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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

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

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