I see, thank you!
Once I had a crash course on 3d visualisation with Autocad Civil 3D (the outcome was a set of wind turbines placed on the terrain). Although that time I think I was convinced with the results, but for some reason I didn't continue with the software. Now that you reminded me, I took a look on the official website and read a couple of opinions on it. Yes, it still seems convincing. However, I was wondering:
Is Civil 3D also able to handle large set of points, like ArcGIS/ArcScene?
Somewhere was stated that if one has Civil 3D and a strong workstation, he doesn't really need ArcGIS (for visualisation). Then what happens with the data preparation? I didn't got to know that part of the software.
I have a little experience with QGIS and even though it always crashed for me when handeling raster data (on Mac), I like the idea of open software. So, for example, as a landscape architect I don't need highly sophisticated GIS analysis, and I can prepare my data in an open source GIS, is it even possible to live without ArcGIS? Open source GIS + Civil 3D? It sounds a little bit unbelievable for me because "everyone" is talking about (and useing) ArcGIS. Its like, if you want a decent GIS, there is ArcGIS, period. Sorry, maybe it became a little bit off-topic at the end.