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December 2017

Champher Cleanup in curves

Earthworks solution disappears once earthworks is calculated for a second surface

Sort Civil 3D Volumes Dashboard

Civil 3D: Won’t retain settings, command line slow, cursor jerky

Unable to set a pressure pipes network catalog in Civil 3D

November 2017

Accessing SDF file from multiple machines causes performance issues

Add and modify lists for property sets

AutoCAD Civil 3D: Pipe structures not displaying in 3D view

Can’t set pressure network catalog

Civil 3D 2017 crashes after install of service pack 1.1

Civil 3D 2017 crashes right after opening

Civil 3D 2017: Where is the Shared Reference Point Tool for 2017

Civil 3D Alignment Curves Displays incorrectly (backwards)

Civil 3D files taking to longer to open in Vault

Civil 3D started crashing on one machine

Civil 3D surface is created with the wrong elevation

Civil 3D: Distance and angle checks are off with multiple points

Civil 3D: Elevations Table show strange characters

Civil 3D: exporting 2018 drawing crashes

Civil 3D: Geolocation maps don’t work in 2018 but work in 2017 version

Civil 3D: Importing survey points into drawing with geolocation places points away

Civil 3D: Long load times on drawings when inserting layouts with Design Center

Civil 3D: Section editor is corrupt

Civil 3D: Software not maintaining system profile

Civil 3D: Tool Palettes disappear after restart

Civil 3D: When using PAN, software hangs up and stutters

Civil 3D:Points listed in the drawing but the coordinates are wrong

DaylightBench subassembly doesn’t target surface

ECW file will not load into 2018 or 2016 Civil 3D, Raster Design or Map 3D

Geometry in Civil 3D is displayed offset

How to configure WMS via FDO in AutoCAD Map 3D/Civil 3D

Hydraflow Express 2014 printing the Channel section on a different page from the section grids

Plot Command Freezes Only In Layout Tabs in Civil 3D

Running AutoCAD or C3D 2018 you get the error “The Version of this file is not compatible with the v...

Section views based on ANZ template stacked on top of each other

Surface data lost between feature lines on a rebuild of the surface in Civil 3D

Text Component Editor hard coding font

Typing in one tab/drawing suddenly jumps to second tab/drawing in Civil 3D

When importing a DEM file into Civil 3D, the program stops working

Where to find Country Kits for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018

October 2017

Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D: This drawing contains content created with Microsoft Visual Basic for app...

Civil 3D 2016: Some equations in Traverse Editor do not work properly

Civil 3D: Cannot use/edit a drawing I sent to client unless they upgrade to new version

Civil 3D: How do I create points along contours/polylines

Fille crashes at open in Civil 3D

Hydraflow Extensions for Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D

Import Style and Settings does not import Pipe Network Parts List

Issue with shapes not showing up in a pipe catalog in Civil 3D

Lines with same linetype are displayed different

Link Power State and Intel Rapid Storage Technology with AutoCAD and verticals

Missing palettes after install of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018.1 Update

Pipe missing in section view

Storm and Sanitary Analysis unable to open with error “Out of Storage”

XREF’s becomes invisible or disappearing upon save

Horizontal grid lines in section view are incorrect

How to export Civil 3D surface as a shape file?

No data for User Defined Properties tab for Parcel properties in Civil 3D 2018

Aeccpressurepipe.arx fatal error at start up of Civil 3D

Civil 3D 2017 Countries Kits added to network deployment are not being installed

How to export Civil3D surface to IGES

Stationing (distance of tick) on Offset Alignment with spiral curve inaccurate

September 2017

WCS jumps when zooming

Get minimal difference between profiles

Can’t change arrow head style in the French Version of Civil 3D

Civil 3D Cannot set UNC Path - Only browse by folder

Civil 3D: don’t get network parts choices to select from

Civil 3D: Importing XML file shows error: “Not an XML File”

Civil 3D: Labels disappear from referenced drawing

Civil 3D: Geomap disappears when zooming in

AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018 custom search paths missing

