Posted by James Wedding, P.E. on 2nd November 2007
Anyone that has been stuck around me for any length of time knows I’m an Apple fanboy at heart. Before there was C3D, there was the Mac. Well, now I get to play back around with both. I’ve just finished installing C3D & Vault on my new MacBook, and I’m beyond pleased with the results. I’m also testing out a new blogging tool. Not as happy with that, but we’ll see where this goes.

Check out the image for my results.
Oh! And thanks to Travis Klasna of Jeo Consulting Group, Inc. for convincing me to take the leap. He did it first. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in 2008, Vault, civil3d.com | 10 Comments »
Posted by Matt Kolberg on 2nd November 2007
No, this isn’t some kind of weird SPAM post or hack or anything. This is, in fact, a genuine Civil 3D article. Actually, it’s a little pun regarding the upcoming Autodesk University in Las Vegas. You know…The Strip. I had to throw in the obvious definition for Jason’s sake
I’ve been plagued recently with people asking how to calculate stripping using a corridor. They know the old standby method, you know the one; copy your OG surface and drop it by the depth of material to be stripped and then calculate cut and fill to this new surface. It works, but this way is cooler.
Let’s see how we can handle stripping in a corridor, shall we?
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Posted in Corridors, Quantities, Reports, Surfaces, civil3d.com | 5 Comments »