Learn the fundamentals of CAD with That CAD Girl’s Getting Started with CAD training series. This introductory session covers essential CAD concepts, interface navigation, command-line skills, and best practices for working in Carlson, MicroSurvey, and Civil 3D.

Key Topics:

• Understanding CAD platforms (IntelliCAD vs. AutoCAD)
• Navigating Carlson, MicroSurvey, and Civil 3D interfaces
• Using workspaces, ribbons, and toolbars effectively
• Command-line basics and shortcut aliases
• File management, auto-save, and backup strategies
• Customizing options and display settings
• Status bar tools and function key shortcuts
• Drawing settings, units, and coordinate systems
• Line vs. Polyline fundamentals
• UCS icon setup and coordinate orientation

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This session was presented by Jennifer DiBona on 9/16/2025

This webinar explains how CAD users can effectively manage linetypes and dimension styles across AutoCAD, IntelliCAD, and Carlson platforms. It covers scaling principles, file management, and customization techniques to ensure drawings plot correctly at any scale.

Key Topics:

• Understanding and editing .LIN linetype definition files
• Line type scaling (LTSCALE, PSLTSCALE, and PLINEGEN)
• Creating and managing custom linetypes with text
• Dimension style scaling and child styles for radius dimensions
• Best practices for plotting and template setup

This webinar was presented by That CAD Girl (Jennifer DiBona) on December 18, 2025 and lasted approximately 1 hour.

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This webinar provides a detailed walkthrough of the National CAD Standard (NCS) layer naming conventions and demonstrates how to implement them through drawing templates in AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and Carlson software. Attendees learn how to create, customize, and manage templates for consistent CAD standards across projects.

Key Topics:

• Overview of the National CAD Standard (NCS)
• Layer naming conventions and discipline designators
• Creating and customizing drawing templates (DWT files)
• Using templates in AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and Carlson
• Managing sheet templates and layout tabs

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This webinar provides a comprehensive walkthrough of Carlson Software’s Field to Finish feature, explaining how to automate point processing, linework creation, and symbol management from field data to CAD drawings. Participants learn how to build and customize FLD files, manage layers, and apply special codes for efficient survey drafting workflows.

Key Topics:

• Overview of Carlson Field to Finish concepts
• Creating and editing FLD (field code) files
• Managing point layers, symbols, and linework
• Using special codes and description formatting
• Building legends and plotting best practices

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This session was presented by Jennifer DiBona, on 09/04/2025.

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