Tips from Experts

Mapbook Publish a Site in Civil 3D

12/06/2016

How to Employ the Mapbook Plot Engine in Civil 3D

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Jerry Bartels of Autodesk covers the basics of employing Map 3D Mapbook method and practice to publish a grided site plan set in Civil 3D.
from the Civil Imersion blog.

Left unsaid is the necessary detailed setup in the employed template. That takes a bit, but the work is worth the development effort.
In the real production world this is a publish drawing. It exists only to do that work.
I would always do this a drawing consisting of XREFs and or DWFs and not in a working project drawing.
You can also employ (invisible) annotative Alignments and Offset Alignments, their related ViewFrames, and the Civil 3D Plan Production Tools to do this sans the keymaps etc.
Maybe that will make you more or less comfortable?

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Gradient Hatch for Exhibits

11/15/2016

How to Employ AutoCAD Gradient Hatch for Exhibits

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Jerry Bartels of Autodesk explains how to employ Gradient Hatches. This includes some hatch tricks you didn't know.
from the Civil Imersion blog.

Ok, Jerry. Better AutoCAD skill is great. Civil 3D skill and managed content is more.
Can't I build a lot of this into publication Styles and Code Set Styles in Civil 3D.
Fewer clicks and less work might be important to my production process.
The Tool Palette basic trick is great, but functional a Tool Palette requires a local or network shared drawing in a location. Don't forget.

AutoCAD Reference Manager

11/01/2016

What is the ADREFMAN.EXE

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Jerry Bartels of Autodesk explains what the AutoCAD Reference Manager is and How to employ it.
from the Civil Imersion blog.

The XREF manager is too easy to forget about. Talk about hiding in the Start Menu issues.