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Master Civil 3d Expressions - Add a constant to Surface Labels

Use Civil 3D expressions to add a constant to surface spot elevation labels, such as 0.5 ft from edge of pavement to top of curb. December 5, 2023 · 4 min read

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How to Label Crossing Alignments in AutoCAD Civil 3D

Label crossing alignments in Civil 3D with profile elevations by editing a Station Offset Fixed Point label style at the intersection of two alignments. November 21, 2023 · 4 min read

How to Change Elevations of COGO Points in Civil3D

Raise or lower the elevations of many COGO points at once in Civil 3D, such as adding a constant to a point group, using Edit Points in Prospector. October 11, 2022 · 1 min read

Civil 3D Guides

Alignment Stations Through COGO Points! (Civil 3D Stations On COGO POINT!)

Place Civil 3D alignment stations exactly at COGO points using a Station Offset to Points report, Excel and sample lines. September 18, 2018 · 3 min read

Bring Back Deleted Objects in AutoCAD!

Bring back deleted objects in AutoCAD with the OOPS command. It restores the last erased object without undoing your later work. June 25, 2017 · 2 min read

Can't Select More Than One Object (AutoCAD gone wild!)

AutoCAD only selects the last object or Shift will not deselect? The PICKADD system variable is the cause. Here are three ways to fix it. June 20, 2017 · 1 min read

Coordinates of a Polyline in AutoCAD? But How and Why?

Get the X, Y and Z coordinates of polyline vertices in AutoCAD, from manual copying to the LIST command, and see which method is simplest and fastest. May 20, 2017 · 2 min read

Edit Vertexes and use Linetype Polylines!

Add, delete or stretch AutoCAD polyline vertexes with the grip menu instead of PEDIT, and fix ugly linetypes with the PLINEGEN variable. May 15, 2017 · 2 min read

How to Copy Multiple Text Objects from AutoCAD to Excel

Copy multiple AutoCAD text objects, such as point coordinates, into separate Excel cells as real text with a fast method that needs no add-ons. May 10, 2017 · 2 min read

Create Polyline around the Outside of Multiple Objects!

Draw one outer polyline around multiple objects with the LINEWORKSHRINKWRAP command in Civil 3D, handy for total area calculations. May 5, 2017 · 1 min read

Create Separate Hatches Fast and Easy!

Hatch several areas in AutoCAD without restarting the command. Turn on Create Separate Hatches in the Hatch Creation tab and work faster. April 30, 2017 · 1 min read

How to find Closest Distance Between 2 Objects in Civil 3D?

Find the closest distance between two objects in Civil 3D with the Minimum Distance Between Entities tool, with steps to run it. April 25, 2017 · 2 min read