{"id":875,"date":"2011-12-20T21:16:34","date_gmt":"2011-12-20T21:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/from-the-ground-up\/2011\/12\/20\/autocad-civil-3d-profile-optimisation-on-the-cloud-project-silverstar\/"},"modified":"2011-12-20T21:16:34","modified_gmt":"2011-12-20T21:16:34","slug":"autocad-civil-3d-profile-optimisation-on-the-cloud-project-silverstar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/from-the-ground-up\/2011\/12\/20\/autocad-civil-3d-profile-optimisation-on-the-cloud-project-silverstar\/","title":{"rendered":"AutoCAD Civil 3D Profile Optimisation on the Cloud &ndash; Project Silverstar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>About time we got a cloud application to use for design purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Not necessarily a magic button for design, but this tool can work out a solution based on a number of parameters for vertical slope, tie ins, volumes etc.<\/p>\n<p>It is a PVI solution, so I would like you to give it a try and give some 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