AutoCAD Civil 3D

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I am on the hunt for a laptop workstation that will handle C3d 2013.  I realize there is a spec sheet listing requirements for the software, but thought someone might have some good advice/pros and cons on machines they are using.

Thanks

[#2]

Really depends on how much you want to spend. The usually advice is get the best you can afford. The usual top 2 for Civil are Memory and Processor Speed. There are some advantages with SSDs if you can afford one.

I've had a Sager in the past. My last laptop I got from the Dell Outlet site. A reconditioned M6500 for about 2 grand. It's been working great for the past couple of years.

Allen

[#3]

My laptop specs are part of my signature.  I've been running Civil 3d on it since 2010.  It's a heavy beast to carry around but I like it as a CAD system.

[#4]

I use Civil 3D 2012 on a ASUS G73SW gaming laptop. Most of my grading work is in mountanous regions with massive surface data. Even though my graphics card is not supported by Autodesk, I am currently not having any problems. I had to adjust the video card setting slightly in the beginning.

ASUS G73SW

8 GB RAM

i7 processor 2630QM

64 bit window 7 (love it!)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M with CUDA - 1GB video memory

700GB hard drive. Not sure of the manufacturer (this seems to be holding this laptop back).

I am looking into SSD, but I heard Civil 3D's temp files never truly delete on SSD drives and therefore will eventually fill the hard drive until it is disabled. Now... the source of this info is a great IT guy, but doesn't know much about Civil 3D, so take it as you will. I had a workstation that the SSD hard drive filled up to critical, in about 6 months. IT told me it was the way Civil 3D handles temporary and operating files.

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d1of2 wrote:

I had a workstation that the SSD hard drive filled up to critical, in about 6 months. IT told me it was the way Civil 3D handles temporary and operating files.

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Change where Windows' TEMP folder is located. I did this by moving all of my USER files from the SSD to my data drive using a Symbolic link so everything thinks it is still on the C: but it is actually on my E: I've been using this laptop, with a 128gb SSD, without issue for 2+ years.

[#6]

Thanks for the input. 

[#7]

Change where Windows' TEMP folder is located. I did this by moving all of my USER files from the SSD to my data drive using a Symbolic link so everything thinks it is still on the C: but it is actually on my E: I've been using this laptop, with a 128gb SSD, without issue for 2+ years.

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Thanks for all the input.  I went with a Toshiba X875Q7380, but it came with windows 8.  I am going to have to strip 8 off and install 7.