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Autodesk recently announced a $3.6 billion dollar purchase of MaintainX and the subsequent creation of the new Autodesk Operations Solutions group inside Autodesk. From away up here in the cheap seats, we believe this is the largest, single technology purchase that Autodesk has ever made. Something to consider seriously.

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Many folks out here in Civil 3D Land have been waiting for the Autodesk Civil 3D 2026.1 Update to arrive. We all hope for better and more stable code to work with. The Civil 3D Update 1 Myth survives. Are you among the civil engineers and surveyors averse to zeros in release number of their daily use production software? You are not alone.

Earlier…

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The new Framework for Civil 3D products for Autodesk Civil 3D 2026 officially hit the street this week. The latest and greatest Jump Kit Release 8 product for Civil 3D 2026 includes huge libraries of well-crafted, integrated, and system managed Civil 3D content resources.

If we want Autodesk Civil 3D to work better, the…

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There’s a new Civil 3D 2020.1+ Update and a new Civil 3D 2019.3+ Update on the street. If you are in the middle of a project, you have other more practical concerns for the moment. You have concerns that a new Update may break something you depend on. It happens more often than we like.
We could call this the Does Mikey Like It? approach to…

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Let’s face it - Surfaces play a huge role in civil engineering and survey work. When I train people in AutoCAD Civil 3D surfaces I frequently get this question:

“Is there any way for me to see what changes I’ve made to a Civil 3D Surface?”

First things first. Did you visualize the surface with at least 3 different Civil 3D Surface Style Tools?
I make…

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