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CivilCraft

From survey points to finished grade.

CivilCraft turns survey points and breaklines into surfaces you can design on. Lay out horizontal alignments, cut profiles, build corridors from assemblies, grade pads and ponds, and route gravity pipe networks. Earthwork volumes come straight from the surfaces, and LandXML carries the data to and from surveyors and other tools.

If you design sites in Civil 3D, CivilCraft will speak your language.

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Planned for macOSWindowsLinux

What's inside

  • Surfaces from points

    Build TIN surfaces from point files and breaklines, then show them as contours, slope arrows or elevation bands.

  • Alignments and profiles

    Horizontal alignments with curves and spirals, and profiles sampled from the surface with your design grade on top.

  • Corridors

    Sweep an assembly of lanes, curbs and side slopes along an alignment and get the finished surface back.

  • Grading

    Grade pads, ponds and swales to a target slope or elevation, and watch cut and fill as you go.

  • Pipe networks

    Gravity storm and sanitary networks with structures, inverts and slopes that check themselves against your rules.

  • LandXML in and out

    Exchange points, surfaces, alignments and pipe networks with surveyors and other tools through LandXML.

Concept drawings

Drawn for this page to show what CivilCraft is being built to do. They are concept drawings, not screenshots: there is no software to screenshot yet.

0+00 2+00 4+00 6+00 8+00 10+00 PC PT 106 111 116 121 N Existing ground, 1 ft contours Centerline stationed every 100 ft 0 50 100 ft
Sheet1 of 3
Title

Contour surface with an alignment

StatusConcept drawing
ScaleNot to scale

Existing ground at 1 ft contours with a road centerline stationed every 100 ft.

PVI 3+00, El 113.00 Sag curve, L = 200 ft, K = 57 PVI 7+00, El 123.00 Crest curve, L = 240 ft, K = 60 −1.00% +2.50% −1.50% 0+00 2+00 4+00 6+00 8+00 10+00 104 112 120 128 Design grade Existing ground Horizontal 1" = 100', vertical 1" = 10'
Sheet2 of 3
Title

Road profile

StatusConcept drawing
ScaleNot to scale

Existing ground and design grade along the alignment, with the vertical curves labeled.

CL 2.0% 2.0% Lane 12' Lane 12' Curb and gutter Sidewalk 5' 3:1 fill slope 3:1 cut Asphalt 4" Aggregate base 12" Existing ground Typical section, vertical exaggerated 2×
Sheet3 of 3
Title

Typical section

StatusConcept drawing
ScaleNot to scale

The assembly a corridor sweeps: lanes, curb and gutter, sidewalk and a 3:1 side slope.

Formats

Open formats in and out, so a drawing made in CivilCraft never needs us to open it.

FormatPlanned support
LandXMLImport and export
CSV point filesImport
DWGExport
PDFPlot sheets

Get CivilCraft

There is no public build of CivilCraft yet, on any platform. Pick yours and we will email you when there is one.

CivilCraft for macOS

No public build yet

CivilCraft is planned. Work starts after the apps ahead of it on the roadmap, and there is no build yet.

Planned minimums (all platforms)

System
macOS 13 Ventura or later
Processor
Apple silicon or 64-bit Intel
Memory
8 GB (target for every app)
Graphics
Metal-capable GPU

Get the first CivilCraft build for macOS by email.

One email when there is a build, the odd progress note, and an unsubscribe link in every one.

CivilCraft for Windows

No public build yet

CivilCraft is planned. Work starts after the apps ahead of it on the roadmap, and there is no build yet.

Planned minimums (all platforms)

System
Windows 10 22H2 or Windows 11, 64-bit
Processor
x86-64 or Arm64
Memory
8 GB (target for every app)
Graphics
DirectX 12 or Vulkan 1.2 GPU

Get the first CivilCraft build for Windows by email.

One email when there is a build, the odd progress note, and an unsubscribe link in every one.

CivilCraft for Linux

No public build yet

CivilCraft is planned. Work starts after the apps ahead of it on the roadmap, and there is no build yet.

Planned minimums (all platforms)

System
64-bit distribution with glibc 2.31 or later (Ubuntu 20.04, Fedora 36 or newer)
Processor
x86-64 or Arm64
Memory
8 GB (target for every app)
Graphics
Vulkan 1.2 or OpenGL 4.5 GPU

Get the first CivilCraft build for Linux by email.

One email when there is a build, the odd progress note, and an unsubscribe link in every one.

Build CivilCraft from source

Source not public yet

CivilCraft will be open source under a permissive license. Its repository opens before its first build, with build instructions for macOS, Windows and Linux.

Follow CadCraft on GitHub to see the repositories as they open.

Hear when the CivilCraft repository opens.

One email when there is a build, the odd progress note, and an unsubscribe link in every one.

The family

Every app in the lineup shares the same rules, file formats and command habits. See the whole lineup.

  • In development

    CadCraft

    2D drafting & documentation

    Command-line drafting with layers, blocks, dimensions and layouts that plot. Opens and saves DWG and DXF.

    • 6 highlights
    • Planned for macOS, Windows, Linux and Web
  • In development

    BimCraft

    BIM authoring

    Parametric walls, doors and windows on levels and grids, with views, schedules, sheets and clash checks from one model.

    • 6 highlights
    • Planned for macOS, Windows, Linux and Web
  • Planned

    ModelCraft

    3D modeling for design

    Fast push/pull modeling with groups, components, guides and inference snapping, for massing and early design.

    • 6 highlights
    • Planned for macOS, Windows, Linux and Web
  • Planned

    MarkupCraft

    Drawing review & markup

    Open a PDF plan set, mark it up from a saved tool chest, compare revisions and run punch lists with the whole team.

    • 6 highlights
    • Planned for macOS, Windows, Linux and Web
  • Planned

    TakeoffCraft

    Quantity takeoff & estimating

    Calibrated linear, area and count takeoff from PDF plans, with assemblies, cost columns and quantities that export.

    • 6 highlights
    • Planned for macOS, Windows, Linux and Web
  • Planned

    DetailCraft

    Steel & rebar detailing

    Structural steel members and connections, rebar placement and bending schedules, shop drawings and NC files from one model.

    • 6 highlights
    • Planned for macOS, Windows and Linux
  • Planned

    PartCraft

    Parametric parts & assemblies

    Constrained sketches, feature history, assemblies with joints and drawings with GD&T. STEP in and out.

    • 6 highlights
    • Planned for macOS, Windows, Linux and Web

Help shape CivilCraft.

Tell us your role and the drawings you make, and you will hear first when CivilCraft has a build to try.

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