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Pat S. RosendI use it all of the time, but I never did in private practice. I think government work uses it more. It is a very expensive package and many firms just don’t want to pay the price. When I was at G&O , only the main office had the software. They could export the data into ACAD files as needed. I did not know it at all when I started this position. My agency has a lot of training and support for it. Our division uses it for many applications.
IMHO it adds more value than 3d skills which are primarily marketing tools. GIS is more of an analysis/data tool. Planning positions also are heavy GIS users.