Jump On Civil 3D Blog

Earlier this month there was a barrage of tweets about the stock templates that ship with AutoCAD Civil 3D. By in large everyone seems to agree Autodesk’s stock templates are pretty pathetic. Many users attest they are “useless” or worse. There were a few tweets that contained replacement characters like #@$%.

What the Tweet?

Their original creator (who shall remain unnamed here)…

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The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), Highway Division has posted thier CAD Standards for AutoCAD Civil 3D on thier website.

The MassDOT Highway Division now has a public page where you can download thier CAD Standards for AutoCAD Civil 3D.

The resources available include: Templates, Assemblies, Symbol and block libraries, Survey guidelines, Description…

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In Hyannis, MA at the annual at the Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers (MALSCE) Annual Convention late last month The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MASSDOT) announced the department will require future project submissions in AutoCAD Civil 3D beginning Jan 2012.

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People wave their hands and talk about "Model Based" software, "Model Based" design, and BIM. What do these words really mean where the rubber hits the road?

Maybe the answer is simple, but it sure appears that takes a while for people to get the unexpected consequences. 

Model-Based is Simple and Elegant

We build a "reasonably realistic" model of what we want…

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AutoCAD Civil 3D template and Civil 3D Style development can be both painful and expensive but it doesn't have to be. Mostly this happens to us because we apply the wrong type of human intelligence to the problem at hand. This is human and understandable.

Ok. You have Civil 3D installed and start to use the Autodesk example "ncs" templates and styles that got installed.…

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