Civil & Surveying


  • BIM 360 Design debuts Collaboration for Civil 3D

    Cloud-based workflows and better project delivery for infrastructure professionals We’re excited to announce that Autodesk’s fastest-growing cloud solution expands to include Civil 3D. Starting today, BIM 360 Design’s newest functionality, “Collaboration for Civil 3D” is now available along with Civil 3D 2020.2. Collaboration for Civil 3D enables project teams—whether within one firm or across multiple firms—to […]


  • 5 Reasons to believe in Context Modeling

    Context Modeling is the process of building an enriched, existing conditions project framework. With the tools found in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction Collection you can process LiDAR and/or drone-based data, connect to ArcGIS organizations, and import many other data types to build an intelligent model to base your project designs from. By utilizing current, […]


  • Pan Borneo Highway Sarawak: History in the Making for Malaysian Infrastructure

    Opening up new economic opportunities for the Malaysian State of Sarawak Design and construction teams in Malaysia are using Autodesk BIM solutions—including Civil 3D, Revit, ReCap, InfraWorks, Map 3D, Dynamo, 3ds Max, and Navisworks—to deliver the expansion and upgrade of the Pan Borneo Highway Sarawak. Malaysia’s Ministry of Works is in the midst of a […]


  • Eiffel Tower: Experience the Site In 3D

    The Mayor’s Office of Paris decided to conduct the design of this site around the Eiffel Tower by using BIM (Building Information Modeling) technology, i.e. a process that involves the creation and use of a 3D model.  This solution, especially on such a large-scale, clearly facilitates the collaboration and exchange of ideas between the City […]


  • How Civil 3D Tackles Tomorrow’s Challenges Today

    Estimated Reading Time: 4 Minutes A rapidly growing population, resource constraints, and an urgent need for climate-resilient infrastructure… civil engineers and architects face a host of challenges as we approach the next decade. But what if you had to build a city for 600,000 in less than six months right now? At a time when […]


  • InfraWorks: New enhancements for bridge design, ArcGIS data integration, and more

    Join our community webcast on October 3rd, meet our product managers, and watch a live demonstration of this latest release. Here in New England, many mark the start of fall when the temperature dips and the leaves turn, or when you can finally get your pumpkin spice latte fix. I’m excited to be kicking off […]


  • Four ways the latest Civil 3D 2019 features will improve efficiency

    The Civil 3D team aims to help our community of users enhance their civil engineering design and construction process. Every day, we’re working to create a more seamless experience in Civil 3D and deepen interoperability across Autodesk products, enabling customers to adopt and move to more advanced BIM workflows. Following our discussion of new features released in April, […]


  • BIM in terminal tram line design

    The Huawei Terminal new headquarters in Dongguan, Guangdong Province covers about an area of 12 square kilometers with a new tram design at about 13 kilometers.  The project includes coordination of floodway, reservoir, bridge and mountains. Huawei’s Songshanhu base remodeled 12 classical cities or regions which are renowned in the world and deeply favored by people. […]


  • Disruptive Civil Engineering Opportunities

    Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Data (IoT), Code, Cloud, Civil Engineering. Which one doesn’t belong? They all belong and a couple more—BIM, BEM, Automation, Parametric Modeling. Our world is fast becoming a place where everything that can be coded will be coded. The physics that governs the decisions we make as civil engineers can and is being […]


  • Foresight: Land Surveying Reimagined

    As surveyors, our “foresight” is the last reading taken before changing the instrument to the next position. It is something our profession has done for over 4700 years dating back to the Egyptians, the first practicing professional land surveyors. While the ”backsight”, our look back along a line of progress, has always been our known […]