Understanding Civil3D Annotation Scaling

My first drafting teacher was in his 70′s and had worked for NASA for 40+ years. He was a perfectionist which was annoying at times but I loved his passion for having an accurate and clean look. He required all of us to start on the board with lead holders. Within the first month or so, you started lettering. I personally worked on my ABC’s for a total of two weeks. Yes, that means I wrote my ABC’S for 10 days straight. The lettering could not slant and was always the same size – it did not matter what scale the drawing was.

So why did I bore you with that story?

Find out after the jump. (more…)

 

Cold Medicine, Blisters, and the best AU yet

As I sit in the McCarran Airport and look back at the past week, it seems like a blur. The old saying goes, “time flies when you are having fun” and we definitely have fun at AU. As tradition goes, I arrived to Las Vegas fighting a cold. Unfortunately, this cold was worse than most and I lost my voice but not before doing my class on Tuesday morning on using Data Shortcuts in AutoCAD Civil3D 2009. The class went well and I appreciate all who attended and the feedback. There were a lot of great questions and a very interactive audience which makes the class fun for both the audience AND the teacher.

This was definitely a unique look at AU for me. This was my first year working at the booth with EE. The EE group is a blast and we had RockBand setup for any who wanted to play and get a chance at winning the Wii. I am sure we will get pictures up shortly.

Next year’s AU will be at Mandalay Bay, December 1-4. Considering the current economy start finding a way to build the trip into your budget now.

I wonder will I walk less in Mandalay Bay??

You see, I did not listen to Dana’s advice and bought new shoes just for AU. Next year, her checklist will be my checklist.

To friends (old and new) – see you next year!

 

Class Wrap Up on the Way

Thanks to all of you that came to my Best of the Blogs yesterday at AU. I’m sitting in the Vegas airport and getting ready to board. I’ll have about three hours to kill, so keep an eye out for a couple of posts today and this weekend to discuss the setup of feeds inside C3D, the blogs I subscribe to, and documentation for the tips that weren’t in the hand out. Remember, it was the Best of the Blogs, so I had to write it here first!

It was great meeting and chatting with so many of our readers over the next week. AU is exhausting, but always invigorating. Thanks again!