What’s New in Civil 3D 2025.1
Civil 3D 2025.1 offers a range of improvements in the design process which helps to do civil engineering projects more effectively and efficiently. These improvements are driven by the feedback and ideas of the designers and help to align with the design priorities of the designers to achieve a great output. Civil 3D 2025.1 can save the valuable time of the designers and also improve the efficiency regarding the infrastructure of the designs of the projects.
Here is the detailed guide about the new features of Civil 3D 2025.1:
Surface workflows
While using the surface editing commands, the activation of the proper style display commands is done. As an example, edges will display the triangles automatically in the surface style while swapping the surface triangle in Civil 3D 2025.1. Along with this feature, the volume dashboard can be sorted alphabetically in Civil 3D 2025.1. This civil software has the ability to keep the sorted column order in the case of the drawing or design being reopened and saved. The column order is also used to export a cut or fill report in Civil 3D 2025.1.
Corridor workflows
The performance enhancement ability of Civil 3D 2025.1 for corridors helps to speed up the data processing and reduces the wait time between tasks. Object snap tools and upgraded grip editing are faster and responsive in corridors. In Civil 3D 2025.1, the movements on the large corridors are 20 to 80 times faster while the object snaps on as compared to the version.
Corridors are created on the basis of Civil 3D objects
Dynamo for Civil 3D
In this version of Civil 3D software, there are more than 1,100+ new nodes that are used for working with alignment corridors, profiles, pipe networks, feature lines, surfaces, and others. The automation of complex design tasks which is time-consuming is also enabled in Civil 3D 2025.1. These complex designs include the creation of multiple corridor designs, the extraction of the solid layers from terrain surfaces, and the annotating of multiple design elements at once automatically. The Dynamo core has been updated in Civil 3D 2025.1 to version 3.2.2. This helps to bring a refreshed homepage for the users. Along with a refreshed homepage, new paneling nodes, workspace templates, and other features are also available in Civil 3D 2025.1. This powerful automation routine also enables the designers to optimize their designs, helps them to make quick decisions about the designs, and saves their time.
Dynamo for Civil 3D 2025.1
In the node library, the 3D categories are also reorganized which makes it easy to find out the nodes. A few nodes can be also remanded to fit into the new library layout. The node descriptions are also improved in Civil 3D 2025.1 which helps to provide more clarity. All of the node ports including input and output ports include the description in which the purpose of their nodes and their default behavior are described. The new sample graphs are also included in this Civil 3D 2025.1 which influences the Dynamo learning of the users and inspires the users for their next project.
User-driven improvements
More improvement has been brought in the Civil 3D 2025.1 than the previous versions which helps to make the work of the users more efficient. The improvement in this new version has been made on the basis of the ideas and feedback of the users.
Survey databases
A survey database in Autodesk Construction Cloud helps to enhance the workflows for supporting better collaboration among the team members. The survey team members are able to upload their designs, sync their designs, and can also manage their access directly to the survey database files.
Survey Database Workflows in Civil 3D 2025.1
Rail design and streamlined roadway
The Civil 3D features of Civil 3D 2025.1 help to make the roadway and railway designs more efficient. The extended parameters in Cant Tabular Editor of Civil 3D 2025.1 enable the designers to control CANT values. These design parameters of this software include Equilibrium CANT Gradient, Curve Radius, Equilibrium CANT Vertical Speed, CANT Deficiency Vertical Speed, CANT Deficiency Gradient, and Horizontal Speed. The manual steps have been eliminated by these types of enhancements.
In this context, the determination of the CANT situation over track geometry has become easy for railway designers. The turnout improvements in Civil 3D 2025.1 also support the creation of spirals. This turnout improvement includes the RailEngine expression engine. In addition, users can also add turnout side parameters. These parameters allow the users to include side property along with generating tables for the construction process.
Civil 3D design features for Railway design
Civil 3D integrations
Autodesk is also partnered with GeoDin. This collaboration helps to introduce geotechnical data into Civil 3D designs. Designers can upload the GeoDin files just with one click. The geotechnical modeler can also be used by the designers which helps the designers to visualize the borehole details including the depth of the final boreholes, coordinates, lithological ground units along with layer descriptions, and the orientation of the boreholes.
Profile Views
In Civil 3D 2025.1, new Horizontal geometry band options have been added which help to display and label the alignment information. An Alignment2 property has been also added which is used to display the information for a secondary alignment. A Max Offset Distance property has been added which is used to limit the secondary alignment that is displayed in the band. In this updated version of Civil 3D software, users are able to specify the name of the secondary alignment on the basis of the band name.
To learn more, watch the following video tutorial.
Video Source: Highway Academy
Project Explorer in Civil 3D 2025.1
Civil 3D 2025.1 supports the export of the reports of the projects to a JSON. This software has also the ability to have Object Set Actions. This feature helps to trigger the project report to a JSON File.
