2010 Resolutions

I think resolutions are a way of trying to get everyone back on track or to turn over a new leaf. So hear are my resolutions for 2010.

- post new content every week on this blog and others. Should be easy since I set out to vidcast all the civil3d style settings.
- discover new and different ways to use civil3d and map3d.
- get a paper ready to submit for AU
- Keep learning.
- Network more face to face.

I hope....
- the economy urns around just a bit in 2010
- the business ideas I have come to implementation

So what are your resolutions?

Feature Line Styles

This is a quick run through of the settings for the Feature Line Style.

Open call for anyone needing help

In these time with no budgets and cut backs finding Civil 3D help and support is more of a challenging than ever.

So here's the deal. You ask and I'll see what I can do help you. Whether it be videos, post or connecting with you directly. We'll figure it out.

Marker Styles

This is the first of the videos on the style setting. Let me know what you think.

Vidcast

In the next few weeks I will be posting vidcast exploring all the styles of Civil3D. I will show how each style is setup and used. I hope this helps people in one of the biggest mysteries of setting up Civil3D. Please join me.

New Post @ Civil3d.com - ODBC

I have just uploaded a new post to Civil3d.com. It's about using ODBC for mapping your own data in Map3D. Check it out.

Community Rant

It's been a while since I have written been busy with trying to do some new things with Map3D and got my new Motorola Droid so had to transfer my life to that.

Well, This week a lot of people are headed to Vegas for AU2009 . Even more will be looking online with AU Virtual . This brings me to my question or rant about the community of users.

There is a huge community of users for every Autodesk product. Most of these people use the discussion boards to ask questions and get answers. It really is an amazing tool in that thousands of people will take time out of their lives just to help you with your problem. The questions I have is can we do more. Is there a next step. EE has down a good job of trying to create a platform for discussion, chat, and Q&A. While I see lots of people registered for the site I don't see much participation. Why?
I have create a social media site through Ning but that hasn't lead to much discussion either. I've been involved with my local reseller in trying to get a users group together and every meeting has less and less people attending. Maybe they feel it's a pitch since it's through the reseller. I don't know. In this down economy are people really all that busy? To busy to network and get free help and advice?

I know there are local user groups that are active. They seem to be more on the architectural side. Are architects more social than engineers? Is there a secret key or formula?

Back.

Sorry about the missing in action. I deleted the blog. Yeah I know dumb move. Well I would like to change the blog a little anyhow. Something to make it a little more personal to me.

So what has been going on? Started a partnership with Joshua Modglin. Josh is the coding brains behind the EE propacks. He also has done a lot of other projects and specialized tools for AutoCAD, LDT and Civil3D. We are trying to get things off the ground. Seems to be going well.

What else. I've been taking a little break from Civil3D and playing with Map3D a lot. I think there are a lot of unexplored uses for that program. Currently working on some traffic and transportation type application.

All this while trying to homeschool and keep up with 5 kids. Never a dull moment. I'll will mostly be posting my technical post over on civil3d.com. Special thanks to James on giving me that privilege.