Autodesk Civil 3D: Data Management Workflows

Learn best practices for working with data sources in Autodesk Civil 3D.

Introduction

• History of sharing data within Civil 3D
• DREFs versus XREFs

1. Setting Up Your Directory Structure

• Working folders versus data shortcut project folders
• Directory workflow options

2. Referencing Data

• Create data shortcuts
• Create data references
• Data reference management
• Editing the data shortcut

3. Data Referencing Best Practices

• File structure best practices
• Working with Vault