AutoCAD 2012 – Content Explorer
One of the main new features of AutoCAD 2012 is called the Content Explorer. The Content…
Civil 3D Template Development – Part 2 – CAD Standards
CAD Standards can’t be ignored when building Civil 3D Templates. You still need layers with colors…
Windows 7 SP1 x64 (64-bit) and AutoCAD
Service Pack 1 (SP1) for 64-bit versions of was recently released. I doubt that many people…
Assign Elevations to Contours from an ESRI Shape File
Shape files (.shp) are a common file format in the GIS world, the file format is…
Civil 3D Template Development – Part 1
Successful Civil 3D implementation requires several steps. We’ve discussed some of these steps at a very…
AutoCAD Action Recorder For Layouts
Recently I started working on Map Books for one of our customers. That’s really just code…
AutoCAD Map and Topobase – FDO and WYSIWYG
One of the more difficult aspects of using Feature Data Objects (FDO) is the fact that…
Civil 3D Expressions and Non-Annotative Labels
Civil 3D expressions are a powerful tool you may be familiar with. They allow you to…
Civil 3D Drive Mode
Recently in a Civil 3d training course one of the students asked about creating a flat…
Civil 3D Alignments as Linetypes
Making custom linetypes is always a tricky endeavor, particularly when you start incorporating text and shapes…