This is a follow-up to my previous article discussing using ACC for the storage of AutoCAD Resource files. If you’re using the Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) and publishing using the Sheet Set Manager (SSM), read on…
A little history first. The Sheet Set Manager has been available for many years, and it solves many AutoCAD organizations and efficiency problems. When Autodesk Docs and ACC were made available, and users stored their files in the cloud, they experienced significant issues with the good-old SSM. This document outlines the issues and their solutions.
Then we got the SSM for Web: a new cloud-based version of the SSM. At first, it was limited in what it could do, but with the latest version for AutoCAD 2023, it is much more robust.
Enough about history, how does the SSM for Web publish? Here is the SSM for Web with 4 sheets. Note the area surrounded in red, the Support file location. I have set this to a separate ACC project named CAD Resources. It has a sub folder that contains CTB files.
When you publish using the SSM, the publish action occurs online, not locally on a user’s computer. It’s not even publishing in the background. It just happens in the cloud. Understandably, your CTB files, and any other potential files AutoCAD needs when printing, must reside in the cloud and the SSM support location must be set to this folder.
Warning: even if your installation of AutoCAD uses a non-cloud CTB file, when publishing from the SSM for Web, it WILL use the one in the cloud. You MUST have a CTB file in the cloud.
Pro tip: Give the system plenty of time to synchronize changes to the CTB. Like, maybe 10-15 minutes. Do not expect changes to be as fast as drawing edits. Restarting AutoCAD after editing the CTB seems to help.
Well, it’s that time of year again when Autodesk bestows us with the latest release of their flagship Civil Design application. Click here for Autodesk’s documentation. Read on to see which features speak to this blogger.
File Format
This is probably the most-asked question, and I’m happy to say that there is yet again, no format change. We are still on the 2018 format. Good news for everyone!
Performance
Considerable improvements have been made to:
Installation
Switching between paper space layout tabs
Corridors
ArcGIS Connector
We can now save configurations for importing data. Arc objects can now be imported. Objects can be imported as AutoCAD entities if required.
IFC
IFC 4.3, which has been available for 2022, is now available for 2024.
Project Explorer
This tool is now native to Civil 3D. No need to download and install separate from Civil 3D.
Subassemblies
A major change has been made regarding managing custom subassemblies (PKT files).
PKT files can be saved to a shared folder on a network or even a cloud service such as Autodesk Docs. Civil 3D accesses these in place, no longer in C:\Program Data.
If a PKT file cannot be found, Civil 3D will notify you.
Tool palettes containing custom subassemblies are far easier to manage now and they are less error prone.
Subassembly versioning was added in 2023, but there was no obvious reason for it. Well, now we have a reason. PKT versions can be managed in Civil 3D and new versions can be reloaded and implemented WITHOUT restarting Civil 3D.
Since we are on the subject, the eTransmit tool still DOES NOT recognize custom PKT files. Click here to upvote this wish list item.
Pressure Networks
Fitting and appurtenance styles now have an annotative option. Pro Tip: spend some time considering the options. Sizing may not be what you expect. Contact us for some advice when you’re ready.
Fitting and appurtenance styles now support hatching.
Pipe runs can be merged and broken.
Pipe segments can quickly be toggled between line or an arc.
Bend styles now have a vertical bend option for visibility in plan view.
Point Clouds
Recap can now automatically classify points for any scan type.
Point clouds can be manipulated in Autodesk Docs; measured, linear curb features extracted, before inserting into a drawing.
Businesses generally have several software systems to manage their assets, content, data, and documents. Two software systems that often intersect are the Document Management (DMS) and Content Management (CMS) systems. Your greatest Business need will determine the type of system you invest in to manage your assets, content, data, and documents.
Document management and content management are closely related and appear to be the same thing, however when you begin to analyze DMS vs CMS, you begin to see the differences.
Businesses researching options should focus on the type of challenge they are trying to resolve, secondly focus on technologies to address these challenges. If the core challenge is about the long-term preservation of your assets, content, data, and documents electronically, some form of a DMS system would be a likely candidate.
On the other hand, if the file content is more fluid, typically presented on a web-based interface, then a CMS is the more likely candidate.
WHAT IS DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT (DM)?
Document Management (DM) is a system or process used to capture, track and store electronic documents, such as Adobe, AutoCAD, MS Office files along with digital images of paper-based content.
Document management can save your business time and money. It provides assets, content, data, and document security, access control, centralized storage, audit trails and streamlined search and retrieval.
