The Civil Side: A Few of My Favorite Things - Civil 3D 2009 has ability to label parcel segments, to work with large surface data, stacked profile tools, more, Melanie Santer, AUGI, Mar 2008 (may require free registration)

Civil 3D Implementation Guidelines - key factors like workflow, support from higher management, and developing naming convention are important, Melanie Santer, AUGI, Dec 2007 (may require free registration)

Manage Surfaces, Part 1 - handling large surfaces in Civil 3D 2008, Mike Choquette, Cadalyst, Nov 1, 2007

Dynamic Modeling in Action - dynamic Civil 3D modeling helpful to students and teachers creating innovative designs, Sanjay Asnani, 2D to Civil 3D, Nov 1, 2007

Start As You Mean to Go On - checklist for beginners when handling Civil 3D project, Jack Strongitharm, From the Ground Up, Sep 26, 2007

Changing Widths on Sample Lines - using 'from corridor stations' function in Civil 3D, Ove Cervin, From the Ground Up, Sep 21, 2007

Software - companies offer tools for civil engineers: Adobe Acrobat 3D V8, AutoCAD Civil 3D, ASE Civil, Carlson SurvCE 2.0, Bentley Electric XM and Bentley Expert Designer XM, more, CE News, Aug 30, 2007

LandXML Version - importing LandXML file from Civil 3D 2008 into DWG version 2007, Ove Cervin, From the Ground Up, Sep 12, 2007

BIM and Civil Engineering - Revit and AutoCAD Civil 3D working together in BIM workflow, Rick Rundell of AIA, Cadalyst, Sep 1, 2007

Various Import/Export Options - product-level and object level data imports/export in Civil 3D, Sanjay Asnani, 2D to Civil 3D, Sep 4, 2007

Alignments - Part I - learning about Civil 3D alignments, Sanjay Asnani, 2D to Civil 3D, June 4, 2007

3GB Switch and AutoCAD Civil 3D - enabling the 3GB switch on Windows XP and Vista, Autodesk, June 5, 2007

The Truth About Deploying Civil 3D - factors to be considered when implementing Civil 3D, Donnie Gladfelter, The CAD Geek Blog, June 6, 2007

What's Bugging You About 2008? - list of bugs in Civil 3D 2008, James Wedding, Civil 3d.com, June 1, 2007

Adjusting a Survey Traverse in Civil 3D - Jason Hickey, Civil 3d.com, May 31, 2007

LandXML Drawing Support - exploring LandXML import/export functionality in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008, Autodesk, May 2007, pdf

The Civil Side: LDD and Civil 3D Face Off - defining Civil 3D and differentiating it from Autodesk Land Desktop, Melanie Santer, AUGI, May 2007 (may require free registration)

Kaprun, Kitzsteinhorn, and Corridor Sections.... - sectioning the corridor through an Xref in Civil 3D 2008, Daniel Philbrick, The Dave and Dan Civil 3D Show, May 14, 2007

Civil 3D 2008 is AVAILABLE Now! - easy import from Google earth into Civil 3D directly and ability to produce plan sheets, Sanjay Asnani, 2D to Civil 3D, May 10, 2007

Separate Annotation Scales Per Viewport - setting the annotation and viewport scales in Civil 3D 2008, Donnie Gladfelter, The CAD Geek Blog, May 8, 2007

How to Get Started with Civil 3D - keep a check on community sites for learning material, Sanjay Asnani, 2D to Civil 3D, May 8, 2007

Command for Tracking Cursor Position (Where Did it Go!) - three undocumented commands in Civil 3D 2008: HideDrawingTips, ShowDrawingTips, and ShowDrawingTipsFull, Daniel Philbrick, The Dave and Dan Civil 3D Show, May 5, 2007

I'm a Happy Mapper in 2008 - Civil 3D 2008 automatically finds the projection file and assigns input coordinate systems, Dana Breig Probert, Civil 3d.com, May 3, 2007

Reasons for Using Civil 3D - differentiating Civil 3D from AutoCAD, Sanjay Asnani, 2D to Civil 3D, April 23, 2007

Control+Click: Get Used to it - hold down Contorl key and then click to select labels in Civil 3D 2008, Dana Breig Probert, Civil 3d.com, May 1, 2007

Color Me Impressed - DEM files work fine in Civil 3D 2008, James Wedding, Civil 3d.com, May 1, 2007

Quick Drawing Change: Annotation Scale Button - toggling between scales using annotation scale tool in Civil 3D 2008, Dana Breig Probert, Civil 3d.com, May 1, 2007

Make Sure You WANT Your Commands to Change - drawing settings can be changes in all 3 default templates in Civil 3D 2008, Dana Breig Probert, Civil 3d.com, May 1, 2007

Civil 3D 2008 and Vault - Xref dialog for directly browsing to the Vault for Xref, ability to turn off DWF publish option and ability to share alignments and profiles independently, more, Daniel Philbrick, The Dave and Dan Civil 3D Show, April 27, 2007

Open the Floodgates - some points to be aware of before transitioning to Civil 3D 2008, James Wedding, Civil 3d.com, April 26, 2007

