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Last post we got quirky with the AutoCAD Civil 3D Section Editor. We talked about how Label Orientation Reference changed label display with the last major update to the Section Editor interface.

In Civil 3D 2012 and Civil 3D 2013 you’ll also note how Object Oriented labels perform some interesting rotational effects when you have more than one Assembly (multiple…

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This is one of those AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 and 2013 subtle changes behind the scene things I’ve meant to post about for quite a while. I just keep forgetting to do it. Dooh!  Maybe I hope it will go away.

Section Editor Quirk

If you do a lot of corridor section editing maybe you already caught this one, but maybe not. Certainly if you use InstantOn Basic from…

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The creation of Complex Corridors from Civil 3D Intersection Features is one of the most challenging and productive set of integrated tools inside AutoCAD Civil 3D.
At AU 2010 I did a well-attended and well received session on the topic. The AU session focus was looking at the Intersection Wizard interface in a new way. You can go AU Online…

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People tend to ring me up and ask the same stuff over and over. (Like things really change between releases or something ;). That’s a good thing for me and I trust for them too. Posts are often a somewhat imperfect answer to the issue at hand and maybe help get us on the right track.

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Human endeavor is truly amazing. Competitors in the Olympics work a lifetime to get the chance to get it “right” and be the best one time. All are blessed to have the opportunity to compete. Most fail. While this hurts (and it often hurts a lot), this isn’t a bad thing. Some say, “It’s the process.” I find this banter a bit dehumanizing. Process IS important, but that approach to the ideas involved…

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