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Sept 16, 2011 - MoreCompetency, Inc. released InstantOn Basic 4 AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012.

InstantOn Basic

The InstantOn Basic 4 2012

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  product, Release 4, InstantOn, InstantOn Basic

Let's just suppose you have to debug a nasty little points file or fieldbook file in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012.  You're a wiz now and fire up your Survey Db and do to town.

Survey Data Cleanup in 2012

The file(s) includes a bunch of figures that you have figure prefixes in your figure prefix database. The odds are absolute that the field crew didn't do a perfect job with either the…

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  survey, survey db, survey landxml

Autodesk released the Prospector Hotfix on Sept 7, 2011.

More Than a Little Thing

I've been running a version of this Hotfix for More than a month.

This hotfix absolutely and positively saved me lots of frustration in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012.

If you want to edit any large collections of anything in the Prospector AND particularly over in the Settings tab, Civil 3D…

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  Civil 3D, hotfix, 2012

I continue to get questions about the Autodesk University 2011 Leadership Forum.
You can now find out More about what this great participatory event.

What is the AU Leadership Forum?

When AU 2011 registration officially opens for all next week for all, there will be even More questions and less time to ACT.
Lucky me and you.

There is now an official Autodesk…

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  AU, AU2011, Autodesk University, leadership, management

Maybe you already use the Subassembly Composer (SAC -was released earlier this summer) to build parametric everythings with Civil 3D corridors. Even if you don't, you may need More from your corridor models. I know I do. They want a pretty picture of that model. They want it NOW.

A Preview of Better Corridor Visualization 

Autodesk Labs has released the Corridor Solids

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  subassembly composer, Subassembly, solids