

The profile geometry is offset using a default cross slope which you can modify by editing the profile properties. You can create dynamic offset profiles using the same command you use to create offset alignments. So let’s take a look at these nice new features…īelow you will see that nice, new drawing format: If you’re moving to 2018, make sure you are willing to stay on 2018.


So, what’s the big deal, right? All the AutoCAD based products have this new format. Let’s face it Civil 3D was NEVER backward compatible until the aforementioned versions. I think many of you became spoiled with the backward compatibility that Civil 3D offered with versions 2013-2016. The first thing I want to mention is the new drawing format. In this blog, I will cover the new features of Civil 3D 2018. Creating a bunch of Note Label Styles with commonly used text, can be an enormous timesaver when issues like this appear.Another year has come and gone, but it brings forth new technology and excitement to dive into. After we rotated the objects in the viewport, the Note Label Style reoriented itself to stay plan readable, the Multileader did not. Note (left) & Multileader before twist Note (left) & Multileader after twistĪs we can see, The Note and the Multileader started out plan readable. The text and leader can automatically become plan readable when there are viewport changes. How about using a Civil 3D Note Label Style? Civil 3D Note Label Styles have a feature that makes them a good solution for this type of situation. We can see multileaders do not rotate automatically or become plan readable in the viewport. Multileader before twist Multileader after twist Wow, this keeps on getting better and better. There will be at least 50 multileaders to fix. Rotating our viewports means our Model Space multileaders will no longer be aligned with the layout. We will have to rotate some of our viewports +/- 15 degrees to see the new changes. Then the dreaded change order makes its way to our desk. We’ve used our vast collection of preset multileader styles to save time. We’ve annotated our plan drawing in Model Space.
