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New AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveyor Training Course

April 1, 2013 in AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Topics, Business, Continuing Education, Geomatics, Land Surveying, Professional Land Surveyor Practice, Surveying Software

New AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveyor Training Course

New AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveyor Training Course

This training course is for anyone who needs to know and understand how to use AutoCAD Civil 3D for land surveying / geomatics. If you’re switching over from AutoCAD Land Desktop, or just struggling with Civil 3D, then this is the course for you. This course is sent directly to your inbox so you can work on it when it’s convenient for you. You will get one or two letters weekly along with links to custom, private videos, and exercises. But it all comes in via your inbox.

Topics covered: Basics, Drawing Settings, Points, Description Keys, Point Groups, Survey Databases, Figures, Parcels, Surfaces, Alignments.

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Description Keys Are Unnecessary

February 13, 2012 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Topics, AutoCAD Civil 3D Templates, Business, Continuing Education, Geomatics, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Videos, Premium Membership, Professional Land Surveyor Practice, Surveying Software, Technology Videos, Videos

AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Survey 2D Points Essential Template Framework Without Description Keys

AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Survey 2D Points Essential Template Framework Without Description Keys

Description Keys Are Unnecessary – There, I Said It!

As soon as I first stated using AutoCAD Civil 3D, many moons ago, I had two thoughts:

  1. From a land surveyor’s point of view, AutoCAD Civil 3D was not as “revolutionary” a tool as it was/is for civil engineering software improvements (as well as being a financial burden in time and money to set up and use).
  2. Having Description Keys carried forward from earlier AutoCAD versions appeared to be redundant and unnecessary.

I just could not then, and still don’t, fully understand why Autodesk perpetuated Description Keys, when that whole system of survey point symbol and label management is a redundant feature.

Why bother with Description Keys when Point Styles, Point label Styles and Point Groups can do the same thing? That’s why I created the AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Survey 2D Points Template Framework Without Description Keys, to cut your template setup time and to show that you can work with survey points while not using Description Keys at all.

In this Premium Post, you’ll learn how to free yourself from the Description Key file format. The template is also now available as a free download on the Premium Membership Specials page.

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Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup January 29, 2012

January 29, 2012 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks, Business, Carlson, Geomatics, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Videos, Links, News, NGS, Professional Land Surveyor Practice, Surveying Software, Technology Videos, Videos

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AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Hotfix for Prospector Lock-Up

October 5, 2011 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Business, Continuing Education, Geomatics, Land Surveying, Links, News, Surveying Software

AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Hotfix – Prospector Lock-Up

AutoCAD Civil 3D Help

AutoCAD Civil 3D Help

From Autodesk:

This AutoCAD Civil 3D Hotfix resolves an issue where the Prospector would lock-up when adding or editing multiple Point Groups, Point Group Styles or multiple other Civil object groups or styles in the Prospector.

Note: While the lock-up can be released without the hotfix by selecting the Control (CTRL) key, it will not prevent the issue from occuring again.

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AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 Update 1

May 6, 2011 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Business, Land Surveying, Links, News, Surveying Software

 

AutoCAD Civil 3D Updates

AutoCAD Civil 3D Updates

 

AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 Update 1 Available For Download

Autodesk has released AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 Update 1, which is available for download. This update, C3D2011UPDATE1.exe, is for all versions of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 running on English-language and non-English-language operating systems. This update will apply to versions of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 with previous hotfixes applied. This update includes all previous hotfixes for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011.

In a continuing effort to provide high quality products, Autodesk has released AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 Update 1, which fixes or addresses a variety of issues discovered by customers and by Autodesk’s internal testing team.

This updated includes all previous hotfixes for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011. It also includes the fixes included in AutoCAD 2011 Update 1.1 and AutoCAD Map 3D 2011 Update 1.

Note: This update applies to all language versions and to versions of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 with previous hotfixes applied.

Before applying this update, make sure that any customizations made to the user profile (such as, customizations made to the support file search paths, print file customizations, printer support file paths, redirections, custom template settings, and so on) are exported to a secure location, then imported and reapplied after the update has been successfully installed.

You cannot run an automatic uninstall to remove this update. To restore your version of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 to its pre-update state, uninstall AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 and reinstall it.

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AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey 2D Points Essential Template Framework

February 14, 2011 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D Templates, Land Surveying, News, Surveying Software

AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey 2D Points Essential Template Framework

AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey 2D Points Essential Template Framework

Today I’m pleased to release my AutoCAD Civil 3D drawing template: AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey 2D Points Essential Template Framework (2011). This includes a digital download dwt (2011) template file and a sample point file.

Many land surveyors and designers have asked me to create this template so that they can work with points like they’re 2D. Have you been frustrated by AutoCAD Civil 3D having too much “3D-ness” (my word)? – Then this is the template for you!

My goal was to create an AutoCAD Civil 3D Template that treats points as if they’re really in 2D, for those of you looking for an affordable base framework in which to build upon to create and customize your own template. If working in AutoCAD Civil 3D has frustrated you because of:

  • Drawing lines between points creates those lines with endpoints of varying elevations, which become difficult to impossible to work with.
  • Then, it’s frustrating when trying to measure or draw lines, like wanting to draw a perpendicular line from a point to one of those unnecessary 3D lines mentioned above.
  • Line text gets distorted when drawing lines between points of different elevations.
  • Line symbols also get distorted when drawing lines between points of different elevations.

