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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Tench Tilghman
Jun 04, 2026
Tags NCS 6.0, Layer Standards, Layer State Manager, Layer Manager, script, scriptcall, Description Key, Object Settings, video
The Civil 3D Template Classic Target methods are the common Civil 3D Template construction and maintenance methodologies used to produce a target of collected Civil 3D Style resources. Many people consider a Civil 3D Template to be their Known Good and perhaps even their Style Management end goal.…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Nov 19, 2024
Tags Style, Style Management, Label Style, Label Style Defaults, CAD Standards, customization, maintenance, template, Reference Template, settings
Out here in Civil 3D Land we do civil engineering and survey work. That means that grading and Civil 3D Surfaces play a significant part of our daily workflows. Thankfully, Autodesk has been working hard on improved Civil 3D performance. How we structure our Civil 3D Projects and how we perform some basic Civil 3D Project maintenance work can matter.
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Feb 08, 2024
Tags surface, corridor surface, Data Shortcut Manager, DREF, performance, Project Management, TIN, Civil 3D
The Framework for Civil 3D fully supports multiple releases of Autodesk Civil 3D in a couple of flavors. The Framework is a continuously developed product. Significant and important improvements and updates are delivered to Framework for Civil 3D Jump Kit product customers on a regular basis.
Over the past year the Framework for…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Apr 20, 2022
Tags Civil 3D 2023, Civil 3D 2022, Label Style, Expression Set, corridor surface, surface, grading, Volume Dashboard, TIN
One of our Framework for Civil 3D customers recently discovered that a strategic visit to the Civil 3D Data Shortcut Manager Tool (DSM) appears to currently help reduce the size of Surface Data Reference container drawings rather significantly. Hoorah. The results may vary based on the content of the Surface Model and how the Civil 3D Diva…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Feb 17, 2022
Tags surface, corridor surface, Data Shortcut Manager, DREF, performance, Civil 3D 2022, Project Management, TIN