CAD Masters Blog & Resources
Practical guides, cheat sheets, and release news for AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Revit, and the wider Autodesk ecosystem — written by the CAD Masters team.
AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT for Mac 2017 have been released. New features are available in interface customization, working with PDF's and the ability to run multiple AutoCAD sessions…
January 11, 2017 · 1 min read
Recently we demonstrated the features and benefits of 3DR’s aerial drone technology. One of the questions that came up at our events was the relative accuracy vs. geopositioned…
September 23, 2016 · 2 min read
Part 3: June 2015 Updates Autodesk has just (June 2015) released the first release and second update for InfraWorks 360 2016; the updates refer to the title suffix R1 or 2016.2…
June 26, 2015 · 2 min read
Part 2: March 2015 Updates In the first release of the 2016 version, there were quite a few enhancements and new tools. The same sleek interface exists but with additional preview…
June 26, 2015 · 3 min read
AutoCAD for Mac 2012 has been released, but AutoCAD 2011 for Mac has not been forgotten. AutoCAD 2011 for Mac Update 3 has recently been released and now provides support for Mac…
October 10, 2011 · 1 min read
The Civil 3D 2012 Subassembly Composer was officially released today and has been heavily upgraded from its Autodesk Labs form. For Civil 3D users, this add-on has been generating…
July 7, 2011 · 1 min read
Service Pack 1 (SP1) for 64-bit versions of was recently released. I doubt that many people have installed it yet. Especially since most of us have the "if it's not broken, don't…
March 18, 2011 · 1 min read
Recently I started working on Map Books for one of our customers. That's really just code for a big sheet set where each sheet displays a different area of a map. So, I started…
March 11, 2011 · 1 min read
For the past few weeks I've been working on a new project. We're taking our training manuals, example files, and even a few videos and putting them online. We're calling them CAD…
February 11, 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
Lately I've been working on deployments for one of our larger customers. There are six products, each with 32-bit and 64-bit deployments, as well as CAD Masters' own Standards…
December 6, 2010 · 2 min read
So you need to generate an Excel spreadsheet or text file of your existing ground surface profile using Civil 3D. Maybe you're looking to do some in-depth analysis in Excel, or…
December 1, 2010 · 1 min read
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