Topic: Land Desktop vs Civil 3d.

[therock003]

These three extensions on c3d 2009 are they displayed on th menu,or do you have to enable them somehow?

[mjfarrell]

They will become menu Items, Or Desktop Icons (with 2009), I think they install automatically by default.

[Jeff_M]

Almost....
Softdesk was a DCA product.
When Autodesk bought softdesk, it was then re-branded .....

Ya know, that's what I had thought, too. But I stumbled across my original SDSK8 box yesterday.....the Autodesk logo is prominent, and the fine print says

Autodesk, The Autodesk logo, Softdesk, and AutoCAD are registered in the U.S. Patent Office by Autodesk, Inc. <snipped a bunch of stuff about CAD Overlay> Copyright 1997 Autodesk, Inc.

I do not have the SDSK7 box to check, so all I can narrow it down to is: sometime after ADCADD but before SDSK8, is when Autodesk acquired "the package".

[mjfarrell]

Cool forensic CAD archeology......Digging into history without getting dirty!

[rkmcswain]

Ya know, that's what I had thought, too. But I stumbled across my original SDSK8 box yesterday.....the Autodesk logo is prominent, and the fine print says

Autodesk, The Autodesk logo, Softdesk, and AutoCAD are registered in the U.S. Patent Office by Autodesk, Inc. <snipped a bunch of stuff about CAD Overlay> Copyright 1997 Autodesk, Inc.

I do not have the SDSK7 box to check, so all I can narrow it down to is: sometime after ADCADD but before SDSK8, is when Autodesk acquired "the package".

Yea, either Autodesk released S8 or I'm thinking they just re-branded the boxes after the purchase until LDT was ready (circa 1998?) .