Dragged a comb across my head. Had a cup of coffee as I sat down to take shock after the weekend. To be fully transparent, I happen to be awake not woke. I was horrified to discover that morons had taken over the country. If this was a here and there or just a once in a while, it would be one thing. We all, can and do, manage suffer fools. Comes with the political territory.
These days it…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jun 29, 2021
Tags WATT
Inside Autodesk Civil 3D there are intimate, hierarchical relationships between an Alignment, its child Profiles, child Offset Alignments, their slope-controlled Profiles, Curb Return Alignments and their Connected Alignment and Profile cousins, and Intersections. Sooner or later, we discover that…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jun 24, 2021
Tags alignment, connected alignment, offset alignment, baseline, feature line, DREF, corridor, corridor surface, grading, Grading Optimization
This week Autodesk released a major Update 6 for Civil 3D 2020. The Autodesk Civil 3D 2020.6 Update includes updated Civil 3D features, performance enhancements, significant fixes for many Civil 3D issues, and many important API enhancements for Autodesk Civil 3D 2020.
The Civil 3D 2020.6 Update is also a one stop shop Update improvement for Civil 3D 2020.…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jun 22, 2021
Tags Civil 3D 2020, Update, Batch Save, Release 8, feature line, data shortcuts, Data Shortcut Editor, Jump Kit, Templates Only
The maintenance, upkeep, and Updates of our on-going Civil 3D Projects are a big deal for most of us in Civil 3D Land. Some persons handle that entire structure and process personally. Other groups plan to do it corporately. A few manage to Collaborate Pro. Most of the time, we all simply row and bail like mad to…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jun 17, 2021
Tags XREF, DREF, TREF, IREF, XML, Project Management, BIM Collaborate Pro, project template, Reference Template
Any exhaustive discussion about the large topic of the Alignment in Autodesk Civil 3D is a serial and long-term effort. Even the familiar fundamentals of civil engineering Horizontal Control are nuanced for this one of many roles for the Civil 3D Design Control Manager. We certainly need to align our thinking with the Civil 3D functional and workflow…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jun 15, 2021
Tags alignment, alignment type, feature line, horizontal control, vertical control, Project Management, reference point, station, segment types