WHAT IS A DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (DMS)?
Document Management (DMS) to capture, store, manage, retain, assets, data, document content and its related metadata to allow for regulatory compliance and workflow management. They include the functionality such as create, draft, generate templates, version, collaborate, secure, metadata, access rights, approvals, distribution, search, repository organization, archiving and retention policy management, along with reporting and auditing on these functions.
The more advanced capabilities in a DMS can include object relationships, workflow, external sharing, auditing, record retention capabilities, co-authoring and more. Your IT team, Information Management team and others tasked with storing and managing your sensitive business information will be the owners of these systems.
In review, your industry, environment, data, and documents requirements are extremely important when
choosing a DMS system. An example are the highly regulated industries such as Energy, Health Care, Government, Manufacturing and Pharmaceutical, these industries require a highly functional, and easily configurable system like MERIDIAN.
In review, a DMS is used for collaboration or transactional functions to capture digital documents and store paper documents electronically.
WHAT IS CONTENT MANAGEMENT (CM)?
Content Management (CM) is a system or process used to assemble, organize, deliver, retrieve, and govern websites or enterprise business content.
WHAT IS A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CMS)?
A Content Management (CMS) helps store, manage, personalize, and publish content digitally such as websites and other digital media. These are either integrated with other applications or separate applications sharing common Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and repositories.
A CMS is one software component among a variety to manage a businesses digital asset management, customer data platforms, e-commerce, social media management, marketing automation and CRM requirements. The integration of these systems is described as a digital transformation platform. A CMS offers control over storage, access, and distribution of key content like logos, videos, audio file and documents.
CMS is like a DMS system however it’s designed to focus on content type management like audio, images, web pages, video and other types like XML, HTML and JSON content.
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DOCUMENT AND CONTENT MANAGEMENT
DATA TYPES
DMS: Manages structured assets, content, data, and documents and is focused on the formats such as Adobe Acrobat (pdf), ASCII (aim), AutoCAD (dwg), Excel (xlsx), Word (docx), PowerPoint (ppt), Notepad (txt).
CMS: Manages structured and unstructured data and is focused on formats such as web content Hypertext Markup Language (HTM, HTML), Adobe Acrobat (pdf) files and Digital Assets (images, audio and video) files.
KEY PURPOSES
DMS: To capture, store, manage, retain, assets, data, document content and its related metadata to allow for regulatory compliance and workflow management.
CMS: To store, store, manage, personalize, and publish content digitally such as websites and other digital media.
BONUS FEATURES
DMS: Advanced imaging, rendition, scanning capabilities such as Optical Character Recognition (OCR), Handpoint Character Recognition (HCR), and Optical Mark Recognition (OMR).
CMS: To provide a custom Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) experience in digital arenas such as kiosks, or personalized spaces.
The differences between a DMS vs CMS are subtle and depend on how your business will use them.
A DMS excels at the preservation and organization of the businesses content, data, and documents.
CMS is often focused on the content presented at websites, which is not specific to individual documents. An example is the difference between a business’s corporate documents and their company web pages. The corporate documents potentially have legal, regulatory or contractual consequences where each change in the documents are captured like a snap shot in time. The business web pages are constantly updated with new content by authored by various sources. A DMS tracks the documents from cradle to grave and the CMS offers web-based tools to collaborate, edit and maintain content.
Due to their shared functionality, DMS and CMS systems are theoretically similar but what about in real life? Let’s compare DMS and CMS systems that co-exist in one business. The business employs 1,500 employees and implemented a DMS and CMS platform.
The DMS is utilized to create and manage various document types (corporate, equipment, facility project, and maintenance). It contains Optical Character Recognition (OCR) capabilities automating the creation of the related document meta data. It also has the automated document workflow functionality to notify the relevant personnel when review and approval is required. This allows for real-time collaboration when the documents are created and edited.
The DMS offers document version control and audit trail tracking required for environmental, legal, and regulatory obligations. This ensures long-term management of the documents with ability to retrieve current or pervious versions of the documents at anytime.
The CMS provides the indexing and categorization of various content types (contracts, invoices, notes, purchase orders, reports and requisitions) providing the ability to store and structure accurately.
To support easy retrieval of the information from multiple sources the CMS supports integration with other applications. It also supports the creation and publishing of analytic data, reports, internal business, marketing material and employee procedures. The content is in web-focused formats with built-in audio and video capabilities.
