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I hope you’ve enjoyed my man in the straw hat posts. Ain’t history a little fun? We’ll get back to that tale of western tales real soon now.

This spring Autodesk finally put Land Desktop to rest forever - from their perspective anyway. Some folks must stumble and stagger into AutoCAD Civil 3D. I suggest they buy an InstantOn since it solves most of the upgrade problems…

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That man in the straw hat left a happy home at 15 the second son of a farmer.
He left with only his daddy’s trusty Sharps rifle, a saddle and a horse. If this sounds like the beginning of a familiar ballad or two or three, it probably is. “Go West Young Man” is exactly what he did along with a whole lot of other folks at the time. The Song Remains the…

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This is a famous line from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
We all remember the bad guys (our heroes in the movie) are ruthlessly pursued until they meet their fated end with guns a blaze. Well maybe they die? It’s a movie after all. The producers want a hook for a sequel. Don’t they? Perhaps this one uttered line above can supply us a few ideas.
We don’t have to…

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People at Autodesk must be read my mind.
I do a post on Imagery in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 on one day and the very next day Autodesk Labs announces a brand new Imagery technology preview for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 and AutoCAD Map 3D 2013.
Honestly, I didn't cheat - not even one little bit.

Base Jump into Images and More

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There are already a couple of Google Earth work arounds for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 floating about in various blog posts from my fellow Civil 3D geeks. If you didn't know, there isn't a working plug-in yet for 2013.

Google Earth is a must have tool to put to use BEFORE you do anything in Civil 3D. For example: You do plan your field surveys in Google Earth first, don't you? I know folks who…

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