civil 3D

  There are a lot of things that you can do to “automate” Civil 3D.  One of the hallmarks…

• AutoCAD Skills for C3D Users

  If you are about to learn Civil 3D 2010 and are coming from an old version of AutoCAD, Microstation…

• Alignments: Parents, Children and Grandchildren

  In the 2010 release of Civil 3D Autodesk unveiled a new type of alignment: the offset alignment.  Originally…

• The Case For Pipe Objects

  I come from a piping background.  Gas primarily, but a significant amount of water design as well. …