At this point, I don't care what caused it. My Carlson days are gone forever hopefully. My question would still be why my blocks would have come in fi...

I don't know that you will have much luck getting an answer from Carlson on that one. I had a very similar situation during the short time I used Carl...

Why do you say that fieldbooks do not work? It might help to know what kind of data collector you are using.

Jim Frame, post: 446675, member: 10 wrote: White text on a white background sounds great way not to see any text. White text on a white background sh...

I don't know anything about the OEM version, but I do know that regular AutoCAD does use a different file format for the 2018 version.

Since everyone else has given you the same answer, I'll throw something different at you. You probably won't want to do this since it will require so...

Since you're not getting much feedback on Foxit, I personally love Bluebeam as an alternative to Acrobat. It is probably priced between Acrobat and Fo...

This shows some examples of swapping edges. Obviously this is a Civil 3D video but the concept is the same.[MEDIA=youtube]rS6TOBTd20Q[/MEDIA]

rfc, post: 443114, member: 8882 wrote: Sir imaudigger:That is more valuable information about break lines and how they affect contours than I've read ...

Paul, of course all your points are right on. I haven't done a plat in years, and most of what I do could reasonably be called simple drawings. If I...

I have used only Windows File Explorer for a long time. I don't particular love it, but I'm only using it five minutes a day on average so I live wit...

These are all well thought out approaches. I personally don't care about making a no plot layer. So what if it plots? Just keep it the same line we...

John Putnam, post: 441253, member: 1188 wrote: Okay,I've been making the jump full time into Civil 3d after owning it since 2009. I've created my lin...

MAG-EYE, post: 439704, member: 8763 wrote: JOnce I get my drawing to a state where just my line work and symbols are shown I want to make multiple cop...

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Glad that helped. You also asked about checking your surface. What I normally do is have another surface style where I exaggerate elevations. You can...

Another thing you can check is your level of detail. In the View ribbon, the Views section pulldown, Level of Detail. This is a toggle between on an...

JPH, post: 436815, member: 6636 wrote: Also, I'm failing to understand that when you get to the point that the format, plan view, scale, etc, have bee...