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posted 01/03/08 by Ove Cervin Online Blocks
Ohla !
Hope you all had a REALLY GREAT Christmas !!

This will be a short tip on another part from Design Center that I'd like you all to be aware of.
Open up Design Center.
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Starting up Design Center - as we did just before Christmas...
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Select the last tab - DC Online
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Browse down and check what categories you find in the list.
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If we select, for example, 3D Architectural - Landscaping, we will see this:
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As you can see there is an option to "Save this symbol as...."
You can also drag and drop the symbol straight in to the drawing.
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It is an 3D object that can be nicely orbited.
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...and another sample might be..
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Put it in...
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Now we have two new symbols for Landscaping drawings.
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...and they are all for free.
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Now we´re just about to go for a week in Munich - testing out next version, Civil 3D 2009. Looking forward to that... !!

Cheers / Ove

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