Civil Immersion

New 30 min. Workout Series Launches Jan. 23rd!

These sessions will dive deeper into the Autodesk Construction Cloud and explore best practices for managing cloud-based Civil 3D projects. Dates, titles, and session descriptions are below. We hope to see you there!  - REGISTER HERE -

Jan 23rd - Referencing Civil 3D Content Between Cloud Projects or Accounts

Did you know Civil 3D cloud projects can utilize content from any ACC project, even those hosted on other accounts? In this session, we'll walk through the "Bridge" feature within the Autodesk Construction Cloud. Using bridge, Civil 3D files and folders can be shared (or synced) between cloud projects or ACC Accounts.  

Feb 13th - Managing & Archiving Communications on Civil 3D Cloud Projects

Meetings and emails are significant components of civil infrastructure projects. Did you know BIM Collaborate Pro allows teams to manage these items from within the ACC platform? In this session, we'll take our first look at the Meetings and Correspondence features. These tools help store all project-related meetings, action items, emails, and attachments in a single (searchable) cloud-based repository!

Feb 27th - Sharing Civil 3D Cloud Project Files with Internal & External Stakeholders

Autodesk's Construction Cloud provides unlimited storage for your project-related files and models. It also makes it easy to share content with anyone while maintaining a digital record of all transactions! In this session, we'll explore several ways to exchange files (formally and informally) with internal or external stakeholders.

Mar 12th - Configuring Civil 3D Cloud Projects for "Multi-Team" Collaboration

Large design projects often require collaboration between multiple teams. Using BIM Collaborate Pro, each team can have its own "team space" for team-level collaboration. Each team's content can then be shared with other teams (when appropriate) for project-level collaboration. The team space approach ensures all teams have the right content at the right time! This session will demonstrate how to configure individual team spaces and share content between teams as "packages."

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-Jeff

Brand New 30 Minute Webinars Coming!

Are you interested in exploring how Autodesk’s cloud platform can assist with Civil 3D project collaboration?  In the next several weeks, I’ll be hosting a multi-part webinar series to walk through everything you’ll need to begin taking your Civil 3D projects to the cloud.  Each session is only 30 minutes long and 100% live in-product demonstration.  (No PowerPoint allowed.)

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Topics include

Sept 28^th – Initiating Civil 3D Projects in the Cloud

Oct 12^th – Controlling Access to Civil 3D Cloud Projects

Oct 19^th – Synchronizing Civil 3D with the Autodesk Construction Cloud

Oct 26^th – Managing Civil 3D Project Data in the Cloud

Sessions will be recorded and shared with all who register.
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After attending these sessions, you’ll have a great understanding of Autodesk’s cloud platform and how it can be configured to support Civil 3D projects.  We look forward to seeing you there!

-Jeff

Accomplish more in a single command using Civil 3D’s Action Recorder

In today's installment, we look at another technique to help you avoid performing the same task multiple times. 

(Because our time is much better spent on things other than constantly reinventing the wheel. :) ) 

In the past we explored similar tools like writing scripts, creating macros, using simple LISP code, and more. 

Each technique has many Pros.  Unfortunately, they all have the same Con.  Each method requires the user to key in command information manually.

Wouldn't it be so much easier if these macros/automations could be created automatically by just recording us while we work?  The answer is definitely Yes, and fortunately for us, it is possible today using the Action Recorder.

Additionally, these recordings can be easily shared with other users by storing them in a central location where everyone has access.

Check out the video below to see it in action!

-Jerry

 

Pressure Pipe: Getting Started with Pipe Runs

In this 30 min session, we walk through the new "path based" pressure pipe layout tools available starting with Civil 3D 2021. We take a look at plan and profile layout, while also showing some quantification options.

-Alan

Closure Analysis with the Traverse Adjustment Tool in Civil 3D

In this 30 min session, we walk through some examples of adjusting/balancing record property and/or survey data using the Traverse Adjustment tool in Civil 3D. The first example is a closed loop boundary and the second example is a closed connecting traverse.

