It’s a pretty good bet that most people in Civil 3D Land consider Points to be pretty much a survey thing in Civil 3D. It’s an even better bet that these same folks have complaints about Civil 3D’s point display representations, or rather point resolutions. It’s sad but true. Many want and still try and force Civil 3D to behave like older CAD software.…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
May 15, 2025
Tags points, Survey Codes, Standards, CAD Standards, Layer Standards, customization, Implementation
What to do about the new release of Civil 3D? Autodesk Civil 3D 2026 hit the street just a month ago today. Some brave folks in Civil 3D Land rip off the Band-Aid and jump right in. Many folks take Autodesk’s latest and greatest with a hefty pinch of salt. They will wait a bit for the first Civil 3D 2026 Update. For somewhat historical and at times…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
May 01, 2025
Tags Civil 2D 2026, AutoCAD, Upgrade, Update, Jump Kit, Templates Only
Have you ever hopped up and down on solid ground that bounces like jello? I recently had the chance. All kinds of fun. This wiggly weirdness occurred at the end of my own street earlier this month. It so happens that my neighborhood is part of an on-going city curb and gutter, sidewalk, and repave project.
Miracle of miracles. For once in 30 years our California gas taxes are at work in…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Apr 24, 2025
Tags geotechnical, GeoDin, Civil 2D 2025, Civil 3D 2024, Civil 2D 2026, surface, points, video
Autodesk released Autodesk Civil 3D 2026 and the other related Autodesk Infrastructure products officially on April Fools Day 2025. Technically, the actual product downloads and/or deployment builds from the Autodesk Access app and the Autodesk Subscription site were not generally available until the second of April for most US…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Apr 03, 2025
Tags Civil 3D, Civil 3D 2026, AutoCAD 2026, Map 3D 2026, Upgrade, Update, video
The Autodesk annual Right of Spring continues this week with the release of AutoCAD 2026 and the AutoCAD 2026 Toolsets. There is something new in this recent release of AutoCAD 2026 for almost everyone.
Yes. There are many Autodesk Cloud and Autodesk Docs based improvements included in the new AutoCAD. Trust me. Everyone will like the program…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Mar 26, 2025
Tags AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2026, Map 3D 2026, Upgrade, Update, Civil 3D 2026, video