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Dominick Gallegos, Civil 3D Technical Marketing Manager for Autodesk, shares his unique perspective and ideas on the functionality and use of Civil 3D for a range of different project types.
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- posted 01/10/07 by Anthony Governanti Tag - Five "CAD" things about me
- Well, I've been Tagged to blog about five CAD things you may have not known about me, and since its been a while since I posted, I figured it was time for some filler.
1. I started my CAD career on Auto Architect on R12 of AutoCAD. At the time I had ambitions of becoming an architect, but quickly realized that the business side of that industry didn't hold a very bright future for a small town kid like me.
2. I'm only 29 year old - Ok, not really CAD related, but it's something that people seemed to be shocked at when they find out my age after meeting me - it's either a compliment, in that they are surprised someone my age is doing what I do, or an insult, as I probably look 20 years older then I really am - either way, it's probably something you didn't know.
3. My first exposure to Civil CAD was Softdesk 7.5 on Windows. I hate pucks and digitizers, thus I loved this version.
4. I hate the command line, and use as many toolbars and tool palettes as humanly possible while still able to see the drawing - this is where a 23" wide screen monitor comes in handy.
5. My first job was supposed to be as a CAD technician, but instead I tested dirt for 3 months and did construction inspection. Went through 6 microwaves that summer because my boss at the time was too cheap to use a real lab to test the dirt, so we set one up in the construction trailer with a microwave to "dry" the samples, and a siv shaker to analyze them. I would put the dirt in the microwave for 20 minutes on high, and the way you could tell the soil was dry is that the microwave would shut down, because there was no more moisture in the soil to "wave". Needless to say, that was hard on microwaves, so we went through a lot of them. Man that was a blast!
Ok, there you go - now to tag someone else...hmmm, this is tough, but I'll got with Dan and Dave.
Till next time,
Cheers,
AG