AutoCAD Civil 3D started out to establish a new civil engineering design paradigm. Get the model and the data right. For practical purposes that right means - suitable. From that suitable model we may automatically publish what we need to deliver in many forms.
This is the first installment in a multi-post review of key Civil 3D Tools. A primer on the mission critical capabilities and tools…
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Tench Tilghman
Mar 07, 2017
Tags survey db, survey, surface, Civil 3D 2016, Civil 3D 2017, query, video
We discussed the term Bucket and the concepts of mini-buckets to make AutoCAD Civil 3D Features a bit easier to understand in the recent Civil 3D Production Buckets post. We discovered that there are What, How, When, and Model buckets to Civil 3D Features. There are important…
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Tench Tilghman
Mar 02, 2017
Tags bucket, feature, Name Template, template, Reference Template, Civil 3D 2017
The Framework for Civil 3D allows you to employ AutoCAD Civil 3D in multiple releases right out of the box. Still everyone has to learn how to do that. As much as we might wish for magic buttons there are none. This is the common human dilemma.
Productive solutions require good software, consistent and robust resources, and these must be coupled into working civil…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Feb 21, 2017
Tags training, Civil 3D 2017, Civil 3D 2016, Civil 3D 2015, survey, design
I hear “We Are New to Civil 3D” a lot this time of year. It’s winter. Do civil engineers and surveyors finally have time to tackle new software? Nah. Maybe it’s because they got new hardware with Windows 10 and discovered their old software won’t even run? Nah. Maybe they decided to leave the LDT, Microstation, Eagle Point, or whatever old fold because there is no new work in their…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Feb 16, 2017
Tags Upgrade, Civil 3D 2017, Civil 3D 2016, Civil 3D 2015, Templates Only, Jump Kit, Release 7
We’ve set out on an Unexpected Journey. In AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 we have a new Reference Template Tool offered up with the idea of a State Template>>Company Template>>Project Template hierarchy and vernacular. It works as a sales pitch. Sadly, this vague Civil 3D help file expression of the idea pretty much ignores some of the realities of the Civil 3D Style and Settings mechanics…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Feb 09, 2017
Tags Reference Template, Style Management, template, implementation, Civil 3D 2017