News
Here is the latest news from Civil Survey Solutions.
Learn about upcoming events, promotions, new software, software updates, training and other items right here.
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Monday, 30 April 2012 16:21 |
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Get involved and join us in a FREE web session covering topics in AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Advanced Road Design and Stringer. Webcasts for the months of May and June are as follows:
- Civil 3D - Alignments
- Advanced Road Design - Editing Cross Sections using String Controls
- AutoCAD - Extracting Data from the Drawing and Linking to Excel Tables
- Advanced Road Design - Cross Section Basics
Want to join the session on the day? If so, click on this link to our WEBCASTS. |
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Thursday, 26 April 2012 11:51 |
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Autodesk 2013 Technology Launch
14 Cities Across Australia May & June 2012
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 What’s New In
AutoCAD 2013
AutoCAD MAP 2013
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013
Plus Technology Overviews Of
Infrastructure Modeler
3Ds Max Design
Navisworks
Advanced Road Design 2013
Stringer Survey 2013
Refreshments provided
Each attendee will receive an AutoCAD Civil 3D "New Features" Workbook
Give aways and prizes throughout the day!
Click Here to Register to Attend a Free Technical Seminar.
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| Albury |
Friday 18th May |
11:00am – 2:30pm |
| Melbourne |
Tuesday 22nd May |
9:00am – 12:00pm |
| Colac |
Thursday 24th of May |
1:00pm - 4:00pm |
| Parramatta |
Tuesday 29th of May |
9:00am - 12:00pm |
| Sydney |
Wednesday 30th of May |
9:00am - 12:00pm |
| Launceston |
Wednesday 30th of May |
1:00pm – 4:00pm |
| Canberra |
Thursday 31st of May |
1:00pm - 4:00pm |
| Hobart |
Thursday 31st of May |
9:00am - 12:00pm |
| Brisbane |
Tuesday 5th of June |
9:00am - 12:00pm |
| Wollongong |
Tuesday 5th of June |
9:00am - 12:00pm |
| Oakleigh |
Wednesday 6th of June |
9:00am - 12:00pm |
| Townsville |
Thursday 7th of June |
1:00pm - 4:00pm |
| Perth |
Wednesday 13th of June |
9:00am - 12:00pm |
| Newcastle |
Thursday 14th June |
1:00pm - 4:00pm |
Unable to attend the 2013 Technology Seminar?
Click Here to Register for an AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 Webcast
Or for more information call Civil Survey Solutions on 1300 254 004. |
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Saturday, 17 March 2012 00:00 |
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A new maintenance update to Advanced Road Design is now available for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012, 2011 and 2010 customers on 64bit or 32bit machines.
This update focuses primarily on customer reported issues, such as issues with startup of new projects and problems constructing surfaces from Build Models. We encourage all customers to download and install the latest version.The latest update to Advanced Road Design, ARD 2012.01 is now available for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 customers on 64bit or 32bit machines.
Full details of the performance and functional improvements can be found on the Readme that you can download from the subscription portal.
For Civil 3D 2012 customers, the latest version of ARD is 2012.03. For Civil 3D 2011 customers, the latest version of ARD is 2011.18. For Civil 3D 2010 customers, the latest version of ARD is 2010.18.
Download Now or Order Media
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Download your copy from our Subscription Portal - click on the image and link below:
Request Media
The download is about 100Mb per version, so if you'd rather have a handy DVD of the latest version please just click to contact us.
The DVD will include builds for Civil 3D 2012, 2011 and 2010. The installation will detect whether you are running a 32bit or 64bit machine and all versions of Civil 3D on which you can install this version of ARD.
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Saturday, 17 March 2012 00:00 |
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 One of the biggest things to ever come out of the Autodesk Labs - Interactive Terrain Shaping. Do grading like never before! This technology represents the realisation of the grading dream - create a multitude of interactive gradings representing just about any surface shape you can concieve. This is a very graphical and interactive design tool that everyone should check out!
Watch a video overview.
Here is what Autodesk Labs have to say about the Interactive Terrain Shaping tool:
The Interactive Terrain Shaping technology preview provides users with a unique workflow for developing grading proposals in AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2012 and AutoCAD® Map 3D® 2012 software. The primary goal of this effort is to provide a holistic approach to terrain shaping that allows users to go from concept to completion using the same model. The intent is to facilitate the development of comprehensive grading plans that can be easily tuned through the project cycle.
