Autodesk turned its back on small shops years ago, which is the reason I moved to BricsCAD.?ÿ I can get away with that because i don't mind (and actua...

The SD1000 is a component rather than a finished product.?ÿ It's designed to be incorporated into other equipment rather than stand on its own.?ÿ Sinc...

My 1-man crew rate is 80% of my 2-man rate.

I've forgotten what the battery looks like, but it's almost certainly a proprietary design that's no longer made and may not be recellable.?ÿ You can ...

Some say the addition of Galileo will not improve performance and others claim its a game changer. I think the latter group are referring to extreme c...

I buy "Used Trimble" because they're Made in USA. That may pertain to GNSS products, but the Trimble total station line started out as rebadged Geodim...

For those of you using robotics: Active Track or Multi-track and why? I use robotics, and use neither Active Track nor Multi-Track.?ÿ (Hint:?ÿ not eve...

Okay, I just emailed one to you.

I would love to see one that was prepared with the end designer's needs being at least a portion of the equation. Are you only interested in the DTM e...

Both Mark and Cameron sent files in 2018 DWG format (as denoted by the file header designation AC1032), which my several-years-old version of BricsCAD...

And thanks also to Mark and Cameron, who also provided files.

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Anyone care to send me a bare-bones C3D file with a simple surface in it? It like to see if I could do anything with it.

it's a surface object in there, not individual drawing elements Granted, but that surface geometry is defined by the same 3D points that define simple...

It turns out they would prefer an AutoCAD only drawing product and a LandXML of the surface. Is there any advantage to providing LandXML instead of 3D...

Getting costs for the yearly "update/subscription", they are very close to jumping the shark this time. It's outrageous!!! The shark-jumping happened ...

Local 3, which covers NorCal, has a similar (if not identical) program.?ÿ It's the way I started, though I never finished the program (the recession o...

It's a dam repair/improvement project, and the bid package includes 145 photos showing site conditions in 1911 when the last improvements were made, p...