Happy February! What do you know? It’s new fiscal year for Autodesk this month. This means those powers start to roll out upgrades and updates to some code in preparation for the annual Autodesk Rite of Spring. Autodesk kicks things off this year with a pretty significant update to the Autodesk Desktop Connector 17.1.0.16 (ADC).
Autodesk Civil 3D users should…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Feb 05, 2026
Tags ADC, Desktop Connector, Project Management, project template, Reference Explorer, CAD Standards
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
We grind away at some nuanced and significant improvements to the Framework for Civil 3D Standards documentation that we supply with both our Templates Only and Jump Kit products. We promise customers will see this work real soon now. We await the next Autodesk Civil 3D 2026.2 Update that is due out any day now. Hoorah.
Historically,…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Nov 06, 2025
Tags CAD Standards, Update, customization, Multiple Baseline Corridors, video, Standards, Implementation, DREF, Civil 3D 2026
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