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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 release of Civil 3D 2012 is coming just over the horizon in mid-April, and there are some exciting things to come. This is the Civil 3D update that I've been looking forward to…
March 22, 2011 · 3 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
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
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
Making custom linetypes is always a tricky endeavor, particularly when you start incorporating text and shapes files. Not only is it difficult to get them to look the way you want…
February 16, 2011 · 1 min read
In Part 1 , I shared my initial thoughts on the Subassembly Composer. I've had more time to look at the subassembly composer and have documented some questions, answers, and notes…
January 19, 2011 · 3 min read
Autodesk Labs has released another handy tool for Civil 3D, the new Subassembly Composer. It's basically a tool that automates the programming of custom subassemblies. You can…
January 13, 2011 · 2 min read
I was babysitting my nephews recently and astonished by their ability to fight over whatever toy the other one was currently playing with. Sharing is clearly a learned behavior…
January 11, 2011 · 3 min read
Happy New Year! My CAD new year's resolution is to try out more of Autodesk's new programs. There are so many of them and there is so little time explore them. Here are a few that…
January 3, 2011 · 1 min read
CMI Tools is a set of custom commands that CAD Masters has created for Civil 3D. Just last week I was using the Export Surface to XYZ command and realized that there might be many…
November 8, 2010 · 1 min read
Continuing in the spirit of my last post, I'd like to work my way up to the question of "What Is Topobase?" To begin with, let's revisit AutoCAD Map3D, Autodesk's GIS program…
October 21, 2010 · 3 min read
I distinctly remember the answer to a question that my professor asked one day in grad school. Too bad I don’t remember the question. It was somewhere along the lines of "Why…
October 20, 2010 · 2 min read
Many people know about the capabilities of Google Earth with regards to Civil 3D. I’m going to describe possibly some tips and tricks that may help with this process. I will…
October 12, 2010 · 1 min read
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