Autodesk recently announced a $3.6 billion dollar purchase of MaintainX and the subsequent creation of the new Autodesk Operations Solutions group inside Autodesk. From away up here in the cheap seats, we believe this is the largest, single technology purchase that Autodesk has ever made. Something to consider seriously.
Somewhere there must be a video about…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jun 11, 2026
Tags customization, implementation, operations, Jump Kit, Drainage Analysis, video, Spreadsheet Tools
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
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