Once in a while I read a post somewhere else that makes me nervous for the folks that read it.
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The Being Civil blog is pretty good about not handing out bogus and/or partially incorrect information. No one is perfect. I've done it myself a few times with all the best intentions.
Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Mar 15, 2012
Tags bugs, Description Key Set, import, Style Management, management, standards
One of the best things about AutoCAD Civil 3D are the visuals that Civil 3D Styles and the backend AutoCAD display engine can produce. If we employ these capabilities to our advantage they are:
More Than Eye Candy
These tools and capabilities can…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Mar 13, 2012
Tags surface, QA, QC, Surface Style, Volume Dashboard, TIN, grading, grading group
One of my favorite AutoCAD interface tweaks remains palette rollover transparency which you can set for one or all palettes in your interface.
Reclaim More Work Space
AutoCAD…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Mar 07, 2012
Tags transparency, interface, Civil 3D
Microsoft Gets Back in Touch
No Way Microsoft was going to let Apple and/or Google win the ever ongoing and growing interface war.
All I can say is the sometimes painfully obvious,
"It is going be a pleasant chore to learn a whole new way to work."
You can now download a preview the beta of the Windows 8 operating system that features the much talked about…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Mar 01, 2012
Tags Windows 8
For reasons that I know really don't matter even a tiny bit to you, I spent More than a week performing basic and not so basic IT maintenance for businesses, friends, family and even myself.
The Rituals of Workstation Maintenance
It was time to rebuild my workstation. I really needed to do a Microsoft Office bump and a spring housecleaning was definately in order. Windows 8 and…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Feb 22, 2012
Tags maintenance, network, standards, implementation, system