[ Civil 3D Reviews ](https://www.g2.com/products/civil-3d/reviews) [ Civil 3D Reviews ](https://www.g2.com/products/civil-3d/reviews) # Civil 3D Features ##### ## Design (9) Visualizing Design your project in 3D Rendering Produce 3D visualizations without any integrating hardware. Drawing Ability to create 2D and 3D drawings of your structure. Editing Ability to edit designs with a WYSIWYG editor Dynamic Updating Allows users to create relationships between objects so design changes are dynamically updated 3D Modeling Create three-dimensional models of civil engineering projects 3D Rendering Place your model in a fully-realized 3D environment. Drawing Create linework with a variety of different tools. Editing Edit your design with functions like erase, trim, undo and more. 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