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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.
Map 3D Enterprise 2012 is what used to be referred to as Autodesk Topobase . The main feature of Map 3D Enterprise 2012 is that you can use the features of Topobase with an Oracle…
May 26, 2011 · 2 min read
A frequently asked question for us at CAD Masters is whether we know of any good block or family libraries. This is a difficult question to answer since there are so many different…
May 24, 2011 · 2 min read
The 123d beta is now available to download for free from 123dapp.com . If you've been following Inventor Fusion , then you'll already have a good idea of what 123d is like. There…
May 20, 2011 · 1 min read
Autodesk has recently released the AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Transportation Extension. This is available directly from the Autodesk support website. The extension comes with an…
May 19, 2011 · 1 min read
We see many strange issues in tech support. The following is a made-up call for a not so made-up problem. Caller: I see a big red X in the Layer Properties Manager Support: A big…
May 13, 2011 · 1 min read
In part 3 , we started working on our Civil 3D template by addressing Drawing Settings. In this post, we’ll address Styles which some consider styles the beef of the template. How…
May 11, 2011 · 5 min read
Civil 3D and Civil View (Dynamite VSP) make 3ds Max much easier to learn if you are trying to create civil renderings. Civil View is used to quickly convert Civil 3D geometry such…
May 4, 2011 · 2 min read
I love it when software gives me new features that not only extends the capabilities, but also reduces the need for repetitive tasks. The redesigned elevation banding in Civil 3D…
May 2, 2011 · 2 min read
Dynamite VSP was renamed to Civil View in the 2012 release of products. If you purchased the Premium Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite, then it's likely that you are going to…
April 29, 2011 · 1 min read
Now that we have addressed the 1000-lb gorilla that is CAD Standards , we can finally get started on creating the templates. The very first item you should address are Drawing…
April 20, 2011 · 2 min read
Recently, the buzz about Autodesk's Project Galileo (now graduated to Autodesk Infrastructure Modeler) has been growing and to be honest I was skeptical about the program. To me…
April 18, 2011 · 2 min read
The sheet set manager has a nice feature that creates viewports on your sheets from model views. In this post I'll show you how to use this feature in your sheet sets through a…
April 15, 2011 · 2 min read
With the advent of the associative arrays in AutoCAD 2012 products, we’ve got a great new tool with some interesting possibilities. Recently, I wrote about using Civil 3D…
April 7, 2011 · 2 min read
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