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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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Today is the last day of AU 2023 in Las Vegas, NV. Like many of you out there in Civil 3D Land, I chose to attend AU 2023 via the free Digital experience. For reasons that don’t matter to you, travel anywhere just ain’t possible for me right now.

It is safe to say that the official Autodesk University theme this year is…

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We all need better, safe places for productive play in Civil 3D. There are mission critical personal and corporate reasons why we need better Civil 3D Sandboxes in our civil engineering and survey organizations. We should ask, “How good is my Civil 3D Sandbox?”

Our Civil 3D skills are personal. Productivity improvement requires proactive time spent learning to employ those skills.…

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Autodesk released the AutoCAD 2024.1 Update for AutoCAD 2024 and all the AutoCAD Toolset products including Autodesk Civil 3D 2024 earlier this week. Out here in Civil 3D Land, some folks awaited the AutoCAD 2024.1 Update with baited breath.

Yes. The phrase is supposed to be “bated breath”, but here a wicked case of sardine scented exhale…

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