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Civil 3D

Plot Paperspace Last

As you’re getting ready plot and you look at the plot preview, you might notice something strange. Sometimes objects in paperspace that were previously on top of the image are now…

May 17, 2011 · 1 min read

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AutoCAD

A Glimpse of Raster Design

Have you ever wanted to import digital images to AutoCAD? Have you ever wanted to make lines from a digital images into AutoCAD entities? Raster Design is a program that imports…

March 4, 2011 · 2 min read

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Civil 3D

Civil 3D Drive Mode

Recently in a Civil 3d training course one of the students asked about creating a flat surface on a side of a hill for a big water tank pad. We created a 3d model of this and…

February 23, 2011 · 2 min read

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Revit

Aligning With the Sun

It’s becoming increasingly important that Architects not only design beautiful buildings, but also present those buildings in increasingly lifelike quality. Thanks to advances in…

October 29, 2010 · 1 min read

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Civil 3D

MAPINSERT 3gigabug switch

Here is an AutoCAD Civil 3D/Map 3D bug for the folks using 2009, 2010. If you are running a 32-bit OS without the 3 GB switch , the MAPINSERT command will run with no problems. If…

October 18, 2010 · 2 min read

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Civil 3D

GoogleEarth & Civil3D

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