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We’re always busy making improvements to the Release 7 of the Framework for AutoCAD Civil 3D. The Framework is already the most awesome Civil 3D templates and Civil 3D styles production solution for civil engineers and surveyors on the planet bar none. No one else even comes close.

We released new builds of the Framework for Civil 3D 2017. These now include…

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Autodesk added some new tools to help us better manage Reference Templates in the AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018.1 update. This is great news! The new functionality in the Attach Reference Template box via the new Manage Reference Settings dialog box means we may seriously need to consider a Reference Template Naming Convention. Oh, no!…

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People love and sometimes hate the Bing Maps satellite aerial image functionality inside AutoCAD Civil 3D and all AutoCAD based apps. Perhaps a lot of you just ignore the whole public image thing? The better view of the big picture context can and does help us get our civil engineering design and survey work done a bit quicker. These days we have more choices. The imagery choices…

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We talked Civil 3D gone wild recently. We explored our ability to improve our daily productivity by the use of repetitive patterns and the logical NOT tool in our Survey Codes, Description Keys, and Point Group definitions in the post NOT Keys in Civil 3D.

The practical realities of Not Key patterns…

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Autodesk rehabbed AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018 with it’s first major service pack – formally the AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018.1 Update. Besides the usual Autodesk Update release fixes and fine tunings, the Civil 3D 2018.1 Update contains important new production tools and enhancements.

AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018.1 Update

The enhancements in the AutoCAD Civil…

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