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I had someone call me up and ask me about the new National CAD Standard (NCS) 5.0. For some reason, I'm seem to be becoming an "expert" on the subject of civil engineers and the National CAD Standard. I'd previously posted a short news item back in May, but I hadn't talked about NCS 5.0 much here on the blog. That was not because I don't think it's important.

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Happy 4th of July from Autodesk! AutoCAD Civil 3D users now can enjoy a totally new form of design freedom. Today , July 7, 2011, Autodesk releases the SubAssembly Composer for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011& 2012. Yeah...so maybe that's a little late. 

SAC is Great and SAC is More

The Subassembly Composer or "SAC" is a structured Visual programming interface that allows Civil 3D users…

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  subassembly composer, Subassembly, Assembly, corridor

This last week before the 4th of July weekend, I had a discussion about Civil 3D template building and a large mid-sized civil engineer with some folks doing work for the company. I honestly hope this short and painfully true story isn't about you. But it might be. The secret at its center is More common than you know.

The dirty little secret also gives AutoCAD Civil 3D a bad rap. I don't…

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Finally - Autodesk released Update 2 for 2011.

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  Update, Service Pack, 2011, Civil 3D

June 29, 2011 - Autodesk annouced today the company officially won a five year software and services contract for Road and Highway Design software with Caltrans - the California State Transportation Department.

California joins Fl, MA, WI, and AK as State DOTs who now officially employ AutoCAD Civil 3D.

Here's the official Autodesk news link:

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  CADOT, Caltrans, autodesk