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- posted 03/24/09 by Jack Strongitharm Launch Day!!
- It is March 24th and finally the AutoCAD family of products are officially launched.

This year is a huge release for AutoCAD Civil 3D.
3D Junction Design
Dynamic geometry offsets and widening
Quantity Take Off
Context Sensitive Design Workflow (UI)
Automatic linework processing in Survey and UI improvements
Plot/parcel design improvements
Also there are many other things
A number of country content pack kits are on the DVD
New cross section reports with coordinates
Within the UK Country Kit there are additional tools for 2D to 3D contours conversion, drawing frames and surface analysis from a file
Staggered labels in profiles and cross sections
AutoCAD graphical performance
Full object properties visible in Navisworks 2010 with the object enabler
Revit Building 2010 import
And many more...
I would like to publicly thank all the guys in Manchester, New Hampshire and the support guys around the world for pulling this together and also putting up with me bugging them this year!!
Also to all those who participated in the Beta testing for their comments and ensuring that this years release is a great quality product.
Jack Strongitharm
