My Favorite New Feature In Civil 3D 2011
Civil 3D 2011 comes with many new features and functionality, but if I had to nail just one down and call it my favorite, it would have to be the data shortcuts enhancements. What are these...
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I Can Count Lines & Blocks With Civil 3D! Can You?
Civil 3D 2010 and 2011 have some great functionality for reporting quantities through the use of the QTO Manager. While the mechanisms for reporting earthwork and corridor quantities have been around...
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Can Civil 3D & Revit Really Work Together Painlessly?
Lately a lot of Civil 3D and Revit users have been inquiring about how to make the two softwares work together on the same projects without going through painstaking measures. With the 2011 versions...
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Do I Really Need Points in My Drawing?
Points. Those objects that we import or create. Most of the time points are imported from text files provided by surveyors. We have all seen the PNEZD format before, and could probably import points in...
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2011 Subscription Advantage Packs. They’re Here!
For the past few years, Autodesk has been coming out with Subscription Advantage packs; downloads for subscription customers that add routines to their current version of the software. Last year’s pack...
View ArticleAutodesk Labs………..Have You Seen It?
Hi everyone! It has been a while since I blogged and I apologize for that! I wanted to take the time to talk about a cool website that has some………you guessed it………..COOL STUFF! The website I am...
View ArticleI can label through xrefs? Yep!
One of the benefits with Autocad itself has always been the variety of ways you can draft and achieve the result you need. Conversly though that leaves us wondering which option is best. Well, Civil 3D...
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Civil 3D DWG File Size To Big? Try These Steps
Have you ever seen a drawing file you created with Civil 3D balloon in file size? Has this caused performance to take a nose dive? The following steps should help you get some improvement on getting...
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Clean That Clipboard Once in a While!
Most Cad users are pretty well versed in using basic Windows commands such as ctrl-c for copy and ctrl-v for paste. It’s quick, easy and convenient to do inside of AutoCAD based software. That being...
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