This new workflow includes:
- Purpose-built grading operations that interact with other grading objects
- Control over grading hierarchy and operations
- Direct analytical feedback including earthwork and stage-storage volumes
- Extraction of solids and Civil 3D grid surfaces
This technology preview extends AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 and AutoCAD Map 3D 2012.
The Interactive Terrain Shaping technology preview creates a new tab where you will find creation, editing and analytical commands
Supporting information:
Go to the Autodesk Labs now and check out the Interactive Terrain Shaping Tools.
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Friday, 30 September 2011 00:00 |
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With built-in design vehicles, support for complex user-defined vehicles, multiple drive modes, customisable presentation options and compatibility with the leading CAD systems, AutoTrack is used daily by thousands of engineers around the world.
25% Off Until 25th February 2012
Autotrack are offering 25% off all AutoTrack licenses until the 25th February 2012. If you are looking for swept path software, contact us now for a great deal!
Contact Us for a Quote and to Buy
Phone: 1300 254 004 or email to sales@civilsurveysolutions.com.au
About AutoTrack
Find out more about AutoTrack by going to their website: http://www.savoy.co.uk/products/autotrack-roads-pro
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Thursday, 29 September 2011 00:00 |
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Cloud Benefits for all Subscribers
Autodesk® Subscription now gives customers a greater advantage with Autodesk® Cloud capabilities that help them increase mobility, improve collaboration, and optimize designs—advancing the way they work.Autodesk® Subscription now includes cloud computing services for all Subscription customers.
The Autodesk Cloud brings the potential to offer supercomputing data crunching power to anyone, over the web.
Reference Materials
Quickly find out about some of the different services offered via the Cloud as well as how to get started:
 Cloud Rendering Cloud Documents Autodesk Buzzsaw
Inventor Optimisation Moldflow Insight Green Building Studio Conceptual Energy Analysis
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Thursday, 15 September 2011 00:00 |
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The latest update to Advanced Road Design, ARD 2012.01 is now available for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 customers on 64bit or 32bit machines.
The new version of ARD has also been made available on the Civil 3D 2010 and Civil 3D 2011 platforms, both for 32 bit and 64bit machines.
As well as a number of performance improvements we have also:
- Completely updated the Help Systems (Roads, Pipes and General) to reflect the current software look and functionality, and
- Included some new data sharing tools, focused on allowing organisations to co-ordinate Road and Drainage/Sewer/Pipe projects across multiple projects. Users can now share their project data into a Share location, with other designers able to read from the Share point and reference the other project data in their project. Referenced data is 'read only' but can otherwise be used to assist in co-ordinating data and bringing disparate project data together.
Download Now or Order Media
Download
Download your copy from our Subscription Portal - click on the image and link below:
Request Media
The download is about 100Mb per version, so if you'd rather have a handy DVD of the latest version please just click to contact us.
The DVD will include builds for Civil 3D 2012, 2011 and 2010. The installation will detect whether you are running a 32bit or 64bit machine and all versions of Civil 3D on which you can install this version of ARD.
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Friday, 12 August 2011 00:00 |
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Autodesk® Subassembly Composer for AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2011 & 2012 is now available for download on the Subscription centre! |
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Monday, 27 June 2011 16:41 |
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 Autodesk Project River Analysis Extension for AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2012 and AutoCAD® Map 3D® 2012, a technology preview of new infrastructure planning and design functionality from the AEC Infrastructure Modeling Product Line Group, is available for download and trial on Autodesk Labs.
Project River Analysis Extension for AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2012 and AutoCAD® Map 3D® 2012 (available in both 32-bit and 64-bit) is a sophisticated river modeling software package that supports HEC-RAS within the AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 and AutoCAD Map 3D 2012 environment. This technology preview of River Analysis makes it easier than ever before for infrastructure planners, engineers and designers to compute water surface profiles for modeling rivers, bridges, culverts, spillways, levees, floodplain and floodway delineations, stream diversions, channel improvements, and split flows.
