I’ve run into a few new Civil 3D users recently who weren’t aware that when Exporting to PDF in Civil 3D you allow the recipient of the PDF to turn layers on and off (which sometimes may be a good thing or a bad thing). This is controlled by a setting that can be turned on and off but it defaults to Include when Civil 3D is installed.
Ever go to use someone else’s computer and something doesn’t act as you expected? 
Today that happened to me when I went to go show a user how to rotate a point marker. I expected to hover over the lovely diamond grip and see my trusty flyout (as shown at right) but the flyout was nowhere to be seen. Of course it only made sense that there was some system variable that was “misbehaving” somewhere. Low and behold I had GRIPMULTIFUNCTIONAL on my machine set to 3. If this variable is set to 0 or 1 the hover menu does not show. Now you know.
As you can tell by the title of this post it is about sequences but really it is also an addendum to my post about codes as well. There are two elements in Subassembly Composer (SAC) that will really help in your flowchart organization these are both found in the Workflow portion of the Tool Box and they are called Flowcharts and Sequences. Both of these elements are like folders that allow you to hold multiple pieces of the main flowchart. Sequences are used to hold linear logic and flowcharts are used to hold branching logic. So why do I love using sequences and flowcharts so much…
As the blog-o-sphere and the world of twitter have been a buzz the past few days, I am sure you have all heard that the Subassembly Composer has graduated to the Subscription Center. Over the next few weeks I plan on doing a bunch of bite size piece posts (in no particular order most likely) covering some of the features. Because someone was asking me about codes today, I thought I would share a few tidbits.
I had the pleasure this past week of venturing up to the Autodesk office in Waltham, Massachusetts to peek at the future through Autodesk’s eyes. The future that they laid out before us at the AEC Media Day looks pretty bright. Paul McRoberts (vice president, infrastructure product line group, Autodesk AEC Solutions Division) stated that “the [Civil 3D] 2012 release offers robust new functionality and enhanced tools for intelligent model-based design, documentation, and collaboration, helping civil engineers to take full advantage of the BIM process.”
I hope that some of you were able to tune into the #ADSKAEC tweets that were happening live during the day. (Are you not a Twitter user yet? There is a wealth of Civil 3D knowledge just bursting at the seams, check out the Civil 3D feed to the right for a taste of the current topics.) One of the overriding themes throughout the event was the cycle of BIM (Building Information Management): Manage –> Plan –> Design –> Build –> Manage…
