AutoCAD Civil 3D

Mastering AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 Now Available

Mastering AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011, the official Autodesk-endorsed guide to Civil 3D co-written by Scott McEachron of I.II.I, is... 

BYBLOCK and the RDI Method Continued

I received the following email I after my last post BYBLOCK: The Secret to Setting Up AutoCAD Civil 3D Styles: “I walked... 

BYBLOCK: The Secret to Setting Up AutoCAD Civil 3D Styles

I originally wrote this article for AU Quarterly but thought it only appropriate to share: Most of us learn to draw first and... 

Fixed, Floating, and Free Elements in Civil 3D

Generally speaking, this is a source of confusion in Civil 3D: What’s the difference between fixed elements, floating elements,... 

Horizontal Profile View Grid Lines Extend Past Vertical Axes

The “To Left” and “To Right” grid padding settings in the profile view style are not applied if the Station... 

Mastering AutoCAD Civil 3D Becomes AOTC

Sybex, an Imprint of Wiley Publishing, Inc. (NYSE: JWa and JWb), a global leader in the publishing of educational materials, has... 

Steering Wheel Love Affair

As many of you know, James Wedding and I are busy writing Mastering Civil 3D 2011. I’m having a good night of writing,... 

AECCIMPORTSTYLES and AECCIMPORTSTYLESANDSETTINGS Undocumented Commands

Civil 3D 2011 ships with two undocumented commands exposed – AECCIMPORTSTYLES and AECCIMPORTSTYLESANDSETTINGS. Each of... 

Use Size Name From Parts List As Description

Yes. Need I say more? You’ll find this new setting in Civil 3D 2011, and it’ll be a welcome addition! Civil 3D... 

The One Shot Curve

If you’re doing linework in the field, you don’t need to shoot PC’s, PT’s, and a point on a curve. Shoot... 

AutoCAD 2011

AutoCAD 2011 Feature Enhancements

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MapExport to SHP Creates Empty File in Civil 3D 2010

Issue When you use the MAPEXPORT command to export to an ESRI Shape file (*.shp), the resulting SHP file is empty. Solution The... 

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