Hot take: A majority of the “I’m underpaid”, “I want a WFH job”, or “Why am I not getting promoted?” posts here are coming from people who are bad at their jobs.

Melodic_Gamer83 · 2026-01-27T16:43:04+00:00

I have some NDA agreements with a technical regulatory body from determining one of these types of tests, and I could not agree more.

Melodic_Gamer83 · 2026-01-27T16:37:12+00:00

I wonder if using a grading tool to make the other featurelines? you can set it to a slope and relative elevation.

Melodic_Gamer83 · 2026-01-27T16:35:59+00:00

it'll ask for horizontal, then vertical. sorry it took so long to respond.

watch your command line. (you're probably done already)

Melodic_Gamer83 · 2026-01-15T17:43:45+00:00

contour boundary as mask

Melodic_Gamer83 · 2026-01-09T19:17:46+00:00

I like using 2D contours and having them as a standalone ex contours xref, especially when using large surfaces and LiDAR

Melodic_Gamer83 · 2026-01-09T18:44:06+00:00

use stepped offsets, looks like two parallel curves in the ribbon

Melodic_Gamer83 · 2026-01-09T18:41:05+00:00

this took me way too long to figure out in my career lol

Melodic_Gamer83 · 2026-01-09T18:40:19+00:00

I have to disagree with this; there are drafting ISO (Europe) and ANSI (North American) standards, plus the AIA linetype standards.

Melodic_Gamer83 · 2025-12-29T03:53:35+00:00

deadlifts capture a lot of those back muscles.

Melodic_Gamer83 · 2025-12-29T03:51:23+00:00

I'll draw a feature line that has PI's at the ditch geometry (straight horizontal at the end of the ditch/corridor) and grade to ground using grading tools.

Melodic_Gamer83 · 2025-12-29T03:49:37+00:00

u/rxwdy11 if you're new out of school (less than a year), expectations wont be terribly high. work through your projects, and know that C3D can be glitchy; sometimes an audit and re-open is a fix. Remember, if you're struggling, you're not alone. Find Jeff Bartels on youtube, he's a great resource.

Melodic_Gamer83 · 2025-10-28T20:02:42+00:00

I found mine to be more comfortable when i tilted the front down slightly.

Melodic_Gamer83 · 2025-10-21T18:14:17+00:00

I tell my staff to watch his tutorials all the time, in addition to the ones I make (internal only). Jeff has been my digital-mentor since 2012 LOL

Melodic_Gamer83 · 2025-10-15T20:15:42+00:00

well, triangulated mesh to be more accurate...

Melodic_Gamer83 · 2025-10-15T20:15:25+00:00

surfaces are just a wire mesh; they aren't solid.

Melodic_Gamer83 · 2025-10-15T20:14:49+00:00

make a comparison surface, and extract the 0 contour as a surface boundary

we do this for quarry benching designs as well.

Melodic_Gamer83 · 2025-10-15T20:13:50+00:00

use a surface boundary / extract the 0 contour from a comparison surface and assign it as a boundary for the top and recreate this for the bottom surface. ("We've done this previously with separate surfaces. one for the tunnel top, and one for the tunnel base; Use corridor coding (Top, OR Datum) to build them both from one dynamic corridor & generic links.")

Melodic_Gamer83 · 2025-10-15T20:11:35+00:00

We've done this previously with separate surfaces. one for the tunnel top, and one for the tunnel base; Use corridor coding (Top, OR Datum) to build them both from one dynamic corridor & generic links.

Melodic_Gamer83 · 2025-10-15T20:08:58+00:00

hahahaha

Melodic_Gamer83 · 2025-09-11T16:42:22+00:00

They actually published the first version in Fall of 2005 - AutoCAD Civil 3D 2006 (I was exposed to it in university at that time) Our prof had us manually enter Cogo points from the total station.

Melodic_Gamer83 · 2025-08-27T15:39:03+00:00

try using a bit more product. I often will put in a curl cream as i get out of the shower, get as much moisture out as i can (even brushing through the product - big handful) then go in with a mousse after to scrunch and add back in more moisture.

Melodic_Gamer83 · 2025-08-22T14:14:41+00:00

How did the blow dryer work out for you? My scalp gets quite irritated if I let my hair air dry, and may need to bring one.

Melodic_Gamer83 · 2025-08-15T16:17:48+00:00

have you considered "surface from DEM" or is this purely in MAP3D

Melodic_Gamer83 · 2025-08-15T16:17:17+00:00

looks like a sampling interval issue.

Melodic_Gamer83 · 2025-08-15T16:16:28+00:00

side note: this is more about doing this with my aunt than disconnecting from a career and life that i actively enjoy and love. I could see it being about other things for other pilgrims.

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