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The daily production mechanics of Autodesk Civil 3D’s interconnected and project-based Dynamic Model are indeed very powerful. These sometimes-convoluted mechanics can be downright overwhelming as well. We aren’t always so clear what that means at the very practical and daily work level.

We are all confronted with a daunting certainty in Civil 3D. The simple…

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Back in the day, I was once the 1^st Cook in a not so famous restaurant in Miami. The steak and seafood house’s claim to fame was a truly gigantic salt water aquarium that featured the first living coral reef to ever succeed in captivity.

The one-of-a-kind aquarium separated the nightly hot spot bar from the restaurant’s open kitchen and large dining room. How big was this thing?…

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When we put up the shingle, folks are going to call. Each month I receive emails and phone calls that seek help and support for Civil 3D user issues and problems. For any Civil 3D product maker and Civil 3D expert that work comes with the territory. Each query deserves a thoughtful response. I am notorious for my WTMI email responses. Eheh.

The Members section of the CadPilot…

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We all need better, safe places for productive play in Civil 3D. There are mission critical personal and corporate reasons why we need better Civil 3D Sandboxes in our civil engineering and survey organizations. We should ask, “How good is my Civil 3D Sandbox?”

Our Civil 3D skills are personal. Productivity improvement requires proactive time spent learning to employ those skills.…

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Autodesk Civil 3D is a veritable feast of essential capabilities for civil engineers and surveyors. We may argue whether the resultant Civil 3D complexity is about the considerable depth of function built into the software or whether the sheer number of potential Civil 3D workflows is itself merely an obstacle.

We could also debate that any such attention is unwarranted.…

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