Improving Speed of Civil 3D

[tim_newsome]

I work for a company that wants to let 3 users work with Civil3D remotely through a VPN on a server in another city.

I am curious to know what measures could be taken to help the the speed of Civil3D in this manner?

[BlackBox]

Remote users will get better C3D performance using RDP, once IT adds them as authorized users to RDSH (Remote Desktop Services Host; fka Terminal Server) via Security Group in AD (Active Directory).

Just modify the NETLOGON Script to filter for those users & automagically RDP them from RDSH --> physical workstation. I do this for our remote users, as well as in the conference room, so users are always using their own custom settings, etc when asked to 'drive' for project meetings and this means less software licenses required as their still using their own workstation.

The resultant effect is that the remote user simply remotes in once but gets all the benefits of working at the physical machine (with a small amount of lag, depending on their bandwidth at home & your offices throughput at security appliance, of course), plus IT has the explicit benefit of being able to add/remove remote access users through AD by simply modifying the Security Group membership (assuming IT has sufficient User CALs [Client Access Licenses] available on your RDSH) & can log them out of the RDSH/workstation if needed without their being able to log back in (say their employment is being terminated).

HTH

[rkmcswain]

What BlackBox said. We do this every day.

If this is not a possibility, then as a last resort, have them take the data files, put them on the remote PC, work local to that PC and keep WiFi off, and the network cable unplugged.
Why? AutoCAD/Civil 3D will ask the O/S to find any missing network references (such as previously opened file locations, etc.) and if there is any kind of network connection available, the O/S will search for these references forever, and it will likely be deathly slow.