Wow, I didn't get notifications since Wednesday, thank you all so much!! Reading now!!

Awesome, some good points here that will help me get prepared. Thank you!

Just to reiterate what others have said: great thread. Can't wait to get out there at the end of this semester!

J. Holt, post: 387658, member: 84 wrote: A few years of retracing old work and proper mentoring... I mean, really should everyone learn to use a miser...

Bah! I'll have to check my notification settings, I had no idea so many people had added to this thread - I really appreciate it. Lots of great ideas/...

Rich., post: 377983, member: 10450 wrote: I'd probably go get 75 lotto tickets. Haha, I'll update the thread title with however that works out... Ji...

My poor, poor wife: in my fledgling stage of surveying education, I get excited every time I see flagging tape 🙁 I'll check back in a year from now w...

Nburg, post: 374041, member: 11684 wrote: All of the programs are similar and as long as you have the fundamentals you can jump from one to the other ...

Thanks for the heads-up; sounds like we're running about the same kind of machine. Like you, I hate updating - tried Mavericks and my mid-2010 Pro sta...

I've seen the toll 3D rendering takes on a computer, albeit 15 years ago‰Û? Haha, came back upstairs after an hour to find a half-rendered sphere, an ...

Thank you Scott. It makes total sense that understanding each stage of the process will help to streamline the other stages. I appreciate the info re....

rfc, post: 373322, member: 8882 wrote: Parallels tries to "Macletize" the Windows OS...making everything intermingled...directories etc. I upgraded m...

Brad Ott, post: 373317, member: 197 wrote: Go get 'em tiger! I appreciate it!

Mark Mayer, post: 373309, member: 424 wrote: Anybody can download a free 30 day demo. I checked the site; looks like it's the same as with AutoCAD. T...

I found that moisture builds up really quickly inside a bag; it gets foggy and the moisture tries to rise - into the equipment. That said, since you'd...

Mark Mayer, post: 373291, member: 424 wrote: Most of us use some customized variety of CAD (eg/Civil 3d, Carlson Survey, Microsurvey, etc.) which has ...

Amish bonnet! Here's how I'd do it: run a length of insulation foam tape around the outside of the LS (so the bonnet doesn't slip and so that water do...

Oh no, sorry if I was unclear. I didn't think I'd be given any drafting tasks during work experience; I want to work separately on the drafting during...