AutoCAD is loaded instead of Civil 3D

Exception in ARX command unhandled exception C0000005

A draped image in Civil 3D looks blurred and has poor quality in the model view

Cannot connect to FEMA Mapping info through WMS

Creating a grading in Civil 3D starts but never finishes

Creating surfaces from AutoCAD points

How to import Sketch Up Files as Solids to Civil 3D

Install River Analysis - Unable to access network location

Unwanted Traverse Adjustment in Civil 3D When Bringing In Multiple Fieldbooks

Pressure pipe networks can’t include multiple materials

Structures are missing in 3D view

The installation of the Country Kit for Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D asks to insert the disk

Export Civil 3D Table to CSV format

Creating an alignment involing all survey points in group in Civil 3D

Fatal error when trying to deploy civil 3D on windows server 2012 environment by group policy

Civil 3D crashes when feature lines are joined

AutoCAD Civil 3D crashes on launch

Autodesk Subassembly Composer to install on Tablet PC

 
August 2017

3D solid to IFC export creates geometry errors

Civil 3D: Migrate Survey Database fails

Corridor assembly appears out of place in section

Civil 3D crashing after reset of pipe catalog path

Corridor elevation doesn’t follow profile

Data band numbers are controlled by one band

Pipeline losing surface reference after synchronisation

Raster images appear darker where overlapping when plotting to PDF

Survey database: Adjust and check for residual

Creating an alignment from polyline results is tangent errors for the alignment

File will not open in Civil 3D

Wrong station labels when using Station Index Increments

Recap File will not import into civil 3D properly

AutoCAD 2018.1 Update does not update the ribbon in Civil 3D

Create Vehicle Tracking folders for Civil 3D without even have Vehicle Tracking installed

Cross sections do not center

Duplicate labels for “Pave” link

Importing a page layout causes crash when running Civil 3D as AutoCAD in 2017

Civil 3D: Table Scales not matching viewport layout

Civil 3D: Alignment labels don’t show

Multiple errors when importing FBK file

AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 crashes after right mouse click on Tool Palette

Civil 3D does not add the points when adding the feature lines as break lines

Civil 3D shuts down during launch

Geotechnical Module: AGS file does not show all data

Grip issue with editing polylines and arcs in Map and Civil 2018

Bottom surface with the Geotechnical Module not created or disappears

A software problem has caused AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 to close unexpectedly

AutoCAD 2018.1 Update does not update the ribbon in AutoCAD verticals

Civil 3D labels don’t follow cursor when being grip edited

Civil 3d:improve the performance of importing point file

Ghosted Civil 3D Sites

Opening a specific drawing in AutoCAD Civil 3D causes fatal error

Plan Production tools do not show identical length in plan and prfile

Storm and Sanitary Analysis generates Access violation error

July 2017

Widening is edgy

How to create thematic Map based on dedicated values

FARO LS error during Civil 3D 2018 installation

Add new bounding shape part and add new bound block part

Use of CreateBestFitAlignment

Where can I find out more about BIM for infrastructures?

Wrong scale of Image using MAPIINSERT or attach via XREF

Slope Stake report from Multiple baselines

SSA Error Message 211

Section Views are placed on top of each other

Performance lag when selecting cogo points via prospector

How to scale a surface in Civil 3D vertically

Grading slope pattern not visible

Export Civil 3D subassembly to LandXML

Edit in Storm and Sanitary Analysis opens with blank data

Elevations changed in InfraWorks after imported from CIVIL 3D file

Cursor blinks or alternates from Windows circle to the cursor

Data Shortcut Editor does not support Corridors introduced in Civil 3D 2017

Corridor assembly and corridor surface do not match in section

Certain style components don’t take layer object is on in Civil 3D

Civil 3D 2017 specifically crashes on startup

Civil 3D 2017 startup crash but AutoCAD 2017 working fine

Civil 3D crashes every time user clicks on the folder to open the windows explorer dialogue

Civil 3D: Exchange APP Manager is not running

Civil 3D: Map dialog boxes are missing

Civil 3D: Missing material in Pipe Pressure Network for Water Part List

Civil 3D: Viewport freezing AEC objects displays correct, but then plots with them unfrozen

