Based on users’ comments, kindly requesting Autodesk to consider a future enhancement in Civil 3D that enables reliable and fully supported use of centralized catalogs (e.g., parts catalogs, subassemblies, pressure networks, etc.) hosted in Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) or on shared servers.
Civil 3D currently cannot reliably use catalogs stored in Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) or on shared servers, forcing users in multi-user projects to manually maintain local copies on their machines, which creates a high risk of data inconsistencies, model errors, lost information, and rework when catalogs are missing, outdated, or incorrectly copied—an issue that significantly impacts collaboration and contrasts with other Autodesk tools like Revit that support centralized libraries effectively.