This guide will be helpful for individual civil engineers, designers, surveyors, and drafters who are moving to Civil 3D, as well as for IT and CAD managers who are assessing the overall process of moving to Civil 3D ...

The first step in moving from Land Desktop to Civil 3D is to assess your organizationâ s current workflows for designing and delivering engineering design projects. A clear understanding of your current workflows and processes will help you implement Civil 3D software successfully and be better able to validate results. For example, is your current workflow documented in any way, either at a conceptual or detail level? You might want to consider at least diagramming your current workflow, at a conceptual level, as you assess it. This step will help you as you begin your transition from Land Desktop to Civil 3D.

The next step is to determine which project or projects in your organization are the best ones to use as pilot projects. Choosing a pilot project that has the following characteristics will help make the process of learning to use Civil 3D go smoothly. It may be best to choose a project that


has a straightforward design that your company is familiar with
has a flexible and willing clientâ if you choose billable projects
is a smaller job
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