Packeteer and Civil 3d

I wish Civil 3D and Packeteer played nicer together. But who knows maybe they will make up soon and start playing nice. I've read on the Discussion Group that it plays nice with Riverbed which does the same thing.

If you don't know Packeteer, at least the product I am using at work, creates what is called a Wide Area File Service. For most of the other programs, including plane AutoCAD, it works great. It seems like we are using the same file server even though the offices are hundreds of miles apart. I think the main problem is data shortcuts and Packeteer wanting to make sure all of the data is up to date, but I'm not an IT guy.

Reverse Label Bearing

This post is already out dated by this post. But if you have or are able to show both directions of North and South you may want to reverse some labels. An easy way to do this would be to type multiple, press enter, then type LabelReverseBearing. This will let you select a label then press the space bar or enter then go on to the next label you want to reverse the bearing of. Of course you can always right click and get to the command for each label.

Transparent Command

Don't forget about the transparent commands and to use the Inquiry Toolbar more often. If you type in the commands just use the values after the comma and add a ' before them, unless it starts with a C. The C commands are COGO tools to find info about points, lines and arcs. It will pull information from a polyline for the segment selected.

-AeccAlignStnPointElev, -SPE
AeccAlignStnPointElev, SPE
station along the parent alignment of a profile view, elevation from a COGO point
-AeccAlignStnProfileViewElev, -STAE
AeccAlignStnProfileViewElev, STAE
station along the parent alignment of a profile view
-AeccAlignStnSurfaceElev, -SSE
AeccAlignStnSurfaceElev, SSE
station along the parent alignment of a profile view, elevation from surface
-AeccAngleDistance, -AD
AeccAngleDistance, AD
angle and distance
-AeccAzimuthDistance, -ZDtoo
AeccAzimuthDistance, ZD
azimuth and distance
-AeccBearingDistance, -BD
AeccBearingDistance, BD
bearing and distance
-AeccDeflectionDistance, -DD
AeccDeflectionDistance, DD
deflection angle and distance
-AeccGridNorthingEasting, -GN
AeccGridNorthingEasting, GN
grid northing and grid easting
-AeccLatitudeLongitude, -LL
AeccLatitudeLongitude, LL
latitude and longitude
-AeccMatchLength, -ML
AeccMatchLength, ML
an object’s length
-AeccMatchRadius, -MR
AeccMatchRadius, MR
an object’s radius
-AeccNorthingEasting, -NE
AeccNorthingEasting, NE
northing and easting
-AeccPointName, -PA
AeccPointName, PA
point name (alias)
-AeccPointNumber, -PN
AeccPointNumber, PN
point number
-AeccPointObject, -PO
AeccPointObject, PO
a point in a drawing
-AeccProfileGradeLength, -PGL
AeccProfileGradeLength, PGL
grade and length in a profile view
-AeccProfileGradeStation, -PGS
AeccProfileGradeStation, PGS
grade and station in a profile view
-AeccProfileStationElevation, -PSE
AeccProfileStationElevation, PSE
station and elevation in a profile view
-AeccSideShot, -SS
AeccSideShot, SS
side shot from a point
-AeccStationOffset, -SO
AeccStationOffset, SO
station and offset
-CgADist, -CGADIST
CgADist, CGADIST
-CgAng, -CGANG
CgAng, CGANG
-CgCDist, -CGCDIST
CgCDist, CGCDIST
-CgList, -CGLIST
CgList, CGLIST
-CgSList, -CGSLIST
CgSList, CGSLIST
-CgList, -CGLIST
CgList, CGLIST

Layout Grid

This command I haven't found a good use for yet. I was thinking it would be good to create a grid for a topo drawing, but I haven't been able to find a way to add a block to the corners. You can create linetype that matches the crosses at the intersections. Another possible use would be to layout a sidewalk or pavement grid.

To invoke the command all you need to do is type layoutgrid on the command line. The command line will show this: Layout grid [Add/Properties/X/Y/CLip/CUstom]:
Add starts the process to create a layout grid

• Properties asks you select a layout grid to change the properties
• X lets you add remove or change the mode of an existing layout grid
• Y lets you add remove or change the mode of an existing layout grid
• Clip lets you put a boundary, add a hole or remove a hole from an existing layout grid
• CUstom lets you select existing linework to create a layout grid

Using the add button will give you additional options of: Insertion point or [WIdth/Depth/XSpacing/YSpacing/XDivide by toggle/YDivide by toggle/Match]:

• Insertion point will let you insert the table with the default properties in the program
• WIdth sets the overall width that you want the grid to be.
• Depth sets the overall depth that the grid is to be.
• XSpacing lets you specify the bay size or spacing between the grids.
• YSpacing lets you specify the bay size or spacing between the grids.
• XDivide I'm not really sure what this does
• YDivide I'm not really sure what this does
• Match lets you select another grid to match any of the properties of

Once you select the point of insertion you are able to select a rotation of the grid.

Once you exit out of the command you can drag any of the grips to expand or shrink the grid. You can also change many of the properties in the properties window.

There is also a gridvolume command that works in much the same way but has a z component.

AECPOLYGON Hide or Show Boundaries

If you right click on an AECPOLYGON you can Hide or Show Edges. This way if you have earth as a style and you don't want a boundary line around your hatch you can just hide the line. If you hide one too many you can go back and show the edge. The green edges are shown and the red edges indicate that the edge is hidden.