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Heck. No.
Linetypes work. Hardly anyone needs to mess with linetypes anymore. They are available standard linetypes for almost everything in every CAD discipline. With some adjustment they even work across multiple drafting disciplines. What do you mean by linetype style anyway?

Autodesk, please don’t change what works.

Heck. Yes.
The…

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  linetype, Style, WATT

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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Is this easy to say, and hard to do? Of course it is. All work worth doing usually is.
That’s why they call the results Competitive Advantage. Competitive advantage is something you make. The Lord knows, it’s easy enough to lose and never, ever get in the first place.

They tell us this technology can help. We know technology can hurt. Oh yeah. Software we depend on…

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  WATT, CAD Standards, Style Management

People ask, “Where is the AutoCAD Civil 3D Country Kit for the United States?

Maybe it’s built into the software? Really? Sounds a lot like more email server doublespeak to me. One has to ask, “Don’t civil engineer and surveyor lives matter?”
Pssssst. Here’s the secret…

There is a US Country Kit for AutoCAD Civil 3D

Look no farther. You have arrived.…

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  Country Kits, Style, customization, State Kit

Who makes the best set of templates for AutoCAD Civil 3D? Sorry folks, this is a no brainer. We do. There is only one reason for this. It’s what we do. Everyone else does something else and AutoCAD Civil 3D templates and AutoCAD Civil 3D styles are a sideline business. Lots of the time their templates are customized consulting services offerings in disguise. That’s ok, but…

How much is…  Read more