The 1964/1965 Ford Mustang was an innovative car. The original Pony Car did many of the things a lot of people wanted in a car at an affordable price. The Mustang became an instant classic. That summer my grandmother’s sons bought her a Chantilly Beige 1964+ convertible for her very special birthday that year.
For Men in Black…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jan 29, 2026
Tags Civil 3D 2026, Upgrade, Update, CAD Standards, Civil 3D 2025, Civil 3D 2024, customization, Project Management
Let’s proactively start off a new year with a chat about some practical and mission critical Autodesk Civil 3D realities.
Around here we build, manage, and maintain an enormous and deep set of Civil 3D Templates and Civil 3D Style resources for multiple releases of Civil 3D.
Like everyone else we had to learn the hard way to systematically…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jan 15, 2026
Tags template, sheet set template, Reference Template, TREF, Style Management, project template, development
Are we here to talk about the latest software changes and improvements to Autodesk Civil 3D? Nope. Yep. There are recent Updates for Autodesk Civil 3D 2026, Civil 3D 2025, Civil 3D 2024, and even Civil 3D 2023. There are new Framework for Civil 3D Updates builds available too.
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The recent…
Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Dec 31, 2025
Tags Implementation, customization, project template, Project Management, sheet set template, template, Style, Label Style
If we think about it our investments in Civil 3D development and customization generate a bit of a paradox. Out here in Civil 3D Land there’s an intriguing question about Autodesk Civil 3D Templates, Civil 3D Styles, and Civil 3D resource development. Is the customization of Civil 3D worth it?
The Is it Worth it…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Oct 30, 2025
Tags customization, implementation, project, Civil 3D, CAD Standards, development, Jump Kit, Templates Only
Autodesk showed off a new and improved Autodesk Desktop Connector (ADC) in many public Autodesk University 2025 sessions. In early October, Autodesk finally released that higher performance version of the latest and greatest ADC to the masses. Hoorah.
There's more. In case you missed it - Autodesk Docs users may now include AutoCAD and Autodesk…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Oct 09, 2025
Tags Desktop Connector, ADC, Autodesk Docs, Forma Data Management, FDM, Project Management, CAD Standards, Update