Civil 3D Blog

When you want to bring in a Point Cloud into Civil3D the first thing you need to do is Open the point cloud data in… Read More »Creating a Surface from Point Clouds (removing Objects above the Ground)

But before you do the Define Query there are a few things you need to do. – Make sure the original drawing has been exported… Read More »Define Map Query

We are often asked how to quickly add multiple blocks into a drawing. There are a range of tools to share information between drawings, including… Read More »Inserting Multiple Blocks

Right click on the Point Group you want to change Click on Properties Go to the Information Tab Select the Point Label Style required from… Read More »Changing Point Group Label Styles – PZD (raw) to Z45d

If you have a Ribbon Tab and you want to be able to rearrange the order of the panels because the install put them in… Read More »Re-arranging Ribbon Panel Order

Co-ordinate Shift To do a co-ordinate shift in Civil3D the easiest way is to do a move from the Arbitrary Point to the MGA zone… Read More »Civil3D Co-ord shift and Level Datum change

Remember to Copy and Paste to Original co-ordinates when you open a drawing that says it’s a “FOREIGN DWG File.  This DWG file was saved… Read More »Non Autodesk DWG File

To be able to copy a Layout Tab from one drawing to another you will need to have the drawing open that you want the… Read More »Transferring Layout Tabs between Drawings

If you find that you only have one grip in the drawing when you pick on a point, it will have something to do with… Read More »Grips not Working