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How we annotate our Civil 3D Surface models with Contour Labels is far from the mindless task it first appears. Is anything in Civil 3D as simple as it first appears? Each and every Surface Contour Label can become many in Autodesk Civil 3D. We also face the somewhat unnerving deliverables publication challenge of What if.

What if our client’s…

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The Autodesk version of March Madness begins. Any day now the latest release of AutoCAD 2023 will hit the street. The Autodesk 2023 release is sure to provide us with productivity improvements. ACAD 2023 will ship with the usual collection of specialized AutoCAD Toolsets. Did you know that there are seven AutoCAD Toolsets? Can you name them?

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Right now, it is pretty hard to miss that the Autodesk rebranding campaign for the Autodesk 2023 products is already afoot. Do we call the new Autodesk branding Back to the Black or just the Bird? Obviously, Autodesk started the official marketing rebrand campaign last fall. This spring it hits our desktops.

Autodesk officially turned 40 this January.…

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The quick, consistent, and adaptive production of Labels for complex Feature Line grading objects in Autodesk Civil 3D is no simple task. We can choose to execute our site grading designs and/or roadway designs with Feature Lines, Corridors, or with hybrid combinations of the two. The production, the arrangement, and the quality control of our deliverable Label annotation can be…

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Autodesk made significant improvements in the initial release of Civil 3D 2022 to enhance Connected Alignments to better handle the complex geometries of ramps and interchanges. New horizontal Alignment Curve Group combinations were added to support combinations of spirals, curves, and reverse spirals. We can now create Connected Alignments…

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