This real life example shows us a DMS and CMS focus on different items: The DMS involves digitizing files, complying with environmental, legal, and regulatory obligations and guiding structured documents and their related meta-data through the whole document lifecycle from cradle to grave. The main purpose of the CMS is proper organization of both structured and unstructured digital assets to support accurate storage, easy retrieval and publishing of digital content.
CONCLUSION
So rather than view Document Management (DM) and Content Management (CM) as the same, view them as complementary. Together or alone, they can help your business effectively manage digital information. To learn more about Meridian solutions (EDMS and CMMS) and how they can help your team, don’t hesitate to get in touch with the SolidCAD Meridian Team.
Well, it’s that time of year again when Autodesk bestows us with the latest release of their flagship drafting application. Click here for Autodesk’s documentation. Read on to see which features speak to this blogger.
File Format
This is probably the most-asked question, and I’m happy to say that there is yet again, no format change. We are still on the 2018 format. Happy news for everyone!
Activity Insights
Changes or actions made to your drawings are logged in a database so users can verify elements of a drawing’s history. One interesting thing here is that one can see that their drawing has been XREFd to another drawing.
Pro tip: There is an option in AutoCAD to specify where to place the database; if you’re in a corporate environment set this to a shared folder so edits are tracked for all users that edit the file.
Smart Blocks
Place blocks with ease. Machine learning is used to learn how you place blocks. Blocks can be placed automatically in a room corner, for example. Replace blocks with another block and the software will hold rotation and scale values. Replacement blocks are suggested; AutoCAD uses machine learning to suggest blocks similar to the ones being replaced.
Markup Assist
This feature has been enhanced this year to automatically align a markup file (PDF, JPG, PNG, etc.). Also, AutoCAD text can be replaced with markup text as well as fading markups to help track which ones have been addressed by the user.
PDFSHX
This is a setting in AutoCAD for users who still use SHX fonts such as ROMANS or SIMPLEX. Historically, these old fonts have proven problematic with PDF viewers like Bluebeam Revu. They bloated PDF files and users could not search for text when SHX fonts were in use. PDFSHX is not a new setting. In previous releases, when turned on, it allowed text to be searched even if SHX fonts were in use. Each text object was a unique comment or markup in the PDF editor. Thousands of “markups” could be created, bloating the PDF. This setting now has 3 possible values:
0 = off
1 = the previous behavior
2 = the new behavior. PLEASE use this one. Text is stored as “hidden” comments AND nothing special must happen in the PDF to be able to search. Is the PDF still bloated? In my limited testing, yes, the PDF is bigger when this is set to 1 vs. 2.
See the Author in the PDF “markups”? (this is the old behavior = yuck!)
AutoLISP
LSP files can be loaded and run within AutoCAD LT. There are certain limitations; see the documentation for the list of what is and is not possible. This does not work with AutoCAD for Mac, only Windows.
To learn more about AutoCAD, feel free to contact us and one of our representatives will reach out to you shortly.
As always, if you are able, I recommend always installing the latest updates as they are released. There was a recent Civil 3D update, 2022.2.2, which provides a host of fixes. The 2023.2 update contains many of the same fixes.
One of the fixes was particularly notable to me as I’ve been working through a support issue with one of my customers. This fix completely resolves his issue.
When I use Quick properties to select pressure pipes, fittings, and appurtenances, there are many.
Looking in the Prospector, however, there are few. Just 3 pipes and none of the other parts.
Where are they? With this new fix, I can Refresh the pressure network and all the parts return.
Organizations recognize the need for an electronic document management solution to store and manage their documentation
In many cases to fulfill their business needs the decision is to use a ‘Generic’ document management solution. In the beginning, it seems to be a cost-effective solution however in reality a ‘Generic’ document management solution is missing key features such as:
Key Feature
Description
Benefits
Document Lifecycle
Create, Store, Share, Revise and Archive
Easy Access, Cost Efficient, Integrated, Secure and Increased Productivity
Automated Workflows
Access Control, Permissions, Edit, Review, Approve and Issue
Easier Collaboration, Improved Document Quality, Streamlined Metrics, Audit Trail, Time, and Money Savings
Management of Change
Request, Initiate, Create, Version, Review, Update, Approve and Implement
Increased Productivity, Effective Communication, Better Teamwork and Collaboration
There are several ‘Generic’ document management solutions available, like Dropbox Business, Google Docs, Microsoft SharePoint, PDFelement Pro. Today, many businesses continue to rely on these types of solutions for their document management needs. Their reasons are generally:
‘It’s what we have always used.’
