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posted 04/27/07 by Daniel Philbrick Civil 3D 2008 and Vault

It has been a while since I have posted. Once Dave started trying to compare his lawn tractor shed with my Barn...well enough said. How can you compare something that was designed on a napkin to a 3D Post and Beam building model that is continually used to showcase the Google Earth interoperability? I guess I'll have to post a picture sometime.

Anyway, onto more important topics. I want to point out some of the key changes with Civil 3D 2008 and the Vault functionality.

Civil 3D 2007 included the Autodesk Data Management Server (ADMS) 5. Civil 3D 2008 now includes the ADMS 2008 version. ADMS 5 and the ADMS 2008 cannot be installed side-by-side on the same machine. Therefore, you have 2 options when working with Civil 3D 2007 and Civil 3D 2008 in the same office.

First, you can setup a separate server for 2008 based projects and connect to the appropriate server from either Civil 3D 2007 or Civil 3D 2008. As an alternative, we are going to release a patch for Civil 3D 2007 which will allow you to connect to the ADMS 2008 from Civil 3D 2007. This will allow you to upgrade to the new version of the server independently from your upgrade to Civil 3D 2008. This patch is planned for late May. If you later decide that you need to continue to use ADMS 5, you can uninstall the patch and then connect to the ADMS 5 from Civil 3D 2007.

Vault and Civil 3D 2008 - what is new?

Have you ever wanted to be able directly browse from Civil 3D to the Vault to attach an Xref? You can now do that in Civil 3D 2008. There is a new option on the Xref dialog that allows you to directly browse to the Vault for your Xref.

Have you had ever had a user checkout a file, make some changes, and then go home for the weekend without checking the file back in? We now prompt (i.e. remind) the user that they have changed the file but have not checked it back into the Vault. A little enhancement but it can make a difference.

Have you ever wanted to turn off the publishing of the DWF file when you check files into Vault? You can now do that. Civil 3D 2008 uses a setting in Vault Explorer for controlling this option. This option is in Vault Explorer under Tools->Options->Define DWF Attachment Options.

In 2007, you could not create a Profile from a Reference Alignment and then publish that Profile for other users of the project data. This restriction has been lifted in Civil 3D 2008. This means that you can now share Alignments and Profiles independently, while maintaining the relationship between them. This is very useful in a collaborative project.

If you have started using the new Plan Production feature, you should now be familiar with the View Frame. The View Frame is a new shareable object in the Project environment.

Dave and I will be covering these topics in our webcast next Friday.

See you then.

Dan

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