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Wednesday, 15 June 2011 00:00 |
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As part of our ongoing committment to student excellence, Civil Survey Solutions has again issued a total of $1,000 in prizes to the top three performing students for road design studies at Swinburne University in 2010. Prizes were issued at the recent Swinburne Awards night.
The Swinburne Awards night was a fantastic evening showcasing the fantastic engineering courses available at Swinburne and celebrating their top students across all of their courses.
This year we had a three-way tie for third place, with five of the top students sharing in the prize. In keeping with previous years, students were assessed based on a written submissions for a residential road design and their presentation of the design to an evaluation panel.
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Wednesday, 15 June 2011 00:00 |
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 The latest version of ARD 2012 is now available for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 customers on 64bit or 32bit machines.
Now Shipping
We are currently manufacturing DVD's for shipping to all customers, so expect a copy at your office in the next week or two.
The DVD will include your new License Key and will include builds for Civil 3D 2012, 2011* and 2010*.
If you can't wait that long you can download it from the subscription site:
If you are running ahead and downloading ARD 2012 you will need to contact us for a new license key - you will need to contact us for your keys.
* For 2010 and 2011 builds, the ARD 2011 license key should be used.
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Friday, 29 April 2011 00:00 |
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Civil Survey Solutions
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Technology Days
We are hosting a number of FREE technology days for you to attend at the following locations across the country, with a clear focus on the civil, survey, construction and associated industries. Find out what's new in the Autodesk product suite including AutoCAD, AutoCAD Map 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D, 3ds Max and Vault Collaboration. We will also cover what's new in Advanced Road Design, Stringer and other products. See how you can best utilise the new features to further improve your design efficiency and workflows.
Launches are being hosted during May and June in 14 cities across Australia. The event starts at 9am and finishes at 4pm.
Come along and you'll get extra knowledge, a What's New Workbook, lunch, morning and afternoon tea as well as (if you're lucky) giveaways and prizes throughout the day.
Dates and Venues - 2011
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Brisbane
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Melbourne
24 May
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Perth
30 May
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Parramatta
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Sydney
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Geelong
27 May
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Adelaide
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Albury
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Canberra
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Hobart
2 June
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Launceston
3 June
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Newcastle
7 June
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Townsville
2 June
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Darwin
15 June
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Want it Virtual? Click here to book in for a Webcast
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Thursday, 28 April 2011 00:00 |
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Attention ARD Pipes Users!
Calculate your own Rainfall IFD Data for FREE!
The Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology has given us the ability to calculate our own IFD Tables, Log Coefficients and ARI data online.
All you will need is the Latitude and Longitude of the location you desire and your data is created at the click of the mouse.
The data can then be entered into ARD Pipes via the Create ARR Rainfall Data Function.
http://www.bom.gov.au/hydro/has/cdirswebx/cdirswebx.shtml (Online Flash Version)
http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/hydro/has/CDIRSWebBasic (Online Non-Flash Version)
Try it!
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Thursday, 21 April 2011 00:00 |
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 Notice to ARD Subscription Customers
Download the ARD HEC-RAS Extension
We have now released ARD HEC-RAS for ARD customers on the latest version of the product for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 or Civil 3D 2011.
You can now define 'rivers' using ARD including assignment of overbank areas, mannings parameters, obstructions, ineffective areas and skewed sections.
This information is exported to file for import to HEC-RAS, where you can specify flows and analyse channel behaviour along the branches.
After undertaking a HEC-RAS analysis you can use the ARD HEC-RAS extension to push the channel extents back into the drawing, ready for visualisation and documenting inside AutoCAD.
The installation includes a workflow and Quick Start tutorial so you can see how quick and easy it is to use.
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Wednesday, 20 April 2011 00:00 |
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The main focus for Site Leveller over the past few months has been to convert the software to a .NET platform so that it is compatible with 64bit machines. This has now been completed along with a number of improvements, which are listed below.
1) Enhancements have been made to the Best Fit Bay command
2) Civil3D Point Groups can be used to position cut/fill labels.
3) Forms are now modeless - users can leave a form open and still work in the AutoCAD environment.
4) Performance improvements to Batch Reporting.
Now that the software has been converted to .NET, new features can now be added to the software. If you have any features in mind that you would like added to Site Leveller, please e-mail Andrew Banson- andrew.banson@civilsurveysolutions.com.au.
