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DWF-based publication is a powerful and useful publishing methodology in Autodesk Civil 3D. DWF publication is a core AutoCAD publishing functionality. DWF-based publication functions well in Civil 3D projects managed on local machines, networks, the Autodesk Construction Cloud, and Autodesk Docs environments.

Civil 3D users and organizations can thankfully…

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  publish on demand, plan set, plot, DWF, pdf, STB, CTB, Civil 3D, Map 3D, AutoCAD, video

The Framework for Civil 3D supports Adaptive Layer Standards in many releases of Civil 3D. That means you can produce project work in one official and compliant Layer Standard - maybe the NCS 6.0 and still produce deliverables in perhaps another Layer Standard like the NCS 6.0 AIA standard.
Sounds crazy… We know.
It’s all about the hidden potential…

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If you’re a sports fan, you got to love this last weekend. Both the NBA Finals and the Stanley Cup Finals finished on back to back nights. These championship events clarify the term performance under pressure. When we talk about applied personal and team skill in those contexts, push comes to shove takes on a whole new meaning. This brings me to the question of…

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  iPOD, publish on demand, video, training, plotting, pdf, DGN, dwg

Long before April Fool’s Day, I saw a classic misinformation post about AutoCAD Civil 3D and named Plot Styles. The stated implication of the post was that Civil 3D object Styles had issues with STB based publishing. Therefore, you as a Civil 3D user should avoid STB and stick with the old CTB technology born back in the dark ages of CAD and pen plotters. All I can say is,

WATT?

What…

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  WATT, STB, CTB, plotstyle, iPOD, video

What about the Color standards that we employ in our Production Solution products? As usual the question has more to do with publishing than color per se. Old school CAD CTB thinking tends to stick in our heads. CTB think tends to force color into a state of permanency. STB on the other hand liberates how we may employ color in our workflows.Read more

Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  color, layer color, plotstyle, CTB, STB, CAD Standards