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This is spooky. We could call it haunting. It’s the horror of new support online.

The technical support staff are well-intentioned and very skilled about their product and software. But they are answering all my questions from their perspective and experience and NOT from mine. Arrrrrrrgh!

The typical customer "identification process" is bad if it skips from the human to the technical…

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Want to be a civil engineering design wizard in AutoCAD Civil 3D? You must master the Intersection Wizard. The Intersection Wizard sits atop the magic design control tower in Civil 3D. The way to the top seems to go around and around.

That means you must have established a mastery over the Civil 3D Design Control Manager – the Alignment…

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The modern practice of continuous development is a good thing. We employ these sound practices in our product development for the Production Solution products for AutoCAD Civil 3D.

As consumers we get better versions of products as a result often at a reduced cost.

Smart phones would be the most obvious visible…

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In early October Autodesk officially released a new Subscription benefit for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2016 and 2016 IDS products named the AutoCAD Civil 3D 2016 Transportation Extension. Meant to be coupled with the AutoCAD Civil 3D 2016 Productivity Pack 1 released in early August you’ll get a rasher of new a useful tools added to the Civil 3D Toolbox. No interface changes…

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The idea behind renting AutoCAD Civil 3D on a short term basis makes sense if you have a project that demands Civil 3D deliverables and you don’t typically produce project work that way.
Civil 3D isn’t the only civil engineering and survey game in town.
Autodesk’s touted free Educational versions of AutoCAD Civil 3D also make learning Civil 3D to improve you career potential possible…

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