Comparison Matrix - AutoCAD Map 3D Vs AutoCAD Civil 3D
Description AutoCAD Map 3D
Target User and GIS technicians and analysts,
Application engineers, surveyors and drafters
for planning, mapping and
infrastructure management.
Drafting and Industry specific CAD standards
Documentation (with Industry Toolkits available
for download by Subscription
customers) Map Books
Industries  Utilities
 Telecom
 Government
Surveying & Coordinate data support for
Coordinate surface creation and asset
mapping (with Surveying Tools
available for download by
Subscription customers).
• Import coordinate data from
ASCII files
• Import point and contour data
from FDO data sources
• Lightweight COGO
• Coordinate system setting and
transformations
Design Surface creation for larger
datasets (with Surveying Tools
available for download by
Subscription customers) Surface
creation for larger datasets (with
Surveying Tools available for
download by Subscription
customers)
Data Exchange and DGN, LandXML, Google Earth™
Interoperability and SDF + GIS and raster data
formats including ESRI SHP, TIF
and more
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AutoCAD Civil 3D
Civil engineering technicians,
drafters and surveyors for
developing civil engineering design
information and Delivering
documentation. Civil engineers and
designers responsible for design,
analysis and simulation.
Plan production and drafting
Drafting styles and standards
Reporting, Map Books
 Land development
 Transportation
 Environmental
Full support of surveying workflow
for civil engineering projects from
field to finish.
• Import and process raw survey
data from most data collector
formats
• Survey database
• Traverse and least squares
adjustment
• Automatic creation of survey
figures
• COGO
• Coordinate system setting and
transformations
• Export for machine control
Surface creation and design
using grading and feature lines
• Parcels
• Corridor modeling and road design
• Pipe layout
DGN, LandXML, Google Earth™ and
SDF
 Data Management • Xrefs • Xrefs (including annotation of civil
and Team • Multi‐user drawing environment model)
Coordination • Integration with spatial • Data shortcuts
databases such as Oracle®, • Advanced data management with
Microsoft® SQL Server™ and ESRI® Autodesk® Vault (included) Data
ArcSDE® management and team coordination
functionality from AutoCAD Map 3D

Thematic mapping, buffers, spatial Includes geospatial analysis and

Geospatial Analysis queries, attributes driven mapping functionality from AutoCAD
and Mapping stylization, and more. Map 3D

Stormwater Analysis Stormwater analysis and simulation

and with Hydraflow Storm Sewers
Simulation Extension, Hydraflow Hydrographs
Extension, and Hydraflow Express
Extension**
Land Desktop Project Subscription customers can
Support download AutoCAD® Civil 3D® – Land
Desktop Companion from
Subscription Center

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