August 2017 Website Updates

August 2017 Help and Training Updates

Release 7 Framework products support AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018

General Notes for the Month

A Recent Videos links section was added to navigation menus

Added a new Autodesk Online Help files page with link access to all Autodesk Civil software help files from 2018 back to 2010
The Autodesk Online Help page also includes a quick links to many popular Recent Autodesk Knowledge Network posts.

Added new Site Video Index and External Video Index with by category listings of videos.
These are available from the Video Archive page

Updates to the video media player - A special thanks to mediaelement.js.com.

Page navigation was improved and made more consistent for all desktop and mobile users.

An array of new Civil 3D training video content was added this month.

This Month's Website Additions and Updates:

Documentation and Help – requires login

• Consistency clean up of standard Documentation and Help link formatting
• Added AutoCAD Wildcard Characters help page to AutoCAD in Civil 3D section
• Updates to Points in Civil 3D section
• Updates to Labels in Civil 3D section
• Updates to Corridors in Civil 3D section
• Updates for Release 7 2018 to Release 7 Details

Cadpilot Video Training – some pages require login.

• Additions to the Civil 3D Survey at Jump Speed training page
• Additions to the Blog Posts section.
  The Power of DWFs, Dynamic Intersections

Civil Training on the Web – no login required

• Added new Civil 3D Sheet Sets section amd post
  Learn the Process of Sheet Sets, Creating a New Sheet Set
• Added new Subassembly Composer section
  Added older videos, Cascaded Daylights in Composer
• Added new videos to the New in Civil 3D 2018 section
  The AutoCAD 2018.1 Update
• Added new videos to the AutoCAD Civil 3D Videos section
  Dynamic Grading with Feature Lines, Parent and Child Label Style Display
• Added new videos to the Civil 3D Basics section
  The Civil 3D Curve Calculator, Bing Images with Assumed Coordinates,
  Create Multiple Profiles in a Profile View, Band Label Superimposed Profiles
• Added new videos to the Tips from Experts section
  Surface Contour Extraction to SHP, Production PageSetups
• Added new videos to the Civil 3D Pipes section
  Storm Water Design Tools
• Added new videos to the Civil 3D Survey section
  Survey Drone to Civil 3D Surface
• Added new videos to the Infraworks section
  Infraworks Facades from Photos, Photo Images for Materials

There are Latest links on the Members page and Civil Training on the Web and collection section pages to help you locate the updates and additions.

Export from Civil 3D Cheat Sheet Posts

• Advanced Civil 3D Publication
• Performance Amnesia and Invisible Civil 3D
• Export Civil 3D to DWG and DGN
• Civil 3D Works Like Water
• Faster Civil 3D Standards with UL
• Export from Civil 3D Cleanup Arts
• Export from Civil 3D Cheat Sheet

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Framework for Civil 3D Recent
Products, AddOns, and Updates

All Product Download links display latest build dates

Release 7

The Release 7 Details are listed in complete detail and were updated with AddOn info and links.

• Release 7 Framework products released for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018
• New Layer Standards Update for 2017-2015
• Updated Legends and List AddOn
• Framework for Civil 3D 2016 product updates released Jan 2017
  Customers may download the new build from the product download pages.
• Proposed new Civil 3D Assembly Naming Conventions and Rules for Assemblies, Assembly drawing resources, and Assembly Sets released in Jan.
• Survey Query AddOn and Library released in December
  for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017, AutoCAD Civil 3D 2016, and AutoCAD Civil 3D 2015
  Visit the Release product Download pages to get the AddOn
• Symbol Exchange AddOn released in November
  Includes updates to the Symbols Maintenance Spreadsheet Tool
  for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017, AutoCAD Civil 3D 2016, and AutoCAD Civil 3D 2015
  Visit the Release product Download pages to get the AddOn
• Layer Standards Spreadsheet Tools AddOn released in September
  for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017, AutoCAD Civil 3D 2016, and AutoCAD Civil 3D 2015
  Visit the Release product Download pages to get the AddOn
• Release 7 builds for latest Civil 3D 2017 and Civil 3D 2016 Service Packs are available for download.
• Release 7 products are available for Civil 3D 2018, 2017, 2016, and 2015 and include support for both STB and CTB Civil 3D templates.
  There are complete and updated project datasets for both STB and CTB versions of the typical templates.
• Updated Framework for Release 7 install docs now available on download pages
• Updated Framework Install videos for Release 7 in Windows 10 and the Windows 10 Anniversary Update.