Jump On Civil 3D Blog

There’s a lot to know about Civil 3D. Many times we get courseware and training that skips over some important details that come back to haunt us. There are a couple of reasons for this. Time matters. Many engineering or survey users want to get on with what they perceive to be the “real work” as fast as possible. I can’t say that I blame them.

The focus approach often works because user…

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Service Pack 3 for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2015 was released by Autodesk in early June. Sorry. I’ve been kinda like the White Rabbit with the advent of Release 6.

The new SP3 for Civil 3D 2015 fixes some really annoying Export to AutoCAD (or should we say Dumb down to ACAD?) errors. There were some basic surface manipulation problems that occurred in 2015…

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Everyone’s been waiting with baited breath for the new Release 6 Production Solution products. The most common question I get is….

“What’s the best product for me?”

Our most popular product is unquestionably Jump Kit. Jump Kit includes everything…

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I had a government customer send me some sample survey data. They wanted some customized Production Solution product. Along the way I asked him if he used the Figure Prefix Db functionality in Survey in AutoCAD Civil 3D.

“We don’t need that. It’s a waste of time for us.”

Really?

Their simple municipal roadway data produced…

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Why the heck would we want to employ a standardized set of Styles for Civil 3D? We’re not everybody else. We don’t want to look like everybody else either.

God Forbid

Our Production Solutions products aren’t about looking the same. They are all about exceptional productivity performance in AutoCAD Civil 3D. That’s about…

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