You may love project storage/pack mode, have a love/hate relationship with it, or not be sure what it is all about. What is Project Storage (Pack Mode)? The idea of Project Storage (Pack Mode) in Civil Site Design/Stringer is to allow you to save everything inside your single drawing (.dwg) file, instead of maintaining a
The newest release of Stringer Topo V26.20 has arrived. This update introduces powerful new commands focused on enhanced visualisation of your vertical design data and improvements to project consistency and setup efficiency. Stringer Topo V26.20 is available on the following platforms: Civil 3D 2025 to Civil 3D 2026 AutoCAD 2025 to AutoCAD 2026 BricsCAD
Did you know we have some keyboard shortcuts in Civil Site Design? If you spend a good amount of your design in the Vertical Grading Editor or regularly run key commands, such as open Model Viewer, you might be looking at some good time savers using keyboard shortcuts. Less Navigating, More Designing You can
The latest update to Stringer Topo enhances the Survey Defaults form by including export and import options to share between drawings/computers in your organisation. What does the Survey Defaults form do? The Survey Defaults form provides you with a centralised location for key settings controls: coordinate systems, point styles, code sets, survey line settings and
We’ve added a new tool to streamline the grading creation workflow: Auto Create Grading Strings. This tool automates the generation of multiple grading strings in a single, efficient operation. The Auto Create Grading Strings augments the current Create Grading command by offering robust batch processing, sequential naming, and multiple initial elevation
A major part of your design process is to identify low points and to either redesign to move/remove them or to include stormwater infrastructure to capture and redirect the flows. Previously you have relied upon the contour data, adding water drops and reviewing your vertical design and cross sections to determine
A much-requested command from customers has been to provide a tool that converts a 2D polyline into a 3D polyline, by draping it onto a surface. This is useful for draping design elements to represent controls such as limit of works, matching to existing features and to provide 3D information for further design. If you
We are on the development and documentation journey to enabling multi language support across our applications. With the release of Civil Site Design and Stringer V26.2, we’ve taken the next steps in delivering multilingual versions of our applications to you. The development team have introduced a language conversion process that directly translates text displayed on
We know that every moment you spend searching through the Ribbon or navigating the Stringer Toolspace is time you aren’t finalising your survey, and that for power users, the keyboard is always faster than the mouse. That’s why we are excited to announce a major productivity update for Stringer Topo users. Less Clicking, More Surveying
From V26.20 release you now have the ability to quickly extract a dynamic section view along any polyline. This allows designers to quickly visualise and review their designs without the overhead of creating strings. This command is super simple to use: - Create a polyline - Run the Quick Section command
