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People ask why we put the “-JS” at the end of our Jump Production Solution Style names. This simple device serves a significant purpose – How do you know the difference between Styles?
AutoCAD Civil 3D doesn’t really care what you name anything, but the odds are it will matter to you pretty quickly.

Coming Attractions

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Whew! I hope you had a wonderful Labor Day weekend. I labored doing website software upgrades.

Silly me

I put these mandatory maintenance issues off for longer than I should have. I unfortunately waited until things started to break. Then I did a bunch of updates in a rush. That caused me to have to learn too much too fast. Sound familiar?
Delay until breakage is not the…

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  website, Upgrade, Update, Service Pack

People organizations and make AutoCAD Civil 3D implementation too big a deal. It isn’t rocket science. Civil 3D is a software tool. It may be a big, new tool, so a bit of caution is probably in order. The fact of the matter is, we actually already know how to do it. We’re engineers.

The Mission Impossible

Houston. We have a problem.” Yes. Barring a miracle, the astronauts…

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In August the President and Congress take a vacation on your taxpayer dime. They happily leave the country’s problems on the back burner for a bit. You can count on the fact they  play a round or two, have a few rounds, or just get more round.

As to the term – “august assembly” - the term does sound pompous. However, it is quite appropriate.
“August” in this usage isn’t exactly derived…

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  Upgrade, Update, Release 5, release

Last time I talked about my father’s service in the defense of the country of Egypt many years ago. It’s a story worth hearing. It perhaps helps somewhat to keep any current crisis in more perspective.

The New Economy?

My father was a good if not great story teller.…

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  jobs, competition