A point is a point is a point. Along came Civil 3D and turned all this simple stuff on its head. The idea was to make the whole point symbols and label thing more useful, less time consuming, and much more flexible. Down came the rain and washed the spider out.
It’s fair to say that most people said, “You’ve got to be kidding.”
Annotative Madness
Did…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Oct 08, 2015
Tags symbol, Symbol Set, block, Point Style, Point Label Style, COGO points
Videos are all the rage. This site has hours and hours of them on the Civil 3D Video recordings page.
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I do post a few to YouTube now and then. Truthfully, you’re better off coming here where you can both the eye candy and the beef about AutoCAD Civil 3D.
They tell me that I should probably post more on YouTube…
Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Mar 07, 2014
Tags management, video, Description Key Set, Point Style, Point Label Style
Our customers asked for More. We delivered.
The latest version of our Symbols Set and Blocks Only Production Solution products just hit the street. The products include much more built in graphic variation. Frankly, we almost doubled the aggregate size of these vital backend content libraries.
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Tench Tilghman
Jun 28, 2013
Tags block, symbol, point, Point Style, Point Label Style
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