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Civil 3D Reminders
blog.civil3dreminders.com
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A place to put reminders on how to do things or commands that I will use rarely, but are useful to know.
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Profile View Band Labels

I took on a project which required replacing Profile View Band label text components, but I had a problem. The problem was that I couldn’t figure out a way to find out what the label was labeling. Th...

8 h ago

Adding Items to a Palette

Don’t you just hate it when you know how to do something, but when asked to demonstrate the task it doesn’t work? Well this post is about one such instance, adding an item to a palette. It’s a rather...

4 days ago

FDO Import into Civil 3D

Sometimes we want to import GIS data into Civil 3D. This blog post will cover how to import the data using an FDO connection. FDO connections are great because they keep a dynamic link between the dr...

4 days ago

Is DropBox Obsolete?

Today Dell announced a new Multi-User 2U Rack Workstation for 3D Workloads. It got me thinking, is DropBox already on the road to obsolescence? It would appear the world is moving away from desktop c...

17 may 12

Approximated Profile

Sometimes projects don’t demand full surveys. One instance maybe the replacement of a water line. In that case the survey information for the entire roadway may be overkill and only spot elevations a...

11 may 12

Subassembly Composer–Surface Link

Subassembly Composer can be a bit confusing sometimes. I’ve run into a problems creating shapes with them when one of the links uses the Surface Link from the Advanced Geometry Tool Box. The problem ...

05 may 12

Dell Precision Tower

Today Dell announced a new line of Dell Precision Tower Workstations. Dell was nice enough to invited me to San Francisco last week to attend the event. The new line appears to have some great new fe...

24 apr 12

Upgrading to Civil 3D 2013 (Programming)

With Civil 3D 2013 comes some changes in the API. Many of the various items have been combined to streamline the API. This also will create some headaches in doing some additional work to upgrade. Th...

21 apr 12

Profile View Bands

I’m working on a top secret project. One of the tasks is modifying the profile view band labels to show information from a surveyed point’s description. I was having a bit of trouble finding were to ...

06 apr 12

Civil 3D 2013–Detail Tools

It’s hard to believe just four years ago I was wishing for Detail Tools to be included in Civil 3D. Well with this release of Civil 3D my wish is finally being granted! Well mine and some other peopl...

01 apr 12

Linq and Civil 3D 2013

With Civil 3D 2013 also comes changes to the API. AutoCAD and Civil 3D are now being built with .NET Framework 4.0. One of the benefits of this change is the ability to use Linq to query information....

29 mar 12

Civil 3D 2013–Raising Awarness

It is that time of the year where Autodesk releases the next version of Civil 3D. Here is some information regarding the new product for 2013. The good news if you have a Design Suite is that it now ...

28 mar 12

GrabCAD and You

GrabCAD and 3DConnexion are teaming up to give a way a 3D mouse and other prizes. I’m using it as an opportunity to pad my blog post count for the year. You can find information about the Giveaway he...

22 mar 12

Alignment Length Report

A long time ago I created an Alignment Length Report that created a report of all of the alignment lengths. The post was done utilizing VBA. Since VBA is on the way out, and I got a request for an up...

09 mar 12

Solr Installation, I Suck

I’ve tried installing stuff from the Apache Software Foundation before and haven’t had much luck. Today I’m determined to get Solr installed. If I succeed these are the steps I used. First I download...

19 feb 12

XSL Reporting

When modifying the XSL Reporting you may want to make sure you are using the correct folder. The Report files are stored in this location, replacing the year with your product. C:\ProgramData\Autodes...

06 feb 12

Profile Blues

So I’m creating a profile in Civil 3D. Everything is going great. I’m able to open the program, set my profile and start working with Civil 3D. Then I get the big idea of setting my profile in the sh...

05 feb 12

Rounding

You might not have noticed, or no one told you, but computers suck at math. Well more specifically they suck at rounding. I’ve been told JavaScript especially sucks at math, and one should avoid usin...

01 feb 12

Importing Excel Data

With all of the new features that come out, sometimes it’s hard to catch what you may have missed in the past. In this video I’ll cover how copy and paste data from Excel into AutoCAD to get a table ...

24 jan 12

Cosmic Shelf

This weekend I attended StartUp Weekend SLO, held at Cal Poly, SLO. It was a great event where you pitch business ideas and then create teams for the most popular ideas. The teams then create a busin...

24 jan 12

Subassembly Composer Links

I’m presenting this Wednesday (January 18) at the  North Bay Civil Users Group (Northern California) on Subassembly Composer. If you are in the area stop by and say hi. Here are some links for i...

17 jan 12

Vicinity Maps

Using Map makes it easy to create vicinity maps. Not quite sure how everyone else is doing it, but this is the way that I’m doing it now on when there is GIS data available. The first step is to down...

04 jan 12

Map 3D and You

If you aren’t using the Map capabilities in Civil 3D then you should be. Especially if you are required to show vicinity maps on your plans. By using queries to data it makes it easy to create and la...

23 dec 11

Mass MLeader Renumber

I wrote this code a while back that changes all of the MLeaders found in a drawing’s model space from an existing number to a new one. I’m just putting it here for a reminder later for when I may nee...

21 dec 11

Synchro–Explore Options. Manage Solutions

A while back I participated in a demonstration of a software product called Synchro. Synchro is a lot like Navisworks, but built from a scheduling perspective rather than an approach of bringing toge...

14 dec 11

Retirement of the Civil 3D Reminders Pack

Today Civil Reminders is announcing the cessation of development of the Civil 3D Reminders Pack. For the past 3 years the Civil 3D Reminders Pack has been provided free to whoever choose to download ...

04 dec 11

A BIM-less Design

I’m back from Autodesk University (AU) and starting on my first project in my return. It’s preparing a model for incorporation into a bid for survey work for a landfill project. To my delight the pla...

04 dec 11

3Dconnexion SpaceMouse Pro

Today 3Dconnexion announce a new product called SpaceMouse Pro. The product fits in the same class of 3D mouse as the SpaceExplorer with some added improvements in ergonomics. The hand rest is full s...

29 nov 11

Insert Drawing as Block

The way I’ve found to insert a drawing into another drawing as a block takes a surprisingly lot of code. This function I’ve created takes a file name, inserts a block and returns the ObjectId of the ...

23 nov 11

Civil 3D Wish List

Want to have a voice on what wishes Autodesk should work on in future versions of Civil 3D? Then check out the AUGI Wish list for Civil 3D. Let your voice be heard. http://www.augi.com/wishlist

16 nov 11

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