Autodesk is in the midst of their annual AEC products Update 1 release cycle. I call this Update 1 cycle the Get Ready for Autodesk University Build. This set of Updates means a reduction Civil 3D user flak and whine with the hope for more adoption of the latest numbered release due to Update 1.
There are now other AU world-wide events delivered elsewhere aside from the…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Sep 12, 2019
Tags Project Management, Update, Civil 3D, Civil 3D 2020, Civil 3D 2019, project template, template, TREF, Style Management, implementation
Maybe you noticed? There is a big difference between your Civil 3D model building drawings and your Civil 3D publication drawings. Are there are some other types and stages of Civil 3D drawings in between these two? Civil 3D Drawings have states or even phases. If we have phases in projects, then our critical path will probably include drawings that change type…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Sep 10, 2019
Tags iPOD, drawing type, dynamic model, DREF, TREF, IREF, dwf, Project Management, project template, placeholder, template, sheet template, sheet set template
If you follow this blog, you’ve perhaps noticed that I’m not a big fan of Autodesk’s dependence on Tool Palettes to manage the complexity in the Civil 3D Assemblies that are employed in Corridor Baseline Regions. Time for an intervention? A 12-step rehab program would help. Some acts of contrition are probably in order. I know this is unlikely. Denial is a powerful thing. Are you a bit confused?…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Aug 29, 2019
Tags corridor, Assembly, Assembly Set, Subassembly, subassembly composer, change management, Project Management, CAD Standards, heuristics
Once upon a time at Autodesk University I delivered a popular CAD Manager track session called People Skills. I think it is safe to say that us techy types often tend to have people and management issues. We tend to want people to behave like software or man-made objects and then they don’t and won’t.
I’m a storyteller. I don’t do standup…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Aug 22, 2019
Tags video, survey point, point group, people skills, learn, point, Style Management, Project Management, heuristics
Point Wizardry, Surface Wizardry, and these days - Corridor Wizardry are each important and creative aspects of Civil 3D tradecraft. By Civil 3D tradecraft and craftmanship I mean those mission critical skill sets wrenched and painfully derived from the real project work that allow some Civil 3D users to become super productive…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Aug 13, 2019
Tags point, survey db, Survey Codes, feature line, annotation, Description Key, Description Key Set, Project Management, CAD Standards, point group, video