‘It’s saving us money by avoiding the implementation costs of a fit for purpose document management solution.
Unfortunately, hindsight is 20-20 and Organizations realize the implementation of a ‘Generic’ document management solution came with limited capabilities such as no document lifecycle, management of change, and workflow functionality. This causes inefficient processes, and additional costs according to a McKinsey Global Institute report:
Employees spend the average of 1.8 hours per day or 9.3 hours per week searching and collecting document information.
Approximately 20% of business time – the equivalent to one day per week is squandered by employees searching for documentation to do their job effectively.
The McKinsey Global Institute data shows a knowledgeable employee spends 2.5 hours per day or 30% of the workday searching for document information.
To remedy the ‘Generic’ document management solution’s inefficient functionality additional budget is utilized to customize the functionality to allow for more efficient functionality and processes. These customizations can cause the document management to become unstable and may void any software warranties.
Generic Document Management Solutions can work
Generic document management solutions like Dropbox Business, Google Docs, Microsoft SharePoint, PDFelement Pro and other ‘Generic’ solutions are appropriate for:
Small to mid-sized Organizations.
Only basic document management functionality is required.
Collaboration across departments or external parties is not required.
These solutions tend to work as a digital filing cabinet, allowing Documentation to be saved and shared to groups in an accessible location. This only functions for non-technical Documentation that don’t require technical reviews or approvals. It provides:
The ability to save, search and share internally across the Organization.
Cloud-based file synchronization.
Mobile device access.
User friendly and easy access to main page, libraries, and lists.
WHERE GENERIC DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS FAIL
While these ‘Generic’ Management Solutions provide a role, the robust functionality required to manage engineering and technical documentation in a project environment is lacking.
‘Generic’ Document Management Solutions work best is in a static documentation lifecycle from create to archive. Typically, there are three main documentation lifecycles:
Lifecycles
Description
Concurrent
Create, Simultaneous Reviews, Simultaneous Revisions, Approve, Finalize, Issue and Archive
Dynamic
Create, Review, Revise, Approve, Finalize, Issue and Archive
Static
Create, No Changes, Issue and Archive
Concurrent and dynamic documentation lifecycles are commonly applied to engineering and technical documentation within a project or facility environment. Due to nature of the project and facility environments these documentation types generally follow a rigorous management of change process involving multiple reviews, revisions, and approvals. This causes the documentation to be difficult to manage, access and distribute to the stakeholders.
Organizations try to integrate Construction Information, Design Information, ‘Generic’ Document, Finance Information and to the ‘Generic’ Document and Finance Information Management Solution which can cause additional challenges due to the complexities of the integration between the systems along with the limited functionality of the ‘Generic’ Document Management.
THE TRUE VALUE OF MERIDIAN ENTERPRISE AND MERIDIAN CLOUD
To effectively manage, access and distribute the unstructured engineering and non-technical documentation requires a robust document management solution powered by for a purpose-built document management system like Meridian Enterprise and Cloud.
Unfortunately, Organizations struggling with the limitations of their current ‘Generic’ Document Management Solution often struggle to measure and rationalize the benefits of a dedicated Document Management Solution.
Quantifiable benefits to better understand the Return On Investment (ROI) for a Document Management Solution.
STREAMLINE AND CONTROL DOCUMENTATION SHARING
DIFFICULTY: MANAGING PROJECT AND FACILITY DOCUMENTATION
Organizations often have difficulties managing their medium-to-large projects and facilities due to their inter-department, multi-discipline, and external resources allocated to the projects and facilities. This leads to mishandled documentation because of the multiple reviews, revisions, and approval cycles required to ensure the organizational, legal, and regulatory requirements are adhered.
An example is a ‘XREF’ file an ‘external reference’ to another drawing file or component. One file can reference multiple files then display them as if they were one file. ‘XREF’ files can be revised, attached, or removed from the main drawing. ‘XREF’ drawings can reference other ‘XREF’ drawings within them called ‘nesting’. Throughout the documentation handover process from the projects to facilities or external resources to the projects, this documentation is often mismanaged then required by the maintenance or operations personnel.
This type of documentation mismanagement can impact maintenance times and safety leading to additional cost and re-work.
