Mastering Civil 3D Review
Over the last several months I have been working my way through the ever popular Mastering AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 book, written by the gang over at Civil3D.com (Engineered Efficiency). As a fellow member of the blogosphere, I have had the privilege to establish a professional relationship with a good portion of the Engineered […]
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Virginia Tech Prepares Civil Engineering Graduates
Virginia Tech has naturally received a lot of media attention since the terror of April 16, 2007. Tomorrow (Saturday) happens to be Homecoming for tech where they will play North Carolina. As Enter Sandman finishes playing, and the clock ticks down, the Virginia Tech Hokies will hopefully be 4-1 for the season. But why […]
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Finding the 3D in Map 3D: Surface Visualization
The September / October issue of AUGIWorld is now available for download. The cover story for this issue is “A First Good Impression”. Impression is a brand new program that Autodesk released this year which allows you to give your CAD drawings a hand sketched look. Anyone faced with creating such exhibits and illustrations […]
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Composing Parcel Label Styles in Civil 3D 2008
New to Civil 3D 2008 is the ability to create composed parcel labels. Before the introduction of composed parcel label styles, one would have to configure a separate parcel label style for each labeling scenario. Or in other words, a style to show the parcels area in square feet, another to show it […]
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Map 3D Drawing Status Bar in Civil 3D
Civil 3D users – did you know that Map 3D has a specialized drawing status bar?
It seems the typical Civil 3D user knows little to nothing about the abilities of Map 3D. As those who do use it know, Map 3D is an incredibly powerful geospatial tool. Autodesk did publish their “GIS Skills […]
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