Over the summer we discussed the hot topic of Site Grading with Corridors in Autodesk Civil 3D in a series of posts. Most in-depth posts include instructive and detailed instructional videos to allow folks the Civil 3D Land see and learn how to make the jump from Feature Lines Only grading design workflows and processes to productive Civil 3D Corridor engine method…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Sep 22, 2020
Tags Civil 3D 2021, Civil 3D 2020, Project Explorer, feature line, corridor, surface, video, Upgrade, Update, Release 8
The phrase Painless Civil 3D Upgrades does sound like a contradiction of terms. These words don’t seem to go together - sort of like Intelligent Political Speech. Eheh.
Some recent Civil 3D Update performance art is fresh on my mind. The latest versions of the Framework for Civil 3D 2021.1 Update products hit the street earlier this week.…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Sep 17, 2020
Tags Civil 3D 2021, Update, Upgrade, Release 8, Jump Kit, Civil 3D 2020, Civil 3D 2019, Batch Save
The new Framework for Civil 3D 2021.1 products officially hit the street today. Hoorah! The latest Jump Kit Release 8 for Civil 3D 2021.1 Updates have support for the latest Civil 3D tools and features in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2021.1 Update. These include a host of new and updated Profile View Band Styles and in-depth Civil 3D Style support that integrates…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Sep 15, 2020
Tags Civil 3D 2021, Update, Upgrade, Release 8, Jump Kit, Templates Only, NCS 6.0, AIA
Many folks in Civil 3D Land initially don’t, won’t, or cannot see the benefits of Civil 3D Corridor tools in civil engineering site grading projects. History matters. A Site grading design is basically an annotated finished grade Surface, right? Habit matters. Why do I need all that silly, complicated Corridor stuff and hassle for? Data management…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Sep 10, 2020
Tags grading, corridor, site design, Assembly, baseline, region, video, design control, site, feature line, alignment, profile
Civil 3D Site Grading Corridor production work can require lots of potential details and nuance. This suggests that we also often get complex Design Control with important Parent Child relationships that we want to maintain and employ for our benefit within the Civil 3D project context.
Most Civil 3D uses come to understand the project-based…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Sep 01, 2020
Tags grading, corridor, site design, Assembly, Frequency, baseline, region, target, video, design control, site