| AutoCAD Civil * | AutoCAD Civil 3D |
Target User and Application | Civil engineering technicians, drafters, and surveyors for developing civil engineering design information and delivering documentation. | Same as AutoCAD Civil
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Civil engineers and designers responsible for design, analysis and simulation. |
Industries | - Land development
- Transportation
- Environmental
| Same as AutoCAD Civil |
Drafting and Documentation | - Plan production and drafting
- Drafting styles and standards
- Reporting
| Same as AutoCAD Civil
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Map Books |
Design | - Surface creation and design using grading and feature lines
- Parcels
- Corridor modeling and road design
- Pipe layout
| Same as AutoCAD Civil
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Quantity takeoff functionality |
Surveying and Coordinate Systems | Full support of surveying workflow for civil engineering projects from field to finish. - Import and process raw survey data from most data collector formats
- Survey database
- Traverse and least squares adjustment
- Automatic creation of survey figures
- COGO
- Coordinate system setting and transformations
- Export for machine control
| Same as AutoCAD Civil
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Drawing cleanup tools |
Data Management and Team Coordination | - Xrefs (including annotation of civil model)
- Data shortcuts
- Advanced data management with Autodesk® Vault (included)
| Same as AutoCAD Civil
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Drawing query tools |
Data Exchange and Interoperability | DGN, LandXML, Google Earth™, and SDF | Same as AutoCAD Civil
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Image insertion and manipulation and geospatial data import and export |
Stormwater Analysis and Simulation | No | Stormwater analysis and simulation with Hydraflow Storm Sewers Extension, Hydraflow Hydrographs Extension, and Hydraflow Express Extension |
Geospatial Analysis and Mapping | No | Topology analysis tools including buffer, overlay, and dissolve |
Land Desktop Project Support | Import/Export only | Subscription customers can download AutoCAD® Civil 3D® – Land Desktop Companion from Subscription Center |
