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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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Autodesk University 2025 arrives early this year. AU 2025 is in Nashville TN and runs from Monday Sept 15, 2025 until Thursday Sept 18, 2025 this year. It has been a very long time - if not nearly forever - since AU was in the Central Time Zone or anywhere near Red State America. Must be a sign of the times.

One must wonder if there will be Autodesk Design…

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People do ask – “What is a Civil 3D Project Sandbox?”
A Civil 3D Project Sandbox is a Civil 3D Project dataset that we employ to build, learn, and test our production workflows in Civil 3D.

The fact of the matter is that we all need better, safe places for productive play in Civil 3D. There are mission critical personal and corporate reasons why we need better…

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If we want to learn how to do something in Autodesk Civil 3D, it is pretty easy to find a basic how to video or blog post out here in Civil 3D Land. Odds are the how to video demo will work for the example situation as shown. We all also know that not everyone will get it right the first time around. The many and sometimes complex Civil…

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For reasons that deserve explanation, Autodesk Civil 3D includes some apparent contradictions. There are formal sets of dualities built into Civil 3D. Whether we perceive and/or employ these model-based software pairings for our benefit is another matter. Sadly, every Civil 3D user struggles with these dualities to one degree or another.

Frankly, it’s even a bit difficult…

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