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Let’s to take a moment for a brief, but important, aside before we pursue our discussion of a numeric Code conversion in InstantOn Survey for AutoCAD Civil 3D. Last time I made reference to Not Keys and BESTWay figures as Production Solution methods we can employ to reduce to our man-hour costs in field gathering.  

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Before Christmas I did a quick customization for a Survey customer. He could have done the work himself, but he needed it done now. No problemo. InstantOn Survey (IOS) is an AutoCAD Civil 3D terminator. IOS makes it easy to tweak because it got built that way by Design.

Our surveyor wanted to use a classic numeric coding system you are probably familiar with and that…

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Our Shared Expectation magnifies and even creates our “common” problems. This extremely disquieting reality is built into the underlying mechanics of how the human brain works. The truth be told, we cannot even consider this prospect for very long. For us is not about consideration anyway.

The Intricate Why?  

You are a body in constant motion. This human music of the…

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If you are an AutoCAD Civil 3D 2014 user and an Autodesk Subscription customer, Autodesk gave you a Christmas present this year - The AutoCAD Civil 3D 2014 Productivity Pack 1.

You have to ask…

Where’s the Beef?

We do civil engineering and survey projects. Therefore, at some point it’s about the deliverables. Your customer may require a bare AutoCAD drawing…

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It’s a fact, Jack. You invested money in the world’s most popular civil engineering and design software.  You (or someone else) will have work hard to make the software run productively and publish your civil engineering design or survey work acceptably.

Every Civil 3D user and expert will tell you, “You need a Civil 3D template.”

They’re right - sort…

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