Article: Autodesk Civil 3D: model-based civil design improves efficiency.(Product/Service Evaluation)

CIVIL ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS looking for a glimpse of the future would be wise to brush up on one key topic: intelligent objects. Just as architectural CAD software has largely abandoned generic CAD entities such as lines, arcs and polygons in favor of intelligent objects such as doors, windows and walls, civil CAD appears headed in a similar direction, at least if Autodesk has anything to say about it. Autodesk's Civil 3D 2005 makes unprecedented use of objects in a quest for a more model-based design environment where on-screen entities also maintain key relationships with design data. The new approach may present an unwelcome learning curve for some users, but the ...

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