There are three mission critical and distinct process concepts to attend to in modern model-based design.
Our iteratively built model and the managed data behind on which that model depends allow us to produce the published results that we need to produce our deliverables.There are rules, systems,…
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Tench Tilghman
Jul 09, 2026
Tags dynamic model, XREF, IREF, DREF, TREF, Project Management, project template, Civil 3D 2027
For good reason, the healthy management of our all-too-human predilection to accuse others based upon our assumptions about their internal intentions is an important topic of all major religions.
The significant topic and its resolutions are even the obvious foundation of philosophies that pretend not to be religious – aka Secularism, Humanism, Marxism, et al.
Accusation…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jul 02, 2026
Tags WATT
Human beings like a good tragedy. We like a good comedy too. Those facts are recognized in movie ticket sales and show ratings year after year in market after market. Did you notice they are about to release a new big screen version of Homer’s 2700-year-old action tale - The Odessey?
How can we miss that?We love a combination of the two classic, dramatic forms even…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jun 25, 2026
Tags Civil 3D, customization, project template, Project Management, project, Style Library, Style
We all learn about those nasty CAD Standards. We believe we get them down pat. Next thing we know, they come back and bite us at the most uncomfortable times.
“We cannot see the degree symbols (°) in labels in the survey parcel drawings.”
How does that happen?
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Everyone who uses AutoCAD knows that we just…
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Tench Tilghman
Jun 18, 2026
Tags CAD Standards, font, text, definitions, NCS, NCS 6.0, NCS 7.0, ISO, special characters, ttf, shx
Autodesk recently announced a $3.6 billion dollar purchase of MaintainX and the subsequent creation of the new Autodesk Operations Solutions group inside Autodesk. From away up here in the cheap seats, we believe this is the largest, single technology purchase that Autodesk has ever made. Something to consider seriously.
Somewhere there must be a video about…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jun 11, 2026
Tags customization, implementation, operations, Jump Kit, Drainage Analysis, video, Spreadsheet Tools