Dana Rice

As an Applications Expert, Dana is responsible for supporting, training, and implementation of software for survey and civil engineering professionals. Dana began her career as an AutoCAD and Civil 3D draftsperson in the civil engineering industry. She supported surveyors and engineers by managing CAD templates, assisting with preliminary design, processing field data, and creating construction documents. After a decade in production work, Dana transitioned to a CAD manager, working in both the private and public sectors. She has more than 24 years of experience helping large and small, public and private organizations in the southeastern United States.

  • Dimensions: Showing Metric Alternate Units

    Dimensions: Showing Metric Alternate Units

    Show dimensions in Metric and Imperial units in AutoCAD

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  • Civil 3D: Think outside the box with Parcel Labels - Part 2

    Civil 3D: Think outside the box with Parcel Labels - Part 2

    Today's blog will instruct you on how to create User-Defined Property Classifications in order to show custom information beyond the default description and address columns.

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  • Civil 3D: Think outside the box with Parcel Labels - Part 1

    Civil 3D: Think outside the box with Parcel Labels - Part 1

    Parcel labels can be set up to show property owner names and, quite frankly, any information you want to show.

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  • Civil 3D: Changing pipe networks catalog location

    Civil 3D: Changing pipe networks catalog location

    Help! My custom pipe network parts aren't showing up!

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  • Grading Optimization: Changing Grading Objects

    Grading Optimization: Changing Grading Objects

    Quickest methods of assigning, changing, and deleting Grading Objects during preliminary planning stage.

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  • Parking Lot Layout - Infraworks

    Parking Lot Layout - Infraworks

    Parking Lot Areas, Parking Layout, and Parking Row allow you to show a preliminary design without requiring much time or effort.

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  • Use Infraworks for site balance during early design stages

    Use Infraworks for site balance during early design stages

    Use Grading Areas early in the design process to identify the best development location.

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  • Description keys for Designers

    Description keys for Designers

    Only Surveyors use points and description keys, right? Well, no actually.

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  • Drainage Design using Points - Interpolate by Relative Location

    Drainage Design using Points - Interpolate by Relative Location

    Civil 3D has a plethora of point creation methods at our disposal.

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  • Draw Order Options in Civil 3D

    Draw Order Options in Civil 3D

    The Draw Order pull down menu, located on the Home Ribbon, gives more options that the Display Order commands in the right-click menu.

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  • Parametric Tab in AutoCAD - making it hidden or shown

    Parametric Tab in AutoCAD - making it hidden or shown

    Parametric constraints are a very useful tool in AutoCAD, but some versions of the software may not display the parametric tab by default. This post gives an easy solution.

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  • Point Groups - Hiding Labels while keeping your Trees

    Point Groups - Hiding Labels while keeping your Trees

    Freezing point labels may result in freezing the tree and valve symbols as well. The correct workflow is to create a Point Group that will override point labels but maintain block symbols.

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  • Assigning Subscriptions per Team - ideal for separate financial streams

    Assigning Subscriptions per Team - ideal for separate financial streams

    As a primary, or secondary administrator for your Autodesk licenses you have the ability to move license subscriptions to separate teams.

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