Visit the Site Leveller Downloads Portal to download the latest copy.
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Monday, 18 April 2011 00:00 |
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 - Out Now!
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 has been released and is shipping to customers now!! This release builds on the success of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 and includes many new exciting features and benefits over previous releases.
We are touring 14 cities across Australia with an AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Technology Day!
** For Advanced Road Design customers, stay tuned for notification of the ARD 2012 release for Civil 3D 2012 **
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Thursday, 07 April 2011 00:00 |
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 - Coming Soon
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 is due out on 15 April 2011 and includes many new exciting features and benefits over previous releases.
More details from clicking the Read More button.
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Wednesday, 23 February 2011 00:00 |
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We have now released Stringer 2011 for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 64bit customers. This new version of the software has been completely updated/recoded into the .NET programming environment. Many of the changes to the software are 'under the hood', however you will notice more functionality and control over a number of the forms.
Over the coming months we will look to implement the new software platform to AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 32 bit users.
Requesting Media
Get yourself a copy by clicking on the link below and filling in your details:
Send Me a Copy of the New Stringer 2011 for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 64 bit
New Features
Some of the new features in this release include:
- Better table/cell control in Stringer Connect including the enabling of mouse scrolling through the table
- Stringer settings now includes options for creating and deleting roads
- It is now easier to cycle through different 'dot' commands (eg: can start the .L command before exiting from the .F command)
There are a number of other functional and display changes in the software - email us to obtain full details.
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Wednesday, 16 February 2011 00:00 |
 Civil Survey Solutions Opens Office in Brisbane
Civil Survey Solutions is pleased to announce the opening of an office in Springwood, Brisbane to provide improved support and training services to our Queensland customers.
We also welcome Daniel Telford-O’Donnell to the Civil Survey Solutions team, following his employment at Queensland Main Roads in road design. Daniel is currently completing his Civil Engineering degree part time at the University of Southern Queensland.
If you want to have a chat with Daniel you can contact him at the office on 07 3387 7750 (mob: 0411 837 547) or by email at daniel.telford-odonnell@civilsurveysolutions.com.au.
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 Office Location
Want to see where the new office is?
Highpoint Business Centre
3374 Pacific Highway
Springwood, Queensland
Have a look at a Map
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Wednesday, 16 February 2011 00:00 |
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The latest version of ARD 2011 is now available for both AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 and AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 customers on 64bit or 32bit machines.
Now Shipping
We are currently manufacturing DVD's for shipping to all customers, so expect a copy at your office in the next week or two.
If you can't wait that long you can download it from the subscription site:
If you are running ahead and downloading you will need to contact us for a new license key, unless you are updating from ARD 2011.01 or later (in which case you'll already have the new licensing in place). We changed the licensing system from FlexLM to Reprise and this has meant new license keys!
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New Features
From VBA to .NET
If you are currently running the old ARD 2010 or ARD 2011 VBA version, the top new features include:
- The ability to open multiple independent cross section windows for any ARD Object (Road, Kerb Return, Cul-de-sac, String, etc). Each window can be repositioned wherever required and will update as any changes are made to the road cross sections or long sections.
- The ability to project surfaces, alignments and other ARD Objects (such as Strings) onto the cross section view windows
- A 'modeless' Design Data form providing users with the ability to edit the cross sections and review the changes immediately on every open cross section.
 A Model Builder facilitating interactive creation of models using any/all ARD Objects. The new Model Builder boasts a dynamic and interactive display from which you can easily click on screen to remove portions of each object/string. All Roads and Codes that are included in the model are highlighted, and trimmed/excluded Codes are greyed out. Edits are stored in a list and can be readily edited and viewed int he interactive display. Click on Create Surface to quickly build a Civil 3D surface model using the included Strings and Codes - The ability to set any colour for ARD layers using the full AutoCAD colour palette
Latest Features in the New Release
- Display Design Constraints on all Vertical Grading Editor and Cross Section Windows - in most cases these will dynamically update as you make changes
- Display ARD Pipe networks on your cross sections - see the position of underground services (both crossing and parallel) on your Cross Section Windows, dynamically updating as you change the pipe locations/sizes using ARD Pipes
- Improved speed and performance for ARD Pipe networks
- Reinstatement of ARD to Civil 3D Corridor Output
- Reinstatement of application of the Civil 3D Alignment Superelevation and the NSW Superelevation Tables
For a complete list of new features spanning back to the ARD 2011.01 release, head to the Advanced Road Design website. |
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Thursday, 02 December 2010 00:00 |
Check out this Model made by SMEC
 SMEC International have been using AutoCAD Civil 3D for excavation plans, and we've been lucky enough to get access to one of thier projects to show off what AutoCAD Civil 3D can do. Civil 3D has been used to create a detailed excavation plan for a power station in Africa and combines the power of feature lines, gradings and surface modelling to create a complete and easily adjustable design solution.
