Autodesk added some new tools to help us better manage Reference Templates in the AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018.1 update. This is great news! The new functionality in the Attach Reference Template box via the new Manage Reference Settings dialog box means we may seriously need to consider a Reference Template Naming Convention. Oh, no!…
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Tench Tilghman
Oct 12, 2017
Tags Civil 3D 2018, Update, Reference Template, implementation, CAD Standards, Style, Style Management, video
People love and sometimes hate the Bing Maps satellite aerial image functionality inside AutoCAD Civil 3D and all AutoCAD based apps. Perhaps a lot of you just ignore the whole public image thing? The better view of the big picture context can and does help us get our civil engineering design and survey work done a bit quicker. These days we have more choices. The imagery choices…
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We talked Civil 3D gone wild recently. We explored our ability to improve our daily productivity by the use of repetitive patterns and the logical NOT tool in our Survey Codes, Description Keys, and Point Group definitions in the post NOT Keys in Civil 3D.
The practical realities of Not Key patterns…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Oct 05, 2017
Tags not keys, points, figure, figure prefix db, standard keys, Description Key Set, Description Key, codes
Autodesk rehabbed AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018 with it’s first major service pack – formally the AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018.1 Update. Besides the usual Autodesk Update release fixes and fine tunings, the Civil 3D 2018.1 Update contains important new production tools and enhancements.
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018.1 Update
The enhancements in the AutoCAD Civil…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Oct 03, 2017
Tags Civil 3D 2018, Update, Service Pack, Enhancements