Using a GDB in Civil 3d

[cslatteryAXGRE]

I have a 10gb GDB that has contours in it. I am able to connect to the gdb from Civil 3D and I can click on Add to Map and it does do it, but I get a message saying the features cannot be cached. So nothing appears on the screen. I can open the attribute table and everything is there. Does anyone have any ideas about this? I can open the GDB in ArcMap and QGis with no problem.

[Pointdump · Accepted solution]

Hi Chris,
10GB? You might just need to wait a bit for it to show up. If QGIS and ArcMap open it, you could clip/crop out your area of interest and then bring it into Civil 3D.
Dave

[cslatteryAXGRE]

I ended up doing that. I did assume that was probably too big. It is the entire county.

[lim.wendy]

Hi Chris,

Thanks for posting. I'm glad Dave's suggestion worked for you. I’ll mark his reply as the "Answer."

If you need any further assistance or have more questions, feel free to ask!