SOLUTION: MERIDIAN
Meridian streamlines the project and facility documentation management by utilizing a controlled digital environment to manage the Organizations ‘incoming’ and ‘outgoing’ submissions from their inter-department, multi-discipline, and external resources. This controlled digital environment eliminates the necessity to use uncontrolled or unsanctioned tools such as Dropbox, network drives or email to transfer project, facility legal and regulatory documentation.
ELIMINATE EXCESSIVE AND UNPLANNED EXPENSES
DIFFICULTY: HIGH COSTS DUE TO A ‘GENERIC’ DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SOLUTION
The maintenance of a ‘Generic’ Document Management Solution and the ‘make it work’ strategy becomes very expensive to manage. The Organization’s IT team often don’t have the extensive training or experience to customize, maintain, and overcome the limitations of the ‘Generic’ Document Management Solutions.
This type of excessive and unplanned expenses can cause added pressure to the IT team.
SOLUTION: MERIDIAN
Meridian’s Software as Service (SaaS) subscription provides the complete maintenance, support, upgrades, and patches required. The upgrades are provided quarterly, and all users are actively invited to suggest improvements in the application. Outsourcing the system design, maintenance and services reduces the Organizations internal IT team’s maintenance and labor costs by more than 50% when compared to a ‘Generic’ Document Management Solutions maintenance.
OPTIMIZE THE FACILITY MAINTENANCE DOCUMENTATION
DIFFICULTY: INADEQUATE WORK ORDER AND MAINTENANCE DOCUMENTATION
The ‘Generic’ Document Management Solution, project and facility engineers’, technicians, and inter-departmental personnel struggle to locate the correct documentation and specific revisions. This occurs because they are required to search multiple systems. Once the work order or maintenance
documentation is located, it’s difficult to verify the documentation is the latest revision and latest information. This can drastically slow down the work order and maintenance package preparation leading to:
Errors
Safety Issues
Higher Costs
Undocumented Changes
Bootleg Revisions
Lack of a Single Source of Truth
SOLUTION: MERIDIAN
Meridian provides a single source for all documentation with several ways to search for all types of critical documentation, drawings, and associated assets. A user can locate the documentation required via an asset search, location, asset name and several other identifiers. In just a few mouse clicks, the maintenance teams will have all their required information necessary to complete the task efficiently with less man hours.
Users can also easily mark-up documentation on their mobile device, adding comments and pictures to submit management of change requests directly to the project and facilities teams in Meridian. This type of access allows the most current documentation on any device anywhere.
Organizations can ensure that the project, facility engineers’, technicians, and inter-departmental personnel can execute work orders efficiently, reducing errors, unnecessary trips, and prep time when executing work-orders. This leads to a reduction in the time, lower associated labor costs, lower preparation, and delivery times. Meridian could save your engineers’, technicians, and inter-departmental personnel approx. an hour a day.
Calculation:# of Personnelx$X (hourly rate)x 1 hr. =YOUR POTENTIAL
This would provide faster issue remediation and the ability to use the savings in other ways.
REDUCE OPERATING EXPENDITURES
DIFFICULTY: HIGH LICENSE AND PAPER EXPENSES
There are significant costs associated with providing documentation to the correct recipients in a timely manner this generally includes printing, copying, collating and courier pick-ups and deliveries to various stakeholders. If any of these tasks are delayed or missed this could cause schedule delays and unnecessary added cost. A dedicated Document Management Solution can eliminate these unnecessary schedule delays and added costs.
SOLUTION: MERIDIAN
Meridian offers solutions to both problems. With Meridian, Organizations can often consolidate vendors and licenses into one system, reducing the costs associated with duplicate legacy ‘Generic’ Document Solutions and associated systems. Additionally, by allowing users to access the most up-to-date documentation on any device, Meridian eliminates a large quantity of manual labor thus assisting the Organizations to execute scopes of work and maintenance on schedule and budget. This ultimately leads to savings not only in project and facility costs but also stakeholder time and employee efficiency.
FINAL THOUGHTS
In short, the true cost of maintaining a ‘Generic’ Document or Legacy solution is higher than you might expect. Thanks to the large inadequacies (and increasing costs) that come with these solutions, these ‘Generic’ solutions increase an Organizations time, efficiency, and revenue in the long run.
RGTECH is a specialty precision machining company. Founded in Lévis, QC by experienced industry professional, Rémy Gagnon, RGTECH works closely with several industries including the medical, optic/photonic and electronic industries to provide high quality parts using cutting edge technology. Speed, precision, and quality is their mission.
