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Someone calls me up the other day with AutoCAD Civil 3D Pipes questions. Mike asks if our Production Solutions products will solve his specific storm drain Pipes labeling problem for his local municipal jurisdiction. That happens to be a major US metro that’s currently under water – literally under water. I’m not laughing at Mike. I’m laughing with him.

“The…

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  pipes, Label Style, CAD Standards, City Standards

You know the drill. You get a job in a civil engineering and survey firm that hires you because you know AutoCAD Civil 3D. Heck. You passed the official Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D certification exam. In your hire day interview the firm owners even promise to upgrade to the latest release before you start.
That’s great. Opportunity knocks. Congrats.

The Plans of Mice and Men

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Is this easy to say, and hard to do? Of course it is. All work worth doing usually is.
That’s why they call the results Competitive Advantage. Competitive advantage is something you make. The Lord knows, it’s easy enough to lose and never, ever get in the first place.

They tell us this technology can help. We know technology can hurt. Oh yeah. Software we depend on…

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  WATT, CAD Standards, Style Management

Who makes the best set of templates for AutoCAD Civil 3D? Sorry folks, this is a no brainer. We do. There is only one reason for this. It’s what we do. Everyone else does something else and AutoCAD Civil 3D templates and AutoCAD Civil 3D styles are a sideline business. Lots of the time their templates are customized consulting services offerings in disguise. That’s ok, but…

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That is not a pirate movie title. There is a search for buried treasure involved. The search for better standards is never ending. It’s inherently a quest for agreed on meaning. We should say interpreted meaning. Standards are in…

The Eye of the Beholder

The Standards quest is about looking for improved and common ways to work together without the need to change things for the…

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  color, layer color, Layer Standards, NCS, CAD Standards