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Autodesk released AutoCAD 2016 Hotfix 2 this week.

We Are Not Alone

This AutoCAD Hotfix that definitively applies to AutoCAD Civil 3D 2016 fixes:

  • " some issues with DWG files that include images" and
  • "some DGN Export issues"

These days I usually post these nasty informational…

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  Civil 3D 2016, hotfix

I trust you've been paying attention to Autodesk's drive to the Cloud over the last few months.
Carl Bass, Autodesk's CEO,  recently stated that all Autodesk core applications will have the ability to run from the Cloud within only 2-3 years.

Autodesk 360 is Built In

One of the niffty tricks built into AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 (and all AutoCAD 2013 based products) is the ability…

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  hotfix, 2013, autodesk 360

Autodesk released a "new" version of the Survey Hot Fix for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 on 5-23-2012.

Substance or Packaging? You Tell Me

This Survey Hot Fix is pretty important as it makes Figure edits possible in 2013.
Without it I figure you are simply out of luck.
There are both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the .arx now included in a…

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  hotfix, 2013, Civil 3D

I hope you’ve enjoyed my man in the straw hat posts. Ain’t history a little fun? We’ll get back to that tale of western tales real soon now.

This spring Autodesk finally put Land Desktop to rest forever - from their perspective anyway. Some folks must stumble and stagger into AutoCAD Civil 3D. I suggest they buy an InstantOn since it solves most of the upgrade problems…

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  survey, survey db, hotfix, 2013, Civil 3D, figures, landxml

It took 20 days for the first Hot Fix to appear for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013. This one didn't surprise me a bit any more than it took almost 23 days for someone to comment of Chris Fugitt's ritualized April Fool's new fake product feature post for AutoCAD Civil 3D this year.

Yeah. Either the Map folks or the…

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  hotfix, survey, 2013, Civil 3D