Labeling Pipe Crossing Inverts
This is a bit of an oldie, but goodie. Civil 3D Pipe Label Styles can give me the Invert In or the Invert Out of a pipe, but not the invert between point a and point b. That limitation is…
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Hydraflow installation error
Civil 3D, H&H, Hydrology, Hydraflow
Georeferenced DWF Files
I have come to rely on my power users. Just the other day one of my power users (Michael Elander) came to me asking about georeferenced DWF’s. To be frankly honest my knowledge of georeferenced DWF’s really extended no further…
Creating a DEM with Civil 3D
One of my users called me the other day asking if there was any way to convert our DTM surface into a DEM surface, as a client had called them asking if it was possible. The short answer to the…
Simple Civil 3D Road Transition With Feature Lines
Among the new features in Civil 3D 2009 is the ability to target Feature Lines. For those who may still be transitioning from Land Desktop, a Feature Line is, in essence, a 3D Polyline on steroids. Since Feature Lines are…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Service Pack 1 for 2008 Civil Products Released
After much anticipation, all of the civil service packs have been released. Note there are two different service packs for Land Desktop and Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion. AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 Service Pack Issues Resolved AutoCAD Civil 3D Land…
Isolating Individual Objects
Hidden for some time now in the lower right-hand corner of AutoCAD is a little light bulb. If you are like most, you have simply let this little light bulb burn –wasting electricity. At first glance it may seem a…
The Truth About Deploying Civil 3D
So I must confess, this post was born as a response to an e-mail I recently received from one of my readers. As I began writing my response it became overly apparent to me that my response was one that…