We took an initial and considerate peek at some uses for Connected Alignments in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018 in an earlier post. The Connected Alignment provides us with the mechanics to create manage the Curb...

Productivity is all about our time. In AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018 we get both a new DWG format and a new deeper Feature definition of Civil 3D’s powerful Design Control Manager – the Alignment...

Far be it for me to instruct surveyors and civil engineers about the vagaries of properties recorded and found. That would be like instructing my childhood chicken farmer neighbor on the art of sucking...

We’ve set out on an Unexpected Journey. In AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 we have a new Reference Template Tool offered up with the idea of a State Template>>Company Template>>Project Template...

When Autodesk introduces a new tool into AutoCAD Civil 3D we get a bunch of opening hype about it followed by a pause as the real folks in Civil 3D Land try and figure out a way to make the new tool work...

Survey Db Points Sandtrap Recent Blog Posts | Blog Post The Survey Points UNDO Sandtrap Civil 3D skills and AutoCAD skills sometimes come into conflict. AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey is all about the data behind...

Survey Query Essentials Recent Blog Posts | Blog Post Survey Query Essentials Learn the basics of Civil 3D Survey Query usage and construction. Sadly, the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help files do not provide much...

Quick Surfaces from a Survey Db Recent Blog Posts | Blog Post Surfaces in Minutes from a Survey Db Survey Queries can be copied, edited, and imported from project to project. It pays to create and maintain...