Over time Civil 3D became more flexible about how we can store and manage our project work. That flexibility can make the whole Civil 3D project creation and setup process confusing. Let’s call project creation and the Data Shortcut setup flexible and adaptive and a bit non-intuitive.
The project folder structure you employ is totally up to you. Be aware that project folder structure should…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jul 03, 2018
Tags data shortcuts, Project Management, DREF, implementation, video, project template, project
Each new project we start in Civil 3D is an opportunity that we either capitalize on or we waste the chance to make the new project better. In my experience a lot of really awesome and skilled Civil 3D folks punt like the German World Cup team. It’s way too easy to be champions who go home early.
We All Do This
We use Civil 3D for a while. We undoubtedly now have a standard…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jun 28, 2018
Tags project template, project, Project Management, dynamic model, implementation, CAD Standards
As fate would have it, last month I somehow got started on a series update on AutoCAD Civil 3D fundamentals and essentials. I trust you noticed. These days we have lot of new Framework for Civil 3D customers. People do ask those most important and sometimes uncomfortable questions. It seemed apparent I needed to rewrite, update, and clarify the whole series of posts on the significant…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jan 23, 2018
Tags project, Project Management, dynamic model, implementation, CAD Standards
There’s a sophisticated simplicity to Data Shortcut and Data Reference (DREF) functionality inside AutoCAD Civil 3D. To achieve a more powerful Managed Dynamic Model inside Civil 3D long ago Autodesk built a simple XML-based website to manage and control the interactivity of the data behind for many Civil 3D Features as shared Data…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jan 18, 2018
Tags Project Management, project, data reference, data shortcuts, DREF, video
Most of us Civil 3D users live mnemonics. Simple groups of letters can and do save us Civil 3D users time and effort. Human beings certainly easily attach meaning to such things. As most parents and grandparents learn many a three-year old knows the McDonald’s logo. LOL. Few toddlers can read.
Brand and symbol mnemonics act like command aliases in an AutoCAD pgp file. They become the roots…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jul 11, 2017
Tags dwf, iPOD, standards, implementation, Project Management, video