Author Archives: Neil Bondy

Top Civil 3D 2014 New Features

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Neil Bondy

Civil 3D 2013 and Civil 3D 2014 Interoperability For previous versions of Civil 3D, the dwg file format is year specific.  Civil 3D .dwg files opened in a newer version could not be downgraded without losing the modeled data, or … Continue reading →

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Land Desktop is Dead!

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Neil Bondy

The writing has been on the wall for quite some time, but with the release of 2013 products, Land Desktop is officially dead.  Autodesk has provided information about the transition here.  Apparently, no more activation codes or license files will … Continue reading →

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Map 3D 2013 – Top 5 New Features

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Neil Bondy

Display Styles per Viewport with Dynamic Legends, North Arrows & Scales Previously, AutoCAD Map 3D was limited to a single display style at a time in a drawing.  If you wanted a blow-up of an area to appear differently within … Continue reading →

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Civil 3D 2012 – Service Pack 1

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Neil Bondy

The much anticipated Civil 3D 2012 Service Pack 1 has been released.  You can download it from here. It’s great to have this service pack, especially since it contains all the fixes from AutoCAD 2012 Service Pack 1 and AutoCAD … Continue reading →

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2011 AutoCAD and Verticals – Update 2

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Neil Bondy

New service packs have been released for most AutoCAD-based 2011 products within the last month or so.  This is true for AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Map 3D, Architecture, and MEP among others.  I wasn’t sure if we’d get another update with … Continue reading →

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