AutoCAD Civil 3D Issues Resolution

Civil 3D is Slow, Crashes, or Locks Up

By Rob Bigelow, Infrastructure Industry Specialist, ATG West

Civil 3D is Slow, Crashes, or Locks Up

One of the most frustrating things for drafters and designers is when they run into performance issues with Civil 3D. There are many system variables, hardware components, 3rd party software conflicts, and bad workflows that can cause these issues to happen inside Civil 3D – Way too many to document in this article – but let’s take a look at many of the troubleshooting techniques that are commonly used to diagnose these issues.

Did You Try Turning it Off, and Then Back On?

Yes, this oddly works for many of the issues. Sometimes, all it takes to fix an issue is shutting Civil 3D down and then restart it. And quite often, all it takes is to restart Windows. Try the simple suggestion of restarting it first and you may be surprised how often it works.

Process of Elimination

When…