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Our goal from the get go has been to produce a resource Framework for AutoCAD Civil 3D that simplifies the grisly and time-consuming details that make customizing Civil 3D and maintaining that such a money pit for civil engineering and survey organizations. Central to that purpose are the principals of robustness, consistency,…

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The annual Autodesk Release or Right of Spring as arrived. 2017 is upon us.

On March 21, 2016 Autodesk announced the official release of AutoCAD 2017 and AutoCAD 2017 LT. Most of us in Civil land will be awaiting AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 and the other Infrastructure Design Suite applications which will soon…

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  AutoCAD 2017, AutoCAD, 2017, Upgrade

You employ the Civil 3D Import Points tool all the time. This can be a good thing employed properly or something very scary. It could be a flashback to 1984 or Animal Farm and be horribly Orwellian. You may recall that “All pigs are created equal”.…

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  survey, survey db, survey figure, point, point display, setup, settings

There are good reasons why more County, Township, and Parish CAD Standards for AutoCAD Civil 3D are based on our Production Solution products. Organizations all over the country employ our Framework for AutoCAD Civil 3D. People call our solution the

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  Government, CAD Standards, Civil 3D, AutoCAD, Map 3D, NCS, ncs 4.0, ncs 5.0

Autodesk’s own documentation for Civil 3D says civil engineers and survey professionals can customize their AutoCAD Civil 3D software to meet their needs. Hundreds of pages of on-line documentation tell you how to do this. Raise your hand if you’ve read them all. Anyone else?

Do a double take. That actually means all AutoCAD Civil 3D users must customize AutoCAD Civil 3D…

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  template, Style, productivity, Civil 3D