Monday, April 27, 2009

Lynn Allen's Tips and tricks for Using Autocad 2010

You all know the value of Lynn Allen’s Tips and Tricks. You know that she has saved you tons of time and effort. Now Lynn Allen, Autodesk technical Evangelist and AUGI Sweetheart, is offering an exclusive to our members. A sneak peek at the AutoCAD 2010 Tips and Tricks.

That’s right – before anyone else gets to see them, Autodesk is allowing AUGI members an exclusive downloadable version. This PDF download is stuffed with the best of the best from Lynn. You have used them in the past and they have made you more productive. Get the latest in a long stream of helpful hints directly from Lynn to AUGI members. You must be a member to download the booklet.

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=98905

Thursday, April 9, 2009

May Meeting:

May Meeting:
Date: Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
Time: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. (pizza and soda will be provided)

Topic: C3D 2010

Presenter:
Bill Neuhauser, Alignex, Inc.


Bill Neuhauser is a registered Engineer in both ND and MN and an applications engineer for Alignex, Inc. Before joining the company in 2005, Bill taught civil engineering for three years at Minnesota State Community & Technical College, and prior to that worked for Moore Engineering in West Fargo ,ND for 9 years and Interstate Engineering for 3 and an Alumni of North Dakota State University with a BS in Civil Engineering.


He has logged well over 25,000 hours with D.C.A., Softdesk, Geopak, Microstations, AutoCAD Land Desktop, and now Civil 3D 2010. He has designed everything from four-lane highways and two-lane rural roads, to land fills and retention ponds. Bill has been Civil 3D ICE (Implementation Certified Expert) since 2005, both past beta tester and current Alpha tester for C3D 2010. Autodesk University presenter for the past two years and now waiting too hear back on next year’s event.


Now for C3D 2010, I would like to cover a lesser know new feature of Civil 3D, QTO. QTO in my opinion is not getting the fanfare it so deserves! When we do a project there are really three aspects to any project; Design, Output sheets and Quantities. Design we have master pretty well and Output has always been there but Quantities past basic Earthwork numbers was lagging way behind!


Now with the advent of QTO (Quantity Take Off) quantities are now no longer being ignored! I plan of showing you the three areas that QTO will help you with your final project quantities! I will try to show you how we can attach the MNDOT items list to your C3D model and get final quantity numbers out in seconds! If time permits we will dig farther in to C3D to see some of the other new features as well.


Hosting this month’s MNC3D users group meeting:
City of Savage

Location:
McColl Pond Environmental Learning Center
13550 Dakota Avenue South
Savage, MN

If you are planning on attending please contact John Wichman at City of Savage 952-882-2675 or e-mail at jwichman@ci.savage.mn.us

Map and directions,
http://www.cityofsavage.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=230&Itemid=460

Undocumented commands to help resolve Site issues with overlapping objects

Issue
When creating Site objects (using Alignments, Grading, or Parcels), if you are not careful, you may end up with overlapping line segments. In most cases, this will not create a problem. However, in some cases, you may experience instability or AutoCAD® Civil 3D® may crash because of these overlapping Site objects.
For more on this issues.

http://help.autodesk.com/kb/display.do?ROW_ID=1-27930AG

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Upcoming Autodesk Civil 3D Webcasts

Autodesk has just announced a whole series of Civil 3D webcast.

Click on link to check out.

http://www.adskmedia.com/civilwebcasts/index-02.php?mktvar001=114740&rid=

Autodesk Imagine Tour

Attend the Autodesk Imagine Tour and learn how new Autodesk® 2010 software for civil, MEP, and structural engineering can help engineers, drafters, and designers boost productivity and deliver more sustainably-built environments.

Minneapolis, MN

Date:
Thursday April 23, 2009
Address:
Minneapolis Convention Center1301 Second Avenue SouthMinneapolis, MN 55403
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Join us and see how the latest building information modeling (BIM) software for engineering, including AutoCAD® Civil 3D®, Autodesk® Revit® MEP, and Autodesk® Revit® Structure can help you visualize, simulate, and analyze – earlier in the process – to deliver boundary-pushing designs, accurate and consistent construction documentation, and better manage change throughout your project lifecycle. You'll also learn how AutoCAD® 2010 delivers groundbreaking new capabilities to tackle the most challenging design problems with ease.
Seating is limited. Reserve yours today!

The Autodesk Imagine Tour is FREE, but capacity is limited for each event.

http://experience.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/en-US/eng/event-details.php?i=3682&id=2&ch=EM