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Civil 3D Corridors become ever more useful for Site Design tasks. If we insist that our old school CAD perceptions of the civil engineering design issues and workflows are correct, in effect, we believe that our old AutoCAD habits and skills are more important than any new Civil 3D skills and the ever-increasing capabilities of Civil 3D itself. This is us being human. This is just…

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Truth be told, the initial concept of the Framework for Civil 3D began over a beer at an AU many years ago. That small event might once again prove the point that free beer is responsible for the rise of civilization. Speaking of building civilization…

We Need Civil 3D Templates and Styles that Work

For regular attendees AU 2018 in Las Vegas, NV starts today. If…

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“Good God, man! What do you mean ‘Adaptive CAD Standards for AutoCAD Civil 3D’? We have a hard time getting to any CAD Standards working in Civil 3D.”

Now don’t get prideful. We were all there at one time. I hear statements like this all the time from people in organization’s you probably know or have heard of. I recently saw this post from only a year ago that…

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I followed AU2013 on Twitter and on AU-Live instead of being there is person this year. This was conscious choice based on life's other demands.
My virginal, virtual experience was notably weird and detached. I missed the visceral meat of the human personal that is Autodesk University.

It’s All My Fault of Course

I learned I do not know really how to participate virtually…

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This year at AU 2012 I’m presenting in the last half of AU instead of in the first half.  As of late I’ve typically had Leadership Forum presentations (great stuff) and a busy ADN (Autodesk Developer Network) schedule on the Monday before AU officially kicks off.
I really can’t remember when I wasn’t checking into my hotel on Sunday PM before the hoard arrives.
I can’t…

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