This template solves all those problems and lets you concentrate on doing your non-3D land surveying tasks, with ease. Read the rest of this entry →

Introductory Sale Ending on AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Essential Template Framework

September 20, 2010 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D Templates, Business, Land Surveying, News, Surveying Software

AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Essential Template Framework

AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Essential Template Framework

Buy Now and Save!

Just a quick announcement that the introductory 50% off sale for the AutoCAD Civil 3D drawing template: AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Essential Template Framework will end this Wednesday.

After Wednesday, September 22, 2010, the special introductory $99 price will end and then cost the regular $199.

So, if you’ve been sitting on the fence, now is a good time to buy.

This digital download dwt template file (includes a sample point file, too) is compatible up to AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 and is an essential, fundamental, or base framework to get you headed on the right track in setting up and more quickly customizing this to your needs. You will save many hours of tedious work.

This affordable way for surveyors to expeditiously get running out of the block, with a few simple tweaks and customizations to match your basic survey standards, takes much of the work out of it for you, setting up a framework from which to build that will keep your layers, Point Styles, Point Label Styles, and Point Groups organized. And there’s more, too.

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Want to save even more? Register as a Premium Member today and this AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Essential Template Framework can be one or your free Premium Membership monthly downloads. (You’ll also find plenty of other Premium Member benefits, too!)

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AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Essential Template Framework

September 8, 2010 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D Templates, Land Surveying, News, Surveying Software

AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Essential Template Framework

AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Essential Template Framework

Today I’m pleased to release my first AutoCAD Civil 3D drawing template: AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Essential Template Framework. This includes a digital download dwt template file(and a sample point file, too) and is compatible up to AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011.

As further described below, this AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Essential Template Framework is an essential, fundamental, or base framework to get you headed on the right track in setting up and using your own template expanded from this template, saving you many hours of tedious work.

This may be an affordable way for many surveyors to expeditiously get running out of the block, with a few simple tweaks and customizations to match your basic survey standards. I’ve taken much of the work out of it for you, setting up a framework from which to build that will keep your layers, Point Styles, Point Label Styles, and Point Groups organized. And there’s more, too.

Register and it’s FREE!

Today, to launch the release of this AutoCAD Civil 3D template, I’m offering it at 50% OFF, a $100 Savings to you. Want to save even more? Register as a Premium Member today and this AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Essential Template Framework can be one of your included Premium Membership 2 free monthly downloads. (You’ll also find plenty of other Premium Member benefits, too!)

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AutoCAD Civil 3D Essential Template Framework Product Details:

This is a digital download product of an AutoCAD Civil 3D Template called AutoCAD Civil 3D Surface Essential Template Framework (2011).

I created this C3D Surface Essential Template Framework (2011) as an entry point to use AutoCAD Civil 3D for creating Surfaces, in response to many who were having difficulties with this functionality. At its most basic level, you can simply import/insert/create points in a drawing created from the template, and those points will create the pre-setup surface. This is a good way to begin working with AutoCAD Civil 3D, while gaining understanding of how surfaces are created, displayed and annotated.

As your comfort level increases with use, you might want to expand and build upon the base template to customize your own template to suit your needs. For instance, by adding your own custom point styles, labels styles, point groups, and editing how the pre-setup Surface is defined, you can add customized functionality specific to your existing workflows and company standards.

To sum it up, this is AutoCAD Civil 3D Template is an essential, fundamental or base framework to get you headed on the right track in setting up and using your own template expanded from this template, saving you many hours of tedious work.

Included is a sample points list that you can insert into this template, or a DWG created from it, to see how the pre-setup Surface works and an overview of the template and a C3D Surface Essential Template Framework (2011) Overview (PDF).

This file is available for free to registered Premium Members of EricColburn.com!

Included in the digital download:

  • AutoCAD Civil 3D Surface Essential Template Framework (2011).
  • Sample point file to create a surface.
  • AutoCAD Civil 3D Surface Essential Template Framework (2011) Overview (PDF).
  • This file is available for free to registered Premium Members of EricColburn.com.
  • Contact us if you’d rather pay by check, and after we receive your payment we’ll email you the files.


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AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks: Apply Description Keys

August 21, 2009 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks, Business, Continuing Education, Land Surveying, Surveying Software

In today’s AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks I’m going to show you how to apply Description Key codes to a point. This may be necessary in the following situations.

  1. You created a point in your AutoCAD Civil 3D drawing and inadvertently entered an incorrect description. Now you want to correct the description to match your description keys and update the point in your drawing.
  2. The point’s description, while accurate in the past, may require an updated point description. Why you ask? Well let’s say that you created a point at a lot corner, and you called it “LOT”. Then, as part of your professional land surveying practice you go out to the field and set a monument at this corner, perhaps an iron rod. So the description in your AutoCAD Civil 3D drawing now needs to be revised from “LOT” to “IRS”, as an example.

The real issue isn’t really with the description itself, which can be easily edited in your AutoCAD Civil 3D drawing, but with the control and standardization Description Key Sets and coding achieve in layer placement, Point Label Styles and Point Styles – Particularly the placement of the right Marker at the point node. With that said, it is important that the new description is first coded in your Description Key Sets file.

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