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- posted 02/25/09 by Jack Strongitharm Another new fellow blogger
- You may have seen this one, but my colleague in the US, Dana Probert who is a Technical Marketing Manager for Civil 3D has got her new blog site up now.
BIM on the Rocks
Please give her your support also, as she has a wealth of knowledge and covering another flavour of the product for you.
On another subject, this past week we have been able to finally get some better stats on you our wonderful readers and where you are reading from.
Not too bad. Obviously we are not in the same league as the likes of Lynn Allen and Shaan Hurley.
We appreciate everyone of you.
Thanks
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Civil 3D 2010 Sneak Peek - The Ribbon, part I
Posted 02/23/09 by Jack Strongitharm
Our support colleagues from the 'Being Civil' blog have dropped a sneak peek video on 2010.
Take a look to start finding your feet
YouTube Video
To be honest it takes about five minutes to get used to this amazing enhancement and you will wonder how you ever worked without it.
Just remind yourself,
Would you be still on a drawing board or was the computer a good move,
AutoCAD in DOS or AutoCAD current day,
tablet digitiser and puck or a simple mouse.
I could go on but I won't bore you.
I know what I would choose.
Better get my finger our and make my next video for our YouTube site that a lot of you have already taken a look at and subscribed.
Jack Strongitharm
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Another new fellow blogger
Posted 02/11/09 by Jack Strongitharm
A guru colleague of mine living in Wales, Harold Alberto has now put up a blog also.
He was sending out tips and tricks in his company, so thought it would be better to share with our little global Civil 3D club.
How civil of him!
See how he takes on a 90degree corner in a corridor
http://civil3dexperience.blogspot.com
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Civil Engineering just got easier! - the next release is coming!!
Posted 02/09/09 by Jack Strongitharm
So last week on Friday was the press launch of the new Autodesk products including of course AutoCAD Civli 3D.
This will take some time to cover everything that is going on in the release and I am limited to what I can publish at this time. (so you will have to wait just a little longer)
However what I can say is OMG!
I will need to hang up my title as 'Junction Jack' as junctions (intersections) just got automated and dynamic in full glorious 3D
The user experience has been enhanced to make it easier to follow the design workflow through the design.
Need to report the quantities out of the project? Well now you can with an easier-to-use method for calculating
quantities using model data from AutoCAD Civil 3D software directly.
Quantity information can now be extracted from both corridor models and site features.
As we are still in Beta you can be the first on the block to test it out!
For those of you who aren’t aware, Autodesk has a formal beta program where people can begin testing new Autodesk technology. The hottest thing up there right now (at least in the opinion of this humble civil bloke) is the Tuckerman project!
If you’re curious about what’s in development and would like to test it out, you should join the Beta program. It’s easy to join. Just go up to the beta program portal and sign up:
http://myfeedback.autodesk.com
If you’re new to the beta program, you’ll need to sign up. Make sure you enter “Tuckerman” in the beta code field as this will ensure that you are added to the Tuckerman project. (note - if you’re already a Myfeedback member, you should edit your profile and add Tuckerman to the beta code).
You will be asked to sign to the terms and conditions of the Beta testing program which includes an Non Disclosure agreement, i.e means you cannot discuss or publish any information about the release.
There is however a great discussion forum on the site to talk to your fellow testers and there’s a vBook that you should review to get you up and running quickly.
As we get near actual shipping release we can divulge some more.
Should be a fun year!
Jack Strongitharm