These days the Framework for Civil 3D products are STB and CTB agnostic. Civil 3D doesn’t care. Why should the Framework? That was the big deal when Release 7 of the Framework first came out. If we make reasonable concessions to a governing set of Layer Property rules and continue to pay extra careful attention to the details, we can publish in either publishing method.
Because this almost…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jan 10, 2019
Tags STB, CTB, CAD Standards, publish on demand, implementation, Layer Standards
The Layer Manager Tool Palette Tool is the most wasteful tool in Civil 3D. The Layer Manager is useful and powerful tool because of what the tool does – Control the many dynamic properties of Layers in AutoCAD-based apps.
The impact of the AutoCAD Layer within the scope of CAD software history is pretty interesting. The named Layer instead of the numbered Level is certainly a big reason…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jan 08, 2019
Tags CAD Standards, Layer Standards, Release 8, Jump Kit, Civil 3D 2019, Civil 3D 2018, video
Back in the day Autodesk liked to talk up the Dynamic Model. Remember that? The fact that Civil 3D Features (or objects) communicate with one another so we do not have to worry so much about whether or not the stuff you see and print in Civil 3D is actually updated.
If a Civil 3D user changes a design Alignment and Profile, the entire roadway Corridor model and the resultant…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jan 03, 2019
Tags Release 8, Civil 3D 2019, Dynamiic Model, Multiple Dynamic Baselines, video, Project Management, project template