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We’ve been banging away behind the scenes preparing for a site move for number of months. Last night we took the fearful leap to a new web host. Oh Happy Day! Some folks say the best thing about a website host move is that no one notices any changes at all except better website performance.

Welcome to the New Cadpilot.com

Since you’re here today you’ve probably noticed we didn’t…

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There is an important fact surprises many people: Most of our civil engineering and survey customers already had their own set of Civil 3D templates and Civil 3D styles when they adopted the Framework for AutoCAD Civil 3D. These folk recognize the simple fact that reinventing and maintaining the AutoCAD Civil 3D torture wheel is a significant waste of time, energy, and money. They…

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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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A few important work-related Civil 3D 2018 concerns to remember post Memorial Day.

AutoCAD Civil 3D is big complex software. Civil engineers and surveyors know Autodesk makes powerful civil software tools. We all quickly discover there are lots of moving pieces and tons of intimate details involved. No matter what we’ve got to get all of that detail straight and working well together into…

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In Civil 3D Land we all have a love to hate relationship with new product releases. Whether the new AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018 is ready for prime time in your neck of the woods depends on lots of factors. I’m a long-time developer of Civil 3D template and Civil 3D style tool products. My perspective is somewhat different and yet very much the same. Your productivity matters. The implementation of new…

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