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Practical guides, cheat sheets, and release news for AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Revit, and the wider Autodesk ecosystem — written by the CAD Masters team.
One of the main new features of AutoCAD 2012 is called the Content Explorer. The Content Explorer essentially conglomerates Design Center and Autodesk Seek, while also adding…
March 22, 2011 · 2 min read
CAD Standards can’t be ignored when building Civil 3D Templates. You still need layers with colors and linetypes. You still need text styles. And you still need to choose between…
March 22, 2011 · 3 min read
Service Pack 1 (SP1) for 64-bit versions of was recently released. I doubt that many people have installed it yet. Especially since most of us have the "if it's not broken, don't…
March 18, 2011 · 1 min read
Shape files (.shp) are a common file format in the GIS world, the file format is often used to exchange data between ESRI software and AutoCAD. Because each software package…
March 16, 2011 · 3 min read
Successful Civil 3D implementation requires several steps. We’ve discussed some of these steps at a very high level in Death of the Draftsman and Build on a Strong Foundation …
March 14, 2011 · 3 min read
Recently I started working on Map Books for one of our customers. That's really just code for a big sheet set where each sheet displays a different area of a map. So, I started…
March 11, 2011 · 1 min read
One of the more difficult aspects of using Feature Data Objects (FDO) is the fact that all of the styles in the Display Manager are What You See is What You Get (WYSIWYG). This is…
March 9, 2011 · 2 min read
Goal - Make backups that allow us to recreate the complete configuration of a machine to its exact state at any time in the past. This backs up the programs, all configurations…
March 7, 2011 · 1 min read
Have you ever wanted to import digital images to AutoCAD? Have you ever wanted to make lines from a digital images into AutoCAD entities? Raster Design is a program that imports…
March 4, 2011 · 2 min read
Civil 3D expressions are a powerful tool you may be familiar with. They allow you to customize labels with calculated values based on information stored in Civil 3D objects. I'd…
March 2, 2011 · 2 min read
After you make the batch files you will need to schedule them in Windows Task Scheduler ( Windows XP or Windows 7 ). Make sure both machines are on when the backup is scheduled…
February 28, 2011 · 1 min read
AutoCAD is flexible. There are few restrictions on the number of entities, layers, or text styles in a drawing. A line can exist at any elevation (z value) with any color and…
February 25, 2011 · 2 min read
Recently in a Civil 3d training course one of the students asked about creating a flat surface on a side of a hill for a big water tank pad. We created a 3d model of this and…
February 23, 2011 · 2 min read
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