MoreCompetency, Inc released a new and updated open source list of our Civilized Keys for NCS 6.0. These are specific to the NCS 6.0 release. By popular customer request we included in this updated NCS 6.0 list all the AEC Discipline Keys in addition to the traditional Survey and Civil discipline ones supported directly in the Framework for Civil 3D in the past. In other words,…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Nov 15, 2018
Tags NCS, NCS 6.0, Layer Standards, standard keys, Major Key, Minor Key, CAD Standards
Truth be told, the initial concept of the Framework for Civil 3D began over a beer at an AU many years ago. That small event might once again prove the point that free beer is responsible for the rise of civilization. Speaking of building civilization…
We Need Civil 3D Templates and Styles that Work
For regular attendees AU 2018 in Las Vegas, NV starts today. If…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Nov 13, 2018
Tags AU2018, Autodesk University, Release 8, Jump Kit, InstantOn, Upgrade, training, Civil 3D 2018, Civil 3D 2019
The deployment and implementation of any new Civil 3D release involves both significant opportunity and risk. No matter what, we all know it can steal our time. We all have a love to hate relationship with new product releases and upgrades.
This time of year firms consider upgrading their production version of Civil 3D for all the usual Civil 3D Update reasons. The first Civil 3D…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Nov 08, 2018
Tags Civil 3D 2019, Civil 3D 2018, deployment, implementation, training, customization, Jump Kit, InstantOn, Upgrade
Once you have a well-managed set of Civil 3D Styles and Civil 3D Template resources, there are a host of other production man-hour improvement tools available for you to employ inside Civil 3D. Many folks overlook the very tools that Civil 3D and Windows supply to do that. The time you invest to improve your Civil 3D Project Templates, their structure, and their detailed contents…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Nov 06, 2018
Tags Project Management, DREF, implementation, video, project template, project, CAD Standards, data shortcuts, customization
I do videos and blog posts on a lot of topics inside of Civil 3D. Some folks complain that I don’t do basic how tos. Thank God. There are other folks out there in Civil 3D Land that are really good at that. We feature many of those Civil 3D how to videos by the best experts on our curated video pages. Tell me…
Who doesn’t…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Nov 01, 2018
Tags customization, Civil 3D, implementation, template, project template, video, CAD Standards, change management, productivity