Who's Talking Civil 3D?

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• Being Civil

  Autodesk Support Team for Civil 3D

  Good RSS to review

  Being Civil

• Civil 3D Rocks by Dana Breig Probert

  Dana's close to the pulse

  BIM on the 3D Rocks by Dana Breig Probert

• Civil3D.com by James Wedding et al

  Brothers in Civil 3D geekdom...need we say more?
  More Free Help than ever before from More competent posters with things to say the make More sense.

  Civil3D.com by James Wedding

• Civil 3D Reminders

  Christopher Figgit's Great Blog idea. Collect all the geeky stuff you need to remember later in a public place called Civil 3D Reminders

• Paving the Way by Scott McEachron

  Need Implementation information that isn't full of it.
  Scott's Got iT

  Paving the Way by Scott McEachron

• Angel's Civil 3D Thoughts

  From inside Autodesk
  The Mentor of Many
  Civil Application Engineers
  Angel Espinoza

  Angel's blog

• From the Ground Up by Ove Cervin and Jack Strongitharm

  Regular posts from the Europe...by fellow Country Kit Producer
  Junction Jack

  From the Ground Up by Ove Cervin and Jack Strongitharm

• Between the Lines by Shaan Hurley

  Civil 3D is based on AutoCAD
  Shaan will keep you up to speed on all the goodies
  produced by the AutoCAD Team @ Autodesk

  Between the Lines by Shaan Hurley

• Beyond the Paper by Volker Joseph

  Find out about how Design Review and DWF
  can help change your game...

  
  Beyond the Paper by Volker Joseph

• Civil 3D for Beginners by Louisa Holland

  Don't let the blog name fool you...she has lots of useful
  things stashed away and she's consistent...

  Civil 3D for Beginners by Louisa Holland

• AutoCAD Insider by Heidi Hewett

  Heidi works for Autodesk with the job of helping
  YOU find out the details about the new stuff you
  probably missed while you were working.

  AutoCAD Insider by Heidi Hewett

• The CAD Geek by Donnie Gladfelter

  Donnie ain't bad...He's good
  He too discovered Mindjet...
  Posts on lots of topics

  The CAD Geek by Donnie Gladfelter

• Beside the Cursor by Richard Binning

  BIM (more the Revit ya know) and other geeky stuff

  Beside the Cursor by Richard Binning

• Mistress of the Dorkness by Melanie (Stone) Perry

  BIM and FM
  Mistress of the Dorkness by Melanie (Stone) Perry

• Civil 3D Trix

  Don' ja know Bill Neuhauser

  Civil 3D Trix 

Important Links

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• Civil 3D Updates

  The Civil 3D Updates Page

  Update 3.1 for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 released Aug 13, 2010

  Update 3 for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 released July 20, 2010

  AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey 2011 Hotfix released June 17, 2010

  Autodesk Storm & Santary Analysis Stand Alone released May 1, 2010

  AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 was released Apr 20, 2010

  AutoCAD Civil is discontinued as a product Feb 9, 2010

  Autodesk supports AutoCAD Civil 3D in Windows 7 - Nov 2009

  The Subscription Advantage Pack for AutoCAD Civl 3D 2010  released Oct 21, 2009

  The Latest Civil 3D 2010 Update 2  released Sept 24, 2009

  Civil 3D 2010 Update 1 released July 31, 2009

  The latest Civil 3D 2009 Service Pack or Update 3 released Jun 1, 2009.

  Update 2.1 released on March 12, 2009.

  Make sure you are running the latest Update for your release.
  The Jump Platform and all of the AutoCAD Civil3D 2011 and AutoCAD Civil3D 2010 Templates and Civil 3D Styles will run better.

  If you have Raster Design, make sure you also download the Updates and Hotfixes!

   

• Autodesk University

  Autodesk University

  Autodesk University 2010, the worldwide Autodesk Users Conference, will be in Las Vegas, NV from November 30 through December 2 at The Mandalay Bay.

