We’re pleased to announce the release of Devotech iDAS™ 2026 , which is now fully compatible with Autodesk Civil 3D 2026 . This release...

Before creating pipe networks from polylines, it is best practice to pre-process the polylines to ensure accuracy (no gaps between...

When a drawing is opened that was never opened in Civil 3D® before, for example an AutoCAD drawing or 3rd party drawing, Civil 3D will...

During Autodesk® Civil 3D® testing, we found a Civil 3D command that automatically creates multiple viewports in the Civil 3D model...

Below are different options to import Autodesk® Civil 3D® styles from another drawing into a design drawing: 1. Use the Import Styles...

When you open the Drawing Settings window in Civil 3D, you might encounter the following error message: If you click OK multiple times,...

If you need to do a Devotech iDAS silent installation, you can use the windows command prompt for installation with the setup parameters....

We decided to run a few tests with drawings to find out whether the AutoCAD Civil 3D template could improve the performance of Civil 3D. ...

To coordinate a Revit model can require more steps than one would expect. One of the reasons is that one Revit model can be positioned in...

If you are new to Devotech iDAS, watch the video below to understand what files are installed with iDAS (subassemblies, CTB file,...

It sometimes happens that the link between the north arrow and linked viewport gets broken, which results in all the north arrows...

The Devotech template contains a lot of expressions. If you want to use these expressions in your drawing which is based on a different...

There are various ways to export a Civil 3D drawing to AutoCAD. Unfortunately, there are cases in which some options do not work, they...

In many countries designs must be done in the 3rd or 4th quadrant of the coordinate system which often causes issues with Esri or Bing...

If you have two viewports created on top of each other, it seems impossible to select a specific viewport (Civil 3D will automatically...

Devotech iDAS users often request the latest template, help file, pipe network catalogue or subassemblies, to stay up to date with the...

Devotech iDAS has the ability to create a survey grid in model space within seconds, however it is sometimes necessary to create a survey...

The example below shows a Setting Out Data Table which has question marks for the Start and End chainages. Another problem is that the...