The Virtual Autodesk University 2021 event is on-going. AU 2021 is free. There is no registration fee for AU 2021. You might want to take advantage of the horde of live and recorded AU 2021 session educational and training content that is available. The virtues of Zoom and other forms of stream aside, a virtual Autodesk University is not the same as the live in-person events of…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Oct 06, 2021
Tags AU 2021, Autodesk University, Civil 3D 2022, Update, Forge, Autodesk Docs, BIM, training, AU Online
Autodesk Civil 3D is a virtual feast of fundamental capabilities for civil engineers and surveyors. We can easily debate whether the resultant Civil 3D complexity is the result of the considerable depth of function built into the software or whether the sheer number of potential Civil 3D workflows is an obstacle to users all by itself.
We could also argue that such attention is unwarranted.…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Aug 17, 2021
Tags training, implementation, Civil 3D, productivity, interface, Project Explorer, user
This spring the cadpilot website zoomed past a couple of significant milestones in Civil 3D Land. Silly Me. I hardly noticed. You know the problem. We all suffer from that head down focus thing when we are trying to get the latest project out the door.
“Honey? Wasn’t that our offramp ?”
Dooh.At the time the current project is/was the
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jul 29, 2021
Tags Civil 3D 2022, Civil 3D 2021, Civil 3D 2020, Jump Kit, training, video, implementation
Every couple of years Autodesk commissions a competitive software productivity analysis study about current Autodesk Civil 3D functionality. The moist recent study published in June 2021 compares the use of raw AutoCAD 2020 to Autodesk Civil 3D 2020 in 10 mission critical survey and civil design common workflows.
Autodesk…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jul 22, 2021
Tags Civil 3D 2020, AutoCAD 2020, productivity, performance, training, Jump Kit, Templates Only
Autodesk released the Autodesk Civil 3D 2020.5.1 Update yesterday. That was just in time for the first day of Autodesk University 2020. Whew. The latest Civil 3D 2020.5.1 updates all previous releases and Updates of Civil 3D 2020. That includes the previously released and then recalled Civil 3D 2020.5 Update released in late September.
Autodesk…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Nov 17, 2020
Tags AU 2020, training, implementation, customization, Project Management, CAD Standards, Civil 3D, Project Explorer, Infraworks