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- posted 04/30/07 by Jack Strongitharm Which DVD is it?
- It appears that English versions in Europe have been affected by a shortage of ink.
We seem to not have a label on the DVD to which language they are.
One is Brtish English, i.e. Chainages, levels etc and the other is US English such as Stations and Elevations.
To find out which is which you need to look on the DVD itself, and note in the lower right, above the "DVD" logo, there is a part number.
23705-091462-0010A is British English. After installation, the default desktop icon will read "AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 - British"
23705-051462-0010A is US English. After installation, the default desktop icon will read "AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008"
The next run of DVDs should be corrected but one to watch out for unless you would like to learn another variation of your language.
The official post is at http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/item?siteID=123112&id=9550615&linkID=9240697
Well time is moving on at a pace with the new release. That is why myself and Ove have not posted much here recently. Also our co blogger Chris Berends has now left Autodesk this week to setup a business with Civil 3D in the Benelux area. So our best is with him to be a great success.
The is the main last crazy week, where we are both in Salzburg in Austria to train our resellers on the new functionality in 2008, whcih to say there was not supposed to be many features was slightly incorrect.
The new stuff is within the enhancements and is exceptional and any current user of Civil 3D will be really impressed.
In the meantime, get to a local seminar if you can to take a look and we will start to flush these improvements out to you here in the coming weeks.
Have a good week
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Under your eyes
Posted 04/05/07 by Jack Strongitharm
This week all the European Autodesk AE's met in Paris to learn the features in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 with Anthony Governanti as his last commitment before his job change.
Take a look at the bunch and by the way I did not get involved on the 1kg steak. Link
Also it was Jim Hughes farewell to the team before he leaves for New Zealand with his family for a new adventure at the end of the month as he is a 'talented migrant' as he was called. Working for New Zealand Roads Authority on new design standards.
It was Jim’s fault that we are all here today. But thanks to him as he has been a great team coordinator for the last three years and we will all miss him as a friend and colleague.
AutoCAD 2008, It is absolutely storming!!
Lots of new additional information to share with you over the next couple of months which will keep us busy on this blog.
I will start to jump in the next up coming posts in time for the boxes hitting your in trays.
So the title today reads under your eyes. As Civil 3D is sat on top of AutoCAD we may often overlook some of the little new features that can make life so easy.
Today is ‘Select Similar’ and ‘Isolate objects’. These great commands have been under your eyes every time you right click your mouse!!
Select similar works by selecting an object, for instance a line, right click and select similar. This will then select all the lines in your drawing. If you select a line and a circle and then use the command it will select the lines and also the circles.
This then moves into Civil 3D objects. For example you want to see the pipes in 3D on their own. Rather than selecting all the pipes and structures manually. Select a pipe and structure and run the command.
Much easier!
Isolate works by what ever you select you can either Isolate that object or hide that object. Bit like layers but much quicker. Then when you are finished you can 'End Isolation' and everything returns.
Give it a go. It just gets better.
Good Easter to all.
Jack Strongitharm