Diagnostics: The information and Exercises described in this book, match with the Autodesk Civil 3D: 2008 Press), so bad for studying.
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I'm in trouble because the exercises described in that book are from
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2007, and these and the toolbar and/or menu options of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 are different, I wrote to the author comments that, so:
This issue and many others were updated in the new 2009 book - you might be better off returning 2008 and getting 2009. 2009 is a lot cleaner and I brought in another author to help me get it cleaned up.
Harry O. Ward , PE
Vice President - Carlson Software
From: Orlando Perez [mailto:odperezp@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 9:30 AM
To: hw@cyberneers.com
Subject: Is impossible to continue
Hello Mr Ward, I inform you that is impossible to continue studying your book called "AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 Procedures and Applications", all the rest are the same I commented you before, I think You have to review the material before sell any book by marketplace from your company. I need you solve me that inconvenient.. I priced around U.S. $ 70.oo ... or my money back.
Orlando Pérez Patiño.
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Hi Mr. Perez - you can disregard that function, they fixed it in this release - the create surface control label line was a way to control the vector that you strike across contours in order to label them. This works like a normal object now - it didn't used to. So just keep moving forward, just disregard that part about the surface control label line. I hope that helps.
Harry O. Ward , PE
Vice President - Carlson Software
From: Orlando Perez [mailto:odperezp@yahoo.com]
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 8:33 AM
To: hw@cyberneers.com
Cc: hward@gmu.edu
Subject: Help from Bogotá Colombia
Dear Mr. Ward, my name is Orlando Pérez from Colombia, I have bought your book called "AutoCAD Civil 3d 2008 Procedures and Applications", at Amazon.com, I am trying follow the exercises you show for learning, I use AutoCAD Civil 3d 2008 in Spanish, The exercise 2-3 "Working with edit commands" page 42, doesn't function because the option you describe doesn't appear that you can see at picture I send you (jpg), the option CreateSurfCntrlLabelLine doesn't exist in the Application I have installed -- the last version. Please you can help me about this situation in order I could continue studying the book concerned.
Sincerely.
Orlando Perez Patiño.
Note: The exercises are saved in a previous version of 2008. The package shows that and it produces some features lost when one opens the files.