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Shortcuts & Civil 3d Project Templates
There was an interesting question on the one of the Civil 3d groups on LinkedIn that asked about the _Sample Project directory structure that installs with Civil 3d. Do I have to use those folders? Do I need to use these folders to store my project files? Is there any disadvantage to using a different [...]
Recent Documents Sorting
I struggled with this problem earlier this year. My Recent Documents list always remained as an Ordered List, and that allowed DST files to float to the top of the Recent Documents list. It took some digging, but I am much happier now.
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 [...]
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 [...]
Job Openings – Civil
Just a shout out to the crowd that we have a customer with positions available in Chicago (2) and Dallas (1). If their business sector seems to mesh with your skill set, you are looking for work, and you live in one of these great cities please email your resumes to info@eng-eff.com and we’ll pass [...]
AUv – Autodesk University – Virtual
Are you unable to attend Autodesk University in person? Check out the next best thing – AUv. Dana Probert mentions it over the BIM on the Rocks. There are a number of classes, one presented by non-other than myself – The EXPRESSway for Hydraulic Analysis.
If you are a subscription member, you should have or will [...]
Big C Recent Document Sort
This has been a small thorn in my side for sometime and I have been unable to solve it – until now. My Recent Documents list has been stuck on the “By Ordered List” since installing 2010 a few months back. Changing the value from “By Ordered” to “By Date” in AutoCAD Civil 3d, unfortunately, [...]
Object Enabler Hotfix for Older Products
If you don’t subscribe to the support RSS feeds at Autodesk, you might want to. Today, a couple of Hotfixes for the 2004, 2005, and 2006 products were posted.
Drawings with custom AEC objects created in an AutoCAD® 2007-based product and saved in the AutoCAD® 2004 or older drawing format may display multiple error messages [...]
Go Figure
Earlier this week I was privileged to be party to the AutoCAD Civil 3d Subscription Advantage Pack preview webcast. I posted my delight on Tuesday with Go Figure Properties. This additional functionality helps sooth my surveyors soul and makes the whole automatic linework a hell-of-a-lot easier. [You here a but coming…]
Go Figure Properties
Monday, October 19th was AutoCAD Civil 3d Blogger Day! Autodesk introduced the new Civil 3d 2010 Subscription Advantage Pack [SAP] in a webcast to a number of my fellow Civil 3d bloggers. As others have and will likely mention, the SAP release date should be the end of this week. The list of SAP features [...]
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