Posted by James Wedding, P.E. on 9th July 2008
In another sign that the Apocalypse is closer than you think, Bentley and Autodesk have signed a partnership agreement aimed towards better interoperability in their products. You can read the official spin piece here. Not sure how this all shakes out, but with WisDOT and a few other DOTs having very serious discussions regarding C3D, it seems to me that the boys at Bentley see the train coming and decided to try and limit collateral damage to their bread and butter. We’ll try and get some more information and watch for more developments.
What do you think it means? Comment below!
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Posted by Mark Scacco, P.E. on 16th June 2008
A couple weeks ago, we told you about Autodesk’s plans to retire Land Desktop and to release a trimmed down verion of Civil 3D. On Friday, they went live with a few pages on their website with more info. Link after the jump.
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Posted in Autodesk, General, Land Desktop, Of Note | 1 Comment »
Posted by James Wedding, P.E. on 13th December 2007
Another one of those things that I love is a good present. While these aren’t the sort of things you normally pick up to shove in the stocking, an engineering firm I know has recently upgraded their office WAN connection to 100Mb. Don’t ask me how, call AT&T.
So, with that said, they have some sweet hardware sitting on the shelf:
- 2 Riverbed Steelheads 1010
- Barracuda Spam Firewall 200
- Watchguard Firebox 500
- Cisco 2600 Router
If you’re interested, let me know, james.wedding@ this domain.
Posted in Consulting, Engineered Efficiency, Hardware, Of Note, civil3d.com | 3 Comments »
Posted by James Wedding, P.E. on 10th October 2007
So, Autodesk finally acquired an H&H package. Nice. Good decision. Too bad they didn’t do it four years ago when Jon Rizzo and I almost begged them to buy the big kid on the block. Oh well. So, what’s this mean for now?
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Posted in 2009, Autodesk, Of Note, Pipes | 4 Comments »
Posted by James Wedding, P.E. on 24th September 2007
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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Posted in 2008, Best Practices, Consulting, Engineered Efficiency, Events, Of Note, civil3d.com | 8 Comments »
Posted by James Wedding, P.E. on 5th August 2007
Every few months, someone will pipe up in the newsgroup, or on the webcast talking about how unusable C3D is for “real” work. I don’t believe that, and most of our reader’s don’t either. If you need proof, I’d invite you to check out the Portfolio. These images are all sent in from real people doing work in the real world. Have something cool to share? Drop me a screen grab, and I’ll add it to the collection. Be sure to include a short description so I can caption appropriately.
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