C3D 2007 trial CD

[Anonymous]

just been checking out the survey side of the C3D 2007 trial CD, why are stations referred to as chainages when you come to set up the traverse?

[Anonymous]

You may have an Australian version. (Other countries may also be this way.)

Bill

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just been checking out the survey side of the C3D 2007 trial CD, why are
stations referred to as chainages when you come to set up the traverse?

[Anonymous]

its UK version!!

[Anonymous]

That would explain it.

You need to install the US version to get the ASTHO terminology.

Regards,

Peter Funk
Autodesk, Inc.

[Anonymous]

That's a shame. The Australian version is warmer and has better beaches 😉

Trevor

[Anonymous]

I second that, Trevor!

Rad


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That's a shame. The Australian version is warmer and has better beaches 😉

Trevor

[Anonymous]

Requires more beer, however.

Cheers.

John P.

[Anonymous]

thanks for all the remarks guys & getting back to the question in hand.
I'm not entirely sure what ASTHO means but from what I can gather us British Surveyors will have have to buy the US version rather than UK version to get stations referred to as stations!! Whats the logic in that?

[Anonymous]

Welcome to the joy of the Country Kit. It's supposed to make life easier for
the locals.

--
James Wedding, P.E.
Engineered Efficiency, Inc.
Civil 3D 2007
XP Tablet, SP2, 2GHz, 2G
www.eng-eff.com
www.civil3d.com

[Anonymous]

Now that's a system requirement that I can deal with. ;o)

[Anonymous]

UK country kit does not alter terminology!!

[Anonymous]

Sorry CAD Monkey, did not intend to hijack your thread. What can I say? Sometimes the opening is too tempting.

For what it's worth, I'm in Australia (did you guess?) and use the Australian version, but we have to use US terminology when I'd much rather use "chainage" and "long section". How's that for a cruel irony? We both want what the other's got. At least I can use metric....

Trevor

[Anonymous]

I have lived and worked in 4 countries around the world. I have seen work done in another two. Four of these are English based. The differences in terminology are simply amazing, chalk and cheese at times. Spent time in the Middle East where you come across work done by contractors by many different countries, often non English speaking who have provided their information in what they thought was English, some so literally translated they were downright funny. You really had to sit and think with some of these plans, figuring out what the hell some items meant. To create a universal software package that pleases everyone is not possible. Period. Autodesk is doing quite OK on this one.

Ever since computers have arrived, a lot of terminology has been invented or changed by programmers, for valid reasons, and users just have to accept this and get used to it. It really doesn’t make a difference at the end of the day, we all just want to get the job done. I have become less and less particular about methods and terminology, adopting what works.

[Anonymous]

Hi Hans,

I agree entirely, but it does help to have some definitions of the
terminology.

Carriageway is one word which appears to have potentially dangerous
differences in interpretation between Australia and the UK. It is the one
reason why I always advice Australian users to install the USA version
terminology and get used to using the context to work out what 'Station"
means.

--

Laurie Comerford
CADApps
www.cadapps.com.au
www.civil3Dtools.com

wrote in message news:5433643@discussion.autodesk.com...
I have lived and worked in 4 countries around the world. I have seen work
done in another two. Four of these are English based. The differences in
terminology are simply amazing, chalk and cheese at times. Spent time in the
Middle East where you come across work done by contractors by many different
countries, often non English speaking who have provided their information in
what they thought was English, some so literally translated they were
downright funny. You really had to sit and think with some of these plans,
figuring out what the hell some items meant. To create a universal software
package that pleases everyone is not possible. Period. Autodesk is doing
quite OK on this one.

Ever since computers have arrived, a lot of terminology has been invented or
changed by programmers, for valid reasons, and users just have to accept
this and get used to it. It really doesn't make a difference at the end of
the day, we all just want to get the job done. I have become less and less
particular about methods and terminology, adopting what works.

[Anonymous]

so, as I want to be happy with what Santa brings me this xmas what are all you british surveyors out there using, UK, US or Australian version of C3D2007?

[Anonymous]

Hi,

There are only two English versions, the normal USA version and an
International version which as AFAIK is based on British terminology.

As I said before, I believe the USA terminology is more suited to Australia.

--

Laurie Comerford
CADApps
www.cadapps.com.au
www.civil3Dtools.com


wrote in message news:5433850@discussion.autodesk.com...
so, as I want to be happy with what Santa brings me this xmas what are all
you british surveyors out there using, UK, US or Australian version of
C3D2007?