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We will wrap up the calendar year 2022 and unwrap a collection of the Top 5 Best Civil 3D Production Tips? Why not. Everyone loves a top five list. I use the production word here not the productivity one even though both do apply in this context.

This post may have a Civil 3D management and implementation bias over a classic set…

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We celebrate the birth of unquestionably the most important person in His-story perhaps in the wrong month, maybe even in the wrong season, and with arguably some pretty inappropriate behaviors these days. At least we recognize Him in part. Some wish - some even say that may come to an end in modern America. I doubt it.

His Hope is Eternal

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Are we are talking about the latest software changes and improvements to Civil 3D? There is a recent Autodesk Civil 3D 2023.2.2 Update that includes some useful performance improvements and better Autodesk Cloud behaviors with the Autodesk Desktop Connector 16.0.0.1902 Update. Today we are not here to discuss that type of feature.

We are here to talk about…

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The recent Autodesk Civil 3D 2023.2.1 Update is generally all about a Civil 3D implementation of the latest and greatest Autodesk Desktop Connector 16.0.0.1902 Update. This latest Civil 3D Update does include some other fixes to some annoying Civil 3D 2023.2 Update issues even if we do not choose to employ the Autodesk Cloud Collaboration capabilities…

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Intentionally, I employ the US Constitution’s analogy of the Separation of Powers to talk about how civil engineers and surveyors need to systematically manage to divide and conquer resources inside and outside Civil 3D. The perspective allows us to employ the software successfully in production.

The Principals of Separation are, as they say, self-evident. The practical…

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