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Autodesk rehabbed AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018 with it’s first major service pack – formally the AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018.1 Update. Besides the usual Autodesk Update release fixes and fine tunings, the Civil 3D 2018.1 Update contains important new production tools and enhancements.

AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018.1 Update

The enhancements in the AutoCAD Civil…

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  Civil 3D 2018, Update, Service Pack, Enhancements

The AutoCAD Civil 3D resources structure of the Framework for Civil 3D works pretty well both to package up a whole bunch of diverse resources and to get those power-packed resources deployed, available, and implemented for Civil 3D users quickly. People sometimes email me and ask if they can use the structure.

You bet. I do point out that they can get a cheap copy that…

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Last year in was Louisiana. This year it’s the bottom half of Texas that’s below decks and under water. Someone needs to remind the Autodesk marketing folks that the middle of the hurricane season is maybe not the best time to announce the annual release of the River and Flood Analysis Module for AutoCAD Civil 3D. They certainly know that. Perhaps Autodesk is trying to make an important…

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  Civil 3D 2018, River and Flood

There are a good number of things about AutoCAD Civil 3D Label Styles that may eclipse our previous notions about civil engineering and survey annotation.  The path of totality in Civil 3D grants us all significant access to the data behind the many Features – That list of many things inside the Civil 3D Toolspace. These nuanced opportunities deliver to us the format…

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Lordy, I hate to employ that BIM word because everyone wants to turn a bright idea into something shiny and new to sell you. Basically, if it’s new it must be BIM. Therefore, it must be better for you like a New Tide which may no longer clean our clothes as well. Maybe now we also need an OxyClean or another performance supplement? Oh. Bother.

Infomercial Improvement

The…

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  BIM, BIME, STB, CTB, corridor, Infraworks, Civil 3D 2018, video