Gil's CAD Clues

 Have you ever wanted to view your existing road in AutoCAD on Google Street View? Our friends at c3dk.com have created a LISP file that do...

If you have ever wanted to display an easement line or right-of-way line in multiple section views, here is a quick and easy way of doing th...

  Drawing Tabs Drawing Tabs is an awesome app that places your open drawing in a tab like format that makes it simple to move from drawing ...

Autodesk has made a big updated to the Exchange App store.  You are now available to access and download all the applications from your w...

Last post we talked about AutoCAD, now let's take a look at Civil3D. AutoDesk has made a lot of little changes to the new release of Civ...

The Problem Editing TIN surface information can be a pain. To make any small change, we end up going to Toolspace, then surface, the surfa...

Cutting profiles are needed in almost all projects. In Civil 3D, you can view horizontal information in the form of a vertical profile. Toda...

Cleanup and Modifying There are times we need to start and stop the easement. For example, the picture below shows the sanitary sewer cros...

Getting Some Style Now that we have the offset alignment representing the dynamic easement, it’s time to make an alignment style. 1. Sel...

Creating a Dynamic Easements I want to start off by saying that dynamic easement is not a standard tool in Civil3D. Using a new tool added ...

Creating Grid Ticks There are 2 ways to create grid ticks. Creating spot elevation labels along a surface is a new feature in 2009, but wil...

  Creating Volume Report Now with the volume surface it’s time to plot a volume surface report. Start by pulling up the Toolbox.  Go to ...

How to create a volume surface Toolspace > right click on Surface > Create Surface Under the Create Surface box change the type...