Is AutoCAD necessary for civil engineers?

Autocad is a must for civil engineers 

thank you for invitation

sure it is very important

yes........................................................................

OFF COURSE, CIVIL ENGINEERS WITHOUT AUTOCAD is as teachers without books and pads

Yes, of course! It's necessary for engineers but not only Autocad but also BIM and other softwares for design such as Drasftsight, Microstation, Catia or SP3D

sure to save your work & up dated

of course sure     eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

CAD "Computer Aided Drawing" is as important as you like your life to be comfortable, and there are lots of alternatives, except AutoCAD made by Autodisk is the most popular software in the market.

Yes - it is necessary enough for reading the construction drawings as if we will not work on Auto-cad then it can be occurred difficulty in construction field w.r.t. to reading drawings and its implementation.