November Meeting

November Meeting
Topic: Using Civil 3D Survey and a demonstration of Leica Geosystem high Definition surveying system

Presenters: Jon McNelis and Chad Studer (Detroit office) application engineers from Avatech Solutions

Jon is Avatech Solutions local application engineer and has over 20 years of residential & commercial engineering experience, Jon applies his proficiency with Autodesk software products to assist Avatech clients through consulting services, training and technical support. His spirit of detailed project and technical management help customers create a streamlined environment through the use of design technology.

With an extensive background in civil engineering, Jon has helped firms design and manage projects in a variety of situations. He was also instrumental in the design and implementation of CAD Standards at three different organizations, increasing each firm’s efficiency and training staff in the use of the software.

Location:
Avatech Solutions
101 East Fifth Street Suite 2100St Paul, MN 55101Phone: 651-298-0990

Date: November 11th, 2008.
Time: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. (pizza and soda will be provided)

If you are planning on attending please contact Rob Black at Avatech Solutions 651-298-0990 or e-mail at rob.black@avat.com

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

Best Practices of Road Reconstruction

Autodesk webcast available for viewing. Click on the link to view.


https://www120.livemeeting.com/cc/autodesklearning/view?id=GOV_10_01_08&pw=Audience

For a copy of the white paper on Best Practices of Road Reconstruction.
Click on the link below.

ftp://TWCCivil3D:Autodesk@www.kimley-horn.com/_secure/MNCivil3D

AU 2008 Annual User Conference and Exhibition

The Premier Autodesk Learning and Networking Event:

Autodesk is expecting over 11,000 users to attend this years event.
The event is being held December 2-5, 2008 at the Venetian Resort Hotel in Las Vegas.

Some of the highlights of the AU experience include:

• The opportunity to explore the latest trends and technologies—including concepts such as Digital Prototyping, building information modeling, and sustainable design.

• 600+ classes, labs, and lectures to help you boost your productivity and take your capabilities—and your company—to the next level.

• The chance to meet face to face with Autodesk executives and product managers, giving you a better understanding of where Autodesk is going and the opportunity to influence the future development of the products you use every day.

To signup go to.




http://au.autodesk.com/event/

Annotation Scale

Annotation Objects where introduced into the Autocad world in 2008 and have caused performance issues in Civil 3D.

With the use of External References has produced and spawned a very large list of Annotation Scales. A set of drawings end up having a large number of Annotation Scales. All the files are relatively small. But the load time for each drawing is long.

Autodesk has released a tool to cleanup multiple files of the other items that will slow Civil 3D drawing – Registered Applications. These RegApps can cause performance issues with opening, plotting or e-transmitting any Autocad drawing.

Click on the link below to download the application.

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=11807875&linkID=9240618

To learn more about unreferenced RegApps click on the link

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/item?siteID=123112&id=11817088&linkID=9240617


Bob G

September Meeting Review

Thanks to Kimley-Horn Associates, Inc. for hosting Septembers meeting and providing the pizza and refreshments. Bob Gilman presented KHA’s experiences implementing Civil 3D on various projects using Civil3D 2008 and how he see’s Civil3D 2009 changing the way projects are setup and done.

If you would like a copy of the power point Bob used during the meeting click on the link below.

ftp://TWCCivil3D:Autodesk@www.kimley-horn.com/_secure/MNCivil3D