Archive for Civil3D2012

Subassembly Composer is a Reality

The labs pre-release version has been inoperative for only a scant couple of weeks before we have a fully functional permanent version.  Create your own intelligent subassemblies WITHOUT needing to have a PhD in Visual Basic coding.  Read on and stay tuned for further posts in the near future.

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2012 Supports Development with the .Net Framework 4.0

Visual Studio 2010 has been out for awhile but really couldn’t be used for development without some workarounds to Debug. Now, not only can you use Visual Studio 2010 but also the additional features and tools within the .Net Framework 4.0 while developing add-ins for AutoCAD 2012.

In fact, the wording used from a reliable source was “Visual Studio 2010 is required to debug .NET applications in AutoCAD 2012 (although .NET plug-ins built using Visual Studio 2008 will load and run fine without rebuilding).”  – Underline is mine

For any of us who develop applications for AutoCAD and Civil 3D, this is GREAT news!!

2012 Teaser #1: Corridor Sampling

Here is my first instalment of some 2012 features I gravitate to.

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