Civil 3D

I have been working with the Civil 3D 2010 API in visual lisp recently, and I thought I would share an example of working with an alignment object. This example has plenty of comments, but basically it shows you how to find a point near the alignment based on a station and offset. Then it does the opposite and shows you how to determine the station and offset, given a point. For clarity, I have left out most of the error checking.

Peter Funk from Autodesk commented in this thread earlier this month that Civil 3D 2010 would run on Windows 7.

The list of Autodesk applications that are supported on Windows 7 was recently updated to reflect this: http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=TS14053691

Update 2 for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 is out. You can find it using the link below.

http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=DL13921667

This update fixes over 40 issues, and it contains all the previous fixes from C3D update 1, AutoCAD update 1, and Map update 1. As always, be careful with any new software patches on production machines. A similar update is out for AutoCAD Civil 2010 also.

Both Autodesk and Solidworks Several companies are offering incentives to the unemployed engineering community.

Solidworks, through their SolidWorks Engineering Stimulus Package, is offering free 3D CAD software, free training materials, free certification, and job leads to unemployed US and Canada residents.

Autodesk, through their Autodesk Assistance Program, is offering free software licenses, free online training, reduced-cost classroom training, and discounts on certification. This offer is good until December 31, 2009.

Bentley has a similar program including software and training.

On a related note, Engineered Efficiency, Inc, is offering free Civil 3D training to "those who have recently lost their jobs".

If you know of any other resources, please add a comment.