Yearly that I get to work on one other model of AutoCAD® Civil 3D® Necessities is a blessing, and this yr is the fourth! I’m very inspired by the emails I get from readers all year long, asking questions and providing recommendations, and I particularly like people who praise the ebook. After all, I’m only a small a part of the book’s success, and it will be a horrible disservice to not point out Wiley/Sybex for giving me this chance but once more, and its nice folks for serving to make the ebook successful. To Willem Knibbe, thanks as soon as once more for making the ebook occur.

To Pete Gaughan, kudos for taking the reins and being an ideal coordinator, sounding board, and go-to particular person. To Kim Wimpsett, thanks for placing up with me and making the ebook higher than I might have ever made it myself. To Joshua Modglin, thanks once more for giving me the peace of thoughts of realizing you had my again on the technical facets. And to my household, for placing up with a fourth yr of Dad working late nights and being distracted and generally pressured, and for all the opposite not-so-fun facets of getting an creator within the household: thanks.

 

I particularly want to thank my spouse Dixie for placing up with my schedule and being a“single parent†when issues received actually busy for me. Eric Chappell has been working, educating, writing, and consulting on the planet of civil engineering software program for greater than 20 years, and he’s a acknowledged skilled on the planet of Autodesk® AutoCAD Civil 3D® software program. Eric joined the Autodesk household in September 2013 as a Premium Providers Specialist.

Within the 12 years previous to that, he wrote coaching supplies and carried out coaching for finish customers, trainers, and Autodesk workers across the globe. For a number of years, he has labored with Autodesk in authoring and creating two Autodesk certification exams. He additionally served as design programs supervisor for Timmons Group, a civil engineering and surveying agency based mostly in Richmond, Virginia, the place he managed software program, requirements, and coaching for greater than 200 customers.

 

Eric can be a extremely rated teacher at Autodesk College, the place he has taught for the previous 10 years. Previous to writing and consulting, Eric spent practically 10 years within the civil engineering and surveying fields whereas working for the H.F. Lenz Firm in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Throughout his time at H.F. Lenz, he gained appreciable sensible expertise as a survey crewman, designer, engineer, and CAD supervisor.

Eric additionally holds a BS diploma in Civil Engineering Know-how from the College of Pittsburgh at Johnstown and is licensed in Pennsylvania as an EIT. Eric is initially from southwestern Pennsylvania, however he has lived within the Richmond, Virginia, space for the previous 13 years along with his spouse and 4 youngsters. He enjoys being open air and spending time along with his household. He can generally be seen taking part in drums for the band Sons of Zebedee, which performs at a wide range of occasions within the Central Virginia space.

 

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