People often ask me what makes the Framework for Civil 3D special and different. In fairness everyone wants an answer that speaks to their current need. Let’s just call it - the state of their Civil 3D usage.
If you are a Civil 3D newbie crawling up out of Eagle Point or something, you look at the entire Civil 3D templates and Civil 3D styles challenge a…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Jun 14, 2018
Tags CAD Standards, Layer Standards, symbol, spreadsheet, Civil 3D 2019, Adaptive, management, change management
No matter what release of Civil 3D you want to run, you can bet that the Framework for Civil 3D runs on it. You can also bet on the fact that the Jump Kit you already own will also continue to also improve over time.
All our Framework for Civil 3D customers have to do is show up to download the new goodies.…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | May 03, 2018
Tags AddOn, spreadsheet, Jump Kit, Civil 3D 2019, Survey, Civil 3D 2018, Layer Standards, ncs 5.0, NCS 6.0
The Framework for Civil 3D is a Managed System that supports the production use of Civil 3D and any customization of the backend resources that you can imagine. Customers say the Framework even enables forms of customization they never dreamed of before they started to employ it.
When a new CAD Management tool arrives from Autodesk, I tend to personally…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Apr 24, 2018
Tags Civil 3D 2019, Civil 3D 2018, Civil 3D 2017, Civil 3D 2016, Upgrade, tools, CAD Standards, Layer Standards, Batch Save
Our relentless pursuit of a better and more useable AutoCAD Civil 3D continues. The upcoming Release 8 of the Framework for Civil 3D will include NCS 6.0 Layer System compliance built-in. In truth, Release 8 will support multiple variants of the NCS out of the box. This robust, adaptive, and flexible approach to Civil 3D…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Apr 05, 2018
Tags CAD Standards, Layer Standards, ncs 5.0, NCS 6.0, spreadsheet, InstantOn, Jump Kit
Someone recently complained to me that their current budget didn’t allow for the training of new employees and staff training for latest AutoCAD Civil 3D release upgrades. Trust me, even if you do have the budget, it is never enough. Skilled, professional Civil 3D folk are hard to find. All the trends say that this human resource problem will only get worse. When skilled people…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Mar 29, 2018
Tags training, Civil 3D, management, people skills, Layer Standards, spreadsheet, CAD Standards, AddOn, Update