For reasons that deserve explanation, Autodesk Civil 3D includes some apparent contradictions. There are formal sets of dualities built into Civil 3D. Whether we perceive and/or employ these model-based software pairings for our benefit is another matter. Sadly, every Civil 3D user struggles with these dualities to one degree or another.
Frankly, it’s even a bit difficult…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jan 29, 2025
Tags implementation, training, bucket, Name Template, dynamic model, names, Style Management
Every once in a while a new Framework for Civil 3D customer calls and asks why we put the “- JS” at the end of all the Framework Style names. The simple device of adding a suffix serves a very significant purpose. The suffix helps to answer the first most important question about using and customizing Autodesk Civil 3D…
“How…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jan 23, 2025
Tags implementation, training, bucket, Name Template, dynamic model, names, Style Management, Style
We could argue that any consideration of workflows in Autodesk Civil 3D is merely a result of the considerable depth of function that is already built into the software. Civil 3D does support a virtual feast of inherent capabilities for civil engineers and surveyors.
We could also argue that all this attention is unwarranted. The emphasis is only necessary because of the strange mix of old…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jan 09, 2025
Tags training, bucket, implementation, Civil 3D, data, project, Upgrade, Update
Autodesk Civil 3D Styles and Label Styles reference, or employ, the AutoCAD named parts like Layers and Textstyles to express themselves. Civil 3D Style tools just look for and match the right names that we have agreed to. Change the meaning of the property definitions connected to those agreed on names and we…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jan 03, 2025
Tags implementation, training, bucket, Name Template, dynamic model, names, Style Management
The daily production mechanics of Autodesk Civil 3D’s interconnected and project-based Dynamic Model are indeed very powerful. These sometimes-convoluted mechanics can be downright overwhelming as well. We aren’t always so clear what that means at the very practical and daily work level.
We are all confronted with a daunting certainty in Civil 3D. The simple…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Dec 12, 2024
Tags surface, alignment, parcel, dynamic model, bucket, training, DREF, Project Management