It’s only human to wonder if we can make a difference in this world.
Is “You matter” a vague humanist philosophical ideal that everyone must strive for?
Could “You matter” be something the sincere elementary school teacher tells all their students?Is “You matter” the modern participation trophy?
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The phrase often appears to be the core concept behind…
Posted by Tench Tilghman Feb 26, 2026
Most of us in Civil 3D Land who are paid to oversee and manage our working environments are cognizant of the annual ritual that is the Autodesk Rite of Spring. We pay some attention to those Autodesk backend updates that will continue to trickle out until AutoCAD 2027, the AutoCAD Map 2027 Toolset, and Autodesk Civil 3D 2027 hit…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Feb 19, 2026
Tags Country Kits, Civil 3D 2026, Civil 3D 2025, Civil 3D 2024, Jump Kit, Templates Only, customization, implementation
The Point is one of the most overused words in Autodesk Civil 3D. Are we talking about COGO points? Survey Points? Point Groups? Point data in a Surface? Points of Intersection in our horizontal, vertical, and cross section control?
This list of different and/or separate meanings for the word Point seems to be a never-ending story.
The mastery of…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Feb 12, 2026
Tags Description Key, Description Key Set, point, Point Style, Point Label Style, expressions, Expression Set, Property Set, point group, figure, survey db
Happy February! What do you know? It’s new fiscal year for Autodesk this month. This means those powers start to roll out upgrades and updates to some code in preparation for the annual Autodesk Rite of Spring. Autodesk kicks things off this year with a pretty significant update to the Autodesk Desktop Connector 17.1.0.16 (ADC).
Autodesk Civil 3D users should…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Feb 05, 2026
Tags ADC, Desktop Connector, Project Management, project template, Reference Explorer, CAD Standards