Someone asked me this week what I think about the new AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017. I quickly replied,
“It’s about time…
Your time. My time. Every Civil 3D user’s time.”Time will also tell whether the many new and powerful forms of reference poured out in Civil 3D 2017 stay stable in complex production level projects. They must to be successful. I expect with proper…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Apr 21, 2016
Tags Style Management, Style, Style Import, Civil 3D 2017, template
We have this thing we call CAD Standards to improve our ability to communicate complex ideas and information to others consistently. When we talk "Standards" this means we are talking about forms of human language and interpretation. This is truly deep stuff. I won't go there. This is this practical post.
Seek and Find the Known Good
We need to take the time to assess if our current…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman Jan 21, 2015
In the Jump Platform's InstantOn products, we intentionally try and keep the use of Expressions in the Styles as small as practically possible. This has to do with a practical Civil 3D Style Maintenance problem NOT the potential usefulness of Expressions in More complex Label Styles.
After all, most of our InstantOn…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jul 28, 2011
Tags expressions, Label Style, Style Management, Style Import, customization, reference
The AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Style Tools make my day. If you have to take care of Civil 3D Style and Civil 3D model Templates for yourself or others, I KNOW that will be true for you too. But even with these new
Magic Buttons of Style
We still have that ETERNAL and EVERLASTING problem...
Where is the KNOWN Good?
We have this thing we call "CAD…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
May 02, 2011
Tags template, style, Style Management, Style Import, PDCA, purge, style purge