Eric D. Colburn, PLS

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Professional Land Surveyor News: Autodesk Announces AutoCAD for Mac and AutoCAD WS App for iPad and iPhone

SAN RAFAEL, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK), a leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, announced AutoCAD for Mac software. This version of AutoCAD, one of the most widely used software for professional design and engineering, runs natively on Mac OS X and will increase choice of hardware for millions of users around the world. Autodesk also announced the AutoCAD WS mobile application, a new app for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch that will allow users to edit and share their AutoCAD designs in the field.

“Apple is thrilled that Autodesk is bringing AutoCAD back to the Mac and we think it’s the perfect combination for millions of design and engineering professionals”

“The release of AutoCAD for Mac marks the return of professional design and engineering software to the Mac platform and an important convergence of power and design. Over 5000 customers have helped develop this product through our beta program and they are delighted to have the choice of a native Mac version of AutoCAD,” said Amar Hanspal, senior vice president, Autodesk Platform Solutions and Emerging Business. “The combination of this new version of AutoCAD and the extension of AutoCAD to iPad, iPhone and iPod touch is a big step in Autodesk’s efforts to accelerate design and make design more accessible for an ever-greater number of people so they can shape the world around them.”

“Apple is thrilled that Autodesk is bringing AutoCAD back to the Mac and we think it’s the perfect combination for millions of design and engineering professionals,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “The AutoCAD WS app is a bold new idea, a mobile version of industry-leading design software for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, the world’s most innovative mobile devices.”

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Eagle Point Surveyors' Companion For Civil 3D Overview Professional Land Surveyor Video

Here’s a quick video overview of the features, functions, and command set for Eagle Point Surveyors’ Companion For Civil 3D.

At this point I don’t know too much about Eagle Point Surveyors’ Companion For Civil 3D, so this video is sort of an unpacking and peek into this software package.

Already, I’ve quickly used the List Points and Unused Points reports, which are very handy. This, and everything else I’ve seen, makes me very excited to put Eagle Point Surveyors’ Companion For Civil 3D into action.

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Survey Database Point Groups-AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 Professional Land Surveyor Video

In this installment of my Professional Land Surveyor Video series, AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 for Land Surveyors: Survey Database Point Groups, I will show you how to:

1. Create Survey Database Point Groups.
2. Select Survey Database Points to populate your Survey Database Point Groups.
3. Use Survey Database Point Groups to filter points you insert into and remove from your AutoCAD Civil 3D drawings.

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The Professional Land Surveyor Podcast (PLSP)

Shownotes – Episode 3
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AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 Upgrade is Ready for Download!

This morning I was quite happy to see an email in my inbox from Autodesk telling me that my AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 upgrade is available for me to download! One of the benefits of being an Autodesk Subscription Customer is being able to download your upgrades as soon as they become available.

While Autodesk touts this as an environmental initiative, which of course it is, and you can still select to receive yet another box and DVD to add to your already mountainous collection of Autodesk boxed software, I think employing a digital download delivery system may have more to do with a certain court case Autodesk is involved with with one of its users who has tried to sell an older version of his software on eBay than environmental altruism. Color me cynical.

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Professional Land Surveyor News: Autodesk and Open Design Alliance Reach Agreement for Autodesk DWG Trademarks

On Friday, April 9, 2010, Autodesk and the Open Design Alliance (ODA) made an announcement to settle their pending Autodesk DWG Trademark disputes. Autodesk had started proceedings to cancel the ODA’s DWG-based trademark registrations with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) in 2007. Autodesk claimed that this was to avoid confusion with Autodesk’s established DWG brand and trademark.

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Professional Land Surveyor News: NVIDIA Quadro Lets AutoCAD 2011 Designers Achieve Maximum Productivity.

NVIDIA has announced improved workflows for AutoCAD 2011 designers using NVIDIA® Quadro® certified  graphics processing units (GPUs). NVIDIA promises visual accuracy, fast 3D performance and high reliability with their Quadro professional graphics solutions.

About NVIDIA and Autodesk

NVIDIA first shook up the computer graphics industry in 1999 by inventing the GPU. This new visual computing standard provided enhanced interactive graphics on a wide range of devices including tablets, portable media players, notebooks and workstations. NVIDIA’s expertise in programmable GPUs has led to breakthroughs in parallel processing which make supercomputing inexpensive and widely accessible.

Autodesk and NVIDIA are strategic partners collaborating extensively, yearly investing thousands of hours of collective engineering, to certify the Quadro GPUs for AutoCAD. NVIDIA has also invested more than 10 years in application specific optimizations to optimize AutoCAD performance.

With the release of the AutoCAD 2011 line of software by Autodesk, and all of the new features and visual styles designers can implement in 2D plans or 3D models, the NVIDIA professional-class Quadro GPU promises to let designers expand upon the complexity of their designs. The ability to better visualize our designs using the AutoCAD 2011 should bring increases in productivity and eliminating waste as we move closer to BIM.

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Professional Land Surveyor News: Autodesk Developer Network Partners Support AutoCAD 2011

Last week Autodesk announced immediate support for AutoCAD 2011 software by several leading Autodesk Developer Network (ADN) members.  Partner companies, using ADN support, can provide the full benefits of AutoCAD 2011 to their customers.

A world leader in 2D and 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, Autodesk’s AutoCAD technology should provide significant increases in:

• Productivity.
• New tools for conceptual design.
• Point cloud support.

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Professional Land Surveyor News: AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 Unveiled By Autodesk

March 25, 2010.

Today, Autodesk Unveiled its 2011 software updates for building design, infrastructure and construction industries, including the new AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011.

Jay Bhatt, senior vice president of AEC Industry Solutions said about the overall autodesk 2011 Software Portfolio:

“The building design, construction and infrastructure industries must improve productivity, while at the same time completing complex projects on time and at, or under budget,” said Jay Bhatt, senior vice president of AEC Industry Solutions. “Our new 2011 software helps support that goal by capitalizing on the enormous benefits of Building Information Modeling, and facilitating multidisciplinary collaboration from start to finish for everything from new construction and renovations on residential and business projects to large-scale infrastructure and government projects.”

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AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011

Specific to surveying and civil engineering, AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 was unveiled with several exciting improvements and upgrades.

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PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY

In this week’s PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY I’m asking the question:

Are you Satisfied With Autodesk’s Services & Support?

Autodesk Services and Support includes their knowledge base, documentation, and online help, in addition to your submitted support request if you are enrolled in the Autodesk subscription software maintenance and support program.

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