A post in the discussion group today got my attention. Calculating end area volumes based on your EG versus your Corridor Datum is easy and it’s explained in various publications including the Civil 3D tutorials, the Learning Civil 3D manual, among others. There are often far more complicated calculations that need to be done, however. Read on…
Autodesk has been busy!! First the Subscription Advantage Pack, now look at what is cooking in the labs.
For those of us on an active subscription, the AutoCAD Civil 3d Bonus Pack 2 – PDF Enhancement was release to the wild yesterday. If you did not download the Bonus Pack yesterday, be glad. If you did download and install the pack yesterday, you will need to re-download and re-install the bonus pack. A driver needed to publish to a significantly smaller PDF file was listed as a Zero kilobytes in the initially available bonus pack.
Instructions on what to do are listed here. Check your file sizes and your file names.
You want the “autocadcivil3d2009subscriptionbp2.exe”
This Bonus Pack includes a PDF Underlay (Way Cool!) as well as PDF printing enhancements. (Wicked Cool)
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If you spend anytime in C3D and then in Storm Sewers or HEC-RAS, you owe it to yourself to come check out Monday’s EECast where we release our Pro Pack Hydro into the wild. Register here, and check out more information on the toolset here. See you Monday, have a great weekend!
I spent some time in Manchester, NH last week, and had the opportunity to sit down with Stan Greene of Autodesk for one of our infrequent interviews. He talks about the Beta process, what happens with CERs, the recent reduction in Autodesk staff, and Autodesk’s commitment to the Civil Engineering industry. Follow the jump to get to the interview.
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