How Do I Access Autodesk Collaboration for Civil 3D?

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

• Autodesk Civil 3D.
• A subscription to Forma Design Collaboration.
  Note: For information about accessing the Forma Design Collaboration trial, see Access the Forma Design Collaboration Trial.

  A subscription to Forma Design Collaboration includes an entitlement to Autodesk Collaboration for Civil 3D, which lets you create and manage data shortcut projects in Forma Data Management. If you don't need to create data shortcuts or data shortcut references, but you need to do other work in the project drawings, you'll need a subscription to Forma Data Management. For more information, see About Working With Data Shortcut Projects in Forma Data Management.

• Access to Forma Design Collaboration and Autodesk Collaboration for Civil 3D.
  Note: Access to products and services is provided through Autodesk Account. If you get access to Autodesk products from someone else, you'll need to be assigned access to Forma Design Collaboration and to Autodesk Collaboration for Civil 3D, which is available with Forma Design Collaboration.

  For more information, see the following procedure and Assign Products and Services to Users in Classic User Management in the Account Management Help. Forma Design Collaboration is available only in the Classic View of Autodesk Account.

• The following Forma Data Management account and project access, provided by your organisation's Forma Data Management administrator:
  • Membership in your organisation's Forma Data Management account.
  • An invitation to at least one Forma Data Management project.
  • Permission to access the project folders.
• Desktop Connector, which creates a connected drive on your computer so you can access your Forma Data Management accounts and projects.

  When Desktop Connector is installed, the connected drive for Forma Data Management is indicated by a icon in Windows Explorer. An account within the connected drive and the projects within the account are indicated by a hub icon .

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 on User Management.
3. In the right pane, select a user and click on Edit Access.
4. In the Edit Access dialog box, under Products & Services, select the Assign tick box for Forma Design Collaboration.
5. Click next to Forma Design Collaboration to show the available services, and select the Assign tick 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 Forma Data Management.
3. Start Autodesk Civil 3D and click the Forma Data Management page of the Start tab.
4. Use the account and project switcher to select the Forma Data Management project you want to use.
5. You can now open documents from Forma Data Management, save documents to Forma Data Management and upload documents to Forma Data Management using your connected drive.

Note: Before you can use Forma Data Management 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 Forma Design Collaboration 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 Forma Data Management account, including adding members to the account.	Forma Data Management	Forma Data Management administrator
Create and manage an Forma Data Management project, including inviting project members and setting folder permissions.	Forma Data Management	Forma Data Management administrator
Create a data shortcut project in an existing Forma Data Management project.	Civil 3D	Civil 3D users who subscribe to Forma Design Collaboration and have access to Autodesk Collaboration for Civil 3D
Create data shortcuts and data shortcut references in a project that is stored in Forma Data Management.	Civil 3D	Civil 3D users who subscribe to Forma Design Collaboration and have access to Autodesk Collaboration for Civil 3D
Create new drawings and save them in an Forma Data Management project. Open and edit drawings that contain data shortcut references, including synchronising data shortcut references (but not modifying them or creating new data shortcuts or data shortcut references).	Civil 3D	Civil 3D users who subscribe to Forma Data Management
Upload existing drawings to Forma Data Management using the connected drive.	Windows Explorer	Civil 3D users who subscribe to Forma Data Management
Use the Forma Data Management web interface to review drawings and add markup.	Forma Data Management	Project team members who subscribe to Forma Data Management

Note: For more information about which data shortcut commands require Autodesk Collaboration for Civil 3D, see About Working With Data Shortcut Projects in Forma Data Management.