What Are Configurable Folders?

Under the Configurable Folders section of the installation wizard, you can specify custom locations for folders with specific content. Content folders are divided into two groups: Support and Survey.

To access the Configurable Folders section of the installation wizard, under Autodesk Civil 3D 2021, click Click to Open and Configure and scroll down to the Configurable Folders section.

The Support content folder group includes the following folders:

Folder name Description
Projects Working Folder The default working folder for projects.
Data Folder Contains items such as preview drawings, quantities reports style sheets, and layer and corridor standards.
Content Root Contains items such as support files for corridor models and pipe networks.

The Survey content folder group includes the following folders:

Folder name Description
Survey Equipment Database Directory For survey equipment database files.
Survey Figure Database Directory For survey figure prefix database files.
Survey Database Settings Directory For SDB_SET files containing settings for the creation of new survey databases.
Survey Extended Property Definitions Directory For SDX_DEF (extended properties schema) files, as well as LandXML and user-defined extended property schema files.
Survey Linework Code Sets Directory For user-defined linework coding definitions.

Specify one of the following configurable folder modes for your content

Tip: You can select multiple folders in the list using Shift+click or Ctrl+click and change the Mode or Path to the same value for all of them at once.