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The Framework for AutoCAD Civil 3D by default employs the concept of project-based resources.
Why? Many civil engineers and surveyors work on projects with different design, survey, and deliverable requirements. Therefore. a project based approached to those specific resources makes the most sense. This is not always the way things are in your local version of Civil 3D Land.

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Template Development is a truth in numbers game for all the civil engineers and surveyors who use AutoCAD Civil 3D. This is a case where it is way too easy to miss the forest for the trees. The metaphor may be a bit trite, but in this case the simile is absurdly apt as we shall see.

I’ve used the following phrase all too often in posts:

“Dave? Can our Civil 3D templates and Civil…  Read more

This July 4^th weekend NASA managed to drop the Juno probe into orbit around Jupiter. This was accomplished by autopilot. The press treated that like it was something new. There was some doubt? If the folks at JPL and NASA mess that up “your fired” would the operative phrase. The whole idea of an irradiated Juno buzzing around the head of Father Jupiter got me thinkin’…

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There are a couple of basic videos that are now public on the Traverse Editor and Traverse Adjustment tools in Productivity Pack 3 for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2016. In a previous post on the new PP3, I mentioned this. Got to keep promises. These videos are also included on our Civil…

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