Phillip McDevitt, Senior Draftsperson (Hydro Power), has undertaken this design and used this project as a test case for using AutoCAD Civil 3D for a number of excavation plans over the next year.
Click here to find out more about this project!
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Monday, 29 November 2010 00:00 |
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User: Definium Pty Ltd - Sunchine Coast and Mackay Offices
Project: $70 billion of Coad Seam Gas projects - Surat Basin Project
Details:  Definium Customer Success Story - Pipe Profiling Made Easy
Definium is involved in residential and industrial land developments, highrise units, government infrastructure and pipeline projects. Definium's directors collectively have on 100 years of dedicated industry expertised and lead a highly experienced and dedicated team that utilise state of the art survey and drafting equipment and related technical software.
Definium uses Autodesk's AutoCAD Civil 3D and software enhancements developed by Civil Survey Solutions to highly automate the process of transferring survey data back to Civil 3D. This includes the creation of topographical surfaces from the survey data and detailed long section information with all survey pickup features included automatically.
Civil Survey Solutions software developed to automate the surface creation and long section display outputs include:
Read the full article in the .pdf Definium Customer Success Story - Pipe Profiling Made Easy
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Friday, 05 November 2010 00:00 |
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Autodesk have released the Subscription Advantage Pack for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011.
If you are on subscription for Civil 3D 2011 you can download it from the Autodesk Subscription site.
Advantage Packs provide new functionality to Autodesk products well ahead of next year's releases. For Civil 3D users there are some significant inclusions in the advantage pack, all accessible from the Civil 3D Toolbox:
Improved point file recognition is available via the new Import Points form
If you use the Survey Database, there are some new cool tools for editing your co-ordinate geometry as well as a wizard to streamline the importing of survey data.
And finally, a tool to read styles AND settings from any drawing or drawing template you choose and include them in your current drawing - no more 'drag and drop' from the Settings tab to get all the styles from one drawing to another.
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Sunday, 19 September 2010 00:00 |
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 We have now released ARD 2011 for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 64bit customers. This new version of the software has been completely updated/recoded into the .NET programming environment. Many of the changes to the software are 'under the hood', however the recode sets the foundations for a major revolution in the software over the next 6-12 months.
Over the coming months we will roll these changes back to the AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 platform and to AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 32 bit users.
New Features
The top new features in this release include:
- The ability to open multiple independent cross section windows for any ARD Object (Road, Kerb Return, Cul-de-sac, String, etc). Each window can be repositioned wherever required and will update as any changes are made to the road cross sections or long sections.
- The ability to project surfaces, alignments and other ARD Objects (such as Strings) onto the cross section view windows
- A 'modeless' Design Data form providing users with the ability to edit the cross sections and review the changes immediately on every open cross section.
- A Model Builder facilitating interactive creation of models using any/all ARD Objects. The new Model Builder boasts a dynamic and interactive display from which you can easily click on screen to remove portions of each object/string. All Roads and Codes that are included in the model are highlighted, and trimmed/excluded Codes are greyed out. Edits are stored in a list and can be readily edited and viewed int he interactive display. Click on Create Surface to quickly build a Civil 3D surface model using the included Strings and Codes
- The ability to set any colour for ARD layers using the full AutoCAD colour palette
Click here for an ARD 2011.01 New Features document
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Sunday, 19 September 2010 00:00 |
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ARD 2011.14 has now been released, and provides the latest design tools to all of our customers on both 32bit and 64bit machines and for both Civil 3D 2010 and Civil 3D 2011.