  AU 2010 Registration begins in September!

  We will officially be back at AU 2010 once again presenting on multiple topics in different tracks and talking shop with Autodesk Users from all over the globe.
  Don't miss Tench Tilghman's Mission Critical Management Skills from AU 2009 in the Business track. Management training really can be fun and useful at the same time.

  You can view the session on AU Online. 

  Last year Tench is did truly hair raising sessions in the Civil 3D Track on Managing Civil 3D Styles and Sets and employing multiple Intersections to create complex corridors. They are also available at AU Online.

  Remember you can even attend Autodesk University virtually which should be an interesting experience.

  AU is a great place to learn from AutoCAD Civil 3D experts about almost everything including Civil3D Templates and Civil3D Styles.  

• Civil 3D Discussion Group

  Find help for AutoCAD Civil 3D and other Autodesk products on their forums

  Autodesk Discussion Groups

• AutoCAD Civil and Civil 3D homepage

  AutoCAD Civil 3D product homepage

  Staying up with the latest information about Autodesk Civil products starts here.
  There is no USCA on the 2011 DVD or in the download. 
  Jump Station 2010 and the Free Jump for 2010 run great.

  The Autodesk US California Country Kit for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 on the disk. 
  The Jump is built right into the install as a Content Pack.
  Fixes and updates are available on the USCA Country Kit 2010 Issues page 

• Time Comparison - Civil 3D vs LDT vs ACAD

  C3D-vs-LDT-vs-ACAD_08.pdf

  Is AutoCAD Civil 3D really faster than Land Desktop?
  Here's a matter of fact comparision.

  Remember that this data is now OLD.

  You can do even better with Jump Station or the Free Jump
  because they include all the AutoCAD Civil 3D Templates
  and AutoCAD Civil 3D Styles you'll need.

  Get the Jump!

• Free Autodesk Civil 3D Webinars

  The Civil 3D 2011 Webcast Site

  Archived Civil 3D 2010 Webinars and Tips

  There are lots of AutoCAD Civil 3D Free Training resources available on the web.

  Is a free training webinar different from a live training webcast?
  Is a recorded Civil 3D webcast or AutoCAD Civil 3D webinar less useful than a live one? 

  You don't even have to look hard to find webcasts and webinars.
  Free Civil 3D training webinars are right here on cadpilot.com!

  Civil Design Training on the web!

• Civil 3D Country Kits on Autodesk.com - Templates, Libraries and more

  For country specific Civil 3D templates, libraries and more, visit the Autodesk Civil 3D services and support page here http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=7271531&linkID=9240698

• ACEC (formerly CELSOC)

  American Council of Engineering Companies

• American Society of Highway Engineers

  American Society of Highway Engineers

• Autodesk

  Autodesk

   

• Autodesk Student Portal

  Here's the link to this interesting and important site.
  If you didn't notice, we need engineers!
  Autodesk Student Portal

  If you are out of work and want to Learn AutoCAD Civil 3D or AutoCAD Civil you probably qualify to get a free student version of CAD Civil 3D. Some free training is included. By the way...don't give up on getting through the red tape, because persistence pays

• Hewlett Packard Design Jets

  HP Design Jets @ www.cviscadsupply.com

  Getting Autodesk Civil 3D to plot has never been easier.
  The Jump Template Collection's Civil3D Templates and Civil 3D Styles coupled with a state of the art HP Design Jets just do it.

  HP is running a Cash In and Trade Up promotion that ends on July 31, 2009. 

  Watch an AutoCAD Civil 3D Live webcast or watch a Free Recorded Webinars to see how a real End to End solution can make you productive.

• Free Trial of AutoCAD Civil 3D

  At the Autodesk webiste you can get a free
  30-day trial version of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011.

  Try Civil 3D for free

  Since most civil engineers also do some Structural engnieering you might also want to take a look at Revit Structure. You might discover some new opportunities and new work in the world of BIM.