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- posted 09/17/08 by Jack Strongitharm Webcast and NCE/Autodesk Survey
- Want to see a little video from myself?
You will have to put up with the Northern English accent, even though I tried to put on my posh phone voice!
It is an introductory video for people interested in the AutoCAD Civil 3D for its 'Design and Analysis' tools.
You may even see a couple of nice little touches that you may not have seen yet.
Click on the image below to get to the page
Also on that page is a survey that we are carrying out with the NCE magazine in the UK. The survey is applicable worldwide, so readers outside the UK please also join in.
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AUGI AUGI AUGI
Posted 09/15/08 by Jack Strongitharm
Its just a week off the AUGI Design Academy in London next week on Thursday 25th and Friday 26th of September.
We have some attendance also from our product team from the Manchester in the US
The Godfather of Civil 3D, Mr Dave Simeone (Senior Product Manager)
one of the lead product designers Chakri Gavini
And finally from the UK, Ian McGregor (EMEA Product Manager)
What a good looking bunch!
So some bending of ears over a beer may just well take place!!
Just a reminder of what I am presenting
Designing Turning Heads
Also storing them and other features as Dynamic Civil Blocks, so to drag and drop onto your model!
Also the latest tips for Junction Design.
Also my colleagues will be presenting on Survey and Visualisation from Civil 3D to 3DS Max.
For everyone that attends will receive all handouts to all sessions. These are very useful for you to recreate the steps and also for those sessions you cannot attend for going to others.
Below is a discount for attendance if you sign up by Friday this week.
It will be great to see you all here
Special Announcement: Register by September 19th and save an additional 5% on top of the early bird discount.
Dear Autodesk User,
Registration for the AUGI Design Academy is now open. Don't miss out on your opportunity to receive AU-level training, learn best practices, and network with power users -- all with the convenience of a low-cost, local two-day event.
Join us in London on the 25th and 26th of September.Register today!
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Convenience: 25th and 26th of September in London (at the Novotel London West).
Expertise: Industry- leading experts are your instructors, including:
o Autodesk Technical Evangelists Lynn Allen and Jay Tedeschi
o Top Autodesk University Speakers, including Paul Aubin, Robert Green and Matt Murphy
o AUGIuk Board Members and regional favourites, including Philip Medeley, Paul Oakley and Jack Strongitharm
o Insights: See the future of design and engineering technology with exclusive previews of new Autodesk solutions.
Networking: Discuss everything from best practices to the latest industry and market trends with 'top-shelf' instructors, power users and design and engineering professionals.
Food and beer! Free giveaways, breakfast, lunch, and the Second Annual AUGI UK Beer Bust.
Bonus Discount: Register by 19th September and save an additional 5% off the early bird rate. Just use adapromo5 when you register.
Registration is easy. Just click here.
Please let us know if you have any questions.
Best Regards,
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Jack Strongitharm
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Is there room for another Strongitharm?
Posted 09/09/08 by Jack Strongitharm
As Ove mentioned in his last post I am now a dad for the first time to my son Aaron Strongitharm
My wife Vicky, gave birth on Sunday 24th August.
So I am very happy and now I am back from my two weeks paternity leave.
So back to Civil 3D for a rest!!
Jack Strongitharm
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Updated Dynamite VSP 3.6
Posted 09/08/08 by Ove Cervin
Hello everybody,
Just before summer vacation I had the opportunity to meet, discuss and get trained on the topic of visualization - this time using Dynamite VSP from 3AM-Solutions.
We usually try to find useful "add ons" to C3D that really make use of the C3D functionality and this is one example.
Dynamite has now been released in a new version, called 3.6. This has several enhancements and the rendering is better than ever.
Dynamite now uses a new "easy-to-use mental ray® based materials and lighting workflow".
Sample:
It has always been a hazzle to get road markings correct. This is easily done in Dynamite - and it is still connected to the Corridor Code Set using the same codes.
For more information on Dynamite - see this link:
http://www.3am-solutions.com/products/dvsp3/
And finally - if YOU have a great example of a third party application that is using Civil 3D technology in a good and outstanding way - let me know and I will inform everyone here. We can all benefit from great software.
Cheers / Ove Cervin
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Stage Storage Extension
Posted 09/04/08 by Ove Cervin
Hi all,
I hope you have seen the new tools available on Autodesk Subscription center.
What I had in mind here is the new extension called "Stage Storage Extension".
Here is a description on what it does:
Stage Storage Extension for AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2009 – Download
The Stage Storage Extension for AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2009 is used to calculate incremental and cumulative volumes of a basin from an AutoCAD Civil 3D Surface. Polylines that represent the basin contours or Civil 3D surface contours can be selected to calculate basin volume and area values. Volumes are calculated by average end area as well as conic approximation. Volume and area analysis tables may be saved as .AeccSTT files, inserted into the drawing as an AutoCAD tables or sent to a .txt report file.
This extension is only available to AutoCAD Civil 3D users. The extension is available in English and will install on all language versions of AutoCAD Civil 3D.
There are also a number of new Subassemblies on Subscription center. Check them out! Hopefully they can help you in you daily work ;-)
I am also glad to tell you all that our colleague Jack finally had a son. Congratulations !!
Maybe we will see a shifted focus here on this blog in the future? A more soft "baby skin" feel to the postings ? ;-)
I'd also like to remind you going in to the AUGI webpages and review the whishlist for next C3D. Please do.
Until next time, take care! / Ove C