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The DTMC (Design Technology Management Conference) at Autodesk University may be one of the best reasons to attend AU if you are a Manager.

The DTMC is an event right before AU that is focused completely on Managers. The DTMC event is about actively participating with your Management level peers around topics that matter to Managers.

 

Here's a short video interview that…

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Is is time to up the game for Civil Engineering firms and agencies employing AutoCAD based products in releases 2010 through 2012? I think so. I believe that a lot of people trying to get work out the door these days could use some More of the simple but essential things we all need - "The Good Stuff".

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  block, symbol, Blocks Only, NCS, ncs 4.0, customization

I make my living helping real people adopt and make AutoCAD Civil 3D work. Don't get the title of this post wrong. I do think Civil 3D needs to get easier to learn and use. I bitch about that a LOT to Autodesk and try to make many positive and constructive suggestions.
You should bitch too.
Here's the link to the Bitch List...er...Civil 3D Wish List.

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  surface, grading, bugs, label, annotation, XREF, data reference, data shortcut

I swear even before we finished uploading The Jump Kit 4 2011 product download I got the "What's in there?" question in an email from a prospective Jump Kit customer. It's great that people are excited about the new Release 4 Jump Kit. I am too. Here's a couple of useful links for you: 

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I've posted before on the NCS Layer Standards, STB vs CTB, and Project Management. All of these generated…

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