Posted by Dana Breig Probert, EIT on 12th April 2007
… I stole from Lynn Allen’s presentation at the Possibilities Tour
Today I went to Washington D.C. to check out the Possibilities Tour. I’ll fill you in on the “Dirt” later… For now I wanted to show you one of the things I picked up during Lynn Allen’s AutoCAD Tips and Tricks session. (I was so excited when I saw her standing at the front of the room to teach this class that I almost kissed the CAD Geeks I was sitting with.)
When you are locked in Civil World, you tend to get a few releases behind in what is new with AutoCAD. So I am going to spend a few posts showing some of the things I think are especially great about AutoCAD 2008 (and some things we might have missed in 2004-2007, too). I have a few goals: to get myself up to speed, to get you up to speed and to come up with some nifty ideas about how we can exploit these AutoCAD tools for our Civil 3D related tasks.
Thing I liked #1: Smarter Mtext
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Posted by Mark Scacco, P.E. on 12th April 2007
For a long time now I’ve been talking about the benefits of Civil 3D and how, when implemented properly, can result in tangible benefits. But what happens when Civil 3D is NOT implemented properly? Simply put: nothing good. A failed Civil 3D upgrade can have a far greater impact than just the lost time and wasted effort that went into the unsuccessful project. Typically, it creates an atmosphere of general resistance to any future attempts in improve a process; it may result in disciplinary action against or firing of the project lead; and perhaps most important, it may put your organization at a disadvantage when directly competing with other organizations and in the ability to attract and retain talented staff members. So, what can we do to give our Civil 3D implementation projects the best chances for success? Unfortunately there is no silver-bullet answer, but there are several obstacles that impede success which you can spot before you ever get started. Identifying these hurdles and developing a plan to surmount them will help you and your organization avoid failure and reap the benefits that Civil 3D has to offer. More after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
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