My Biggest Civil 3D Template Secret!!

Posted in Autodesk, CAD Management, Civil 3D, computer, learn by daniel on February 27, 2009 No Comments yet

I can’t believe I’m gonna let this one out, and as of now I have never heard of anyone else using it so I’m claiming it!

I think a picture sums it up best, but if you want less layers in your template then just let the program make them when it needs to. template-object-layersSimply setup 4 or 5 layers (C-, G-, V-, P-) in your layer manager and then use thoes layers in the “Drawing Settings”. Add a “Suffix” modifer with “ROAD” or “ALIGN” or whatever standard you use and “*” to include the civil objects name where you need it.

All of your Layers in Styles should be set to “0″ layer, and then take some time modifing the feature’s settings to get the automatic naming correct.

When you creat an alignment or other object and give it a name, that name is placed where the “*” is and a layer is created correctly.

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The layers are created as expected, and the template remains lite-weight.

Folders containing files are slow to populate winxp [Fixed]

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When you were browsing in a folder that contains files, such as AutoCAD Drawing files and others, the display is very slow to populate. This issue can occur if the Digital Signature option is enabled on a Windows® XP machine. This is expected behavior if you are using digital signatures. The display is slow to populate because the the status of the digital signature for each file is being verified so that the appropriate icon can be displayed.

If you don’t care about this (I don’t because 5 seconds and more for a folder to show its contents is ridiculous) then you can disable the verification process like this:

  1. On the Start menu (Windows), click Run.
  2. In the Run dialog box, enter C:\Windows\System32\AcSignOpt.exe.
  3. Click OK.
  4. In the Signature Validation Options dialog box, clear the “Validate digital signatures and display special icons” check box.
  5. Click OK.
  6. Verify that the population speeds for folders has improved.

You can thank me later or buy a Mac since Apple handles things much better.

wrap text around images in wordpress

Posted in internet, learn, wordpress by daniel on February 11, 2009 No Comments yet

Making your blog/website look professional is easy, as long as it’s in wordpress. Just add this to your stylesheet.css and your set.

img.alignright {float:right; margin:0 0 1em 1em}
img.alignleft {float:left; margin:0 1em 1em 0}
img.aligncenter {display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto}
a img.alignright {float:right; margin:0 0 1em 1em}
a img.alignleft {float:left; margin:0 1em 1em 0}
a img.aligncenter {display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto}

When you add an image to the post or page, chose the alignment desired and viola! It wrap when the alignment is centered though, which makes sense.

Here is the link to the full story.

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What, did you think I was going to type all that?

And yes, that’s Machu Picchu.

great idea and cool art site

Posted in art by daniel on February 10, 2009 No Comments yet

I just love wordpress! you can make great sites like mine :] and like this one: artlies.com
I just added a post for a local artist J. Vincent Scarpace of ipaintfish.comstaticfishsuspended_whole

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Publishing your masterpiece…

Posted in internet, learn by daniel on February 5, 2009 No Comments yet

…just got a lot cooler, and easier!

Thanks to danielle for bringing a site called Blurb to my attention. You can create the book of your dreams easily now.

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