C3DKB updates
Last updated: 2025-11-04
The heading date indicates the publish date for the topics contained within.
2025-mm-dd
| Group | Topic |
|---|---|
| Analyze panel | Data for Construction - Create Verification Surface topic updated. |
| Data for Construction - Slope Stake Report topic updated. | |
| QTO - Areas Report topic updated. | |
| QTO - Earthwork Detail Report topic updated. | |
| QTO - Lengths Report topic updated. | |
| Corridor modeling situations and design elements | Best practices for creating staged construction design deliverables from Civil 3D topic added. |
| Design panel | Corridor - Assign Corridor Targets topic updated. |
| Corridor - Shrink Wrap Corridor Surface topic updated. | |
| Points - Point Station Offset to UDP topic updated. | |
| Known issues | WisDOT Civil 3D known issue - CGBasic subassembly update issue May 2025 topic added. |
| Non-Survey base data | Bringing web GIS data into Civil 3D topic added. |
| Sheet Creation panel | Sheet Tools - Create data links and tables topic updated. |
| Support panel | WisDOT Give feedback topic added. |
| WisDOT Imagery tab | WisDOT Imagery tab topic updated. |
| Pipe Network - Swap Pipe Network Part deleted. Tool has been retired. |
2025-05-14
2025-03-05
| Group | Topic |
|---|---|
| Corridor modeling situations and design elements | Curb ramp design with feature lines text and videos updated for c3d24. |
| Design panel | Misc Tools - Fastest Path Arcs topic added. |
| Plan production | Curb ramp detail sheet text and videos updated for c3d24. |
| Structures palette | Structures blocks topic updated. |
2024-12-04
| Group | Topic |
|---|---|
| Design panel | Pipe Network - Refresh Network Parts topic added. |
| Manage panel | Xref tools - Import XRefs topic added. |
| Structures palette | Structures blocks topic updated. |
| WisDOT subassembly help | LnExtendBase topic updated. |
2024-09-11
| Group | Topic |
|---|---|
| File/software management | Fatal error on open, reset Civil 3D topic updated. |
| Structures plan production | Structures blocks topic updated. |
| Structures profile topic updated. | |
| Training courses | Structures plan production - beginner topic updated. |
| WisDOT Civil 3D forms | WisDOT-C3D-ConstDataPack-Meta.docx form updated. |
| WisDOT customizations |
WisDOT Civil 3D futures topic deleted. Trello boards have been closed. |
2024-07-17
2024-03-20
| Group | Topic |
|---|---|
| ACC group added. | Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) known issues topic added. |
| Desktop Connector 16.2 Rollout topic added. | |
| WisDOT Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) for I-41 project 2/09/2022 topic added. | |
| C3D 2024 | WisDOT Civil 3D 2024 What's new? topic updated. |
| Known issues | Known issue - Aerial imagery shifting in pdfs topic added. |
| Non-Survey base data | Working with spatially referenced DWG, image, and GIS files topic updated with warning that data accessed through this method is not available in applications outside of Civil 3D. |
| WisDOT Civil 3D ribbon tabs | WisDOT Imagery tab topic updated with best practices for use in plan sheets. |
| WisDOT Design tab | Assembly - Reset Subassembly Codes topic added. |
2024-01-31
2023-09-08
2023-05-03
2023-01-25
| Group | Topic |
|---|---|
| Manage panel | Project - Sync Project Files topic updated. Instructions for creating SyncFiles.csv added. |
| CutFillProfileControlled topic updated. Target parameter Recoverable offset from profile added. | |
| DaylightProfileControlled topic updated. Target parameter Clear zone width from profile added. | |
| Roundabout group added. | Roundabout: vertical design - introduction topic added. Replaces Roundabout modeling workflow. |
| General notes sheet topic updated. Many standardized notes added to speed sheet template. | |
| Fixing bad triangles at intersections with null regions topic added. | |
| Design checks | Profile sight distance analysis topic added. Replaces Stopping sight distance - 2D analysis with AutoTURN |
| Draw panel group added. | Curves - Floating Curve topic added. |
| Curves - Free Curve topic added. | |
| Lines - Floating Line topic added. | |
| Lines - Free Line topic added. | |
| Plot Configuration panel renamed to Plot panel | Publish Collections Manager topic added. |
| Subassemblies and assemblies | Copy assembly topic updated for current Civil 3D functionality. |
| WisDOT subassembly help | CutFillProfileControlled topic updated. Target parameter Recoverable offset from profile added. |
| DaylightProfileControlled topic updated. Target parameter Clear zone width from profile added. | |
| ProfileToParameterRef topic updated to more accurately describe subassembly logic. |
