We’ve discussed the topic of Data References (DREF) in Autodesk Civil 3D and the important Object Model challenges we simply have to deal with in our Civil 3D projects. This DREF chatter spawns a bunch of questions about Civil 3D Surfaces, Surface DREFs, and how to make them work better and faster. The existing and design surface discussion takes a few words and…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Nov 07, 2019
Tags surface, Surface Style, DREF, data shortcuts, data reference, survey db, survey figure, landxml, video, QAQC, surface edit, XML
Autodesk released Civil 3D 2020.2 Update last week and then re-released a new build of Update 2 a couple of days later. Oops. I can only guess someone discovered some fault in the sexy new BIM 360 Civil 3D projects in the cloud tools that are the big new thing in Civil 3D 2020.2. More on that in a bit. Who knows what? I searched in vain for Civil 3D Object Model…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Nov 05, 2019
Tags Civil 3D 2020, Release 8, Release 7, BIM 360, Jump Kit, Templates Only
Boo! Now, we can run Civil 3D projects in the cloud. That’s spooky. The scary news arrives just in time for Halloween. To some folks out there in Civil 3D Land, this event will be a bit unnerving. We’ll get over it.
Autodesk released the latest Civil 3D 2020.2 Update. The focus of Update 2 is Autodesk Collaboration for Civil 3D with a pointed…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Oct 31, 2019
Tags Civil 3D 2020, Update, BIM 360, Project Management, Upgrade, XREF, IREF, DREF, video, TREF
The latest Release 7 of the Framework for Civil 3D 2020.1 delivers better production to civil engineers and surveyors from Autodesk Civil 3D 2020.1. The supplied Civil 3D Styles and other supplied resources even work earlier releases of Civil 3D.
The Framework for Civil 3D is an Adaptive Managed System for all the many resources…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Oct 29, 2019
Tags Civil 3D, Civil 3D 2020, Civil 3D 2019, Civil 3D 2018, Update, Upgrade, Release 7
Whether or not you choose to employ Civil 3D Styleless Data References in your projects is a business decision that deserves careful consideration. There are Civil 3D technical, stability, and project performance reasons to take the time to do so. The NoStyles workflow mechanics are mindlessly simple to execute for the most part. The man-hour investment to perform…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Oct 24, 2019
Tags DREF, Project Management, data shortcut, data reference, Update, Upgrade, Style Management, implementation, Civil 3D, Civil 3D 2020, QAQC