I built a Civil 3D/AutoCAD command generator for civil/infrastructure drafting
Hey everybody, I've been working on a small prototype for myself with Civil3D/AutoCAD workflows and wanted to get some real feedback from others in the industry.
The basic idea is: you describe a repetitive CAD task, and it creates a reusable command for that workflow. The goal is not to replace CAD knowledge, but to make the annoying, repetitive tasks faster and to create a custom, reusable toolset that spans all of your projects.
Here's an example of it saving me a bunch of time:
I used to have to manually wrap up each of these solar blocks in polylines to export to another software. So I created a command in <5min to automatically do this!
https://reddit.com/link/1teo0xw/video/ey56vr6plg1h1/player
I’m mainly trying to understand where this could actually be useful outside of the workflows I already have in mind.
I’m also curious whether something like this would be genuinely useful in your day-to-day work, or if it only sounds good in theory.
If you have a specific dreading workflow/task in mind, comment it, and I’ll follow up if it seems like something I can help out with!