Type in PLAN and then choose W for World coordinate system. Crosshairs look great. UCS Icon looks perfect. ViewCube is rotated a little bit. Why? Continue reading »
In this post I want to show you that exchanging data between Civil 3D and Carlson Survey is relatively easy. I made two posts today about transferring data using LandXML. Additionally, in this blog post at Carlson Connection you will find that working with Civil 3D data in Carlson/IntelliCAD is not such an impossible chore. Carlson Survey for example has a command to convert a Civil 3D or Land Desktop surface to a Carlson TIN file.
Jun 302010
Civil 3D – Land Desktop – LandXML Version Matrix
When converting Civil 3D data back to a previous version using LandXML it is important to use the correct version of LandXML. This table will help you choose the correct output format.
A quick presentation of transferring points and a surface model from Carlson Survey to Civil 3D using LandXML.
Note: In the last part of the video the presenter edits an existing surface style making it look harder that it actually is. 
A style to display contours is already defined in Civil 3D’s drawing template you simply change the style from a drop-down list in the surface properties instead of digging into the guts of an existing style to change settings.
Jun 132010
The NPR program Science Friday was a segment on the brain’s ability to multitask. The conclusion is that the human brain is not very good at multitasking, in fact what happens is you simply jump from one focus to another. I think this subject is very relevant to performing CAD tasks. You need to put aside distractions to be more effective at CAD. Listen to the segment and see if this changes they way you work.
May 102010
Those who use Civil 3D without Raster Design can get the Raster Design Object enabler to enable you to insert MrSID and ECW image file formats using the MAPIINSERT command. This command inserts an image as a Raster Object. There is another way to display images in Civil 3D. Continue reading »
I was having difficulty updating fields in my title block. I would make a change in the sheet set and REGEN but none of the attributes containing fields linked to the sheet set work. I had it working when I first inserted the block. What I found to work is using the UPDATEFIELD command but that was very inefficient. Continue reading »
Apr 272010
Navisworks 2010 webcast
nwc – cache file – a navisworks temp copy of the original file.
nwf – file set created from several references
like a master project file
share with Freedom users
nwd – the design file – compresses all referenced models
Apr 122010
Take a look in the External References Palette. Highlight an existing reference and take a look under Details section at the bottom. Continue reading »
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