We recently discussed crucial concepts and newer workflows to produce better Managed Site Grading solutions inside Autodesk Civil 3D. We employed some excellent How To videos from other Civil 3D experts to clarify how we all can couple our previous Feature Lines Only method and practice with valuable new Civil 3D Corridor skills and workflows…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Mar 15, 2023
Tags Multiple Baseline Corridors, Multiple Dynamic Baselines, Corridors, intersection, knuckles, connected alignment, connected profile, video
Lots of us in Civil 3D Land love to whine about Site Grading in Autodesk Civil 3D. Many of us still employ the classic design by breaklines methodologies from our CAD historical past to produce our production grading designs in Civil 3D. It works. These days most of us might agree that Civil 3D Feature Lines are an improvement over AutoCAD 3D polylines.…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Mar 08, 2023
Tags grading, site design, feature line, Multiple Baseline Corridors, corridor, corridor surface, video
What the heck is a Civil 3D Implementation Project? An Implementation Project sounds like a term that an expert might make up to sell us something. OK. I get that. What if we rename it to Our Civil 3D Project That Works? We must admit that we need our Civil 3D projects to work. Civil 3D projects quickly get personal too.
The personal aspect…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Mar 01, 2023
Tags Project Management, project template, customization, Upgrade, Update, Civil 3D
There are three distinct and key process concepts in model-based design. Our iteratively built model and the managed data behind on which that model depends on allows us to produce the published results that we will require in our deliverables. It is vital to note and never skip over the fact that there are rules, systems,…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Feb 22, 2023
Tags Project Explorer, Grading Optimization, project template, customization, implementation, CAD Standards, Project Management
Most of us who employ Autodesk Civil 3D in production environments are familiar with the mechanics to replace External References (XREF) in our working and/or publication drawings. The Survey dept updates the existing annotation for the proposed project’s Parcel map. Survey may overwrite the previously shared XREF drawing. They may provide a separate and differently…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Feb 15, 2023
Tags DREF, XREF, IREF, Project Management, Data Behind, data reference, data shortcut, video, DWF, iPOD