The NCS Layer Standards rely on the concept and practice of a standard Pattern (Keys and delimiters) coupled with Major and Minor Keys. Every CAD Layer or Level standard employs this basic concept these days. True, we could just employ the unique numeric IDs the software’s actually use, but these aren’t very user friendly. We walked away for good human reasons.
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jul 15, 2014
Tags standard keys, NCS, CAD Standards, Major Key, Minor Key, naming conventions, Layer Standards, layers
For reason that should be obvious, I see a lot of different CAD Standards and a lot of Layer Standards in particular. Folks just call me up and hit me up with NCS questions. People pay me to develop them for them too. Does this make me an expert?. No. You’re the expert at what you do.
Our Production Solution products for AutoCAD Civil 3D have been out there for quite…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jul 11, 2014
Tags NCS, Layer Standards, CAD Standards, standard keys, Major Key, Minor Key, occam
Cadpilot.com underwent major changes in the last couple of months. It wasn't altogether voluntary as recent posts attest. For reasons unknown the front end of our telerik Sitefinity content management system (CMS) simply would not publish on our new hosting server.
System A simply wouldn't work with System B acceptably. Everyone is sympathetic and even apologetic. This is, course...
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jul 07, 2014
Tags system, management, CAD Standards, standards
Can we interest you in a batch of graphene on this fine Independence Day weekend?
Honestly, after becoming a science experiment in shear; a testimony to the fact of Systemic Failure; and a exercise in Orwellian technical support services, we simply changed everything.
Innovation is Driven by Demand
Project things take time as…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman Jul 02, 2014
Welcome. Today is the first day of a completely new cadpilot.com. You should discover this is more than a new pretty new face. She has a new heart, skeleton, and different meat on d'em bones.
She's state-of-the-art diva
We trust you'll find the site more Responsive and adaptive on more devices beyond your desktop computer or laptop. If you find something quirky (and you probably…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman Jun 30, 2014