Bob Dylan typed these words in 1975 in a suitably tragic song about mystical love, dubious opportunity, and human historical misadventure. This cynical musical association to the song Isis seemed most appropriate to me in the light of the current ISIS (or ISIL) adventure. Dylan…
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Tench Tilghman
Sep 30, 2014
Tags WATT, people skills
There is no such thing as a nonlinear corridor in Civil 3D by definition. Is this then a mythic post? Are we talking about Corridors of a Third Kind? Not really. In AutoCAD Civil 3D 2015 we cannot create Alignments that connect back to themselves like the snake eating its tail or the famous dragon in Chinese myth. We have all seen dog that would chase his tail until exhausted. If you want to build…
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Tench Tilghman
Sep 23, 2014
Tags corridors, pond, parking lot, grading, alignment, offset aligment, widening
MoreCompetency released an AddOn to Parcels and Alignments for Release 5 Jump Kit customers who run the AutoCAD Civil 3D 2015 and Civil 3D 2014 releases this week.
The AddOn brings up some classic AutoCAD Civil 3D quandaries that the capabilities of Style are so helpful to resolve for us all.
Don’t Be Eroded
We performed…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Sep 16, 2014
Tags AddOn, parcel, alignment, annotation, erosion, Civil 3D 2014, Civil 3D 2015, 2014, 2015, Civil 3D
If you are a large organization, you divide and conquer. If you are smaller, you adjust to remain the grease between the wheels. Organizational divide and conquer purportedly makes dealing with all the varied responsibilities and specific accountabilities for all the groups of people and individuals in question more manageable. It certainly provides more statistical comparators. Comparisons may…
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Tench Tilghman
Sep 11, 2014
Tags WATT, Internet of Things, Value Chain, Added Value
I planned a video blog post on Nonlinear Corridors. However, I’ve been silenced by a nasty summer cold and a severe case of laryngitis. I should make a TV commercial. Recording that nonlinear video post will have to wait a bit.
Symbols Can Go Nonlinear Elsewhere
People do ask me,
“How do I customize the blocks in the Production Solution products?…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Sep 09, 2014
Tags customization, block, symbol, Symbol Set, AddOn, legend