This is the fourth post in a series about Point Display Strategies and Tactics in AutoCAD Civil 3D.
Point Display Strategies - Part 1
Two Paths Out of the Woods - Part 2
The Point Director Method - Part 3
Point to My Match in Civil 3D - Part 4A Host of Matchmakers at Work
Civil…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Dec 20, 2012
Tags Description Key Set, Description Key, figure prefix db, figure, survey db, point, not keys, Point Style, Point Label Style, point display
In the last couple of posts I talked about classic Point Display Strategies and how to develop them.
Point Display Strategies - Part 1
Two Paths Out of the Woods - Part 2
The Point Director Method - Part 3
Point to My Match in Civil 3D - Part 4In the last post we talked…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Dec 18, 2012
Tags customization, Description Key Set, Description Key, implementation, figures, figure prefix db, point, point display, Point Style, Point Label Style
In the previous post we talked about some basic issues with Corridor annotation if we rely on Surface Features to generate the annotation. I even proposed a new Surface Group Label that referenced all forms of horizontal control.
In early AutoCAD…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Sep 13, 2012
Tags Code Set Styles, codes, corridor, corridor surface, surface, annotation, points, Point Label Style
For reasons that I trust are pretty obvious to all by now, I routinely get lots of questions about AutoCAD Civil 3D Point Styles and their "strange" behaviors.
The Choices of Confusion
Inside Civil 3D we…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Oct 13, 2011
Tags point display, survey point, COGO points, point group, Point Label Style, Point Style
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