


This also means that we have backward compatibility for one more year! So any drawing you create and save in Civil 3D 2023 can still be opened in previous versions as far back as Civil 3D 2018. Civil 3D is using the AutoCAD 2018 DWG format for at least one more year. Is there an echo in here? Didn’t I say that last year? And the year before? Yes, I said it back then and I get to say it again.

Still the same DWG format and backward compatibility! Now that it has arrived, let’s take a look at some of the key things to know about this new version. This tool is NOT recommended for beginners.As usual, new versions of Autodesk’s products have been released this Spring, including Civil 3D 2023! In addition to performance enhancements, Autodesk concentrated this year on adding or fixing functionality based on requests from the users. That is a handy tool, and it’s great for CAD Managers and Advanced users. If a layer is in use in any way Purge will not allow you to delete the layer. You could remove a layer from a drawing that is only being used in a style that is not being used at all in the drawing.

The difference is that Superpurge will take specific items out even if they are in use. In some ways, that seems like the normal AutoCAD purge command. Superpurge will allow you to remove all the objects selected at once or select the individual items and only remove those selected whether they are purgable or not. For instance, if you remove all the registered apps from a Civil 3D drawing then you may not be able to use Grading or Pipe Networks the next time you open the file. You need to be familiar with what the program can do when specific actions are set. This is not a program you can just install and start using right away. If you decide to invest in Superpurge, read the Help file before using the add-on. It can deep clean a file so much that you cannot open the file afterwards if you’re not careful. A Manusoft program, this program deep cleans drawing files.
