By Matthew Anderson, PE CFM on April 21, 2010
Yesterday, I cover the first half of the New Feature Changes to the template here. Here is the rest of the list of tweaks to review today;
Continue reading “Tweak the template two!”
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By Matthew Anderson, PE CFM on April 20, 2010
AutoCAD Civil 3d 2011 is now out in the wild after Autodesk released it to subscription customers on the subscription website. In many cases, most people will either use the OOTB templates, and other may take their 2010 templates, open it with 2011 and perform a Save as.. and save the template as the 2011 template. Personally, I prefer the later.
Continue reading “Time to tweak the template”
Posted in Alignments, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Corridors, Pipes, Templates
By Matthew Anderson, PE CFM on April 15, 2010
I tried to plant the seed a couple of years ago while at CAD Camp, but they didn’t bite. I will need to write this up in a little more detail, but again, want to just plant the seed.
Continue reading “To Grade a Sewer!”
Posted in Civil 3D, Pipes
By Mark Scacco, PE on April 8, 2010
More often than not in the consulting and services industry you only hear from your clients when there is a problem. So when you get unsolicited feedback that is positive, it reminds you of why we work so hard. Below is an email we received today from one of our Civil 3D clients.
Mark & Marc –
Thank you for providing a great service to our industry and specifically our company. I still receive emails from our previous Autodesk reseller and got an invite to a free, one-hour webinar outlining what was new in C3D 2011. Since it was free, I signed up for it to get a head start when ‘11 is rolled out later this month. They had a Q&A at the end of the 45-minute presentation, which was at least 1/3 sales fluff and self-promotion, at which time I asked what I thought was a very simple, straight-forward question. I got a chuckle from the presenter who replied it was “a loaded question” and proceeded to talk around it. So after the webinar, I did what I should have done from the beginning and submitted the same question via a ticket through your web portal. Not only did I get a response in less than five minutes, it was a simple, direct, four-sentence answer to my question. So I was reminded again why we left that reseller and partner with SCI / Engineered Efficiency. Not only do you provide the FREE support service, you do it better than the other guys. So again, thank you.
Sincerely,
Nathan P. Kass, P.E., L.S.I.
Project Manager
TeKippe Engineering, P.C.
Posted in Civil 3D, Engineered Efficiency
By Mark Scacco, PE on April 1, 2010
ENCORE PRESENTATION:
Due to the overwhelming response to this EECast, we will be hosting an encore presentation on April 7, 2010. Thanks to all who attended the original event.
Please join us for a free Civil 3D lunch (or brunch) and learn webcast being presented Wednesday, April 7, 2010 12:00-1:00PM EDT (11-12:00pm CDT). You can register and attend right up until start time, so if your schedule has some flexibility and you can make it we’d love to share the benefits of the 2010/ 2011 Quantity Takeoff features with you.
Civil 3D improves upon the Quantity Takeoff (QTO) features introduced in a previous releases. The QTO Manager provides a central location for calculating quantities and generating reports. You can create your own pay items or import existing lists in CVS or XML format. Additionally, you can automatically assign pay items to pipe network components and corridors via parts lists and code sets, respectively. Join EE for a detailed look at this powerful feature enhancement and for a chance to win great prizes.
When: Wednesday, April 7, 2010 12:00-1:00PM EDT (11-12:00pm CDT).
Where: Online. Register here
After you’ve successfully registered you will receive a link to the EECast. Upon approval by the presenter, you will be admitted to the session.
If you have never attended a Connect Pro meeting before:
Test your connection: http://eng-eff.acrobat.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm
Get a quick overview: http://www.adobe.com/go/connectpro_overview
Please use the registration link in the center “Upcoming EECasts” box on our website to reserve your spot.
Hope to have you and your team there.
Posted in EECast | Tagged QTO
By Eric Chappell on March 31, 2010
As promised, here are the answers to the questions from today’s QTO webcast that I wasn’t able to provide on the spot. You may be surprised by some of the answers!
Continue reading “QTO Questions Answered”
Posted in Civil 3D | Tagged QTO
By Matthew Anderson, PE CFM on March 31, 2010
Autodesk briefly announced during Civil 3d blogger day that they will be releasing Autodesk® Storm and Sanitary Analysis to subscription members as a download. This is a North America offering for subscription members for AutoCAD Map and AutoCAD Civil 3d users only. This product, as Dana puts it, was the product formerly known as StormNET. (For some reason, I feel like waiting for the purple rain now…)
Continue reading “A subscription treat”
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By Matthew Anderson, PE CFM on March 29, 2010
Last week I was among the privileged few who were invited to attend Autodesk’s kickoff for the 2011 series of products. Unlike the base product invitees, we Civil 3d blogger had a virtual meeting that spanned the globe. {that’s pretty cool just thinking about the global impact, if I say so myself…} Here are a couple of highlights of the 2011 product:
Continue reading “AutoCAD Civil 3d 2011 – Highlights”
Posted in Civil 3D, Corridors, Data Shortcuts, Feature Lines, Pipes, Quantities, Sections, Surveying, Templates
By Mark Scacco, PE on March 27, 2010
Please join us for a free Civil 3D lunch (or brunch) and learn webcast being presented next Wednesday (March 31) at 11am CDT. You can register and attend right up until start time, so if your schedule has some flexibility and you can make it we’d love to share the benefits of the 2010/ 2011 Quantity Takeoff features with you.
Civil 3D improves upon the Quantity Takeoff (QTO) features introduced in a previous releases. The QTO Manager provides a central location for calculating quantities and generating reports. You can create your own pay items or import existing lists in CVS or XML format. Additionally, you can automatically assign pay items to pipe network components and corridors via parts lists and code sets, respectively. Join EE for a detailed look at this powerful feature enhancement and for a chance to win great prizes.
When: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 12:00-1:00PM EDT (11-12:00pm CDT)
Where: Online. Register here
After you’ve successfully registered you will receive a link to the EECast. Upon approval by the presenter, you will be admitted to the session.
If you have never attended a Connect Pro meeting before:
Test your connection: http://eng-eff.acrobat.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm
Get a quick overview: http://www.adobe.com/go/connectpro_overview
Please use the registration link in the center "Upcoming EECasts" box on our website to reserve your spot.
Hope to have you and your team there.
Posted in Uncategorized
By Matthew Anderson, PE CFM on March 25, 2010
Autodesk previews today the upcoming release of AutoCAD Civil 3d 2011 for a select few bloggers.
As the shield indicates, it will be 64-bit compatible!
Autodesk has also published the new features on their website. For more information, check Autodesk’s here.
(Gosh darn it, Autodesk actually published features on their website prior to the bloggers)
Posted in Civil 3D
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