As well as resolving a number of customer reported issues. we have started reworking the code to optimise speed, with the following results so far
- Major speed improvements when working across a network
- Speed improvements recalculating roads and opening and editing the VGE
Download your Copy
This version is available to be mailed out to you - if you want a physical copy of the media click here.
If you want it right now, you can do a direct download of the software using the following link to the ARD Subscription Portal:
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Tuesday, 27 July 2010 12:00 |
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As you all know we are madly working to put ARD out to work on AutoCAD Civil 3D 64 bit machines.
We are at the tail end of this development phase and thought we'd show you a preview of what we have been working on for cross section viewing. We expect what you see to make it into the final release (then we start improving it based on your feedback!).
Click on the link below to see a video of multiple, detachable cross sections in action. Start updating the vertical grading and every cross section dynamically updates!
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Friday, 11 June 2010 12:49 |
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Last year Civil Survey Solutions offered a total of $1,000 in prizes to be awarded to the top three performing students undertaking road design studies at Swinburne University in 2009.
This year we had a tie for third place, with four of the top students sharing in the prize. Students were assessed based on a written submissions for a residential road design and their presentation of the design to an evaluation panel. |
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Tuesday, 01 June 2010 00:00 |
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Autodesk have provided us with some good summary information on migrating drawing/data between versions of AutoCAD Civil 3D and sharing drawings/data with other drafting/design application users. Here is the link to the resource:
Migrating Data and AutoCAD Civil 3D
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Monday, 31 May 2010 00:00 |
Get the Latest ARD and Stringer for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 (32bit)
Click on the images below to open the Subscription services for these products. ARD and Stringer Survey are now available on AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 (32bit).
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Friday, 28 May 2010 00:00 |
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AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 Launch Results!
Thank you to everyone who attended our AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 launch. We had a blast, visiting over 180 customers across 10 regional and metropolitan centres throughout Australia. The focus of our sessions were on the new features of AutoCAD, Civil 3D and Map 3D pertinent to the work you do.
At a number of the sessions we also spent a bit of time telling you about all the FREE Applications we have developed for our customers on AutoCAD Civil 3D.
We got some great feedback from the sessions we would like to share with you. Thank you to everyone who attended, and an extra thank you to those who responded to our survey.
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Wednesday, 19 May 2010 00:00 |
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Support for GENIO and MXROAD!
This is release information from Autodesk:
Release Date: 2010-05-11
The AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2011 Import/Export Extension for GENIO streamlines
the migration of data from Bentley® MXROAD® software to AutoCAD Civil 3D
software. It also enables customers to use AutoCAD Civil 3D on projects that
require Bentley MXROAD format deliverables and/or the use GENIO or binary
"modelfile" format as data sources. Capabilities include:
· Import Bentley MXROAD alignments, profiles, surfaces, points and
feature strings into AutoCAD Civil 3D;
· Export AutoCAD Civil 3D model elements including points,
alignments, profiles, corridor feature lines, and grading feature lines into
the Bentley MXROAD format.
This extension is compatible with the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of AutoCAD
Civil 3D 2011. Content is currently available in English only, but will
install on all language versions of AutoCAD Civil 3D.
Get into your Subscription site at Autodesk and download this extension! |
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Tuesday, 04 May 2010 00:00 |
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AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 Technology Presentations
New Session Added for Newcastle!
In response to customer requests to attend our Newcastle launch we have added a new afternoon session!!
Newcastle Sessions are as follows:
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Want to see a full list of our launch sessions in each State - click here.
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Tuesday, 20 April 2010 00:00 |
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AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 is now shipping to all customers. You should get access to your copy shortly.
Depending on your election for receiving your product you will either receive a download link for the product or a physical shipment in the mail. If you want to change your delivery method from download to product shipment, you will need to hop into the Autodesk Subscription Portal and change your preferences.
Get ready for better performance, more new features and full support for 64bit machines. |
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Friday, 16 April 2010 00:00 |
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Come and find out what's new in the Autodesk 2011 Product Range for the civil, survey and geospatial industries. We are hosting a number of FREE sessions for you to attend at the following locations across the country, with a clear focus on the civil, survey, construction and associated industries. As well as the civil and survey features of Civil 3D we will also cover what's new in AutoCAD and Map 3D.