Supporting a New Business: Starting Strong with Fusion 360 & Machining Extension!
The Challenge
Although RGTECH is a new company in their industry, their founder and president, Rémy Gagnon is certainly not. With several years of experience working in the precision machining industry within the province, he was already very familiar with SolidCAD. Starting a machining business involved significant risks, both financially and technically. Knowing that he wanted to continue working with Autodesk products, he needed a trusted CAD/CAM software provider and reached out to our team to support his new business.
What RGTECH needed most was to find a high-performance, flexible, and affordable CAM solution and to start production without delay in order to allow quick profitability of their new 5-axis CNC equipment with automatic table changer.
The Solution
After assessing their needs and understanding how costly any delays would be to the new company, our team suggested integrating Fusion 360 software with the Machining Extension, combined with customized 24-hour remote training, post processor and machine simulation required for the CNC equipment.
Rémy explained that the reputation and knowledge of our technical team, the speed and flexibility to deliver services, and the accessibility of acquiring the software via subscription all played a key role in greatly reducing the costs and risks involved in this process.
Vault Professional has allowed the company to easily manage all their design and engineering data and take control of their product development processes. Staff can work from data without worrying about out-of-date documents that could result in engineering errors or miscommunication between departments.
The Results
Our team’s flexibility and availability in scheduling has allowed RGTECH to receive training on all new software without causing excessive delays
The speed of the implementation allowed RGTECH to carry out their first projects less than 1 week after the installation and commissioning of the CNC machine
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SolidCAD is the partner to choose for success with your CAD/CAM software.
The team not only has the expertise, their vast experience, and relationships with different sectors of the manufacturing industry keep them well versed in the cutting edge of technology. SolidCAD’s network of contacts with various stakeholders in the industry will be a huge advantage in the launch of your business or the upgrade of your manufacturing technologies.
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SaaS stands for “Software-as-a-Service.” A cloud Software that allow customers to access their applications remotely, often through a subscription package. SaaS platform services plays a key piece of technological infrastructure both now, and in the future for small, medium, and Enterprise businesses – especially now with work at home mandates.
To name a few: Netflix, Amazon, Google, Apple and so much more!
Most of the world’s largest and most valuable companies are or work in part of their operation in the SaaS mode. Also, to include a few more – A few of our customers such as Andritz and Starline Windows.
By going to a SAAS solution you will not have to go through the process of building the server, installing the application, and configuring it.Therefore, there are a lot of advantages of going to a SAAS platform, some of which may not be noticed in your upfront initial costs. These include:
Reduced time to benefit
Lower costs
Scalability and integration
No need for I.T. Infrastructure
Automatic New releases and Upgrades
Easy to use and perform proof-of-concepts
Smooth and easy migrations
Accessibility anywhere
Ensures a strong Disaster Recovery Strategy
Enhanced Data Security
Better way to Allocate Technical Resources to other projects
Sucess is best when it is shared together! Please contact the Enterprise team today to find out more.
So, you have created a new model using the InfraWorks model builder, but you’re not pleased with the resolution. If so, read on…
Here is an example of a recent model I created. Free, but not a great image.
You’re not stuck with this. InfraWorks chooses a resolution that it believes is adequate. Configure the imagery data source and set the resolution to a higher number.
Allow the software to regenerate the model and voila…
To learn more about InfraWorks, or if you have any other questions, please feel free to contact us and one of our representatives will be in touch with you as soon as possible.
Are you “The One” who is master of label style creation for your firm? Have you seen this, and you don’t like it? If so, read on.
The code in question can occur if, within your Text Component Editor, you have font overrides.
There is a right click option that is supposed to remove any formatting. But you know what? Sometimes it doesn’t work. What to do?
The Solution:
1. Ensure you don’t actually have an alternate font selected in the Format page. It needs to match the font specified in the Text Style for the label style. FYI, if you DO have an alternate font chosen, that {\fCalibri code will not go away with this technique.
2. Copy the “code” from the editor. Ctrl+A. Copy all of it!
3. Paste into Notepad.
4. Copy the same code, but from Notepad this time.
5. Paste back into the editor.
6. Done!
Yes, it does work. Why? I’m not sure. There must be some hidden creatures in there somewhere. Notepad does not allow such things to linger about.
To learn more about Civil 3D Label Styles and Fonts, or if you have any other questions, please feel free to contact us and one of our representatives will be in touch with you as soon as possible.
