There are three types of environments for using Collaboration for Civil 3D.
Low-trust environment (controlled sharing)
- Teams have no access to each other's work-in-progress DWGs.
- XREF other teams' DWGs from consumed packages.
- Each team uses an independent data shortcut working folder.
- DREF other teams' Civil 3D objects from consumed packages.
- Teams control which version they consume.
Medium-trust environment (controlled sharing)
- Teams have no access to each other's work-in-progress DWGs.
- XREF other teams' DWGs from shared packages.
- Each team uses an independent data shortcut working folder.
- DREF other teams' Civil 3D objects from shared packages.
High-trust environment (uncontrolled sharing)
- Teams have access to each other's work-in-progress DWGs.
- XREF other teams' DWGs from their working folder.
- Each team uses an independent data shortcut working folder.
- DREF other teams' Civil 3D objects from their working folder.
- View permissions in Autodesk Docs can prevent one team from editing another team's DWGs.
