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We could argue that any consideration of workflows in Autodesk Civil 3D is merely a result of the considerable depth of function that is already built into the software. Civil 3D does support a virtual feast of inherent capabilities for civil engineers and surveyors.

We could also argue that all this attention is unwarranted. The emphasis is only necessary because of the strange mix of old…

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Autodesk Civil 3D Styles and Label Styles reference, or employ, the AutoCAD named parts like Layers and Textstyles to express themselves. Civil 3D Style tools just look for and match the right names that we have agreed to. Change the meaning of the property definitions connected to those agreed on names and we…

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This year’s mid-week Christmas and New Years Day are a bit weird. We’d all probably prefer that our Christmas holidays were in the beginning or at the end of the week in the last month of yet another year.

Most of us do enjoy longer weekends and all of that.

No matter what, time washes away all too quickly for most of us.

Ok. As kids we all…

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In a recent post we discussed the term Bucket and the important concepts of mini-buckets.

This Bucket speak helps make Autodesk Civil 3D Features a bit easier to understand. We discovered that there are What, How, When, and Model mini-buckets in the Civil 3D Feature Bucket. There are important Where mini-buckets…

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The daily production mechanics of Autodesk Civil 3D’s interconnected and project-based Dynamic Model are indeed very powerful. These sometimes-convoluted mechanics can be downright overwhelming as well. We aren’t always so clear what that means at the very practical and daily work level.

We are all confronted with a daunting certainty in Civil 3D. The simple…

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