2022-12-13
| Group | Topic |
|---|---|
| C3DKB basics | WisDOT Civil 3D forms topic updated. CDP feedback form removed. CDP Metadata sheet updated. |
| Data for Construction | Contractor data packet feedback form removed. No longer needed. |
| Corridor modeling fundamentals | Redundant intersection corridor feature lines topic updated. |
| Corridor modeling situations and design elements | DaylightProfileControlled workshop topic updated. |
| Modeling beam guard energy absorbing terminals (BG EATs) topic updated. | |
| Modeling rural driveways topic added. | |
| File/software management | Update WisDOT Civil 3D desktop application topic updated for new Updater msi. |
| Infraworks | The entire group has been updated. |
| Parcels/Plats | R/W DWG extraction for GIS topic added. |
| WisDOT Civil 3D project setup | Project data workflow map topic updated. |
2022-11-02
| Group | Topic |
|---|---|
| C3D 2022 | WisDOT Civil 3D 2022 "What's new?" topic updated. |
| Alignments | Alignment basics topic updated. |
| Alignment layout tools topic updated. | |
| Alignment lines and curves topic updated. | |
| Create alignment for objects topic updated. | |
| Alignment from existing alignment topic updated. | |
| Alignment editing topic updated. | |
| Alignment properties topic updated. | |
| Offset alignments and widenings topic updated. | |
| Alignment superelevation topic updated. | |
| Data management | Data management for Civil 3D projects topic added. |
| Design checks | Profile sight distance analysis topic added. Replaces Stopping sight distance - 2D analysis with AutoTURN |
| Design panel | Points - Point Station Offset to UDP topic updated for update to interface. |
| Profile - Create Profile from Points topic added. | |
| Profile - Control Profile Editor topic updated. | |
| File/software management | AutoTurn: Import WisDOT vehicle libraries topic updated for updated file format. |
| Known issues | Known issue - Excel Civil 3D quantities "Microsoft Excel is waiting for another application to complete an OLE action." topic added. |
topics removed. They no longer apply. |
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| Manage panel | DWG - Replace Blocks topic updated to current interface. |
| Layers - Apply Layer State topic added. | |
| Layers - Layer Color Manager topic added. | |
| Workspace - Remove Current Profile topic added. | |
| Workspace - Restore User Settings topic updated. | |
| Refresh Palettes removed. | |
| Workspace - Reset WisDOT Profile topic removed. Workspace Remove and Workspace restore replace this functionality. | |
| Layers - Convert Layer Colors topic removed. Replaced with Layers - Layer Color Manager | |
| Plan production | Earthwork quantities sheet topic updated with known issue. |
| Miscellaneous quantities sheets topic updated with known issue. | |
| Profiles | Profile basics topic updated. |
| Create surface profile topic updated. | |
| Profile properties and styles topic updated. | |
| Profile view properties topic updated. | |
| Profile layout tools topic updated. | |
| Create profile with lines and curves topic updated. | |
| Create design profile topic updated. | |
| Edit design profile topic updated. | |
| Profile labels topic updated. | |
| Create best fit profile topic updated. | |
| WisDOT subassembly help | CGBasic topic updated for TBT curb head. |
| MultiProfToParameterRef topic updated for default value support. | |
| Excel - WisDOT Civil 3D add-in | Excel - Repeat Selection Every topic added. |
2022-08-31
2022-05-20
2022-02-15
2021-11-16
| Group | Topic |
|---|---|
| AutoCAD fundamentals | Annotation topic updated for Civil 3D 2020. |
| Annotative scale topic updated for Civil 3D 2020. | |
| AutoCAD basic creation and editing topic updated for Civil 3D 2020. | |
| Blocks and external references topic updated for Civil 3D 2020. | |
| Create a custom annotative scale (annoscale) topic updated for Civil 3D 2020. | |
| Grips topic updated for Civil 3D 2020. | |
| Hatch topic updated for Civil 3D 2020. | |
| Layers and their properties topic updated for Civil 3D 2020. | |
| Light drafting techniques topic updated for Civil 3D 2020. | |
| AutoCAD modify topic updated for Civil 3D 2020. | |
| Object snaps topic updated for Civil 3D 2020. | |
| Polar and osnap tracking topic updated for Civil 3D 2020. | |
| TrueView navigating and measuring topic updated for Civil 3D 2020. | |
| Civil 3D interface | Adding a folder link to a Civil 3D dialog topic updated for Civil 3D 2020. |
| Basic mouse operations topic updated for Civil 3D 2020. | |
| topic updated for Civil 3D 2020. | |
| Command shortcuts and hotkeys topic updated for Civil 3D 2020. | |
| Data shortcuts topic updated for Civil 3D 2020. | |
