How Do I Access Autodesk Collaboration for Civil 3D?

To use Autodesk Collaboration for Civil 3D for collaborating on your Civil 3D projects in Autodesk Docs, you'll need to have:

To enable access to Autodesk Collaboration for Civil 3D

  1. Go to accounts.autodesk.com, and sign in to your Autodesk account.
  2. In the left pane, click User Management.
  3. In the right pane, select a user and click Edit Access.
  4. In the Edit Access dialog box, under Products & Services, select the Assign check box for Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro.
  5. Click next to Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro to show the available services, and select the Assign check box for Collaboration for Civil 3D.
  6. Click Save.

To set up to use Autodesk Collaboration for Civil 3D

To get started using Autodesk Collaboration for Civil 3D, you'll need to perform some setup tasks.

  1. Install Autodesk Civil 3D.
  2. Install Desktop Connector and set up the connected drive for Autodesk Docs.
  3. Start Autodesk Civil 3D and click the Autodesk Docs page of the Start tab.
  4. Use the account and project switcher to select the Autodesk Docs project you want to use.
  5. You can now open documents from Autodesk Docs, save documents to Autodesk Docs, and upload documents to Autodesk Docs using your connected drive.
Note: Before you can use Autodesk Docs with Civil 3D, Autodesk Desktop Connector must be running. When Desktop Connector is running, a small icon will appear in your Windows system tray: . When Desktop Connector is installed, it will be added to your Windows startup programs list. That means it should start automatically every time you start Windows. If you need to start Desktop Connector manually, you can select Autodesk Autodesk Desktop Connector on the Windows Start menu.

Applications to use for project setup and collaboration

The following table gives an overview of the applications to use for setting up accounts and projects, and for working with data shortcut projects and documents.

Task Where Who
Provide access to Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro and Autodesk Collaboration for Civil 3D. Autodesk Account Contract managers and software coordinators (using the Classic View in Autodesk Account)
Set up and manage an Autodesk Docs account, including adding members to the account. Autodesk Docs Autodesk Docs administrator
Create and manage an Autodesk Docs project, including inviting project members and setting folder permissions. Autodesk Docs Autodesk Docs administrator
Create a data shortcut project in an existing Autodesk Docs project. Civil 3D Civil 3D users who subscribe to Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro and have access to Autodesk Collaboration for Civil 3D
Create data shortcuts and data shortcut references in a project that is stored in Autodesk Docs. Civil 3D Civil 3D users who subscribe to Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro and have access to Autodesk Collaboration for Civil 3D

Create new drawings and save them in an Autodesk Docs project.

Open and edit drawings that contain data shortcut references, including synchronizing data shortcut references (but not modifying them or creating new data shortcuts or data shortcut references).

Civil 3D Civil 3D users who subscribe to Autodesk Docs
Upload existing drawings to Autodesk Docs using the connected drive. Windows Explorer Civil 3D users who subscribe to Autodesk Docs
Use the Autodesk Docs web interface to review drawings and add markup. Autodesk Docs Project team members who subscribe to Autodesk Docs Docs
Note: For more information about which data shortcut commands require Autodesk Collaboration for Civil 3D, see About Working With Data Shortcut Projects in Autodesk Docs.