AutoCAD vs Civil 3D

Productivity Study and Highlights

PRODUCTIVITY STUDY HIGHLIGHTS
Benefits of Using Civil 3D vs. AutoCAD

Autodesk Civil 3D brings dramatic time savings to civil engineers across a broad range of civil infrastructure project workflows.

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STUDY SUMMARY

Autodesk commissioned a study that explored the productivity differentiations between AutoCAD® and Civil 3D® when performing civil engineering workflows including surface creation, alignment and profile design, grading, and schedule production. Results showed that Civil 3D could allow a user to complete tasks up to 20 times faster compared with AutoCAD, when these tasks were performed by an experienced Civil 3D user.

The Benefits of Using Autodesk Civil 3D

A productivity study detailing the differences between AutoCAD and Civil 3D.

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This study explores 10 typical workflows common to civil infrastructure projects. Designed by Autodesk and commissioned to an independent consultant this study looks at direct comparisons of the time, effort, and accuracy of each specific task using Autodesk® Civil 3D® versus the same tasks using base Autodesk® AutoCAD®. This study found the same tasks were completed 95% faster when using Civil 3D, a direct time savings of 43 hours, 40 minutes through the course of the project.

An increase in accuracy and precision were also seen in most tasks, reducing the potential for errors and rework. It is impossible to quantify possible rework amounts, but where typical errors could be avoided these were captured in the study details.

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