AutoCAD Civil 3D Quick Facts

About Quick Facts Tables

Format Type Identifier

CIVIL3D

Reader/Writer

Reader

Dataset Type

File

Licensing Level

Professional and above

Dependencies

None

Feature Type

Civil objects with optional layer name

Typical File Extensions

.dwg, .dxf

Automated Translation Support

Yes

User-Defined Attributes

Yes

Coordinate System Support

No

Generic Color Support

Yes

Spatial Index

Never

Schema Required

Yes

Transaction Support

No

Geometry Type Attribute

autocad_entity

Encoding Support

Yes

CIVIL3D Geometry Support

Geometry

Supported?

aggregate

no

circles

yes

circular arc

yes

donut polygon

yes

elliptical arc

yes

ellipses

yes

line

yes

none

no

point

yes

polygon

yes

raster

no

solid

yes (AutoCAD solids only)

surface

yes (AutoCAD surfaces only)

text

yes

z values

yes