These days people anywhere can bet on nearly anything. Is that an interesting take on statistical analytics and/or just a sign of the times? The legal Internet prediction markets allow us all to test our prophetic capabilities in some new and entertaining ways. What fun.
Speaking of odd - here’s one we probably cannot check…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
May 21, 2026
Tags customization, implementation, templates, development, maintenance, CAD Standards, Upgrade, Update
Our civil engineering and survey projects in Autodesk Civil 3D and other Autodesk apps generally tend to grow larger and more complex with time. Is it just me? Our bottom line requires that we spend some time and attention to regular drawing maintenance as our project timelines grow longer and the project complexity increases.
Hopefully, we learn, practice,…
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Tench Tilghman
May 14, 2026
Tags Drawing Cleanup, project maintenance, Data Shortcut Manager, ViewFrame, ViewFrame Group, Upgrade, Update, Civil 3D 2027, Sheet Set
The Internet is the place where things change all the time and everything stays the same. That always means we must learn and burn and deal with what changes one way or another. Maybe you noticed? Eheh.
These days all the various Clouds have part to play. Just sayin’.
“Hey, hey, you, you, get off of my cloud
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Don't hang…
Posted by
Tench Tilghman
May 07, 2026
Tags website, Jump Kit, Templates Only, Civil 3D 2027, Civil 3D 2026, Civil 3D 2025, video, Autodesk Small Business
We recently released the Jump Kit 2027 and Templates Only 2027 products. Templates Only includes reasonable example drawings and some essential civil data content. Such basic examples are nice. We don’t believe they are enough. Our Jump Kit products always include multiple Civil 3D Sandbox Projects in both STB and…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Apr 29, 2026
Tags Implementation, Upgrade, Update, sandbox, Civil 3D 2027, Civil 3D 2026, project template, sheet set template
The fundamental goal of the Framework for Civil 3D products is to provide customers with the increased Liberty to Work in Civil 3D. The latest release of our Framework for Civil 3D 2027 production products is great news for exactly that reason.
The Framework products make Civil 3D work and work better.
The important…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Apr 21, 2026
Tags Civil 3D 2027, Jump Kit, Templates Only, Upgrade, Update, Implementation, customization, Country Kits