It’s Friday, I’m lazy, and I don’t have a copy of my book in my grumpy hands. So, instead of writing a good post, I’m just going to point you at one.

Jeff Old, P.E. has posted a nice how-to on labeling pipes with flow based on Manning’s equation. He also solved the problem of using the Pipe Radius, which I logged as a bug and walked away from. I like his creative solution. Nicely done, Mr. Old!

I’m posting this because I was told today that the site was lacking in fresh content. Not by a member of the site (although James is normally the one to poke us when he wants new stuff up.) Well, at least not by a CURRENT member.

My response was that I didn’t have any major things to write about. I’ve got a few things lazily turning over in the vast expanse of my big ol’ empty head, but I lack the proper motivation to actually document them. What I do have, however, is two little tidbits of information for people interested in survey functionality for Civil 3D. Follow the link to find out more.

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According to reports, Mastering AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 is sitting in the warehouse at Wiley Publishing, getting ready to go out to vendors for distribution. The official release date isn’t for a few days, but we’re offering up a prize for some lucky preorder folks! Read the details after the jump.

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After a long delay (on my part, no pun intended) here is the last part. If you’ve worked the other examples, you should now ready to build a more complex part. Below is the last example.

IMPORTANT NOTE: IF YOU HAVEN’T HAD A CHANCE TO READ THE HELP FILE, DO THE PREVIOUS 2 EXAMPLES, AND WATCH THE WEBCASTS, THESE EXERCISES WILL PROBABLY BE VERY CONFUSING. DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND REVIEW THEM FIRST.

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Preamble: This article has nothing to do with Civil 3D, but it is of a civil nature.  If you’re only interested in Civil 3D and Civil 3D related blogs then go on to the next article. If, however, you have other personal interests and want to see something rather remarkable, click more. Read the rest of this entry »

In today’s webcast, Dan and Dave just announced that SP2 for Civil 3D is targeted for late September.   That wasn’t the good news, though…

For you TDS Survey Link users out there - it’s coming to Civil 3D for the first time.   It will be the same one that you currently have with Land Desktop and will reportedly be available as a subscription-based download.   No target date available yet, but it’s coming. 

Also, they talked about Topcon Link - look for that to be available too - more information to come!

In my opinion, it’s taken too long for someone to challenge the little gem of a EULA Autodesk operates under. Read more here.

Throughout September & October, Mark and I are hitting the road. I’m dropping in on a LUG next week, then we’re teaming up with great instructors like Heidi Hewitt, Lynn Allen, and Matt Murphy to teach some classes at the circus that is the AUGI Cad Camp. Check out dates after the jump! Read the rest of this entry »

Next Tuesday (September 18, 2007) I will be attending the Autodesk Experience the Possibilities tour event in Atlanta, Georgia.   I will be the tall guy sitting in the back of the room - come by and say Hi.    Registration is free, breakfast is provided (what would an Autodesk event be without copious amounts of coffee?) and there will be some good information to be gained here.  

If you’re planning on attending and will be in the area the night before, let me know via email (first name dot last name at this domain) and we can get together for a chat, and maybe even a drink.

Hope to see you there!

Tonight’s post comes to you courtesy of Texas Pete, also known as James Sherman of CDG Engineers & Associates.  I’ve spent this week enjoying the company of the Civil 3D side of CDG, giving some update training on Civil 3D 2008 and some advanced training with them - I was almost sure that they would hate me after today’s corridor exercise, but they persevered and made their way through a fairly difficult exercise.    I’m proud of them…

In our discussions yesterday, the question of point tables came up.    More specifically, a custom point table for site benchmarks.   We were able to get one heckuva nice table created, but there was one component that we couldn’t get rid of - the pesky point number.   I emailed the civil3d.com team and copied Nick Zeeben, and the reply was “I don’t think you can get rid of that pesky point number.”   At approximately the same time that I popped that email up on the big screen, Texas Pete announced that he thought he had it beat.    I tested it, verified the solution, and promised him that I’d report it here and give him due credit for one heckuva workaround.    Follow the link to find out how he accomplished this.

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