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Back in the day, I was once the 1^st Cook in a not so famous restaurant in Miami. The steak and seafood house’s claim to fame was a truly gigantic salt water aquarium that featured the first living coral reef to ever succeed in captivity.

The one-of-a-kind aquarium separated the nightly hot spot bar from the restaurant’s open kitchen and large dining room. How big was this thing?…

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Civil 3D maintenance and upkeep is a huge topic. The better cures for the most common Autodesk Civil 3D maintenance issues are probably best administered in small doses over long periods of time. Rather than having to lose 20 pounds, it is far better to never gain those extra pounds in the first place. Sadly, that’s not usually how it gets done out here in the real world.

If we think about…

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Our work stays the same and our work changes. This is certainly true for Style maintenance and improvement tasks in Autodesk Civil 3D. It is fair to say that almost everyone who employs Civil 3D has issues with maintaining Style consistency inside the projects. Civil 3D Users mess with the stuff. This can be a good thing and a bad thing.

Those that claim to have conquered this beast in Civil…

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Happy New Year! Let’s proactively start the New Year with a talk about some practical Autodesk Civil 3D realities.

I manage and maintain an enormous set of Civil 3D Style resources for more versions and flavors of Civil 3D. Most folks see these manifested in the Framework for Civil 3D products that are delivered from this site. I had to learn the hard way to systematically…

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When we put up the shingle, folks are going to call. Each month I receive emails and phone calls that seek help and support for Civil 3D user issues and problems. For any Civil 3D product maker and Civil 3D expert that work comes with the territory. Each query deserves a thoughtful response. I am notorious for my WTMI email responses. Eheh.

The Members section of the CadPilot…

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