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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)

Try this step by step procedure and see if you go any better than before. Open the 14031 CCad.dwg Assign Co-ordinate System – MGA-56 Type… Read More »Adding Elevations to Contours using the Map Query

If you have been doing your drawings in AutoCAD Civil3D 2013 version and have been applying the Transformation using a User Defined Scale factor, you… Read More »AutoCAD Civil3D 2014 Changing Transformation Settings

AutoCAD 2018 heralds a change in the drawing file format to a 2018 drawing file (.dwg) format. This is a universal change for all AutoCAD… Read More »AutoCAD 2018 & Civil 3D 2018 – Not Backwards Compatible

AutoCAD Map3D functions not working If you have found that a couple of your Map3D functions aren’t working e.g. MAPTRIM, MAPINSERT, you will need to… Read More »AutoCAD Civil3D 2015 – Map3D functions not Working

Go to the Outputs tab – Export Civil Objects to SDF. You will create an SDF file Open a new Drawing and type in MAPIMPORT… Read More »Creating a SHP file from Civil3d Points

How to Create a User Defined Contour/s in the Surface Properties using the Analysis Tab. Here are the Steps to making a user Defined Contour.… Read More »Civil3D – Creating a User Defined Contour

You need to go and change your point style in the settings tab Settings Tab>Point>Point Styles>Standard Right click on the Standard Point Style>Edit. Then go… Read More »Getting Points showing in the object viewer

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

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