Alignment displays as broken line with offset in Civil 3D

June 2017

CREATESURFACEFROMPOINTCLOUD not recognizing point cloud data

Compatibility between InfraWorks and AutoCAD Civil 3D

Storm and Sanitary Analysis - Weir rating curve not starting at zero

Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018 Productivity Tools

Civil 3D country kit release

Civil 3D file size variations

Civil 3D: Convert positive elevations to negative elevations

Feature Line Split Point Resolution - site hierarchy not being followed in Civil 3D

How to merge different pressure pipe networks

Civil 3D and A360 newer version issue

ERROR 313: Cannot open scratch rainfall interface file.

Export to prior version from C3D 2018

Geotechnical Module borehole database does not update correctly after the input CSV file is edited

Infraworks: the limitation when importing civil 3d alignments, profiles to Infraworks

Missing feature lines in corridor

WFS FDO connection has inverted coordinates in AutoCAD Map 3D

Opening drawings with SHX, SHP and DBF files

Elevation of projected objects

Expression does not work on all labels

Subassembly misses faces

Automatic clear bowties fails on some corners

Civil 3D Point File format compatibility

Civil 3D: “Error: Unable to run the subassembly script” when using PKT file imported from 2017 v1 en...

Civil 3D: Crossing pipe shows as single ellipse in structure

Civil 3D: Geotechnical Module creates boreholes but they do not show in profile view

Civil 3D: Import Style and Settings not importing all

Civil 3D: Pipe Network Structure Not Displaying Properly in Profile

Civil 3D: Two profile views with same profile style show differently

Data referenced pipe network loses style

General Legal Description for Parcel report generates error message

How to get a direction arrow in a curved label using Civil 3D

Issues when trying to export a surface to a DEM in Civil 3D

Join between Excel and SDF show NULL values in result table

LiDAR classification style not working

Objects on a layer set to non-plot are still printed

TIF image is blurry in Civil 3D

Tin surface cannot be edited: error opening tin surface

Troubleshooting tip: Slow opening of AutoCAD drawings

Cannot add Pressure Parts by Joint Type or Pressure Class

In Civil 3D, how to make the multiple curve command work with arcs

Surface editing problem in Civil 3D 2017

May 2017

Autodesk Civil Engineering Data Translator

Deploying Civil 3D with a country kit

Geotechnical Module remove borehole

How can Point Marker Style change scales automatically

Grading with corner instead of radius

Snapping on Cogo point while hovering over the point annotation in Civil 3D

Best practices for efficient Civil 3D data processing

Cannot save Alias to acadmap.ini

Civil 3D 2015: Pipe Network in cross section displays outside of cross section view

Civil 3D 2016: The Geolocation tab is not available when using some coordinate systems

Civil 3D 2018:Is there any way to utilize legacy point clouds in 2018

Civil 3D is only to have one section per sheet

Civil 3D tool palettes load slow

Civil 3D with Country Kits: Part List for Pressure Networks, material name stays empty

Civil 3D: Contextual ribbons don’t show when selecting objects

Civil 3D: Glyph bug when using the feature line quick elevation feature

Civil 3D: Importing a TIF image gives an image is invalid error

Civil 3D: Is it possible to have consecutive spirals without any lines or curves

Civil 3D: Unable to load part family” when attempting to swap parts

Could not paste grading surface to the target surface

Dialog box error AutoCAD -Corrupted pre install when loading C3D 2018

Error: “FATAL ERROR: Unhandled Access Violation Writing 0x####### Exception at ######### ” in Civil ...

Errors with band annotation in profile view for structures in Civil 3D

Exported IFC file from AutoCAD Civil 3D missing some elements.

Fatal error when editing a Multi Line or a Single Line text in Civil 3D

FDO Connection to SHP File Crashes AutoCAD Map 3D

First and last increment label in data band is empty

Grading creation has no result

How do you get the MedianDepressed subassembly to work?

