March 2008 Newsletter

Our First C3D FRAG Meeting was a Success!!

We wish to thank all of you for attending our first user group meeting. All in all I think it was successful. Also, thank you all for filling out the questionnaires. They were very helpful in giving us some insight on the needs of the group and how we should precede with future meetings. Going through the questionnaires, we noticed that the topics you all wish to discuss are varied. It seemed that everyone had a different need that they wished to see discussed, which is great!! We will be posting a finalized schedule of topics for the upcoming months on this site in the near future. Again, thank you all for your interest and we will, with your help, try to make this a user’s group the meets, and maybe even exceeds your expectations. Please remember that this is your group. In order for it to flourish, we need a large member base, so tell everyone you know about us. The larger we become, the more things we will be able to accomplish.

What You Wanted for FRAG

Going through the questionnaires, here are some of the results from what you said:

Topics

• GIS
• Production Issues
• Corridors
• Surfaces
• Styles
• Converting LDD-C3D
• Config/Options Setings
• Pipes
• Grading
• Parcels
• Labeling
• Vault
• Profiles
• Cross Sections
• Code Sets
• Working with MicroStation Files

What Day(s) to Meet

The majority of you gave a range of days that you wanted to meet. Wednesdays seem to fit the majority of everyone’s schedule. Also, many of you seem to like the idea of meeting twice a month instead of just once a month. This sounds encouraging, but for now (or at least till we get a bigger group) we’ll stick to once a month.

Types of Software

Everyone seems to be running Civil 3D 2008, with a few of us running 2007. And everyone seems to want more information on the 2009 version when it comes available. We will try to get out as much information as we can in order to make your transitions as painless as possible. We may have CAD-1 as a guest speaker to highlight the new features the 2009.

Getting Involved

A few of you have expressed an interest in being more involved in the operations of FRAG. Thank you!! We will get in touch with you and discuss, in more detail, how you wish to participate. For everyone else, it is never too late to get involved. Especially as the group gets larger we will need more involvement from a larger group of people. Don’t be bashful. We welcome any suggestions or level of help that anyone can offer. After all, this is everyone’s user’s group.

We also have some volunteers offering their space to hold a meeting. Presently, we are looking into some other larger venues, but we will keep you in mind as we move forward.

Members List

We will be posting a list of all the members, which registered last Tuesday, on the web site. It will list your name and email address. Let us know if you want us to include your Company’s name too. For now, however, we will leave it off. Right now we stand at 15 registered members plus 4 officers. We’ll keep a running tally on the number of members and offices as we go on.

Thank You!!!

We would like to take this opportunity to thank, once again, everyone that attended the meeting. We would also like to thank CAD-1 again for sponsoring FRAG and lending us the use of the facilities. This would have never have started without you help.