-Alan

Entering Property Descriptions and other Record Data into Civil 3D

In this 30 Minute Workout session, we will walk through a variety of methods for entering property descriptions and other recorded data into Civil 3D.  This includes precise cogo entry, AutoCAD linework using the Transparent Tools, and the Traverse Editor tool.

The example project used for most of the presentation is a highway right of way acquisition scenario.  At the end, I show a bonus example of a boundary survey that is re-located into a published planar coordinate system using the Traverse Editor.

-Alan

Join us for Brand New 30 Min Workouts!

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When attending software training, there is never enough time to learn everything an application has to offer. In many cases, training sessions focus on the “need to know” functionality to accomplish typical workflows.

In our upcoming bi-weekly sessions we plan to explore many Civil 3D/InfraWorks/BIM Collaborate Pro tools, tips, and shortcuts not typically shown in traditional training sessions. Our goal being that adding more tools to your toolbox can help you gain efficiency and get the most value out of your Autodesk investment.

Sessions are at 01:30 pm Eastern Time (US and Canada):

• July 8th, 2021 - Making Civil 3D Corridor Targeting more Graphical - Jeff Bartels
• July 22nd, 2021 - Taking Civil 3D Model Navigation to the Next Level - Jerry Bartels
• Aug 5th, 2021 - Surveying the Cloud: Autodesk Document Management for Land Surveyors - Alan Gilbert
• Aug 19th, 2021 - Creating a Surface from your Point Cloud using InfraWorks - Angel Espinoza

The sessions are only 30 min. and will be 100% live demonstration - no PowerPoint is allowed. We are also more than happy to answer any questions arising from the material.

We hope you can join us for the next session in our “30 Min Workout” series of webcasts!

Register here!

-Jeff

Our Next 30 min. Workout Session is Thursday, Dec. 3rd!

At our next 30 min. Workout session we’ll be walking through a new add-on for Civil 3D called “Project Explorer”.  The Project Explorer represents a single, modeless dialog box where you can (among other things) view, edit and report on content stored within a civil model.  The Project Explorer is included with the 2021 AEC Collection.  That said, the installation media is also compatible with the 2020 version of Civil 3D.

This will be our first 30 min. Workout with a cliff-hanger ending!  The goal on December 3^rd is to demonstrate Project Explorer “basics” such that attendees can start using the tool immediately after the session.  We will then come back on Thursday December 17^th for a deeper dive exploration into what the Project Explorer has to offer!

If you are interested – CLICK HERE – to register.
We look forward to seeing you there!

-Jeff

Using Civil 3D's Inquiry Tools to compute Who, What and Where

During today’s presentation, we explore Civil 3D's Inquiry Tools. 

Using these tools, we can quickly compute things like Elevation, Grade, Slope, Distance, Bearing and more directly from Civil 3D Objects.  These objects include Points, Surfaces, Profile Views, Profiles, Sections, Section Views and Corridors.  Why are these tools really helpful??  Many customers resort to creating labels or annotation to compute what these tools do automatically.

After being introduced (or re-introduced :)) to Civil 3D's Inquiry Tools, they could easily become part of your every day Civil 3D workflows.

Click on the video below to check them out.

- Jerry

Our Next 30 min. Workout Session is this Thursday! (Oct. 29th)

In this session we will be taking a look at Civil 3D's numerous "Inquiry Commands".  If you have not used them before, they can be very helpful in quickly determining things like Distance, Station, Elevation, Grade and so much more. 

In short, they are used to quickly interrogate Autodesk Civil 3D objects. You can then use the information extracted from the design model to aid in design, validation, and analysis.

The live session “30-Minute Workout - Using Civil 3D's inquiry tools to establish Who, What and Where” is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 29th,  at 1:30 PM Eastern Time.  If you are interested in attending, please use the link below to register…

https://autodesk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ptocx9U-Rk6z61O9GtcPHQ

We look forward to seeing you there!

-Jerry