Last week Autodesk presented a webinar in which they discussed the new features of Infraworks 2019.3 and Civil 3D 2019.2. I thought I’d post a link to the recording just in case you missed it. I really like the profile enhancements for Infraworks and the transparent command enhancements for Civil …
Using Your Autodesk Software Away from the Office
It’s seems like lately we are always on the go and there are times when you simply need to work away from the office like. . . It’s seems like lately we are always on the go and there are times when you simply need to work away from the …
Adding Degrees, Minutes, and Seconds Symbols to Civil 3D Reports
When Civil 3D was first introduced, there was a lot of excitement regarding its ability to generate reports almost automatically. Those of us who spent hours writing up tedious metes and bounds reports were about 95% happy. Why not 100%? Well, the reports generated would not express the bearings of …
Adding Image Data in Map 3D/Civil 3D from a Web Mapping Service (WMS)
This video briefly explains the process to connect to a WMS and import aerial imagery within Map 3D or Civil 3D:
Autodesk Cloud Services. . .What’s the Status?
Most of us now know that Autodesk has many cloud-based services and many of us use them in one form or another. Whether it’s BIM 360, Infraworks, Cloud Rendering, Fusion 360, (and the list goes on), there are times when Autodesk needs to perform maintenance on their services or a …
AutoCAD Tip – Change Line Layer Within Command
The other day I clicking around in AutoCAD and accidentally came across this little trick to change layers for line segments without having to stop the command. I found it in 2019, but have verified it in version all the way back to 2015. I hope you enjoy it:
Point Cloud to Recap to Civil 3D Workflow
Prior to Civil 3D 2018, this was the process of importing a point cloud and creating a surface in Civil 3D: Creating a Surface from a Point Cloud in Civil 3D Due to the complexity and sizes of LIDAR (point cloud) data, processing the information within Civil 3D has become quite …
Understand Sites in Civil 3D
Recently I’ve had a few support calls regarding issues people were having that weren’t really issues but rather a slight misunderstanding of what sites are and how they actually work in Civil 3D. It got me thinking and I realize that not everyone truly understands what Civil 3D sites are …
Advanced Residential Lot Grading in Civil 3D
Are you struggling with using Civil 3D to grade a subdivision? Do you have trouble utilizing feature lines to control grading and targets within your Civil 3D corridors? If so, then this blog is for you. My very good friend and Civil 3D wizard Felix Cortez, has created this great …
Commercial Grading Using Corridors and Feature Lines in Civil 3D
Here is a great process of grading a commercial site using a Civil 3D corridor and feature lines to grade so that you can easily and rapidly make changes. Thanks again to the Civil 3D wizard, Felix Cortez, for sharing this very educational video:
Update the Autodesk License Manager Quickly and Easily!
Learn how to use the newest version of LMTools to run not only your new software, but your old software as well.
Civil 3D Desrcription Key Basics (Part 3)
This is part 3 of a series explaining how Civil 3D description keys work and how to manage them: