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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.
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
Previously, we compared some of the differences between Dropbox and Autodesk 360, see the original post here . Since posting, we have found that Desktop Integration is available…
April 12, 2012 · 1 min read
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
It's not too late to register for the Autodesk 2013 Virtual Event here . The general session presentation starts at 9AM PDT. There's also a group of breakout sessions to choose…
March 29, 2012 · 1 min read
Display Styles per Viewport with Dynamic Legends, North Arrows & Scales Previously, AutoCAD Map 3D was limited to a single display style at a time in a drawing. If you wanted a…
March 28, 2012 · 3 min read
This year’s Autodesk 2013 product launch is significantly different than previous years. We’re seeing almost all of the products being released on the same day. Typically, AutoCAD…
March 27, 2012 · 1 min read
This strange command was introduced in AutoCAD 2011. Speaking with co-workers here, it’s mainly a source of frustration as users try to Zoom Extents and instead get the ZEBRA…
March 21, 2012 · 1 min read
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
California is one of the few states that does not require professional development hours (PDH) for licensed professional engineers. I've often wondered about this and why this is…
February 1, 2012 · 2 min read
In part 3 , we looked at putting your drawings and data into Vault. In this part, we'll discuss marking milestones for our Vault projects. For this example, lets suppose that we’ve…
January 25, 2012 · 2 min read
One of our applications that we develop at CAD Masters is called CMI Tools for Civil 3D. It includes several utilities for working with AutoCAD Civil 3D. You can read about the…
January 19, 2012 · 1 min read
In part 2 , we looked at installing Vault Collaboration for Civil 3D and how to create a Vault project. In this post, we will start designing in Civil 3D put drawings and data into…
January 11, 2012 · 3 min read
Now that the Vault server is up and running, the next step is to install the Autodesk Vault Collaboration client software on the computer with Civil 3D. The software requires a…
January 4, 2012 · 2 min read
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