Maybe it’s just me? Each and every year, we get more and more mission critical software updates for more Autodesk applications and more related apps? Yeah. We know. This really does have a lot to do with how modern software is both coded and constructed. There’s even a formal geek speak. Oh. Bother.
Most of the time the method in the madness does create…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jul 30, 2026
Tags AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2027, Update, Upgrade, Map 3D, Civil 3D, Civil 3D 2027, Desktop Connector, Revit
The recent FIFA World Cup delivered to us all a healthy reminder of that most symbolic representation of the nation state called the flag. Before each game we were treated to the spectacle of the flags and their appropriate national anthems. Did we pay attention? Some do. Some don’t.
More recently we saw some kid get wacked upside the head…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jul 23, 2026
Tags WATT
Autodesk winds up for the early fall version of Autodesk University. This year AU 2026 is back in Las Vegas, NV on Sept 15-17, 2027. Maybe the Monday before the three days of AU matters to some if not most of us.
Out here in Civil 3D Land another year’s AU means the release of major Updates to core AutoCAD, the Map 3D Toolset,…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jul 16, 2026
Tags Training, Civil 3D 2027, Civil 3D 2026, Civil 3D 2025, implementation, customization, AU 2026, Autodesk University
There are three mission critical and distinct process concepts to attend to in modern model-based design.
Our iteratively built model and the managed data behind on which that model depends allow us to produce the published results that we need to produce our deliverables.There are rules, systems,…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jul 09, 2026
Tags dynamic model, XREF, IREF, DREF, TREF, Project Management, project template, Civil 3D 2027
For good reason, the healthy management of our all-too-human predilection to accuse others based upon our assumptions about their internal intentions is an important topic of all major religions.
The significant topic and its resolutions are even the obvious foundation of philosophies that pretend not to be religious – aka Secularism, Humanism, Marxism, et al.
Accusation…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jul 02, 2026
Tags WATT