Hydraflow Storm Sewers Results - Not displaying full heading

Language in codes is not as expected

Missing Alignments in Prospector

Polyline dynamic grip editing only works first time

Polyline quick edit command only works the first time (Civil 3D)

Profile labels shift in paper space layout

Sharing Geotechnical Module templates and styles

Multiple xsection view reset to “No surface selected” if surfaces are xrefed

SSA UK Modified Rational Hydrology Method: Multiple storm return period not working

Storm and Sanitary Analysis - Unable to import STM data

Surface displays holes during Animation preview

April 2017

Civil 3D Profile View - style changes doesn’t update display

.LAS in Civil 3D 2018

Additional rail subassamblies in Civil 3D

Civil 3D roundabout standard assemblies

Cannot change Alignment Station information in Civil 3D

Civil 3D 2017 crashes with export to 2010

InfraWorks 360 to Civil 3D producing incorrect coordinates

Map 3D North arrow is not pointing to North

Missing Quantity Takeoff Report directory or wrong link in Civil 3D Hungarian version

Setting exported Civil 3D drawing object color ByLayer instead of ByEntity

Civil 3D: Coordinate system shift surface created from RCS/RCP file

Add to Map will not add the layer from WFS connection to Task Pane

Additional pressure pipes catalogs only available for Imperial version

AEC objects set to display BYLAYER are the wrong color in Xref in AutoCAD Architecture or AutoCAD ME...

Attaching excel database in Map3D shows Invalid Workspace file format error

AutoCAD Map3D: change field format with the Schema Edit tools

AutoCAD Map3D: WFS Style and Symbology is not shown correctly in Civil 3D Product

Change location of SQlite files for pipe network in Civil 3D

Civil 3D - Curves Incorrectly Displayed with Multiple Viewports

Civil 3D 2018:crash when using Look In from Open file dialog

Civil 3D does not support exchange language via language pack

Civil 3D Fails to paste DEM (Grid) Surface

Civil 3D hangs on importing GIS Surface from SHP

Civil 3D: Unable to save file

Civil 3D: When creating a Pipe Network with custom structure rule sets the custom structure rules ar...

Command text shows cryptic messages

Connection problem in Autocad Map 3D 2017 with Personal Geodatabase from ArcGIS 10.3.1

DACH Extension: OKSTRA import does not read latest OKSTRA file versions correctly

Drawings open slowly in AutoCAD Civil 3D showing “Upgrading COGO Points”

Civil 3D 2018 objects in previous versions

Exploding Points gives unexpected results with annotative blocks

How to convert Object Data to labels in AutoCAD Map 3D?

Map commands not recognized

MAPIMPORT4 / MAPEXPORT4 show error message

Opening an InfraWorks model in Civil 3D does not work

Re-import survey data in Civil 3D producing inconsistent Survey Figures

SBSH and SBSD values are not carried over to Size Parameters in PARTBUILDER

The installer fails installing SSA with error 1721

Tips for working with large surfaces

User made intersection assembly giving errors in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017

When using commands from USDA NRCS tab it shows unknown command

March 2017

Fatal error when saving Civil 3D file

Remove pipe structure bottom thickness from profile view 

Country specific content for Civil 3D 

Parcel shows inside out

How to split GIS Feature(s) from FDO connected datasources 

Civil 3D: Alignment Length does not reflect KMZ length
Civil 3D: Creating Best Fit Alignment that goes through every point
Civil 3D: Video tooltips do not close

How to adjust the precision for profile band elevation?
How to create profile based on a specific grade and distance? 

Error: “Setup was unable to detect any target applications for AutoCAD Civil 3D […] Object Enabler” ... 

Permission to change table and geom from Oracle

Cannot launch Civil 3D
Civil 3D performs slow on Citrix XenApp 6.5
Civil 3D: Cannot see corridor surfaces
Civil 3D: Points clouds come in as International Feet

Error: “The survey database does not exist and could not be recreated” 

Where is Civil 3D 2016 Productivity Pack 3? 

