Civil 3D enhancements over the years

Autodesk Civil 3D was first released in 2005. In the past years, Autodesk developers have added a wide range of enhancements. Today Civil 3D design software is a powerful solution for civil engineers and includes purpose-built tools for critical civil engineering disciplines such as road and highway design, site design, and rail design.

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Civil 3D over the past 7 years

7

Releases

15

Updates

268

Enhancements

Civil 3D enhancement timeline

2025 feature enhancements for Civil 3D

  • New unified coordinate system​
  • Core Performance Improvements​
  • Corridor improvements: Updates to property dialog box, new corridor surface creation, corridor smart update​
  • Surface improvements: level of detail flexibility​
  • ArcGIS® Basemaps​

2024 | 2024.1 featured enhancements for Civil 3D

  • New subassembly deployment and management​
  • Corridor transitions: corridor design workflows​
  • Connector for ArcGIS: Import objects from ArcGIS as AutoCAD point/polyline/polygon​
  • Pressure network: layout and editing enhancements​
  • Project Explorer: now available in Civil 3D installer​
  • API enhancements: rail turnout support​
  • Performance enhancements​
  • Twinmotion for Revit: Infrastructure Workflows​
  • IFC 4.3 extension for Civil 3D​
  • Autodesk Assistant​
  • Dynamo for Civil 3D enhancements​

2023 | 2023.1 featured enhancements for Civil 3D

  • Label display control​
  • Corridor transition and property set enhancements​
  • New subassembly composer dialogue box​
  • Pressure networks: connect and disconnect pipes to structure​
  • New in Rail workflows: turnout catalog and US catalogs updated​
  • API enhancements​
  • Dynamo for Civil 3D enhancements​
  • Performance enhancements​

2022 | 2022.1 | 2022.2 featured enhancements for Civil 3D

  • Corridor Workflows Enhancements
  • Rail Workflows Enhancements
  • Pressure Networks Enhancements
  • Performance Enhancements
  • New in Collaboration for Civil 3D
  • Project Explorer Enhancements
  • Grading Optimization
  • API Enhancements
  • Dynamo for Civil 3D Enhancements
  • Alignment Workflows Enhancements
  • ArcGIS Workflows Enhancements
  • User Profile

2021 | 2021.1 | 2021.2 | 2021.3 featured enhancements for Civil 3D

  • Design Efficiency Updates
  • Collaboration and Data Exchange Updates
  • Integration of the Autodesk Civil 3D 2020 Update Releases
  • ArcGIS workflow enhancements
  • Pressure network workflow enhancements
  • Feature Line Editing
  • Rail Bands in Profile Views
  • Autodesk Collaboration for Civil 3D
  • Layer Control for Bridge Workflows
  • Gravity Network Analysis Enhancements
  • API Enhancements
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2020 | 2020.1 | 2020.2 | 2020.3 | 2020.4 featured enhancements for Civil 3D

  • Design Efficiency Updates
  • Production Efficiency Updates
  • Collaboration and Data Exchange Updates
  • Updates to the Corridor Rehab Subassemblies
  • Roadway Design Standards
  • Dynamo for Civil 3D Enhancements
  • Changes to Autodesk Civil 3D Drawing Templates
  • Interoperability Between Versions

2019 featured enhancements for Civil 3D

  • Design Efficiency Updates 
  • Production Efficiency Updates 
  • Collaboration and Data Exchange Updates 
  • Updates to the Overlay Slope Options in the Corridor Rehab Subassemblies 
  • Changes to Autodesk Civil 3D Drawing Templates 
  • Interoperability Between Versions

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