Civil Designer

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BIM interoperability

Civil Designer supports IFC 4.3 and lets users choose which model elements to share through a common data environment.civildesigner.com · read 11 Oct 2026

CAD integrations

The CAD module supports BIM IFC integration and Google Earth integration with KML file output.civildesigner.com · read 11 Oct 2026

Cloud collaboration

Yescivildesigner.com · read 22 Sep 2026

Company history

Civil Designer says its origins date to 1989 and its CEO recounts that the project that became Civil Designer began by 1997.civildesigner.com · read 11 Oct 2026

Design Centre

The Design Centre combines bespoke CAD, aerial image handling and digital terrain modelling to produce final drawings.civildesigner.com · read 11 Oct 2026

File import and export

DWG, DXF, DGN, LandXML, IFC, PDF, KML, CSV, Excel, TIFF DEM, ASCII, Shapefilecivildesigner.com · read 22 Sep 2026

Intended users

The company describes its software as being for civil infrastructure design professionals and says its staff include engineering design industry professionals.civildesigner.com · read 11 Oct 2026

Modular licensing

Customers can choose subscription, lifetime licensing with renewable support or modular purchasing, and specialised module licenses can be shared when they are not in simultaneous use.civildesigner.com · read 11 Oct 2026

Platform requirements

The trial is available for Windows desktop; the listed minimum and recommended operating system is Windows 11 (64-bit).civildesigner.com · read 11 Oct 2026

Purpose

Civil Designer is an integrated suite for designing civil infrastructure including earthworks, roads, highways, stormwater, wastewater and potable water supply.civildesigner.com · read 11 Oct 2026

Road design

The Roads module supports geometric design and rehabilitation of highways and urban or rural roads, including junction design, safety analysis and quantity measurement.civildesigner.com · read 11 Oct 2026

Stormwater analysis

The Storm module supports Illudas, Rational, Wallingford and SWMM models for runoff and drainage analysis.civildesigner.com · read 11 Oct 2026

Support

Purchases include technical support, and the Help Desk says it does not charge per support hour.civildesigner.com · read 11 Oct 2026

Supported platforms

Windows desktopcivildesigner.com · read 22 Sep 2026

Terrain inputs

Survey and terrain workflows can import 3D drawing entities, TIFF DEM, Lidar surveys, LandXML or ASCII files.civildesigner.com · read 11 Oct 2026

Water network integrations

The Water module can link to external consumption and tariff data tables.civildesigner.com · read 11 Oct 2026

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