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Out here in Civil 3D Land we do civil engineering and survey work. That means that grading and Civil 3D Surfaces play a significant part of our daily workflows. Thankfully, Autodesk has been working hard on improved Civil 3D performance. How we structure our Civil 3D Projects and how we perform some basic Civil 3D Project maintenance work can matter.

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A government agency IT person called the other day and asked if we could sell him the Civil 3D Coordinate System Transformation Tool. One of his Civil 3D users pointed him to this site of the Framework for Civil 3D for some reason. Maybe the user watched a video?

Good news. I was happy to explain that the coordinate system transformation…

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Autodesk Forma is an initial set of capabilities of the AEC industry cloud for early-stage planning and design. The Autodesk Cloud product is a new member of the Autodesk AEC Collection and may be employed with Autodesk Flex licensing. Autodesk Forma is also available as a standalone license. Forma was previously called Spacemaker.

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Autodesk often announces new product acquisitions, significant partnerships, and new corporate initiatives at Autodesk University. The recent AU 2022 event in New Orleans, LA is no exception. The operative word for AU 2022 is probably Platform. The key Autodesk take-away is please get on an Autodesk cloud platform or two even if you already employ a core Autodesk…

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One of our Framework for Civil 3D customers recently discovered that a strategic visit to the Civil 3D Data Shortcut Manager Tool (DSM) appears to currently help reduce the size of Surface Data Reference container drawings rather significantly. Hoorah. The results may vary based on the content of the Surface Model and how the Civil 3D Diva…

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