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Co-written by Bethany Borsody and Eric Gates. To extend the functions of AutoCAD 2014 to access the cloud, you’ll need to sign into your Autodesk account or create a new account.  The Cloud allows you to  collaborate seamlessly across platforms and take the power of AutoCAD wherever you go with mobile devices. Some of the new [...]

EnvisionCAD started blogging regularly  in 2012 about our industry. These are our top 10 most popular blogs from last year. 1. 5 Signs You are a MicroStation Dinosaur As I was introducing myself last week I said that I have been using MicroStation and InRoads since 1992. Then I paused and thought to myself that is 20 [...]

Written by Eric Gates. AutoCAD WS Now Supports Civil 3D Drawings Autodesk announces, “AutoCAD Civil 3D drawings are supported on all of AutoCAD WS platforms (web, mobile and mac).” For those of you that are not familiar with AutoCAD WS, it is the web and mobile application that allows you to be able to synchronize [...]

Written by Bob Mecham. AutoCAD grip editing using the Right Click +Drag method Select an object Hover your cursor over a grip and pause Hold down the Right mouse button and Move to a different location Release the Right mouse button and select from the popup menu Move, Copy, Paste as Block.

Written by Eric Gates. Using acad.lsp and acaddoc.lsp to set application variables, and drawing variables A good place to start with AutoCAD customization is with the basic use of Lisp. Which means first knowing how acad.lsp and acaddoc.lsp work, and where these files should be located. When AutoCAD starts, it searches the support file search path for [...]

Written by Eric Gates.  The OVERKILL command can be used to clean up your drawing by combining connected co-linear objects, optimizing polylines and segments AND remove duplicate geometry.     This tool can be accessed from the ribbon or from the command line. The OVERKILL tool will run on selected objects or a selections set, so the [...]

Written by Eric Gates. Access Drawing Templates in the Toolspace Managing, updating, distributing and coordinating  the many drawing templates for Civil 3D that may be required for varying project types, teams and agencies, can become a daunting task for a CAD Manger. It can also be confusing for users to keep up with where the template is on the server, [...]

Certified Trainer for WisDOT AutoCAD Civil 3D – Eric J.P. Gates Starting in mid-2014 WisDOT will be implementing Civil 3D deliverable requirements  on projects including AMG 3D Surface Models.  WisDOT is taking the initiative to certify trainers on the new workflows and deliverable requirements. EnvisionCAD has available WisDOT Civil 3D training for consultants that are [...]

Written by Bob Mecham. We have taken this support call twice in the last month so I thought I would share a solution with everyone in case you have the same problem.  The problem is the user is attaching an AutoCAD DWG file to a MicroStation DGN design file. The coordinates in each of the [...]

Here is a rather simple Civil 3D work flow to create a dynamic elevation location of a culvert pipe crown daylight (See Figure below) from an existing surface or a corridor surface. Here is how it works. An existing or proposed surface should already be created. In plan, create an alignment at the culvert location [...]