Why are AutoCAD Civil and AutoCAD Civil 3D products being consolidated?
The civil infrastructure industry has changed significantly in the past year and is facing very challenging times. The economic downturn has put enormous pressure on firms to reduce costs while increasing accountability. Through these challenging times, Autodesk has been listening to our customers’ concerns. What we have heard clearly from customers like you is that you are looking for more value from your software investment and ways to simplify software management. In response, Autodesk has decided to lower the price of AutoCAD® Civil 3D® software and consolidate our civil engineering product portfolio. We are confident that this will help provide more value to our customers and notably simplify software deployment. With one product, AutoCAD Civil 3D, customers will now have more access to a wide variety of tools needed by civil engineers, technicians, and drafters. In addition, Autodesk can focus its development a single purpose-built product for civil engineering, AutoCAD Civil 3D,
