Government Transportation Solutions

Complete road projects up to 75% faster!

Autodesk and DLT Solutions have teamed to help state and local government agencies to provide comprehensive 3D modeling tools for rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure better, faster, and more affordably

Explore our resources to find out how you can shorten timelines and maximize resources while increasing workflow efficiencies. You’ll find quick and easy access to the information you need about AutoCAD® Civil 3D®, the software that helps your team complete a road projects faster, smarter and more accurately.

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AutoCAD Civil 3D Information

AutoCAD® Civil 3D® software provides project teams with a more comprehensive design, analysis, and documentation solution that enables them to complete civil engineering projects faster and with improved accuracy.

• Road Design Basics with AutoCAD Civil and Civil 3D
• Road Rehabilitation and Reconstruction with AutoCAD Civil and Civil 3D
• Rule-Based Road Design using AutoCAD Civil and AutoCAD Civil 3D

Customer Applications and Successes

Explore how customers have implemented Civil 3D software across a variety of transportation projects  

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Upcoming Live Events

• Events in Your Area

Learn more about upcoming Autodesk Government events in your area.

On Demand Archived Web Events

• Webcast: Transportation with Civil 3D and NavisWorks  

This webcast covers how Civil 3D 2009 and NavisWorks helps engineers effectively respond to complex, time sensitive transportation and road situations. View the Transportation with Civil 3D and NavisWorks webcast

• Webcast: Autodesk Civil Engineering Solutions for the USACE  

This webcast focuses on Autodesk Civil Engineering Solutions for the US Army Corps of Engineers. See on how these solutions can rehabilitate project sites quickly while being effective, reduce design time, and reduce errors and omissions. View the Autodesk Civil Engineering Solutions for the USACE webcast

• Webcast: Saving Time and Reducing Errors with Machine Control Systems  

Join this one-hour on-demand webcast to find out how Autodesk® can help you save time and reduce errors by creating a design needed for Machine Control Systems (MCS). The 3D model-based technology, MCS is rapidly becoming mainstream as grading contractors are discovering they can do more with less time and fewer errors. Webcast topics include:

• Important design details that need to be included for MCS.
• How MCS effectively eliminates grade-staking tasks.
• How AutoCAD® Civil 3D® links to Trimble® machine control application SiteVision® Office.
• And more!
• Webcast: Best Practices for using Aerial Photogrammetry  

Join this one-hour on-demand webcast to learn about best practices for collecting and using photogrammetric data for roadway and drainage designs using AutoCAD® Civil 3D® You will see how photogrammetric data can be integrated into a single and more productive workflow. Webcast topics include:

• Recommended flight paths, heights for data collection, and ground control point placement.
• GPS satellite planning, GPS canopy considerations, and coordinate system considerations relative to orthometric and ellipsoidal heights.
• Finished .dwg or .dgn graphics files deployed within AutoCAD Civil 3D to create surfaces.
• Surface deployment within AutoCAD Civil 3D and evaluation relative to the design of roadways and drainage systems.
• And more!

View the Best Practices for using Aerial Photogrammetry Webcast

• Webcast: Streamlining the Roadway Milling and Overlay Process  

Join this one-hour on-demand webcast where you will learn time savings and best practices in roadway design using AutoCAD® Civil 3D®. Specifically, you will see how to save on materials costs and gain efficiency in the common workflows used for roadway milling and overlay. Webcast topics include:

• Defining the best-fit design profile that will provide the optimized milling and overlay design surface along the roadway.
• Best practices for computing quantities throughout the milling and overlay project
• Variable depth leveling courses providing real world examples.

View the Streamlining the Roadway Milling and Overlay Process Webcast

• Webcast: Roadway Design Using AutoCAD Civil 3D  

In this informative on-demand webcast, engineers working at the city and county level will see state-of-the-art tools that help complete projects faster, smarter and more accurately. Learn how using AutoCAD® Civil 3D® can reduce engineering phase costs, leaving more money for project construction. General webcast topics include:

• Completing roadway design projects faster, smarter, and more accurately.
• Evaluating multiple design alternatives quickly, minimize manual edits, and output updated plans automatically.
• Reducing costly errors and staying within budgets.

View the Roadway Design Using AutoCAD Civil 3D Webcast

• AutoCAD Civil 3D Migration Webcast Series  

View this webcast series on-demand to see how your agency can migrate into AutoCAD Civil 3D. Webcast Series:

• Survey
• Road Design
• Plan Production

View the AutoCAD Civil 3D Migration Webcast Series.

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