The “Jump” as we call it is based on the simple idea we’ve all been pursuing for years.
I think the tenant of model-based design, BIM, or whatever you want call it is:“Work the Same and Publish on Demand”
This is EASY to wave your hands around and talk about THAT, but more than a bit difficult to execute on in the real world, with live people working…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman Nov 14, 2011
If you don't know who John McCarthy is, you should.
Go Find Out and Be Amazed
Tom's post this week on Without a Net reminded me More than just…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Oct 28, 2011
Tags lisp, customization, WATT
As a follow up to my previous post on Point Symbols, their management, custom Civil 3D templates, and Point Styles, I thought I ought to warn you of a AutoCAD Civil 3D Point performance gotcha. The method I pointed and highlighted in the post requires…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Oct 18, 2011
Tags point, bugs, point selection, point display, performance, customization, survey, survey db
Does AutoCAD Civil 3D sometimes make you feel like it will Never Work? Of course it does. Some days we all feel like the famous Winney-the-Pooh character Eeyore.
"It will never work."
Civil 3D is complex design…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Sep 21, 2011
Tags personization, customization, implementation, management
As a portion of the country recovers from days without power because of Irene here's a simple thought to consider...
Where did your SMH block come from?
When your org adopted Land Desktop the odds are you pretty much tweaked what came out the box. In the old days, DCA/Softdesk actually did a lot of the basic setup work for you. That was important to the software's adoption and…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Aug 30, 2011
Tags block, symbol, Symbol Set, customization