Jump On Civil 3D Blog

Is this easy to say, and hard to do? Of course it is. All work worth doing usually is.
That’s why they call the results Competitive Advantage. Competitive advantage is something you make. The Lord knows, it’s easy enough to lose and never, ever get in the first place.

They tell us this technology can help. We know technology can hurt. Oh yeah. Software we depend on…

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People ask,
“If AutoCAD Civil 3D is so dynamic, why isn’t there a way to connect Alignments to Points?”
Good question.

One pat answer is:
“Alignments have so many kinds of useful Alignment label styles we really don’t need that sort of formal relationship.”
If it’s all about the documentation and annotative problem for Alignments, then that…

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Autodesk continues a mid-summer barrage of updates and hotfixes for the latest release of 
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2016.

Earlier this week Autodesk released a Help file update for Storm Sewers 2016 Help.

The new compiled CHM file is available from the Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D updates download page.

The…

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The Plan Production tools for AutoCAD Civil 3D have been around for many releases. They work as advertised, if you have a prepared plan. That implied warning is even built into the name. It follows ViewFrame Groups and their collected Frames are about publication. Some of their features and benefits are pretty restricted by their programmed genetics.

Are ViewFrame…

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The month’s CadPilot Member’s AutoCAD Civil 3D Help and Training updates are a big deal.
Ok. Not so big a deal as the uproar over the free upgrade to Windows 10 that Autodesk does not YET officially support. Are they kidding? The operating system event comes as a surprise?
Isn’t Autodesk bringing 3D printing to our kids in conjunction with Windows 10?
If you…

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