Ready or not. The latest Autodesk Civil 3D 2020.4 Update hit the street late last week. New Civil 3D releases and Updates are a fact of life in Civil 3D Land. The good news is the Civil 3D 2020.4 Update fixes and number of important outstanding Civil 3D 2020 issues for Pressure Pipes, BIM 360 Collaboration for Civil 3D, ArcGIS interoperability,…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jun 02, 2020
Tags Civil 3D 2020, Update, Release 8, NCS 6.0, AIA, CAD Standards, implementation, customization
The Framework for Civil 3D out of the box supports multiple Layer Standards with adaptive conversion. The NCS 6.0, NCS 6.0 AIA and older NCS 5.0 flavors are supplied for example. Why would anyone want to do that? Everyone one knows one Layer Standard is nasty enough to maintain and employ. The common misconception of a Layer Standard at times sounds something like…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
May 07, 2020
Tags CAD Standards, Layer Standards, layer state, Release 8, Release 7, standard keys, video, customization
Most of us in Civil 3D Land are fans and daily users of Autodesk Civil 3D. We all can guess, based on history and leaks in the Autodesk cistern, that we’ll be seeing the latest and greatest release of Autodesk Civil 3D 2021 any day now. The specifics of the new release may not knock your socks off. Many of us have other concerns at the moment. The…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Apr 14, 2020
Tags Civil 3D 2021, Civil 3D 2020, Revit, AutoCAD 2021, Dynamo, Dynamo Player, Layer Standards, layer state, customization, video
The mastery of Points is nothing to take lightly in Autodesk Civil 3D. Like that old saying, “It’s all about location, location, location, Baby.” Points are foundational in the civil engineering and survey professional disciplines. Then your favorite software vendor’s programmers take over.
Points are one of the most overused words in Autodesk Civil 3D speak.…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Mar 31, 2020
Tags Civil 3D 2020, Civil 3D 2019, Civil 3D 2018, Update, Description Key Set, figure prefix db, customization, video, WATT, spreadsheet
If you tool around the cadpilot site, you will discover lots and lots of in-depth Civil 3D content, videos, and help. All the video content produced by other experts on the site is curated. I personally watch and seriously consider the viability of the video content you find here.
If it makes sense, I’ll often add constructive comments on the video in the…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Feb 13, 2020
Tags Jump Kit, Templates Only, training, Civil 3D 2020, Civil 3D 2019, implementation, customization, spreadsheet