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Civil 3D Is Not Deterministic (And why that is a Problem)
Why two Civil 3D users see different results when doing the same steps in a design.
Kate Brown
Feb 225 min read


Civil 3D Best Practices: Observed, Repeatable, and Learned the Hard Way
Civil 3D Best Practices and Pitfalls to avoid
Kate Brown
Feb 173 min read


Civil 3D Performance Tuning That Has Nothing to do with Hardware
Your Civil 3D usually isn't slow due to hardware limitations, it is slow due to poor file hygiene.
Kate Brown
Feb 95 min read


Civil 3D GUIDs: The Invisible IDs That Will Eventually Ruin Your Day
Civil 3D GUIDs. Invisible naming and relationships that can cause file issues.
Kate Brown
Jan 314 min read


Why Civil 3D Data Shortcuts Fail Even When You Did Everything Right
Civil 3D data shortcuts not working.
Kate Brown
Jan 254 min read


My geolocated image does not insert correct with Mapiinsert command
MapIInsert Not working with US Survey Ft
Kate Brown
Jan 194 min read


Units: Why going unitless may not be a be a good answer for your projects
Why you shouldn't use unitless on Civil 3D projects.
Kate Brown
Jan 113 min read


Kate Brown
Jan 24 min read


How accurate is your existing ground surface: Creating Surfaces from various data types
Civil 3D surface creation with different data sets.
Kate Brown
Jan 12 min read
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