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Long ago and far, far away, I was once the 1^St Cook in a not so famous restaurant in Miami, FL. This 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. This was a big deal at the time.

The one-of-a-kind aquarium separated the nightly hot spot and place to be seen bar from the…

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Do we ask the right questions about Autodesk Civil 3D and how we use it?
By definition…Probably not.

We human beings tend to not ask questions about what we believe we already know how to do. We rely too much on habit. We could call this the human autopilot. The autopilot works 95%+ of the time. Our brains spend a good deal of invisible time behind…

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For whatever reasons, almost no one looks for options until the pain and/or aggravation finally gets our attention. Even then, the work remains a struggle. Most of us will try to fix our problems with what we have in front of us. Our first response to an issue is often not to ask for help. Hope that makes sense.

The common comment we get from new Jump Kit and…

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Autodesk winds up for the early fall version of Autodesk University. This year AU 2026 is back in Las Vegas, NV on Sept 15-17, 2027. Maybe the Monday before the three days of AU matters to some if not most of us.

Out here in Civil 3D Land another year’s AU means the release of major Updates to core AutoCAD, the Map 3D Toolset,…

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Human beings like a good tragedy. We like a good comedy too. Those facts are recognized in movie ticket sales and show ratings year after year in market after market. Did you notice they are about to release a new big screen version of Homer’s 2700-year-old action tale - The Odessey?
How can we miss that?

We love a combination of the two classic, dramatic forms even…

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