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Many people in Civil 3D Land are mainly committed to Feature Line based grading design in Autodesk Civil 3D. There’s nothing wrong with that. Civil 3D 2027 even includes a new Tech Preview Daylight Feature Line tool that functions outside of the context of a Civil 3D Grading Group.

The last couple of Civil 3D releases and updates also include…

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Most of the people we talk to everyday are advanced Civil 3D users, CAD Managers, and organization Project Managers and Principals who try to get work out the door and keep the wheels on the bus. Many of these folks are literally rebuilding the Civil 3D Magic Bus while it rolls down the road.

That is truly an act of daring do. That is also something we all must do.

Around…

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Have you ever hopped up and down on solid ground that bounces like jello? I recently had the chance. All kinds of fun. This wiggly weirdness occurred at the end of my own street earlier this month. It so happens that my neighborhood is part of an on-going city curb and gutter, sidewalk, and repave project.

Miracle of miracles. For once in 30 years our California gas taxes are at work in…

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In a recent post we discussed the term Bucket and the important concepts of mini-buckets.

This Bucket speak helps make Autodesk Civil 3D Features a bit easier to understand. We discovered that there are What, How, When, and Model mini-buckets in the Civil 3D Feature Bucket. There are important Where mini-buckets…

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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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