What did Autodesk do in the latest Civil 3D release? Good stuff? Bad stuff? Useless stuff? What do you think?
Civil 3D users cannot count on the potential reality that Autodesk will change their software into what any Civil 3D user wants. No one really expects that. We all hope they will. Users do not choose what Autodesk decides to build and/or fix either in spite of expensive marketing…
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Tench Tilghman
May 03, 2016
Tags implementation, Release 6, Civil 3D 2017, Civil 3D 2016, Civil 3D 2015, management, Jump Kit
Feature Line Baselines in Corridors are a big deal in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017. I also like the basic cleanups in corridors with angular horizontal control. It’s been a long wait for them. Technically, I wish Autodesk had implemented them differently and gone the extra mile. Here’s a brain bender. What’s the difference between a Feature…
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Tench Tilghman
Apr 28, 2016
Tags grading, corridor, Civil 3D 2017, Code Set Styles, survey figure, alignment, feature line, standard keys
It will come as no surprise to our customers that our Production Solution products for AutoCAD Civil 3D upgrade and run in the latest and greatest AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 release. We’ve successfully guaranteed this and delivered on that promise successfully since AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008. Whoa! All Civil 3D releases are not created equal. We got…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Apr 26, 2016
Tags Release 6, Release 7, Civil 3D 2015, Civil 3D 2016, Civil 3D 2017
Someone asked me this week what I think about the new AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017. I quickly replied,
“It’s about time…
Your time. My time. Every Civil 3D user’s time.”Time will also tell whether the many new and powerful forms of reference poured out in Civil 3D 2017 stay stable in complex production level projects. They must to be successful. I expect with proper…
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Tench Tilghman
Apr 21, 2016
Tags Style Management, Style, Style Import, Civil 3D 2017, template
It must be the IDS of April. Autodesk released the 2017 Suite products and AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 just in time for tax day. As I recall there’s still another week left on the Autodesk subscription deal. AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 includes some things we’ve waited much too long for. Civil 3D 2017’s here to help.
The Dan and Dave Show
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Apr 18, 2016
Tags Civil 3D 2017, IDS, Upgrade, Release 7