The Framework for Civil 3D Jump Kit product is notable and perhaps even famous for the product’s native support for multiple variations of the National CAD Standard (NCS) Layer Standards. These include the current NCS 6.0 and NCS 6.0 AIA variants. These common NCS Layer Standard variants are variously required for GSA, DOD, US Army Corps, and other project submittals.
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jun 04, 2026
Tags NCS 6.0, Layer Standards, Layer State Manager, Layer Manager, script, scriptcall, Description Key, Object Settings, video
The specifics of the latest Autodesk Civil 3D release may not blow us away. The new Civil 3D features may not appear particularly useful for our current project work. Out here in Civil 3D Land, we are daily users of Autodesk Civil 3D. We must embrace the day-to-day concerns that drive our civil engineering and survey work.
In some speculative…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
May 28, 2026
Tags Speadsheet Tools, customization, implementation, CAD Standards, Layer Standards, Block Standards, linetype, video
We are daily users of Autodesk Civil 3D out here in Civil 3D Land. All of us have ongoing production projects. We must embrace the day-to-day concerns that our civil engineering and survey work involves. Let’s face it - The specifics of the latest new Autodesk Civil 3D release or update may or may not blow us away. Frankly, the new Civil 3D features may not appear…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Aug 21, 2025
Tags Upgrade, Update, Spreadsheet Tools, Jump Kit, Layer Standards, CAD Management, video, Civil 2D 2026, NCS
It’s a pretty good bet that most people in Civil 3D Land consider Points to be pretty much a survey thing in Civil 3D. It’s an even better bet that these same folks have complaints about Civil 3D’s point display representations, or rather point resolutions. It’s sad but true. Many want and still try and force Civil 3D to behave like older CAD software.…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
May 15, 2025
Tags points, Survey Codes, Standards, CAD Standards, Layer Standards, customization, Implementation
Civil 3D contains numerous details that can come back to bite us when we proactively tackle Civil 3D Style Maintenance and Improvement. We do tend to take for granted the classic AutoCAD Styles. We already know all about that Layer, Block, Textstyle stuff we’ve lived with for all these years.
We believe that…“We already have all of that ACAD stuff covered…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Oct 23, 2024
Tags Style, Style Management, CAD Standards, maintenance, template, Reference Template, block, textstyle, Layer Standards, Spreadsheet Tools