January Meeting

January Meeting
Topic: Various Things We Learned At Autodesk University

Presenters: Bob Gilman (Kimley-Horn), Ian Burrell (URS) and Dan Thill (Bonestroo)

We will discuss and demonstrate various things we learned at Autodesk University.

1) Civil 3D Workflow and Project Organization
2) Improvement and Use of Data shortcuts in 2009
3) Increasing move to NCS
4) Feature of Map 3D-Drawing Cleanup Wizard
5) Profile Styles for Labeling Vertical Curves
a. Creating 1 profile curve style to label both the Sag and Crest curve.b. Creating a short line on the profile from BVC to the PVI.
6) Favorite quote; “Discontent is the first necessity of progress” Thomas Edison – so why haven’t we made more progress?

Location:
URS
Fifth Street Towers
100 South Fifth Street, Suite 1500Minneapolis, MN 55402Phone: 612-370-0700 (Main)

Date: January 13th, 2008.

Time: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. (pizza and soda will be provided)

See attached map for directions and parking.

If you are planning on attending please contact Ian Burrell at Ian_Burrell@URSCorp.com or 612-373-6424
Who should attend: CAD Managers, Civil Engineers, Surveyors, Engineering Designers, and Production Drafters?

Tip from AU

Trying to remember a command someone told you about or you seen in a demo but can’t remember the name. The TAB key can be your best friend. Start typing in the command in the command line, and start hitting the TAB key after a few letters. The Tab key will scroll you through the list of command that begin with letters you typed in. If you ever wondered what all of the Civil 3D commands are type in AEC then start hitting the TAB key and it will scroll through all the commands.
Picked this tip up from a class called Best of Blogs: Hot Tips and Hacks for Autocad Civil 3D presented by James Wedding

November Meeting Review

Thanks to Avatech Solutions for hosting the November meeting and providing pizza and refreshments.

Chad Studer gave a demonstration of the Leica High-Definition Surveying system. He showed how to edit point clouds. After that Jon McNelis gave an overview of the Survey portion of Civil 3D. How to import a field book then showed how to edit a field book. He went over using the Survey Database. We also had a discussion of the difference between using points brought into the Survey Database vs. points that are brought into Civil 3D using the import points.

Thanks again to Rob Black, Jon McNelis and Chad Studer of Avatech Solutions.