| File, model, and layout overview topic updated for Civil 3D 2020. | |
| File open, save, and new topic updated for Civil 3D 2020. | |
| Inquiry tool topic updated for Civil 3D 2020. | |
| Interface introduction topic updated for Civil 3D 2020. | |
| Ribbon and tabs topic updated for Civil 3D 2020. | |
| WisDOT reference templates topic updated for Civil 3D 2020. | |
| Status bar topic updated for Civil 3D 2020. | |
| Steering wheel control topic updated for Civil 3D 2020. | |
| Toolspace topic updated for Civil 3D 2020. | |
| External references topic updated for Civil 3D 2020. | |
| Xreference vs data shortcut concepts topic updated for Civil 3D 2020. | |
| Design checks | Compare existing cross slope profiles with superelevation design topic updated with new tool locations in interface. |
| Plan production | Sample plan sheets topic updated with sample r/w plat. |
| WisDOT Civil 3D custom items | WisDOT Civil 3D custom user interface topic added. |
| WisDOT Civil 3D styles topic added. | |
| WisDOT dimension styles topic added. | |
| WisDOT linetypes topic added. | |
| WisDOT layers topic added. | |
| WisDOT layer states topic added. | |
| WisDOT multileader styles topic added. | |
| WisDOT pay item data topic added. | |
| WisDOT page setups topic added. | |
| WisDOT pipe network objects, data, and settings topic added. | |
| WisDOT plot styles topic added. | |
| WisDOT reference templates topic added. | |
| WisDOT Civil 3D survey settings topic added. | |
| WisDOT subassemblies and assemblies topic added. | |
| WisDOT textstyles topic added. | |
| WisDOT *** tab > Manage panel | Xref tools - Assign Xref to Layer topic added. |
| WisDOT *** tab > Support panel | WisDOT FDM topic added. |
| WisDOT Design tab > Analyze panel | QTO - Areas Report topic added. |
| QTO - Lengths Report topic added. | |
| Retired tools removed. | |
| WisDOT Design tab > Design panel | Alignment - Create Alignments From Intersection Block topic added. |
| WisDOT Design tab > Output panel | Data for Construction - Superelevation Report topic updated for new interface. |
| Data for Construction - Design Surface Data Extractor topic updated with correct file template. |
2021-09-08
2021-06-29
2021-02-24
2020-12-04
| Group | Topic |
|---|---|
| C3D 2020 | WisDOT Civil 3D 2020 "What's new?" topic updated. |
| Data for Construction | Contractor data basics topic updated with current project template location. |
| Corridor modeling fundamentals | Exploration of data reference corridors topic added. |
| Data exchange | Culvert pipes and parcels from ArcGIS Online to Civil 3D topic updated with correct link to culvert inventory map. |
| File/software management | AutoTurn configuration topic updated to fix AutoTURN ribbon not appearing. |
| DWG TrueView install and configure process topic updated with instructions for WisDOT configuration for consultants. | |
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Civil 3D install and initialize process (WisDOT only) topic updated with:
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| Known issues | Textstylecauses WisDOT custom linetype errors topic added. |
| Plan production | Alignment sheet topic added. |
| Earthwork quantities sheet topic added. | |
| Erosion control sheet topic updated. | |
| Pavement marking sheet topic updated. | |
| Sample plan sheets topic updated. | |
| WisDOT Civil 3D project setup | Create a Civil 3D project topic updated with current project template location. |
| WisDOT Civil 3D dynamo scripts | WisDOT Civil 3D Dynamo scripts 2020 topic added. |
| General Dynamo Player help topic updated with initial steps to configure WisDOT Dynamo Player. | |
| Action-AdjustSuperelevationBand topic updated for script having all command line prompts. | |
| Action-AdjustSuperelevationRunout topic added. | |
| Action-AssignCivilObjectLayers topic added. | |
| Action-AssignPageSetups topic added. | |
| Action-RenamePipes topic added. | |
| Action-SetProfileViewElevationRange topic updated for script having all command line prompts. | |
| Action-StructureSumpAdjust topic added. | |
| Action-SwapPartListStyles topic added. | |
| Create-ControlProfiles topic updated for script having all command line prompts. | |
| Create-PhotoMarkerPerLocation topic updated for script having all command line prompts. | |
| Create-PhotoMarkerPerPhoto topic updated for script having all command line prompts. | |
| WisDOT subassembly help | Please see help on the web at LnExtendBase topic updated with control profile parameters for width. |
| Please see help on the web at ShldGeneric topic updated with control profile parameters for width. |
2020-10-07
2020-08-05
2020-06-05
2020-03-23
2020-02-07