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UCSFollow and the Model Space

By C3DIsh On 3 October, 2012 · Add Comment
I don’t know if it is a bug or not yet, but I have noticed that sometimes when I work with multiple viewports in the Model Space, when I switch in between the viewports, some of them zoom to the extents automatically. This kind of behavior did not bother me too much, but I got [...]
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Draping imagery in Civil3D–ObjectViewer and ModelSpace

By C3DIsh On 3 October, 2012 · Add Comment
Let’s say that you need to drape an imagery in Civil 3D over a surface. First of all you will need an aerial image that you need to either align or have it georeferenced. For the most of the cases you will have a georeferenced image that comes into a jpeg, mrsid, geotiff or other [...]
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Free PDF Tools

By C3DIsh On 27 September, 2012 · Add Comment
Since lots of people use Acrobat and that is not so affordable for many, I decided to make you aware of a couple of pdf utilities that are both free and useful in “cloning” some of the features of the Acrobat. 1. PDF Editor and Viewer – PDF Xchange Viewer is a very versed pdf [...]
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Resolution: Surface Tables Not Updating

By C3DIsh On 11 September, 2012 · Add Comment
As I discovered yesterday there is a new huge bug in Civil 3D 2013. The surface tables are not updating following the change of the surface data. The only way to make them update is to either delete and recreate the table – back to LDD – , or as in the screencast below where [...]
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Stop viewport type from changing to undefined

By C3DIsh On 24 August, 2012 · Add Comment
In Civil 3D 2013 there is a new bug that I found while trying to set my plan & profile sheet template. In order to use the plan production tools the viewports need to be defined as “plan” & “profile”. If you select the viewport and access it’s properties you will find the Viewport Type [...]
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Run dll files located in the network

By C3DIsh On 14 August, 2012 · Add Comment
One of the things I was wondering about is how can I run those amazing addons from the ADN from the network, since when you netload them, because of the set in restrictions,  Autocad errors in the following way: The only way you can use the dll is to run it from a local folder. [...]
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Quick and easy file versioning

By C3DIsh On 9 June, 2012 · 2 Comments
I got used working with Civil 3D to try to have backup of my files as I work on a project, based on the idea that if I have to make a major change in the design, especially in grading, I would want to have a file to revert to if necessary. I mention grading [...]
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CrashPlan and Network Backup

By C3DIsh On 5 May, 2012 · 12 Comments
As many of the people know, CrashPlan is one of those apps that helps you backup and restore your files. What is nice about this app is that you can backup data to an external USB HDD, to the cloud (for a price), to a friend’s PC over the Net, to another computer or to [...]
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Move feature line vertex and “keep” the z value

By C3DIsh On 14 April, 2012 · 1 Comment
Since I started to work as a CAD manager I get asked lots of good questions and have to find answers or workarounds to make things run smoothly. In one case, we were supposed to relocate part of a feature line. Now when you have to move the FL by vertices and snap to existing [...]
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New Job, New City = New Challenge

By C3DIsh On 28 March, 2012 · Add Comment
In the last three weeks lots of things happened in my Civil 3D world. The story begins with the fact that I was in the market for new opportunities for a while. Since we sold our house last year, the door for opportunities opened even more. I applied for jobs in lots of places; also [...]
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