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Autodesk Expands Educational Offerings with 2013 Design and Creation Suites

June 29, 2012 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Business, Geomatics, Land Surveying, Members, News, Surveying Software

AutodeskAutodesk Expands Educational Offerings with 2013 Design and Creation Suites

SAN RAFAEL, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) announced the company’s 2013 comprehensive offering of software, cloud services and curriculum for secondary, postsecondary and vocational educational institutions. The 2013 offering includes access to the latest design and creation software suites and curricula, including specific suites for education, which help instructors teach design concepts as well as established industry processes such as Building Information Modeling (BIM), Digital Entertainment CreationDigital Prototyping, and Sustainable Design. In addition, the new suites connect educational institutions to the power of cloud computing with access to Autodesk 360, a platform that enables teachers and students to access their designs anytime, anywhere, by providing the ability to store, edit and share their designs and access the virtually infinite computing power of the cloud.

“With the power of cloud computing and Autodesk’s vision for putting more its design technology into the cloud, my students will be able to learn at home and in the classroom on any device they choose.”

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Customized AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Templates For Land Surveyors, Engineers and Designers

May 17, 2012 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D Templates, Business, Geomatics, Land Surveying, Members, Surveying Software

AutoCAD Civil 3D Customized Templates

Get Your Customized AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Templates The Easy Way!

Can your business afford to waste time and money setting up AutoCAD Civil 3D?

AutoCAD Civil 3D is a great program …. Once it’s set up and you know how to use it!

BUT, getting to that point takes a serious investment in your time, which means lost productivity, billing, and money.

And, what if your self-created AutoCAD Civil 3D setup doesn’t work or make you more productive?

I’ve seen it time and time again: Land surveyor, engineer, or designer spends hundreds of hours (if not more) setting up AutoCAD Civil 3D, only to discover that their setup is wrong. They then get super frustrated as their productivity and accuracy gets worse, and not better!

Are you prepared to start all over after you discover your attempts at setting up AutoCAD Civil 3D fails?

Who in their right mind would spend tons of time and resources to fail, and then repeat the process. The definition of insanity, it’s said, is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results!

Get Your Customized AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Templates The Easy Way!

I will solve all the above problems, and more, by creating customized AutoCAD Civil 3D templates for you!

I stand behind that statement because:

  1. I’m an everyday user of AutoCAD Civil 3D (from the first release) for land surveying and civil design, and,
  2. I’ve devoted myself to teaching others how to effectively (and profitably) use AutoCAD Civil 3D.

Listen, what I’m telling you isn’t all just a sales pitch, because I was in your shoes once, too. Yes, I’ve put in the hard work to learn the pitfalls of setting up and using AutoCAD Civil 3D, so that you don’t have to! Just understand, I got paid to do this, will you?

The first step to AutoCAD Civil 3D success is having great templates!

I can create customized survey templates for you that will get you quickly up and running with AutoCAD Civil 3D. The first step to AutoCAD Civil 3D success is haaving great templates, and I can create them for you.

I offer four separate AutoCAD Civil 3D template customization services:

And, I offer a Customized Starter Package Plan (recommended) which includes all four templates at a reduced rate! With the Customized Starter Package Plan, you’ll be up and running in no time.

Each template includes:

  • 1 hour initial online or telephone consultation and follow-up email coordination.
  • Your purchased AutoCAD Civil 3D template, of course.
  • Detailed manual describing the template, its features, and how to use it.
  • 1 hour delivery online or telephone consultation.

