Autodesk Civil 3D started out to establish a change in the civil engineering paradigm. First get the model and, most importantly, the data behind that model right. For practical purposes that word right means - suitable. From that suitable model we may automatically publish what we need to deliver in many forms.
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Tench Tilghman
Oct 01, 2026
Tags Civil 3D, Description Key, Description Key Set, figure, figure db, survey figure, survey db, points, survey point, COGO points, video
The Framework for Civil 3D Jump Kit product is notable and perhaps even famous for the product’s native support for multiple variations of the National CAD Standard (NCS) Layer Standards. These include the current NCS 6.0 and NCS 6.0 AIA variants. These common NCS Layer Standard variants are variously required for GSA, DOD, US Army Corps, and other project submittals.
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Tench Tilghman
Jun 04, 2026
Tags NCS 6.0, Layer Standards, Layer State Manager, Layer Manager, script, scriptcall, Description Key, Object Settings, video
The Point is one of the most overused words in Autodesk Civil 3D. Are we talking about COGO points? Survey Points? Point Groups? Point data in a Surface? Points of Intersection in our horizontal, vertical, and cross section control?
This list of different and/or separate meanings for the word Point seems to be a never-ending story.
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Feb 12, 2026
Tags Description Key, Description Key Set, point, Point Style, Point Label Style, expressions, Expression Set, Property Set, point group, figure, survey db
Autodesk Civil 3D is a feature rich production environment for surveyors and civil engineers. We all discover that Civil 3D requires customization to be usable in real world projects. The cost of this Civil 3D Template, Civil 3D Style, and other mission-critical resource development may quickly become greater than the cost of the software itself.…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Feb 15, 2022
Tags point, figure, Survey Query, figure prefix db, Description Key Set, iPOD, Civil 3D 2022, Civil 3D 2021, Civil 3D 2020, video, Jump Kit
The Framework for Civil 3D and its products are a Managed System. We take a manufactured or industrial approach to address the many challenges of Autodesk Civil 3D customization. If you prefer, we are Parts Supplier of integrated Civil 3D resources to build diverse, sustainable, and adaptive Civil 3D Standards from.
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Nov 24, 2020
Tags Civil 3D 2020, Update, Jump Kit, Templates Only, Project Explorer, Profile View, Description Key