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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

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

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

Autodesk finally got around to much-needed, major improvements in basic AutoCAD functionality to manage and employ both Named Views, the MVIEW command, and XREF layer overrides in all AutoCAD based software with the recent release of the AutoCAD 2018.1 Update.

It’s About Time – Our Time

These new and improved core AutoCAD tools should mean you can produce better…

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  AutoCAD 2018, Civil 3D 2018, Update, layout, layers, layer state

Autodesk released the first update to the 2018 release of Infraworks aptly named Infraworks 2018.1. The download update is available to subscription customers via the Autodesk Desktop App. As per the #Infraworks norm the update is actually a full replacement of an installed Infraworks 2018.

Your older cloud…

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Autodesk celebrates the summer equinox with a rash of Hotfix, Update, and Module releases for 2018 AEC products. These were accompanied by an Autodesk Desktop App upgrade as well. Seems to me there were actually more than one of those, but what do I know.

Not all of the publically released Hotfixes have appeared in the Autodesk Desktop App

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  Update, hotfix, AutoCAD 2018, Civil 3D 2018, Map 3D 2018

A few important work-related Civil 3D 2018 concerns to remember post Memorial Day.

AutoCAD Civil 3D is big complex software. Civil engineers and surveyors know Autodesk makes powerful civil software tools. We all quickly discover there are lots of moving pieces and tons of intimate details involved. No matter what we’ve got to get all of that detail straight and working well together into…

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  Civil 3D 2018, Release 7, Jump Kit, InstantOn, Templates Only