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…
Since being posted back in April my post titled Linking Excel and AutoCAD with Data Links has been one of the most visited pages here on The CAD Geek Blog. In that post I go through what I will call…
Alas, my firm has finished our AutoCAD 2008 upgrade. In the timeframe of about a month we upgraded a little more than 250 users in our 7 engineering offices. Some would call the mere thought of upgrading that many users…
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,…
The last several months have been especially busy for me, with July being the busiest. After all July has been my firms (Timmons Group) AutoCAD 2008 upgrade month. Amidst getting deployments ready to be installed and making needed infrastructure changes,…
Since I know everyone out there has joined AUGI (Autodesk User Group International) this is likely old news. Just in case you haven’t checked it out already, the latest issue of AUGIWorld (July/August) has a number of great articles in…
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…
After a much needed and most enjoyable vacation to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, I am back in the office. My first two days back to the office have been both busy and exciting, as Monday kicked off our…
So this post actually comes to you from the Outer Banks of North Carolina. This week I am getting some much needed rest & relaxation by soaking up some rays along the Atlantic coast. Being a bit of an avid…
If you have kept up with the new features packed within AutoCAD 2008 you have likely read a small novel worth of articles about Annotative Scaling. Now don’t get me wrong, Annotative Scaling is a really cool new feature, but…
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…
For years now I personally have been convinced the DWF format is far superior to the PDF format. Until recently I represented a small minority, as most people still preferred the older and more established PDF format. In the past…
