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Coffee or Career?

Mark Scacco, PE — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:35:28 +0000

If you are looking for more than just a job and want to start a career then read on. For less than the cost of a daily cup of coffee, you can learn the basic skills you need to get started on a career in Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) and Building Information Modeling (BIM). While CAD [...]

Engineered Efficiency’s AECMentor waives sign-up fee for Black Friday only

Mark Scacco, PE — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:34:14 +0000

Chicago, November 2011 – Engineered Efficiency announced today a special “Black Friday” offer good only on November 25, 2011 for their CAD/BIM eLearning site www.AECMentor.com. Subscribers who sign up on that day can register for only $14.95 using coupon code: LearnNow. That is a savings of $135 off the regular first month fee of $149.95. AECmentor.com [...]

Deploying Infrastructure Design Suite – Part 2

Eric Chappell — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:37:05 +0000

Although it applies to any installation package, not just IDS, the next really useful skill I’ve picked up is performing a silent uninstall. In the case of my deployment, I would like to uninstall certain applications if they exist (Civil 3D 2010, LDT 2009 Companion, and Raster Design 2010). Figuring out the right command with [...]

Deploying Infrastructure Design Suite – Part 1

Eric Chappell — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:36:39 +0000

Over the next few days I’m going to be building and testing a deployment for the Infrastructure Design Suite for about 150 users. Already I’ve run into some interesting revelations so I thought I’d chronicle my experience to hopefully save those who go after me some time and headaches. First big lesson: When you choose to [...]

EE Opens SSA Course Registration

Mark Scacco, PE — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 17:46:45 +0000

Engineered Efficiency, Inc. (EE) announced the release of its exclusive Autodesk Storm & Sanitary Analysis (SSA) course to be held online June 22-23, 2011. Registration is now open and space is limited to 25 registrants. Full course details and registration information can be found at http://goo.gl/eldU9. Autodesk SSA is a comprehensive H&H application extension [...]

Pre-Order EE ProPack CAD Manager 2011 and Save 80%

Mark Scacco, PE — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:36:10 +0000

For a limited time only, you can pre-order EE ProPack CAD Manager 2011 for only $95. This price is good until the official release later this year. After the release, the price per license will go up to $225. Quote Request Form or The pre-order grants you rights to the 2012 version upon its release next summer for [...]

EFF Asks Appeals Court to Review Dangerous ‘First Sale’ Decision

Mark Scacco, PE — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:12:34 +0000

“EFF asked the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday to review its ruling in Vernor v. Autodesk, a decision that could undermine the rights of software buyers and other consumers.” See full story here: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/10/eff-asks-appeals-court-review-dangerous-first-sale

from the HelpDesk: Floodplain Limits

Mark Scacco, PE — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:51:02 +0000

Question: Is there a way to use the out-of-the-box functionality of Civil 3D to determine floodplain limits from HEC-RAS data? Answer(s): Try this work flow. It assumes the water surface is at a constant elevation at each reach (but obviously will vary as you move down-stream): 1. Create a 3D polyline along the stream alignment at [...]

Sneak Peek at Civil 3D Upcoming Extensions…

Mark Scacco, PE — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:59:36 +0000

Here’s a rundown of some of the new things Autodesk is working on for the upcoming Subscription Advantage Pack release for releases of Civil 3D. I’ve listed the tools/features based on product. Since C3D is built on AutoCAD and contains all Map 3D functionality too, you not only get the SAP tools for C3D, but [...]

Meet you at your desk – without leaving mine

Mark Scacco, PE — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:45:21 +0000

Part 6: Back in April, I started writing a regular column for CE News, called Leveraging Technology. You can find most of the articles on their website, but I figured I’d make it easy for you and post them here as well. Meetings are an important, and often unavoidable, part of nearly every business. While much [...]