Once in a while I read a post somewhere else that makes me nervous for the folks that read it.
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The Being Civil blog is pretty good about not handing out bogus and/or partially incorrect information. No one is perfect. I've done it myself a few times with all the best intentions.
Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Mar 15, 2012
Tags bugs, Description Key Set, import, Style Management, management, standards
People wave their hands and talk about "Model Based" software, "Model Based" design, and BIM. What do these words really mean where the rubber hits the road?
Maybe the answer is simple, but it sure appears that takes a while for people to get the unexpected consequences.
Model-Based is Simple and Elegant
We build a "reasonably realistic" model of what we want…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Oct 03, 2011
Tags publiish, publish on demand, Style Management, Style, template
AutoCAD Civil 3D template and Civil 3D Style development can be both painful and expensive but it doesn't have to be. Mostly this happens to us because we apply the wrong type of human intelligence to the problem at hand. This is human and understandable.
Ok. You have Civil 3D installed and start to use the Autodesk example "ncs" templates and styles that got installed.…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Aug 18, 2011
Tags performance, customization, template, Style, Style Management
The process of the massive rebuild, update, and many MANY new Civil 3D Style additions for the Jump 4 AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 is often mind numbing and at times a frustrating task.
All software as complex and ever-changing as AutoCAD Civil 3D has it's "issues" and bugs. I have the unfortunate knack at stumbling upon More than a few that bring the code to its knees. What was the tag line for…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Aug 16, 2011
Tags implementation, Style, Style Management, template, label, Label Style
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