I do videos and blog posts on a lot of topics inside of Civil 3D. Some folks complain that I don’t do basic how tos. Thank God. There are other folks out there in Civil 3D Land that are really good at that. We feature many of those Civil 3D how to videos by the best experts on our curated video pages. Tell me…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Nov 01, 2018
Tags customization, Civil 3D, implementation, template, project template, video, CAD Standards, change management, productivity
There is a synergistic trinity of powertools available in the latest Release 7 update for Civil 3D 2019.1. We should consider that Civil 3D Project Templates, Reference Templates, and Project Placeholders are a powerful and productive triad. If we use them together, we get more project productivity than the sum of the parts. To…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Oct 11, 2018
Tags Project Management, DREF, video, project template, project, CAD Standards, data shortcuts, Reference Template, Civil 3D 2019
We shouldn’t have to reinvent the wheel to employ Civil 3D point data successfully. After more than ten releases of Civil 3D that would be dumb. The Pareto Principal, that famous 80 20 Rule, applies to our civil engineering and survey data. I argue, and most civil and survey folk would agree, that 20% of what we gather and create drives a large part of our project…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Oct 04, 2018
Tags point, survey point, Description Key, figure prefix db, not keys, wildcard, CAD Standards, Survey Query, video
The best companies that employ Civil 3D plan and manage their projects for creation, maintenance, and deliverables success. It is easy to mouth these conceptual platitudes. Are they AU bumper stickers? The work reminds me of Labor Day. We must acknowledge that the continuous development discipline and work is hard to do. The fixes are emotionally hard to keep doing. This is why the results of that…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Aug 30, 2018
Tags Project Management, DREF, implementation, video, project template, project, CAD Standards, data shortcuts, Reference Template
The Symbol Set approach based on the Power of Names is both revolutionary and more effective in all Civil 3D production environments.
Our Managed Systems approach to Civil 3D Symbols (aka AutoCAD blocks, Point Styles, etc.) and those integrations allows the Framework for Civil 3D to supply its users with a more adaptive, flexible, and robust…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Aug 21, 2018
Tags Civil 3D 2019, Symbol Set, Upgrade, block, customization, CAD Standards, implementation, video