We will show you all the hot new features in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 and associated products. See how you can best utilise the new features to further improve your design efficiency and workflows.
Launches are being hosted during May and presented by Shane O'Rorke Be Civ (Hons) except where noted otherwise.
Find out about your nearest event below and register to attend. We look forward to seeing you there!
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Melbourne Parramatta Albury/Wodonga Newcastle Townsville Brisbane Hobart Geelong Perth Adelaide
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Monday, 12 April 2010 00:00 |
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The latest version of Advanced Road Design (2010.04) is now available for download. by subscription customers.
This update of the Advanced Road Design software incorporates a number of bug fixes and improvements.
Go to the Advanced Road Design website to see the full list of what is featuring in the new release. Some hot links are also included below:
ARD 2010.04 New Features : click to find out what's in the new version
ARD 2010.04 Download: click to enter the ARD Downloads portal. You can download a full version of an update (installs right over the top of your ARD 2010. To get in, you will need to have your subscription number ready. |
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Thursday, 25 March 2010 00:00 |
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AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 is going to be released shortly to all subscription customers. Depending on your election in Subscription Centre, you will be advised that you can to download a full version of the software or will receive physical media in the mail.
Get ready for significant speed improvements, full 64 bit support and a collection of new and refined features to streamline your work practices.
Autodesk have updated their website to include information about the 2011 release - click here to go to their website page. |
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Friday, 12 March 2010 00:00 |
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Autodesk have released Subscription Advantage Packs for various 2010 products including AutoCAD Civil 3D.
If you are on subscription for Civil 3D 2010 you should download it from the Autodesk Subscription site.
Advantage Packs provide new functionality to Autodesk products well ahead of next year's releases. For Civil 3D users there are some significant inclusions in the advantage pack, all accessible from the Civil 3D Toolbox:
A brand new object type is included - Point Clouds. Point Cloud technology will allow you to quickly import and display millions of points - this has immediate benefits in sorting valuable point data before building a surface as well as providing a frame for establishing Data Clip Boundaries before importing points.
The Roundabout tool is great for quickly laying out your roundabout geometry directly from centreline alignments.
Some of the surface breakline tools are invaluable for surveyors wanting to sort out where breaklines are crossing.
The Create Surface from GIS Data suddenly makes it both quick and easy to create surfaces directly from GIS data.
The Visibility Check tools give you a quick 'engineering' view of the model to sort out any immediate design deficiencies.
The Best Fit tools for alignments and profiles are also worth a look.
Download it and take advantage of subscription. |
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Saturday, 06 March 2010 00:00 |
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The latest version of Stringer (2010.02) has been released - download your copy from the Stringer Survey Subscription Site.
With the release of Stringer 2010.02 the following new commands and improvements have been added to the software.
The Ribbon
The ribbon has been modified to have 3 rows per column to match the Civil 3D Ribbon layouts.
Extra commands have been placed in the Ribbon Slideout Tabs.
New Commands Added
The following commands have been added to the software:
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Create Attributed Blocks – This command will create attributed blocks based on the UDP or comma delimited RD values of each point |
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Match Point Codes – This command will match the codes of the 2nd code to that of the 1st code selected. |
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Automatic Multiple Coding – This command automates the Dual coding process where you can add the code of one point to the code of another e.g. 40801 – 40801 40803, BCK1 – BCK1 BCK3. |
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 Stringer Survey 2010.02 New Features: click to find out what's in this new version
 Stringer Survey 2010.02 Download: click to enter the Stringer Survey Download Portal. You can download a full version or an update (installs right over the top of your Stringer 2010). To get in, you will need to have your subscription number ready.
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Friday, 05 February 2010 00:00 |
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The latest version of Advanced Road Design (2010.03) is currently shipping out to customers. Expect a copy to land on your desk (or in your mail department) in the next week.
As well as adding new features we have fully implemented a ribbon interface to Advanced Road Design:
Go to the Advanced Road Design website to see the full list of what is featuring in the new release. Some hot links are also included below:
ARD 2010.03 New Features : click to find out what's in the new version
ARD 2010.03 Download: click to enter the ARD Downloads portal. You can download a full version of an update (installs right over the top of your ARD 2010. To get in, you will need to have your subscription number ready.
