It’s not unusual for different CAD techs to have different methods of entering information into either Civil 3D or Revit. Shortcut keys, ribbon panels, and toolbars will all lead to identical results. (Digitizer, anyone? Excuse me, I’m showing my age!)…
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At the current moment, this update is not listed inside of the Application Manager nor is it listed when you go to support.autodesk.com and navigate to the 2016 downloads. But thanks to @AutodeskHelp, we now have a direct link to…
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We are excited to have been invited to the brand new Autodesk AEC Blogger Council by organizer Angela Simoes. What does this mean? We, along with about 35 others worldwide will have access to up and coming technologies, new information,…
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There is an issue with Civil 3D 2015 that has cropped up for several users even those with the latest service pack. The issue occurs when you have multiple drawings open in Civil 3D. You may find that when you…
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A common problem we see in Civil 3D is hard to read text in the Text Component Editor, as shown here. This can be caused by a feature in Windows called ClearText. Here is how to change that setting. Note that…
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With regard to Civil 3D Cogo Points, you probably know that the point labels include a “Dragged State”, the properties of which take over when you drag the point label away from the point location. But did you know…
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Autodesk has released Service Pack 2 for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2015. Be sure to read the download page and the readme file (English only). This service pack contains the fixes included in: AutoCAD Civil 3D 2015 Service Pack 1 AutoCAD…
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Many of the AutoCAD layer tools formerly known as bonus tools or express tools were added into core AutoCAD in the 2007 release. Two of these tools are Layer Delete and Layer Merge, both of which are great for getting…
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Autodesk has released Service Pack 1 for Civil 3D 2015. Be sure to read the download page and the readme file (English only). This service pack contains the fixes included in Autodesk AutoCAD 2015 Service Pack 1 and Autodesk AutoCAD…
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In Civil 3D 2014, you can use the Ctrl Key to alter the selection of certain objects. For example, if you select a single alignment geometry point label, the entire string of labels are selected. However if you hold the…
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