Author Archives: Adam Reilly

In the world of programming for Dynamo, when you create a package of custom nodes, it’s referred to as ZeroTouch. I don’t know where that comes from, but I’m sure someone out there knows. This post will cover how to setup a Visual Studio project for the minimum requirements to create your own ZeroTouch nodeContinue reading “ZeroTouch for Dynamo for Civil 3D”

So many things have changed this year, due to the COVID pandemic. And Autodesk University was definitely no exception. Earlier this year, the decision was made to make “AU2020” a fully digital event with a later revelation was that the event will also be free to attend. Earlier this week, registration went live. If youContinue reading “Register now for AU2020”

One of the newest features of Civil 3D 2021 is the integration of Dynamo. Out-of-the box you can find the Dynamo tools on your Civil 3D Manage tab of the ribbon. Clicking on the Dynamo button will take you to the Dynamo scripting environment, while clocking on Dynamo Player will take you to the DynamoContinue reading “Create a Button that Runs a Dynamo Script”

There have been sweeping changes this year due to COVID-19, and even AU is not immune (pun intended). This year, Autodesk University will be held virtually. Which means that most of the sessions will be pre-recorded with scheduled “office hours” for live chats with many of the presenters. If you have something you’d like toContinue reading “Autodesk University 2020 – Call for proposals”

One of the benefits of the survey database is having your point data outside of your drawing, where you can access and reference it from any working drawing. The flip-side to that is point group creation can be a little more painful than the process for in-drawing point groups. Typically, while working on the SurveyContinue reading “Create Survey Points Groups in your Survey Database”

As we’ve all, no doubt, had to adjust to the new normal of remotely working, social distancing and refraining from many of our favorite leisure pursuits and past-times, we are beginning to ask ourselves: When will this end? I am not an expert in the matter and, I must admit, I don’t really follow theContinue reading “Working from home amid a pandemic”

Today, February 24, 2020, Autodesk announced new changes to their subscription model. They are retiring the serial number model, both single user and multi-user licenses, in favor of a named user model. In order to get ahead of the confusion this will cause, Autodesk set up a new forum section to use for discussion. I’mContinue reading “Autodesk Subscription changes”

January was an extremely busy month for everyone. Deadlines loomed heavily on most of the members who typically come to the meeting, as well as the leadership. I struggled to find time to organize this month’s meeting, and ultimately we ended up having it late. We met on January 31st, and instead of a lunchContinue reading “January 2020 meeting recap”

Behind corridors, surfaces are probably one of the most complex objects in Civil 3D. There are so many ways to define and edit a surface, if you haven’t worked with them, why not? Surfaces are the basis of so much in Civil 3D. We create profiles and sections from them, they display contours and labels,Continue reading “Surfaces”