Thursday, August 21, 2008

Autodesk Civil 3D Road Design Webcast

Autodesk just announced 3 new webcast for roadway design.

Additional webcast that cover introduction to Civil 3D 2009, points, parcels, earthwork.

Also you can find a link to on demand webcast. Click on the link below to see a complete listing.


http://offers.autodesk.com/7/82801/webcasts.php?src=indexRegisterNowPromo&mktvar001=82801

I've found that these are free webcast can be very helpful.


Bob G.

Monday, August 11, 2008

September Meeting – USING Civil 3D on real life projects

September Meeting – USING Civil 3D on real life projects

Topic: Using Civil 3D on real life projects

Bob Gilman from Kimley-Horn Associates, Inc. will present his experiences on four various projects using Civil3D 2008 and how Civil3D 2009 will change the way projects are setup and used.

Project description:
Approximately 1.5 miles of residential street reconstruction (6 cul-de-sacs), (existing conditions curb and gutter in some areas), new curb and gutter, new storm sewer, storm water pond and rain gardens, 1.5 miles of watermain reconstruction, sanitary sewer repairs, sidewalk, trail reconstruction,

Project description:
Approximately 1 mile of residential street reconstruction, new curb and gutter (north side first ½ mile, south side last ½ mile), storm sewer modifications, storm rain gardens, ¾ miles of watermain reconstruction, sanitary sewer repairs, sidewalk

Project description:
Approximately 2 miles of bituminous trail along TH 12, storm water

Project description:
Approximately 2 miles watermain, ½ mile of sanitary forcemain, ½ mile gravity sanitary sewer.
Date: Tuesday September 16th, 2008.
Time: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. (pizza and soda will be provided)

Who should attend: CAD Managers, Civil Engineers, Surveyors, Engineering Designers, and Production Drafters.

Location:
Kimley Horn and Associates, Inc
Court International Building
2550 University Avenue West
1st floor conference room
St. Paul, MN 55114

For a map and directions,
http://www.kimley-horn.com/kha/flashmap.asp

Speaker Bio:

Robert Gilman
Mid America Regional Autocad Coordinator
Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
St. Paul, Minnesota

Professional Affiliations Certifications:
City of New Prague Planning and Zoning Commissioner
AUGI Member
BRW Alumni

Experience:
Bob has 20+ years of experience in civil engineering and surveying for new construction and reconstruction of highways and urban roadways, including roadway layout, profiles, utility, cross sections, pavement marking, signing, signalization, lighting, traffic control, earthwork and bid item quantities computation.

Education:
Engineering/Architectural Drafting Degree,
Lake Area Technical Institute, Watertown, SD.

Please e-mail Bob Gilman at bob.gilman@kimley-horn.com if you are planning on attending.

Autocad Civil 3D 2009 Update 1

Civil 3D 2009 Update 1 is here.

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=11687614&linkID=9240698

Issues Resolved
http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/autocad_civil_3d_2009_update_1_readme_final.htm#summary

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

July's Meeting in Review

Thanks to Alignex Inc. for opening their facility and providing pizza and refreshments. Their Civil 3D guru Bill Neuhauser presented his view of applying C3D to projects and in particular his method for developing the road surface of an irregular cul de sac.
There was also some discussion about forming the organization of the user’s group by the users and Bob Gilman of Kimley Horn stepped up as the first volunteer leader. He asked for assistance from Dan Thill of Bonestroo and Ian Burrell from URS.
As an Affiliated Chapter of AUGI (AutoCAD Users Group International) they agreed to work together to develop the organization for the benefit of all users.
Brad Burgess from Autodesk was also in attendance (IDS Civil Solutions Executive, Infrastructure Solutions Division, Northeast Territory) and showed support for the users group.We are looking for topics for our future meetings so email subjects of interest as well as any questions or comments you have regarding the Minnesota Civil 3D User