InfraWorks
InfraWorks 360 2016 Part 1
Part 1: Subscription Changes When the 2016 version came out, not only did the program become more engineering efficient but the naming convention for the suite version also…
June 26, 2015 · 1 min read
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Exploring Subscription Options
After January 31, 2016, new perpetual licenses of most individual Autodesk software will no longer be available for purchase. Follow the link to view a webinar with CAD Masters…
May 20, 2015 · 2 min read
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Civil 3DTips & Tricks
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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Civil 3D
AutoCAD Map 3D 2015 Top New Features
Here is a list of CAD Masters’ top AutoCAD Map 3D 2015 new features, in no particular order. Installs on top of other AutoCAD installations If multiple versions of AutoCAD 2015 are…
March 28, 2014 · 1 min read
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Map 3D Enterprise
FME Desktop® World Tour
If you are in the engineering or GIS business, you have probably needed to translate data from one format or database to another, such as from ESRI® ArcSDE® to AutoCAD® DWG. For…
March 13, 2014 · 1 min read
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Map 3D
Connecting to ESRI ArcSDE using AutoCAD Map 3D FDO
During my Autodesk University class this past week, there was a question regarding connecting to ESRI ArcSDE using AutoCAD Map 3D FDO. Specifically, someone asked about connecting…
December 7, 2013 · 3 min read
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Civil 3D
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
Creating Custom AutoCAD Linetypes
As one of the instructors here at CAD Masters, I’d have to say one of my favorite topics to teach is creating custom AutoCAD linetypes. While not too difficult, it tends to be a…
January 10, 2013 · 3 min read
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AutoCAD
AutoCAD Map 2013 Service Pack 1 and the Communication Center
AutoCAD Map 2013 Service Pack 1 was recently released. It’s not available through the support.autodesk.com website yet, but is available through the Communication Center in…
September 26, 2012 · 1 min read