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Thursday, 21 January 2010 00:00 |
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Over the last few months, we have been working closely with a number of irrigation designers to develop Site Leveller and we are proud to announce that has now been released.
 Site Leveller takes advantage of Civil3D's revolutionary Surface and Grading features to allow designers to optimally re-grade irrigation bays and manage/minimise volumes including topsoil triggers for removal and reinstatement.
Designers can layout Bays from either Civil3D Feature Lines, Surfaces, or Parcels. Site Leveller is then used to ...
- Optimise volumes accounting for topsoil removal and reinstatement.
- Label all Bays across a grid showing cut/fill information.
- Output Bay Arrows, which show the grade and grade angle.
- Output detailed reports and tables.
For more information about Site Leveller and to see a video of it in action, please click here.
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Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:16 |
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No dates yet, but we will be scheduling some events in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane to show our ARD customers what we've been working on with the software.
Come and see where the software is heading and what are the new features that we are developing to further improve your design experience. |
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Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:05 |
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The next update to ARD is due out very soon and is to include Ribbons. The Ribbon interface provides a workflow focused method of accessing commands for ARD.
Also we are currently converting our software into the .net programming environment - this promises to provide significant speed and performance improvements, as well as opening up the opportunity for more features and automation. Very exciting times! We hope to have this reprogramming complete in the next few months. |
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Tuesday, 05 January 2010 00:00 |
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SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Jan. 5, 2010 — Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) announced that it has completed the acquisition of Dynamite VSP and Dynamite SIM visualization software products and related assets. The products were purchased from 3AM Solutions, a UK-based privately owned technology company that develops visualization software for civil infrastructure. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Dynamite VSP and Dynamite SIM technology will help Autodesk automate the process of creating visualizations for projects made with AutoCAD Civil 3D software. Dynamite VSP offers simple and efficient ways to bring AutoCAD Civil 3D software data into Autodesk 3ds Max Design software.
Dynamite VSP simplifies the process of creating visualizations so that engineers can now include visualization as part of the design process. The technology links the AutoCAD Civil 3D model to the 3ds Max Design rendering, so that changes in the design model can be captured in the visualization. This enables engineers to view and optimize designs more easily by visualizing them in context.
Read more from Autodesk
Visualisation Made Easy - RDV
 Dynamite is a high-end 3D visualisation tool - for larger organisations with a dedicated visualisation section, this is a significant acquisition by Autodesk and will enable a much more streamlined approach to visualisation from design.
For small to medium sized organisations you can't go past Rapid Design Visualisation (RDV) for getting your designs directly out into a fully rendered and interactive 3D environment. RDV offers the extra dimension of a fully inteactive 3D model enabling your customers to completely review designs, from any perspective.
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Thursday, 27 August 2009 00:00 |
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The article reported on Autodesk’s announcement of acquiring certain assets from Boss International to expand its water resources analysis capabilities for the AEC industry.
The article noted that Autodesk will integrate Boss' StormNET for stormwater management analysis, RiverCAD for floodplain analysis, and WaterNET for water distribution analysis with Autodesk's model-based design solutions, including AutoCAD Civil 3D, to help engineers streamline workflows, reduce errors and boost productivity.
This is an exciting acquisition for Australian designers - the potential integration of a river floodplain analysis system inside of AutoCAD Civil 3D and a water supply design tool would be significant enhancements to the current Hydraflow extensions. There is nothing confirmed from Autodesk as to how the purchased assets will be used, how it will be integrated or how it will be made available to end customers.
Word on the street is that Hydraflow will continue to be supported and enhanced, but the Boss solution could improve design capabilities for River and Water supply systems.
Read More from Autodesk
Australian Drainage and Sewer Design
If you want a complete Austrailan design solution for Drainage and Sewer we continue to recommend Advanced Road Design - Pipes Module as this fully supports the current Australian design guidelines and includes publishing of long sections and schedules directly into AutoCAD and to Australian drafting standards. For high end drainage analysis you should consider using DRAINS. Queensland customers also recommend PC Drains for Queensland compliant drainage design.
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