FAQ: What Insights are Available for Civil 3D?
The following insights are currently available for Civil 3D:
Command Recommendations
We use machine learning to discover commands that you previously have not tried or used in a while and might benefit from.
Feature Recommendations
We may recommend new features or updated commands that you are likely to use.
Best Practice Recommendations
We will share best practices we think might be useful and are related to commands that you might not have tried yet.
Update Recommendations
If you are using an earlier release or version of the product, we might suggest updating to the latest release or version to take advantage of enhancements to features that you use.
Product Performance
Insights indicating how your specific Civil 3D installation is performing over time based on load and save times relative to the general population.
Tutorial Insights
Insights that recommend specific Civil 3D tutorials for you to consider based on your usage to learn how to execute specific design tasks.
Civil3D Command Usage by Category
This is a high-level summary of the types of Civil 3D commands you execute. Commands are counted over a 30-day period and gathered into the following categories:
| Category Name | Commands Related To |
|---|---|
| Alignment Design | Creating or modifying alignments in Civil 3D. |
| Assembly Design | Creating or modifying assemblies in Civil 3D. |
| Catchment Design | Creating or modifying catchments in Civil 3D. |
| Corridor Design | Creating or modifying corridors in Civil 3D. |
| Cross-section Design | Creating or modifying cross-sections in Civil 3D. |
| Data Exchange | Importing and exporting data, external references, or drawings. |
| Drawing Setup | Setting up drawing and layouts. |
| Feature Lines | Creating or modifying feature lines in Civil 3D. |
| Grading Design | Creating, modifying or calculating grades. |
| Intersection Design | Creating or modifying intersections in Civil 3D. |
| Lines and Curves | Creating, placing, or modifying different lines and curves in Civil 3D. |
| Material and Quantity Analysis | Analyzing and reporting of materials and their quantities including take offs. |
| Parcel Design | Creating, modifying or exporting parcels and their properties. |
| Pipe Network Design | Creating, modifying or analyzing gravity pipe networks. |
| Plan Production | Production tasks for preparing and exporting plans. |
| Point Management | Creating, modifying or managing points and point groups. |
| Pressure Pipe Network Design | Creating, modifying or analyzing pressure pipe networks. |
| Profile design | Creating or modifying profiles in Civil 3D. |
| Project Data Setup | Setting up Civil 3D projects and project parameters. |
| Rail Design | Creating or modifying rails and rail features. |
| Reporting | Generating and analyzing different reports or inquiries. |
| Roundabouts Design | Creating or modifying roundabouts in Civil 3D. |
| Setup | Setting up Civil 3D for your work, including different views and interfaces. |
| Site Design | Setting up sites, labels and tags for Civil 3D designs. |
| Style Setup | Importing, establishing or modifying styles in Civil 3D. |
| Surface Design | Creating or modifying surfaces and surface elements. |
| Survey Data Management | Working with, importing, or modifying surface data. |
| Tables | Adding or modifying tables in Civil 3D. |
| Transparent Commands | Executing transparent commands as part of a broader workflow or task. |
| Utilities | Invoking various Civil 3D utilities as part of the design workflow. |
AutoCAD Command Usage by Category
This is a high-level summary of the types of AutoCAD commands you execute in Civil 3D. Commands are counted over a 30-day period and gathered into the following categories:
| Category Name | Commands Related To |
|---|---|
| 3D Modeling | Creating and modifying 3D faces, 3D meshes, and 3D solids. |
| Annotations | Creating and modifying text, multileaders, hatches and more. |
| Application | Using the user interface and accessing the online help of the product. |
| Blocks | Creating, inserting, and editing blocks. |
| CAD Standards | Checking and fixing CAD standards. |
| Collaboration | Sharing and working with others on drawings. |
| Constraints | Applying geometric and dimensional constraints to geometry and using parameters. |
| Content Re-Use | Adding and using geometry to a drawing with tool palettes and DesignCenter. |
| Create Objects | Creating 2D objects; lines, circles, arcs and more. |
| Customization | Customizing the user interface and automating workflows. |
| Dimensions | Adding and editing dimensions and dimension styles. |
| Drafting Aids | Using running object snaps, grid display and snap, UCS and more. |
| Drawing | Setting drawing units and undoing commands. |
| Edit Objects | Modifying drawing objects. |
| Express Tools | Using tools that are part of Express Tools. |
| External Databases | Working with external data using the dbConnect feature. |
| External References | Working with Xrefs, raster images, and underlays. |
| File Management | Opening, saving, and closing drawing files. |
| Geographic Location | Defining the geographic location of a drawing. |
| Import and Export Files | Importing and exporting other file formats. |
| Inquiry Tools | Getting the distance between two points, area of an object, or location of a point. |
| Layouts | Working with named layouts. |
| Object Properties | Working with the general properties of drawing objects. |
| Plot and Publish | Outputting a drawing to a hardcopy or an electronic format. |
| View Tools | Viewing 2D and 3D drawing objects. |
| Visualization | Applying visual styles and rendering 3D objects. |