The end-of-year week always seems to be chock full of work. I do try to tie up all the loose ends and miscellaneous fixes for our products and for clients to start the next year with a higher level of better.
A powerful and complete set of tools and resources like the Framework for Civil 3D contains lots of detail and nuance. All of that detail is required to deliver on…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Dec 31, 2018
Tags ncs 5.0, Layer Standards, CAD Standards, spreadsheet, Release 7, Release 8
Autodesk Civil 3D is a feature rich and complex design environment for civil engineers. Civil 3D requires customization to be usable in real world projects. The cost of this development can easily be more than the cost of the software itself. The on-going maintenance and total cost of ownership costs are often worse. Inside the Framework for Civil 3D products we supply…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Dec 27, 2018
Tags Civil 3D 2019, Civil 3D 2018, Release 8, design, survey, style, CAD Standards, Update
I do get interesting questions from the people who manage the Civil 3D production environments for organizations. These folk tend to be “smarter than the average bear” to quote that famous Yogi. He knows best about those things, Boo Boo. Most questioners are pretty well-informed and opinionated about all things Civil 3D. This make sense. The nature and natural selection of their jobs depend…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Dec 24, 2018
Tags Civil 3D 2018, Civil 3D 2019, Release 8, CAD Standards, customization, Framework
The new Release 8 of the Framework for Civil 3D 2019.2 is the Christmas present that delivers better production to civil engineers and surveyors from Autodesk Civil 3D 2019 all year long. The Framework is an adaptive managed system for all the many resources required to create and maintain a Civil 3D production environment. The latest Release 8 Framework is flexible,…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Dec 20, 2018
Tags Release 8, Civil 3D 2019, Jump Kit, InstantOn, Templates Only, Upgrade, NCS 6.0, Adaptive Template Building Blocks
Civil 3D’s Object Layer Drawing Settings are extremely useful. The Civil 3D Object Layer Settings automatically make the layer assignment for each specific Civil 3D Feature – those things in the Civil 3D Toolspace.
We know that can confuse the Civil 3D newbie. Each of the various components of each specific Civil 3D Feature can be displayed on completely…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Dec 18, 2018
Tags Civil 3D 2019, Drawing Settings, settings, Reference Template, video, Civil 3D 2018, Object Settings, Layer Standards