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Civil 3D Profiles: There Is More Hiding in There Than You Think
Discover overlooked Civil 3D profile tools, including Best Fit, Quick Profiles, Superimposed Profiles, dynamic offsets, and more.
Kate Brown
4 days ago7 min read


Civil 3D Alignments: You Don't Have to Draw Everything Yourself
Civil 3D can create more alignment geometry than you might think. Explore Best Fit, Connected Alignments, corridor feature lines, and when to use them.
Kate Brown
Oct 56 min read


Geolocation: Useful Tool or Map-Flavored Trap?
Civil 3D geolocation can be a useful check—or create false confidence. Learn how coordinate systems, online maps, imagery, and units affect alignment.
Kate Brown
Sep 287 min read


Contours Aren't Magic: We Used to Draw This Crap by Hand!!
Deep dive into explaining old old school way of creating contours and why it is still important now that Civil 3D does it for us.
Kate Brown
Sep 245 min read


Pipe Networks: What Broke This Time? And how to Fix it.
Civil 3D Pipe Network Issues and Fixes
Kate Brown
Sep 215 min read


Civil 3D Pipe Networks: Sharing Underground Problems With Friends
Civil 3D Pipe Network problems and possible fixes.
Kate Brown
Sep 134 min read


Autodesk University 2026 Bound
AU 2026 Attendance
Kate Brown
Sep 71 min read


Pipe Networks: Basics on Pipes, Structures, and Lies We Tell Ourselves
Civil 3D Pipe Network Basics
Kate Brown
Sep 77 min read


Your Drone Surface Has 12 Million Triangles. Now What?
How to lower surface size on large data sets or data with high precision resolution.
Kate Brown
Aug 315 min read


Panorama: Civil 3D’s Pop-Up Confession Booth
Civil 3D explanation on the Panorama window.
Kate Brown
Aug 246 min read


Civil 3D Profile View Bands: Organized Data or Decorative Chaos?
Explaining C3D Profile Bands and Issues that can happen with Bands.
Kate Brown
Aug 177 min read


Civil 3D Sites: The Good, the Bad, and the Topologically Unhinged
Civil 3D Sites: The Good, The Bad, and The Unhinged
Kate Brown
Aug 1010 min read


That Yellow Exclamation Point Is Not Decorative!
Civil 3D Yellow Exclamation
Kate Brown
Aug 36 min read


What Should the Den Tackle Next?
Call for topic ideas.
Kate Brown
Jul 271 min read


Save Successful. Close Drawing. Fatal Error. Repeat.
Save Successful. Close Drawing. Fatal Error.
Kate Brown
Jul 272 min read


Civil 3D on ACC/Forma: Cloud Storage Does Not Fix Bad Habits Highlights Them
Civil 3D ACC/Forma Best Practices and Pitfalls
Kate Brown
Jul 205 min read


Civil 3D 2026 Partial Surface Data References: Smaller Area, Bigger File?
Civil 3D Partial Surface Data Reference explained
Kate Brown
Jul 133 min read


Data Shortcuts vs Xrefs: Pick Your Dependency Monster
Digging into the differences of Civil 3D data shortcuts v s xrefs and best practice for each.
Kate Brown
Jul 67 min read


Civil 3D Point Groups: Tiny Filters, Little Dumpster Fires
Civil 3D Cogo Point Groups Explained
Kate Brown
Jun 286 min read


Civil 3D Breakline Types: Because One Kind Was Not Enough
Civil 3D Breakline Types Explained
Kate Brown
Jun 225 min read
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