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SiteScan Data Collection
On September 14 th and 15 th , we hosted four live events showcasing 3DR’s drone technology and Site Scan software. Here is the data that we collected during the event at our…
October 4, 2016 · 1 min read
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AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 New Features
Civil 3D 2017 was just released this April! As always, we recommend waiting until after initial bugs are addressed to install the version, especially if you will be relying on…
April 29, 2016 · 5 min read
Civil 3D
InfraWorks 360 2016 Part 3
Part 3: June 2015 Updates Autodesk has just (June 2015) released the first release and second update for InfraWorks 360 2016; the updates refer to the title suffix R1 or 2016.2…
June 26, 2015 · 2 min read
Civil 3D
InfraWorks 360 2016 Part 2
Part 2: March 2015 Updates In the first release of the 2016 version, there were quite a few enhancements and new tools. The same sleek interface exists but with additional preview…
June 26, 2015 · 3 min read
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Pressure Pipe Content Creation Tips
Civil 3D introduced pressure pipes a few years ago, but you largely have to create your own content libraries. The how-to of that content creation is pretty accessible across the…
February 6, 2015 · 1 min read
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Civil 3D
Civil 3D 2015 and Civil 3D 2014 SDBX and SDF Compatibility - Survey Database Downgrade 4.0 to 3.5
This post will describe how to preform a database downgrade on a Civil 3D 2015 survey database down to a Civil 3D 2014 survey database. Civil 3D 2015 uses a SQL Server Compact 4.0…
June 19, 2014 · 2 min read
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Civil 3D
Slope Increment - Civil 3D Pipe Rules .NET
When using pipe rules, if the rules adjust the slope, Civil 3D increasingly iterates the slope at 1% until it finds a set of values that match the rules. This was mentioned by…
May 7, 2014 · 2 min read
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Top Civil 3D 2014 New Features
Civil 3D 2013 and Civil 3D 2014 Interoperability For previous versions of Civil 3D, the dwg file format is year specific. Civil 3D .dwg files opened in a newer version could not be…
April 8, 2013 · 1 min read
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Civil 3D
Civil 3D Hydraflow Storm Sewers Import Coordinate Shift
When working with Civil 3D Hydraflow Storm Sewers, if you export an .stm file from Civil 3D and then subsequently make edits in the .stm file in Hydraflow and save the .stm file…
January 29, 2013 · 2 min read
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Civil 3D
Federal Transportation Legislation MAP-21
I'd like to share with you information I’ve found while researching MAP-21, the new legislation that affects federally funded transportation projects. On October 1, 2012, the…
January 21, 2013 · 2 min read
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Civil 3D
Civil 3D Pressure Pipe Catalog Editor
The pressure pipe catalog editor (Autodesk.Aec.Content.CatalogEditor.exe) can be found in the installation directory for Civil 3D: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013…
April 16, 2012 · 1 min read
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Civil 3D
Civil 3D 2013 - Top 5 New Features
Improved Performance This one sounds simple, but is a big deal. Performance with Civil 3D has been dramatically enhanced, specifically when related to Data Shortcuts. Large sets of…
April 5, 2012 · 2 min read
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Civil 3D
Civil 3D Survey Figure Linetype Generation
Survey figures by default do not show linetype generation in Civil 3D. This means if you have a survey figure with many closely spaced vertices, you will not be able to see the…
March 2, 2012 · 1 min read