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Archive for July 11th, 2008

Civil 3D Fundamentals: Command Settings

Posted by Jason Hickey on 11th July 2008

Every day, I like to check in with the Autodesk discussion groups to see what people are having to say, what issues they’re running into, or what they love about Civil 3D. As I look lately, it seems as if there are a lot of people just now adopting Civil 3D, so I want to write a post that will help them as they grow in their Civil 3D knowledge.

Do you ever wish that you had a way to set default styles in the program? Do you wish that when you performed a task, that it would pick up on that nifty style that you created automatically instead of you having to pick it? Well, that can be done with command settings - find out how after the jump.

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Standardizing Your Company - Part 4: Buy-In Across the Board

Posted by Eric Chappell on 11th July 2008

In last week’s post we looked at the importance of having the buy-in and support of upper management.  As you might guess, the PR campaign must continue to middle management and the end users.  We also discussed the importance of pointing out the advantages of standards that hit home with the listener.  The same holds true for these folks as well.  So how should they be addresses?

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