The process of the massive rebuild, update, and many MANY new Civil 3D Style additions for the Jump 4 AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 is often mind numbing and at times a frustrating task.
All software as complex and ever-changing as AutoCAD Civil 3D has it's "issues" and bugs. I have the unfortunate knack at stumbling upon More than a few that bring the code to its knees. What was the tag line for…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Aug 16, 2011
Tags implementation, Style, Style Management, template, label, Label Style
One of great new features of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 is it's ability to data reference Offset and Curb Return Alignment Features. I've already done some webinar training on this topic featuring a few things you can do with referenced Offset Alignments.
The new ability to keep your horizontal and vertical control…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jul 29, 2011
Tags alignment, group labels, annotation, Style, Label Style, Sets, linetype
In the Jump Platform's InstantOn products, we intentionally try and keep the use of Expressions in the Styles as small as practically possible. This has to do with a practical Civil 3D Style Maintenance problem NOT the potential usefulness of Expressions in More complex Label Styles.
After all, most of our InstantOn…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jul 28, 2011
Tags expressions, Label Style, Style Management, Style Import, customization, reference
I won't claim credit for creating the great term "civil lobotomy". It was tweeted to me by a new follower (thanks John) in response to my Dumb it Down to CAD post. Isn't the growth of social networking and our human language good at providing new ways to talk about poignant topics?
Point Feature Mystery or is that a… Read more
Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Apr 21, 2011
Tags point display, point group, Description Key Set, Point Label Style, Point Style