Here are more details on each template package:

AutoCAD Civil 3D Points in 2D Template Buy Now

  • All points at the same elevation in the drawing (their real elevations aren’t changed) so you can draw 2D lines and measure 2D distances. This takes a lot of the frustration out of working with points in AutoCAD Civil 3D!
  • Standardized Layer Names – Either your own layering standards, our layering standards, or a hybrid approach.
  • Description Key setup
  • Point Block creation
  • Point Style setup
  • Point Label Style setup
  • Point Group setup
  • Point Table Styles setup
  • Coordinate system/units setup (feet, usfeet, meters)
  • Dozens of little known, but important settings

AutoCAD Civil 3D Points in 3D Template Buy Now

  • All points at their real elevation in the drawing
  • Standardized Layer Names – Either your own layering standards, our layering standards, or a hybrid approach.
  • Description Key setup
  • Point Block creation
  • Point Style setup
  • Point Label Style setup
  • Point Group setup
  • Point Table Styles setup
  • Coordinate system/units setup (feet, usfeet, meters)
  • Dozens of little known, but important settings

AutoCAD Civil 3D Parcels Template Buy Now

  • Standardized Layer Names – Either your own layering standards, our layering standards, or a hybrid approach.
  • You’ll actually get two templates for the price of one! One Parcels template for survey parcels (existing) and one Parcels template for design parcels (proposed)
  • Parcel Styles setup
  • Parcel Label Styles setup (Area, Line, Curve)
  • Parcel Table Styles setup
  • Coordinate system/units setup (feet, usfeet, meters)
  • Dozens of little known, but important settings

AutoCAD Civil 3D Surfaces Template Buy Now

  • Standardized Layer Names – Either your own layering standards, our layering standards, or a hybrid approach.
  • You’ll actually get two templates for the price of one! One Surface template for survey surfaces (existing) and one Surface template for design surfaces (proposed)
  • Surface Styles setup
  • Surface Label Styles setup (Contour, Slope, Spot Elevation)
  • Surface Table Styles setup
  • Coordinate system/units setup (feet, usfeet, meters)
  • Dozens of little known, but important settings

Customized Starter Package Plan (recommended) Buy Now

All four of the above described templates in one easy starter pack:

  • AutoCAD Civil 3D Points in 2D Template
  • AutoCAD Civil 3D Points in 3D Template
  • AutoCAD Civil 3D Parcels Template
  • AutoCAD Civil 3D Surfaces Template

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Knowing Your Numbers-Land Surveying Field Metrics for Success

December 27, 2010 in Associate Membership, Business, Business Practices, Continuing Education, Land Surveying, Premium Membership, Professional Land Surveyor Practice

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Do You Know Your Numbers?

A while back, I wrote Knowing Your Numbers-How To Measure Your Success, an article on the importance of developing your own set of metrics and benchmarks to accurately measure your success, or failure, which is something we all need to understand. In this Premium Membership post I expand on that theme; specifically how to use land surveying metrics for success.

To have a successful and profitable professional land surveyor business, like any other business, requires mastery of your business and operational practices by everyone from owner, manager, to employees working on the front lines, like your surveyors and crews working in the field.

As I wrote before, whatever it is you’re trying to succeed at, you need to measure some aspect of that goal to track your progress, determine what is working, what is not working, and to know when you’ve fully accomplished what you set out to do.

If you don’t measure, track and evaluate; then you can’t apply Business Intelligence, can’t find solutions and can’t fix problems-it’s that simple.

Land Surveying Field Metrics for Success-Why, What & How to Measure Read the rest of this entry →

Knowing Your Numbers-How To Measure Your Success

September 14, 2010 in Associate Membership, Business, Continuing Education, Land Surveying, Premium Membership, Professional Land Surveyor Practice

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Do You Know Your Numbers?

Know your numbers to measure your success.

We all need to know our numbers, but do you know what numbers are important for your success? The metrics and benchmarks to accurately measure our success, or failure, is something we all need to understand.

This is true in any professional land surveyor business, whether you are an owner, manager, or you’re an employee working on the front lines. Knowing your numbers is also important in your personal life, too.

Whatever it is you’re trying to succeed at, you need to measure some aspect of that goal to track your progress, determine what is working, what is not working, and to know when you’ve fully accomplished what you set out to do.

If you don’t measure it, then you can’t find solutions and fix problems-it’s that simple.

So, what numbers do you track? Read the rest of this entry →

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