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Civil 3D Does Survey - Really!!!

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Hello everybody, Check this out. It is a courtesy document from a Users Group out west... The survey primer that was developed by a users group out west . Yes, surveyors are really using it. The doc touches on setting up the survey database and accessing the new survey link extension. Civil 3D is catching on with surveyors, even the small, survey-only firms. Why? There are several good reasons. 1. Civil 3D is technically much improved over previous versions. The newly released survey link closes the last big feature gap. The survey database provides for on-the-fly, true coordinate transformations – which is a big differentiator when surveyors do a lot of GPS work. Autodesk will be documenting customer experiences for articles in survey publications starting in December. More on this as they come out. 2. The surveyors’ customers want existing surface models for accuracy, productivity and liability reasons. They don’t want to have to re-process survey data (e.g. point or fieldbook files...

Important SP2 Now Available!!!

Hello everybody... Good news for all of us Service Pack (SP2) for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 and AutoCAD Land Desktop 2008 software are available for customer download. These are both general maintenance service packs. Please refer to the Readme files prior to applying SP2 for information on installation and resolved issues. - Download this files now... AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 AutoCAD Land Desktop 2008

AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 Survey Link Extension!!!

Hi everybody, this is Good News for Surveyor Users ... AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 Survey Link is a downloadable extension for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 software customers on Autodesk Subscription. This extension requires AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 Service Pack (SP) 2 and is targeted to be available worldwide for all AutoCAD Civil 3D subscribers. Survey Link allows proprietary raw survey data to be converted into an Autodesk field book (.FBK) and imported into Autodesk Civil 3D 2008, further enhancing the survey functionality in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 software. Actions: 1. D ownload AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 SP2 . 2. Donwload the Survey Link extension (Please remember to refer to the readme file for the installation).

Collaboration and Publishing to Google Earth!!!

Hi everyone... At this time I will like to share this video which is a real project that is located in Central American where you can see how you can do presentations incorporating all the tools that Civil 3D have to offer... Unfortunately the audio is in Spanish, sorry about that... Hope that you enjoy it anyhow...!!!