Do we ask the right questions about Autodesk Civil 3D and how we use it?
By definition…Probably not.We human beings tend to not ask questions about what we believe we already know how to do. We rely too much on habit. We could call this the human autopilot. The autopilot works 95%+ of the time. Our brains spend a good deal of invisible time behind…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Oct 08, 2026
Tags Implementation, customization, Project Management, CAD Standards, DREF, TREF, development, project template
Autodesk Civil 3D started out to establish a change in the civil engineering paradigm. First get the model and, most importantly, the data behind that model right. For practical purposes that word right means - suitable. From that suitable model we may automatically publish what we need to deliver in many forms.
It…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Oct 01, 2026
Tags Civil 3D, Description Key, Description Key Set, figure, figure db, survey figure, survey db, points, survey point, COGO points, video