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This pages features videos about some basic tasks in Civil 3D.
Many of these videos are very short. Many may include tips and tricks and yet all include useful Civil 3D basics.
Please visit included links to the original postings. Those may contain details not included here for the sake of brevity.
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To Attach or Overlay an XREF
To Attach or Overlay an XREF
7/8/2020
Patrick, a Technical Specialist at ATG, delivers a demo to show the difference between the Attach or Overlay properties of an XREF in AutoCAD.
From the ATG YouTube Channel.
Comments
Can't we just say that Attach supports nesting? Can we change this property of an XREF after the fact?
Important Things to Know for Civil 3D
Important Things to Know for Civil 3D
7/2/2020
Autodesk's Jerry Bartels delivers an exploration of miscellaneous important AutoCAD commands, tools, and tricks for work in Civil 3D.
This video is part of the 30-Minute Workout series on the Civil Immersion site.
See the Jerry Bartels YouTube Channel.
and the Civil Immersion blog.
Comments
Jerry covers some important improvements to the Layer Manager and clariifies the important difference between Layer FREEZE and OFF and the VP versions.
For lack of time perhaps Jerry fails to mention that Civil 3D allows you to export and import Layer Filters. AutoCAD still does not.
The demoed use of the AutoCAD Geolocation Tool to get the lat long of a location and zoom to it in Civil 3D is pretty cute and useful.
Some great Status bar tips are covered as well plus a demo of the ACAD 2021 new TRIM command Quick Selection default and issues.
AutoCAD Tips and Tricks
AutoCAD Tips and Tricks
6/18/2020
Autodesk's Jeff Bartels covers a detailed review of 30 AutoCAD tips, tricks, and keyboard shortcuts in 30 minutes.
See the Jeff Bartels YouTube Channel.
and the Civil Immersion blog.
Comments
You might learn something surprizing and important in this video.
Most, but not all, of Jeff's tips and tricks are focused on methods to help you get annotative work done and done quicker in this session.
Here's my favorite tip that is not in there - Open the help file and Read about Anything for 5 minutes or less every day.