3D orbit is not smooth when orbiting a surface and/or Point Cloud

Can’t create station curve report in XSLT format from Civil 3D

Error: “INTERNAL ERROR: !dbobji.cpp@8695” when running drawing query 

AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 is crashing with error messages - aeccuipressurepipes.arx 

“Error 25531. Failed to open XML file 0\PackageContents.xml, system error: -2147024786”.

February 2017

Lineweights wont change when updated in layer manager in Civil 3D 

How to turn off circles in corridor section editor in Civil 3D 

Unexpected font and text style appears in Civil 3D 

Civil 3D 2017: Grading objects exploding after audit
Civil 3D: AutoCAD lost the ability to handle the coordinate system transformations
Civil 3D: Dynamic North Arrow does not rotate properly (MAPINSERTPLE)
Missing Check boxes from the InfraWorks 360 2017.3 Import Option 

Error: A Part Family with the correct geometry for Pipe [Pipe - (xx)] was found, but an exact match ... 
Where to download Rail Layout 2017 

Civil 3D lines do not match up in model space versus paper space
Images in Lat/Long coordiantes in dwgs 

Twin/double/dual gravity pipes in Civil 3D 

Support of AIXM data format in AutoCAD Map 3D or Civil 3D

Error: Warning Multiply Owned Object 

FBX Export from InfraWorks 2017 does not open in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017

Creating a surface from a DEM file takes very long time

Cannot delete FDO data connection 

Civil 3D to selects Xref points at open causing significant delay
Civil 3D: Cannot label curve in the alignment
Civil 3D: Contours wrong scale in cropped surface
Civil 3D: Exporting surface to Trimble fails with .ttm file errors

Command MAPTRIM not deleting all objects according to the selected boundary. 

Civil 3D DDtype command does not work

No (Sub)assembly name in data reference of a corridor
Opening a small DXF file takes long time
Removing duplicate COGO points
The annotation of Civil 3D objects do not use the viewport scale settings in the layout
When creating multiple section views they overlap in Civil 3D 

Adding SP1.1 for C3D 2017 to an existing C3D network deployment 

Civil 3D pressure pipes translation into Infraworks 360
Civil 3D: File created in Civil 3D 2004 and opened in 2017 version loses objects
Civil 3D: How to extract AutoCAD points to CSV file 

Export Civil 3D DWG: “Drawing file is not valid” message when trying to open a just exported DWG

Parts not available when Importing drainage network from Microdrainage

Superelevation band exceeds the profile view extents 

Error when inserting two adjacent surfaces into a surface

River Module: Water levels rise in flow direction

SDF polygons disappear when zooming into geometry 

Fatal Error when launching AutoCAD Electrical

Module extends past bottom of ladder, and does not shift to the next ladder in AutoCAD Electrical

User, Textvalue, and weblink values do not migrate in AutoCAD Electrical 

References are not checked in to Vault from Civil 3D

Shift Selection of multiple grips or points of a polyline in AutoCAD Map 3D and Civil 3D with underl...

In AutoCAD X-ref file showing partially cutoff

Text Showing up on top of each other on PDFs created in AutoCAD 

Civil 3D 2017:Can the Survey Database be used in SQL standard or some other SQL type

Civil 3D crashes when Editing Group Plot Styles

Civil 3D: In Part Builder how to add a custom model parameter

Civil 3D: Managing data references over a low-bandwidth WAN

Civil 3D: User-Contours Color for Each Color Doesn’t Work

The export to DWG didn’t show expected objects. 

January 2017

Civil 3D 2017: When clicking on an assembly there is only the icon and not words to describe what ty...

Export Civil 3D DWG: “Drawing file is not valid” message when trying to open a just exported DWG

How to change the source of a profile name in Civil 3D

Lineweights wont change when updated in layer manager in Civil 3D 

Loading many images with MAPIINSERT creates error message

Parts not available when Importing drainage network from Microdrainage

Performance issues creating a pipe network - lag between each click

Shapefile layers do not plot with transparency 

Unable to Fix Audit Error “eNullObjectId”

When is Object Enabler for Civil 3D required?