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The Point is one of the most overused words in Autodesk Civil 3D. Are we talking about COGO points? Survey Points? Point Groups? Point data in a Surface? Points of Intersection in our horizontal, vertical, and cross section control?

This list of different and/or separate meanings for the word Point seems to be a never-ending story.

The mastery of…

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It’s a pretty good bet that most people in Civil 3D Land consider Points to be pretty much a survey thing in Civil 3D. It’s an even better bet that these same folks have complaints about Civil 3D’s point display representations, or rather point resolutions. It’s sad but true. Many want and still try and force Civil 3D to behave like older CAD software.…

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Have you ever hopped up and down on solid ground that bounces like jello? I recently had the chance. All kinds of fun. This wiggly weirdness occurred at the end of my own street earlier this month. It so happens that my neighborhood is part of an on-going city curb and gutter, sidewalk, and repave project.

Miracle of miracles. For once in 30 years our California gas taxes are at work in…

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Any exhaustive discussion about the big topic of the Alignment in Autodesk Civil 3D is a serial and long-term effort. Even the hopefully, familiar fundamentals of civil engineering Horizontal Control are nuanced for this one of many roles for the Civil 3D’s Design Control Manager. We certainly need to align our thinking with the essential and functional…

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Autodesk released the usual collection of Extensions and Utilities for Autodesk Civil 3D 2023 this week. The Civil 3D Extensions and Toolbox Utilities do tend to make the week prior to Memorial Day weekend interesting. These important tools are something we must wait for each year here in Civil 3D Land.

Of course, the most significant addition…

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