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Civil 3D for Beginners
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Welcome to my so-called "professional" Blog. Please note that the views expressed here are solely mine and are subject to change without notice. If you are easily offended, get your Civil 3D information elsewhere, please. This blog is in no way affiliated with, endorsed by or even read by my employer. May cause headaches, dizziness, nausea and constipation. Do not take with MAOI inhibitors. Taxes, title and license fees may apply. I am a non-attorney spokesperson.
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Ive MOVED

Go here instead-  its all fresh. http://civil3detce tera.blogspot.com/?view=classi cThis blog is Ponderosa. The new blog is Golden Corral! 

28 mar 12

Thank You and Good Night.

From now all on all of my blogging with be strictly through http://www.master graphics.com/wordpress/

07 dec 11

Did You Know...AU Virtual is FREE?

Autodesk University is an event Ive only been to twice - but never plan on missing again.  It is a much needed change of scenery in a month when weather is dreary.  8000+ Autodesk...

11 nov 11

Introspection on a Blog (A Manifesto)

An incident occurred la st week that made me think deeply about the question: Why do I blog?  Do I blog to disseminate information? (Yes.) Do I blog to show off how witty/adorable/preci...

10 nov 11

AutoCAD 2012 Tips & Tricks

I put together the following sheet for a short class I did the other day.  Do enjoy. Polyline Editing Tips Key-in Type What it does: PEDITACCEPT Sys. variable <1> Automatically accept...

03 nov 11

The I-39 Chronicles: Part 1 (Take 2)

Historically, the Wisconsin Depart ment of Transportation has not required consultants to use any particular software package.  In most cases, a PDF is the desired deliverable.  Pr...

03 nov 11

The I-39 Chronicles: Episode 1

Historically, the Wisconsin Depart ment of Transportation has not required consultants to use any particular software package.  In most cases, a PDF is the desired deliverable.  Pr...

02 nov 11

Civil 3D Support Question of the Day

Civil 3D Question of the Day:I have my linework and points in a drawing that gets XREFED into ALTAs and other design files.When I want to freeze a particular layer to hide the points all of them free...

28 oct 11

DVIEW > Twist VS Rotate UCS

Clients teach me new things nearly every day.  This week the lesson I learned is the difference between using DVIEW to rotate your design on screen and rotating the UCS about the Z axis. All of ...

07 oct 11

Being Uncivil

Note: This is a philosophical post rather than a technical post.If you were to call me a year ago and ask for technical support on something I considered "simple" you would have had...

15 sep 11

Civil 3D 2012: Quick & Dirty GIS Surface Import

This Blog post stems from a support call I received yesterday. One of my favorite clients has recently upgraded to 2012 (yay!) and was wondering if there was a better tool than what 2010 had for GIS ...

23 aug 11

Scaling All Bocks - without Changing Insertion Location

I know, I know.  Im not blogging as often as I should.  But the weather has been absolutely gorg eous in Wisconsin and Im busy working on losing my geeky pallor in the su...

18 aug 11

Civil 3D 2012 to Navisworks Manage

What is Navisworks Manage?Navisworks is a project review tool that is a relative newcomer to the Autodesk family of products. I think of Navisworks as a universal viewer and CAD-aggregator. There are...

25 may 11

Its About Damn Time: A Post About Microstation to Civil 3D

Hey all!  Ive been on hiatus from blogging due to the fact that Ive been cranking out words to be included in the soon-to-be-released Mastering Civil 3D 2012.  You should buy this book.&nbs...

20 may 11

Civil 3D, WisDOT and Machine Controlled Grading

 Thats a grumpy looking badger. The Badgers might have lost the Rosebowl, but were still full of WIN in Wisconsin! My esteemed colleague Russ is presenting at the Wisconsin Society of Land ...

03 jan 11

Dont Exit Civil 3D Before You Exit the Corridor Section Editor!

This was the topic of two separate tech support calls this week.  If points make a line, two problems make a blog post. First, I want to talk about the corridor section editor in gener...

09 dec 10

Flickery Dickory Dock, Civil 3D 2011 is Flickering Lots

This post is going out to my homeboy Troy who said something to me today along the lines of, "None of the blogs are giving any good information right now.  All anyone can talk about is AU!&n...

18 nov 10

Where to Stalk Me at Autodesk University

This information is also handy for those of you trying to avoid me.  As of today, there are only 18 days left until AU.  My schedule is quite full for the week.  Heres an overview of w...

12 nov 10

AUGI Cad Camp Minneapolis

Pictures of my boys at AUGI CAD Camp Minneapolis 2010. L to R: Robert Green, ME!, Rick Ellis L to R: Eric Schubert, Mike Dunham, Mark Weizenegger of MasterGraphics It was no AU, but by golly...

10 nov 10

Civil 3D for Beginners - LIVE! One Night Only!

It will be cooler than Laser Floyd, but only involves a laser pointer.  Civil 3D for Beginners at AU!   For those of you who were fortunate enough to get in (the class is filled up&nbs...

01 nov 10

AutoCAD to Cricut Workflow (Alternate title: Im a Cutter)

This post is dedicated to Theresa H. and the good people of Educause. AutoCAD to Cricut Workflow:  Where Geeky Meets CraftySoftware needed:AutoCAD: any version, but I use 2011.Sure Cuts a L...

15 oct 10

Yay! Youre Using Data Shortcuts...

...oh crap, you want to run a slope stake report.  This post is based on a tech support call from a customer in South Dakota (the same one that inspired this post, coincidentally)He is bein...

13 oct 10

WisDOT Files Where to Guide

I dont recall if I blogged this yet.  Better twice than not at all.  So youve downloaded all the files from:ftp://ftp.dot.state.wi.us /transp/roads/civil3d/c3d_allu sers.exec3d_installdir.exe...

11 oct 10

Dont Install Civil 3D...

...until you take my quiz to see if you are ready!This quiz is just for fun - but talks about some real issues people run into when implemeting Civil 3D. http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-s chool/story.php...

21 sep 10

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