Autodesk Civil 3D 2024 from Start to Finish

A practical guide to civil infrastructure design, modeling, and analysis

Stephen Walz

Tony Sabat

BIRMINGHAM—MUMBAI

Autodesk Civil 3D 2024 from Start to Finish

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I want to express my heartfelt appreciation to all of my colleagues, mentors, friends, and family, for all your guidance and encouragement throughout my career, with a special shoutout to my wife, Danna Walz, and daughters, Alexis and Addison, for all of your continuous love and support, and inspiration for me to be the best version of myself every day!

- Stephen Walz

Thank you to all of my colleagues and friends in the industry that helped me pursue and grow my love for technology. Also to my wife, Joy, thank you for your support and patience throughout this process and throughout my career to keep me driving forward and enjoying every step along the way.

- Tony Sabat

Contributors

About the authors

Stephen Walz has worked with a multitude of design, collaboration, and visualization platforms supporting the AEC industry since early 2003. His primary focus has been on the civil and environmental engineering side, where he has held varying levels of design support and CAD/BIM/CIM management roles.

Currently, Stephen is HDR’s digital design lead for civil infrastructure, where he works with their BG leadership, technical leadership, vendors, and ITG to evaluate and implement new technologies, workflows, and adoption strategies supporting the AECOO industry, build awareness and drive consistency with how HDR’s teams leverage various tools and platforms, and identify ways to build skill sets across HDR around each of the platforms and technologies being leveraged.

Furthermore, Stephen is an active member of the following:

• AUGIWORLD Magazine as the BIM/CIM content manager
• buildingSMART International as a member of the Education and Professional Certification Committee within buildingSMART’s US chapter
• The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) as an NCS V7 Project Committee member

Tony Sabat is a consultant and advisor focusing on improving the built environment. He primarily develops innovative and disruptive technologies and processes with many teams, varying from early-stage startups to Fortune 500 companies. Tony partners with companies to develop their digital transformation strategies, as well as implement and sustain emerging technologies, such as reality data modeling, virtual construction simulation, and distributed ledger technology. He has also spoken around the world and written for many organizations about emerging technology in the built environment.

Tony began his career in the early iterations of building information modeling and worked on integrating these concepts and technologies into the infrastructure space. Tony focuses primarily on reality capture, building information modeling, digital twin strategies, as well as virtual design and construction.

About the reviewer

Justin Brooks, PE, PMP has been an avid user of Civil 3D, along with other Autodesk products, during his career of over 20 years in civil engineering. He has an undergraduate and graduate degree in civil engineering and an associate’s degree in CAD as well.

He has held multiple roles within the civil engineering industry, from designer all the way up to project engineer and project manager, with his current role being that of design technology manager with Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. Along with his time in the industry, he has also spent the latter part of his career in post-secondary education as both a professor and curriculum developer in construction management and technology programs.