Mark Scacco, PE
Graduate or Drop-out?
Autodesk Labs Graduates website today says….
The Bridge Modeler for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 is a Civil 3D add-in module which can create simplified bridges directly from a Civil 3D corridor object. It was a technology preview project at Autodesk Labs derived from a subset of Bridge Extension for Revit Structure 2010, a part of Subscription [...]
Autodesk Pricing Changes Monday
Just one last reminder… Starting Monday, March 15, 2010 Autodesk will change its pricing for subscription renewals. In a nutshell, after March 15, 2010, your upgrade from any of the three previous software releases will cost 50 percent of the price of a new license, no matter which release you own.
Read more at Autodesk’s site
What [...]
Civil 3D Interoperability – How are YOU Working with others?
Matt’s last post regarding Hydraflow applications and a few other articles I’ve read lately have added to the ideas that have been dancing around in my head regarding Civil 3D interoperability (or lack thereof!) with other application. There are hundreds of add-on applications for Civil 3D and you can find a long list of them [...]
EE ProPack CadMgr Civil 3D add-on is now FREE!
UPDATED 3-9-2010: Revised steps required for authorization. If you are having issues authorizing, please see the revised steps below. Thanks!
Starting today, Engineered Efficiency has made its popular EE ProPack CadMgr Civil 3D add-on available for free. Registration is required, but it is a true freeware application.
As a free product, there is no official support, so [...]
Site Design Grading Example
EE posted a new sample training video on YouTube. This video shows the steps involved in refining the grading of a typical small-site development project.
Check it out and be sure to subscribe to the EE YouTube Channel
Enjoy!
EE Launches New YouTube Channel
Engineered Efficiency , the consultants behind civil3dpedia.com, launched a new YouTube channel, http://www.youtube.com/EngineeredEfficiency. Be sure to subscribe to the channel to get updates when new videos are posted.
We’ll use this channel to share short technical how-to’s; demo and overview videos; and longer training samples. The first couple videos are published and include:
An overview of the [...]
Bootstrap or training, how did you implement AutoCAD Civil 3D?
There is an interesting discussion taking place on LinkedIn in the Civil 3D Workforce group. You can see the whole thread here.
The question posed is:
I was wondering how C3D users implemented C3D. Did you “bootstrap” it by trying to implement and learn C3D on your own or did you take more formal training and classes? [...]
Bye, bye AutoCAD Civil, we hardly knew you…
Autodesk announced today that they are discontinuing the short-lived AutoCAD Civil product. There will be no 2011 version of AutoCAD Civil.
AutoCAD Civil customers who hold Subscription contracts that are current as of April 20, 2010 will receive AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 when it becomes available. Customers with multi-year Subscription contracts will continue to receive releases [...]
Building Collapse Intact
This is from last summer, but I just saw it now. Wow.
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2009/06/29/shanghai-building-collapses-nearly-intact/
(1) An underground garage was being dug on the south side, to a depth of 4..6 meters (2) The excavated dirt was being piled up on the north side, to a height of 10 meters (3) The [...]
March 16th Deadline approaching…
As the date draws nearer, its important that all users understand the changes Autodesk is implementing in regards to Subscription update and renewal. In a nutshell, after March 16, 2010, it will cost you 50% of the current new seat price to upgrade a previous version of your Autodesk software.
If you plan on upgrading and [...]
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