CivilCraft is early. This page lists what the current build does not do, so you do not look for it. Nothing here is promised for a date.
Points
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| Editing or moving one point at a time | Cut and paste the points, or edit the point file and import it again |
| Adding a second point file to the first | Join the files in a text editor or spreadsheet first |
| Exporting a point text file | Export LandXML (points go out as CgPoints), use GIS Export (points with P, N, E, Z and D fields), or Copy the points into a spreadsheet |
| Description keys, custom point groups, point label styles | Groups come from the first word of the description; labels show the number, elevation and description, or less (CivilCraft settings) |
| Unit conversion | Convert the file before importing; Units only relabels |
Surfaces
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| More than one surface built from points | One project per surface |
| Hide (inner) boundaries | Use Longest outside edge or an outer boundary |
| Selecting or editing one drawn breakline | ⌘ZCtrl+Z, or Remove drawn breaklines and redraw |
| Editing a surface read from LandXML (breaklines, boundary) | Rebuild the surface from the points |
| Editing a surface made from an elevation grid | Import the grid again with other choices |
| Undoing a surface made from an elevation grid | Save a copy of the project before you import |
| Converting a surface read from LandXML when the coordinate system changes | Rebuild the surface from the points first |
| Labeled spot elevations and slope values | Read them in the status bar |
Alignments and profiles
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| Spirals (transition curves) | Circular curves only; LandXML alignments with spirals are skipped |
| Inserting a PI between two others | Redraw the alignment, or retype PI coordinates |
| Alignments from objects, offsets, widenings | Draw by PIs |
| Typing K for a vertical curve | Type L (K is shown) |
| Circular and unsymmetrical vertical curves | Symmetric parabolic curves only |
| More than one design profile per alignment | One alignment per variant |
| Zooming the profile view, profile bands, plotting profiles | The profile view fits the whole alignment; the profile goes out in LandXML |
| Cross-section views and sample lines | Use the corridor facts and the status bar |
Corridors
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| Curb and gutter, sidewalks, ditches, other subassemblies | One lane, one shoulder and a side slope each side |
| Different left and right sides, or changes along the road | Split the work into separate alignments |
| Superelevation and widening | Not available |
| Regions, targets, corridor surfaces of their own | The corridor is graded into the proposed surface |
| Corridors exported as LandXML roadways | The proposed surface is exported |
Grading and volumes
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| Sloped pads, feature lines with grades, benches | Flat pads with cut and fill slopes |
| Grading to a distance, elevation or another surface | Daylight to existing ground only |
| Adding or removing a pad corner | Delete the pad and draw it again |
| TIN-to-TIN (prism) volumes, choosing the grid cell size | Grid method, cell size chosen for you |
| Swell and shrink, topsoil, pavement depths | Apply factors to the reported numbers yourself |
| Mass haul | Not available |
Pipe networks
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| More than one network per project | Separate projects for storm and sanitary |
| Flow, hydraulics, hydraulic grade line | Check hydraulics in other software |
| Parts catalogs, rectangular structures, non-round pipes | Round structures and pipes with a diameter |
| Pipes in the profile view, curved pipes | Read inverts and cover in the right panel |
Files and output
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| Opening DWG or DXF | Bring linework in as LandXML, or points as CSV |
| Multiple sheets, portrait sheets, title blocks, viewports | One landscape plan sheet per PDF |
| Plotting elevation bands and profiles | Bands are screen only; take a screenshot if you need them |
| Changing layer names, colors or label styles | Change them in a CAD program after DXF export |
| Cloud saving, sharing, version history | Save .civilcraft.json files and keep them backed up |
| Desktop builds for Mac, Windows and Linux | Use CivilCraft in the browser |
| Opening several point or project files at once | One file per open (GIS files that belong together, such as a shapefile's parts, open together) |
GIS and coordinate systems
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| KML or KMZ, File Geodatabase | Convert to GeoPackage, shapefile or GeoJSON first |
| Editing GIS features or their attributes | Edit them in a GIS program and import again |
| Labels from GIS attributes, GIS layers in the 3D view | Click a feature to read its attributes |
| Vertical datums and geoid models | Elevations are used as the file gives them; check the vertical datum yourself |
| Grid-file datum shifts (such as NADCON for NAD27) | A rougher shift is used and its accuracy is shown; use a modern datum where you can |
| Map layers in the PDF plot, DXF, DWG or 3D view | Map layers are on screen only |
| Map servers that need a sign-in, key or token | Use public services, or a georeferenced image file |
| Writing LAS or LAZ files | Export surfaces as a GeoTIFF elevation grid |
| LiDAR intensity, color and returns; elevation grids with several bands; grid or LiDAR files over 200 MB | LiDAR is filtered by class only, grids use their first band; cut large files into tiles first |
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| A finish button for touch screens | Attach a keyboard and press ReturnEnter |
| Typed coordinates or distances while drawing | Draw roughly, then type exact PI coordinates in the alignment's PI table |
| Typing coordinates for pad corners and structures | Drag their grips; zoom in for precision and watch E and N in the status bar |
| Snapping to objects (other than survey points for breaklines) | Zoom in and watch the status bar |
| Changing keys | The keys are fixed |
3D view
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| Drawing or editing in the 3D view | Draw and edit in the plan; the 3D view follows every edit |
| Highlighting the selection in 3D | The selected item's properties open in the right panel |
| Selecting alignments, pads or breaklines by clicking in 3D | Click them in the plan |
| Exporting the exaggerated view or in feet | Exports are true scale in meters; see Export the site in 3D |
| Textures, sun and shadows, fly-through | Orbit and the standard views |