It was just AutoCAD 2004. Just Land Desktop. Just civil design. But for one Friday morning, it felt like she had moved the earth itself.
"I think so."
He stared at the cut/fill numbers. A long silence. Then, the corner of his mouth twitched. It wasn't a smile—Henderson didn't smile—but it was close. "You know," he said, folding the plan carefully, "when I started, we did this with a slide rule and a planimeter. Took two weeks." Autodesk AutoCAD 2004 --land Desktop -civil Design
He picked up the plan. He traced the new cul-de-sac with his finger. He looked at the proposed contours, then back at the old survey points. He grunted.
Fill Volume: 12,105 cu. yd.
"Yes, sir."
"Oh, you sneaky valley," she whispered.
"You fixed the drainage."