Working with MicroStation - Civil 3D 2008 can save a V8 DGN file, Jason Hickey, Civil 3d.com, April 25, 2007

Saved Views in Panorama - customizing views of columns in panorama in Civil 3D 2008, James Wedding, Civil 3d.com, April 18, 2007

New for 2008: Showing Structure Connected Pipes as Ellipses- Automatically- In Profile - Dana Breig Probert, Civil 3d.com, April 19, 2007

Mtext Discoveries in 2008 - option of full justification and annotative scaling features in Civil 3D 2008, Jason Hickey, civil3d.com, April 17, 2007

Civil 3D 2008 Inquiry Commands: A Small Change That Made Me Happy - inquiry commands work fine with parcel segments, alignment segments and feature lines, Dana Breig Probert, Civil 3d.com, April 15, 2007

Using Civil 3D Surfaces in Other Programs - exporting surfaces to a DEM file in Civil 3D 2008, Jason Hickey, Civil 3d.com, April 16, 2007

Operating Siteless - new siteless collection of alignments in Civil 3D 2008 do not interact with other objects, Jeff Mishler, Civil 3d.com, April 14, 2007

Civil 3D 2008 and File Formats - Civil 3D 2008 objects do not work in previous releases, Dana Breig Probert, Civil 3d.com, April 13, 2007

How do I Get Civil 3D to Import a SID File? - install the Raster Design Object Enabler to import MrSID into Civil 3D 2008, Dana Breig Probert, Civil 3d.com, April 13, 2007

AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 is Here! - configuring styles, creating view frames and sheets to use new plan production feature, Donnie Gladfelter, The CAD Geek Blog, April 16, 2007

Top 5 Civil 3D Implementation Obstacles - lack of support, cheap implementation efforts, underestimating the efforts involved, wrong implementation partner, Mark Scacco, Civil 3d.com, April 12, 2007

New for 2008: Text Override and Reference Text in Pipe Network Labels - increased label functionality helps override label text and add reference text, Dana Breig Probert, Civil 3d.com, April 11, 2007

Two Reference Text 'Gotchas' in 2008 - bug in expression and reference text and while setting the reference surface in Civil 3D 2008, Dana Breig Probert, Civil 3d.com, April 11, 2007

New Feature Line Edits in 2008 - ability to break and trim feature lines plus option of flattening to elevations or grades in Civil 3D, Jason Hickey, civil3d.com, April 9, 2007

The Part Builder Enigma- Help for 2008 - around 100 pages of illustrations on Part Builder are included in Civil 3D 2008 User's Guide, Dana Breig Probert, Civil 3d.com, April 7, 2007

Enhancements to the Figure Prefix Library in Civil 3D 2008 - addition of pulldowns to pick suitable layers and styles while changing settings, Jason Hickey, civil3d.com, April 5, 2007

New for 2008: Move Blocks to Surface and More - moving tree blocks to their Z attribute in Civil 3D 2008, Dana Breig Probert, Civil 3d.com, April 4, 2007

Grading in C3D 2008 - grading feature, ability to edit 3D geometry, to calculate feature line statistics, more, Wendy Lim, Avid User of Civil 3D, March 17, 2007

Civil 3D 2008 Users Guide and Help - detailed information, workflow suggestions, and practical examples, Dana Breig Probert, Civil 3d.com, March 16, 2007

Dynamic Pipe Network Tables in Civil 3D 2008 - pipe network tables can be easily created and customized, Dana Breig Probert, Civil 3d.com, March 13, 2007

Simple Sampling Sends Scribbler Soaring - adding a pipe network to an existing section view using enhanced section functionality in Civil 3D 2008, Jason Hickey, civil 3d.com, March 9, 2007

Stylin' and Profilin' - ability to generate a split profile view automatically, ability to change the name of creator of a style, small previews update, more in Civil 3D 2008, James Wedding, civil 3d.com, March 8, 2007

Volume Labels on a Section View? - compute the volumes before creating the section view in Civil 3D 2008, Jason Hickey, civil 3d.com, March 7, 2007

Corridors Eh! - ability to split an existing region in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008, Nick Zeeben, Wicked Cool Stuff, February 15, 2007

Plans Production is Here! - link to video showing new Plans Production tools in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008, Anthony Governanti, Wicked Cool Stuff, February 16, 2007

I Love 2008 Labels - labels are easy to manage with their respective objects in Civil 3D 2008, Matt Kolberg, Civil 3d.com, February 20, 2007

Civil 3D 2008 will Give You the Earth - Civil 3D 2008 will be able to import an image and surface from Google Earth, Angel's Civil 3D Thoughts, February 16, 2007

Extract Objects from Surface in Civil 3D 2008 - extract contours, triangles, borders, etc. while keeping your surface intact, Dana Breig Probert, civil 3d.com, February 15, 2007

New Corridor Goodies in Civil 3D 2008 - ability to jig with the boundaries, better region control, automatically assignment of render materials to corridors, more, Dana Breig Probert, civil 3d.com, February 14, 2007

AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 - important features include: automatic generation of plan/profile sheets, improved corridor modeling, best fit lines and curves, Scott McEachron, Civil 3D - Paving the Way, February 13, 2007