Civil 3d has apparently been released. At least it is available for download.
No pinned message here. Nothing from Autodesk. Nothing from my VAR.
Talk about hiding you light under a basket.
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To be fair there isn't a great deal to boast about as the current practice seems to be to include the updates from the previous 20xx.x release which most users will have got anyway.
If you do a lot of web/cloud stuff then great but the majority of users just want a robust toolset that doesn't crash whenever you use gradings or hang for 10 minutes for no apparent reason and then comes back to life.
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I posted this just to let people know. I even asked the moderator to pin it for a while.
Hopefully there are some stability and performance improvements under the hood. It will take some time to evaluate this. A positive is the file format is compatible with 2017. (if you convert the new vertical curves.) I suspect that is a constraint on what they can introduce.
Collaborating with the Autodesk and Infraworks team on interoperability and 'the cloud' had to consume a lot of the Civil 3D team resources.
That said, I am in agreement with your comment.
My better self is editing this post. My regular self will send you a PM.
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TYPO IN MY ORIGINAL POST
It should read ... compatible with 2018
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I guess I still anticipate each new release. I thought Autodesk did as well. I have been told by more than one reseller that they often get little more advanced notice that users. Even at that, I would expect that resellers would have emails drafted and ready to blast as soon the NDA embargo lifted. I guess we will see.
I down loaded and installed as a short break from finishing taxes. I really did not do much more that read the what's new information, which I can't find now and look at the Autodesk Batch Save Utility.
First Impression? To be fair to Autodesk, we really need to look from major release to major release. The 2019 what's new is 2018.1, 2018.2 and 2019. Shared views and drawing compare are significant, but were already revealed with AutoCAD 2019. The high/low point constrained vertical curves and Batch Save Utility are about the only things we have not seem before. Perhaps they have been laying the ground for things to come.
The improvements made are not extensive, and in this case not very applicable to my work. That does not mean that the are not valuable. I accept that and take it into account, but I'm still not very impressed ... or excited.
That's just my opinion. You mileage may vary.
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My understanding is that the current version of Civil 3D i.e. 2026 plus the previous 3 versions are available i.e. 2025, 2024 & 2023 for use as per subscription licence terms; if you still have a perpetual licence then I don't know the answer.
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