Jump On Civil 3D Blog

All the time civil engineers and surveyors call and ask what’s in the Framework for AutoCAD Civil 3D. Since the our desktop package InstantOn includes 2700+ Styles in the core templates and the Jump Kit Library 5000+ more plus a bunch of Style Tool prototypes that’s a hard question to answer.

“The odds are…It’s in there. I tell people…

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Someone asked me this week what I think about the new AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017. I quickly replied,

“It’s about time…
Your time. My time. Every Civil 3D user’s time.”

Time will also tell whether the many new and powerful forms of reference poured out in Civil 3D 2017 stay stable in complex production level projects. They must to be successful. I expect with proper…

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Autodesk’s own documentation for Civil 3D says civil engineers and survey professionals can customize their AutoCAD Civil 3D software to meet their needs. Hundreds of pages of on-line documentation tell you how to do this. Raise your hand if you’ve read them all. Anyone else?

Do a double take. That actually means all AutoCAD Civil 3D users must customize AutoCAD Civil 3D…

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You are one of those people who gets to build and care for your organization’s template(s) for AutoCAD Civil 3D. You’re a smart and you are a skilled and experienced Civil 3D user. The people around you depend on you for that. The odds are you probably follow this Jump on Civil 3D blog and others like it to keep up when you have the time.
Getting the time is nigh to impossible…

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You know the drill. You get a job in a civil engineering and survey firm that hires you because you know AutoCAD Civil 3D. Heck. You passed the official Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D certification exam. In your hire day interview the firm owners even promise to upgrade to the latest release before you start.
That’s great. Opportunity knocks. Congrats.

The Plans of Mice and Men

On…

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