Autodesk Civil Engineering Software Comparison

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