| As technology moves up the ladder, AutoCAD | | | | even integrate it with terrain models from several |
| Land Development Desktop 2009 is going to be | | | | mapping services like Google Earth. Civil 3D also |
| the last release of the versatile Civil Engineering | | | | gives you surveying and co-ordinating functionality, |
| Design and Documentation software. AutoCAD is | | | | and you can directly import your raw survey data |
| offering AutoCAD Civil 3D as the next step for | | | | and co-ordinate system settings among others, |
| moving forward for all those civil engineering and | | | | into your drawings. Your design elements can now |
| surveying professionals using Land Development | | | | update automatically. |
| Desktop. Now the question worth answering is: | | | | Civil 3D comes equipped with a variety of terrain |
| would this move prove to be a good one? | | | | shaping tools that maintain a dynamic relationship |
| Since the late 1990s, Land Development Desktop | | | | to your source data. You can very easily and |
| has been the leading software solution for over | | | | quickly create intelligent models of roads, and |
| 100,000 civil engineering and surveying companies | | | | transportation systems and even create intelligent |
| across the globe. And the latest release, Land | | | | pipes layouts for sewer, drainage and sanitary |
| Development Desktop 2009 is quite the handy | | | | systems. |
| tool for all of us in the civil engineering design | | | | You can easily perform dynamic quantity takeoff |
| industry. LDDT is compatible with the Windows | | | | and earthwork calculations with Civil 3D. And as |
| Vista 32 bit platform with a number of industry | | | | designs get changed, Civil 3D can generate mass |
| specific engineering drawing standards built right | | | | haul diagrams and the amount and direction of |
| into it to make our lives easier. Some other | | | | material to be moved. You can also access the |
| features that are worth mentioning here include | | | | extensive library of country-specific CAD styles |
| Point Management and Reporting, Plan Alignments, | | | | and control each and every aspect of your design |
| Terrain Model Creation, and Contour Creation. | | | | and drawing display. |
| But the marked growth in technological innovation | | | | Civil 3D also comes packed with a number of |
| has given rise to the new and improved software | | | | visualization tools. And, you can easily synchronize |
| that is just right for civil engineering design. And it | | | | design changes with your team. |
| is called Civil 3D. | | | | With all these features and more, you would only |
| So, what more does Civil 3D have to offer? For | | | | benefit from transitioning to Civil 3D from Land |
| starters, Civil 3D will work with your LDDT data - | | | | Development Desktop. Not only would your |
| so you can migrate your data quite easily into the | | | | design experience be enhanced, but you would |
| new software. So, that should ease many of your | | | | also be in a position to provide a higher level and |
| worries. But that’s not it. Civil 3D comes | | | | quality of services to your clients. |
| packed with a whole lot of features and goodies - | | | | So, if you want to make sure you are creating |
| guaranteed to make your design experience | | | | and delivering the best in civil engineering design |
| richer, and more fruitful than ever before. | | | | and surveying, you would certainly migrate to Civil |
| With Civil 3D, you can now integrate Geospatial | | | | 3D from LDDT. |
| Analysis right into your conceptual design. You can | | | | |