The Framework for AutoCAD Civil 3D employs a rule-based method to establish Layer Standards. We made significant improvements to that in our Release 6 upgrade last year. I’ve talked previously about our Layer Standards Spreadsheet…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Apr 05, 2016
Tags color, layer color, utility, infrastructure, CAD Standards, Layer Standards, standard keys, Major Key, Minor Key
Our Production Solution InstantOn products include our fabulous Layer Standards Spreadsheet Tool. We allow our customers to employ Microsoft Excel (a tool you already know) and a little bit of easy to learn basic AutoCAD skill to produce just about any standardized Layer scheme for their AutoCAD Civil 3D. Yes. It the tool works for AutoCAD Map3D and even raw AutoCAD…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jan 14, 2016
Tags CAD Standards, Layer Standards, Layer Manager, spreadsheet, Jump Kit, InstantOn Survey, videio
The new Release 6 of the Production Solution products includes better Layers and much improved Layer Standards Management tools. Yes. That means more real-world user productivity in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2016.
The Freedom to Make Civil 3D Work
A new Overview video is now available from the Video Training page that reviews…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jul 01, 2015
Tags layers, Layer Standards, Release 6
Our next release of our Production Solution products is about to go live. We've released a new version of our Open Civil Keys. These include important NCS 5.0+ updates and the NCS Phase and Status Keys with descriptions. The Open Civil Standard Keys are supplied in pdf format. InstantOn and Jump Kit customers get them in spreadsheet form and may…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
May 22, 2015
Tags Layer Standards, NCS, ncs 5.0, Layer Manager, layer color, layer state, layers
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
Feb 03, 2015
Tags color, layer color, Layer Standards, NCS, CAD Standards