Lots of us must output sections. Sometimes it’s a single section; sometimes that means pages and pages of sections. There’s certainly no doubt that Section View production and specifically Section annotation is one of the more complex tasks in AutoCAD Civil 3D (lots of posts about Civil 3D sections here).
The…
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Tench Tilghman
Aug 20, 2014
Tags 2015, Civil 3D, section, Label Style, corridor, annotation, vlog, video
In the previous post we talked about Line and Curve Labels which are a pretty fundamental annotative object and task in AutoCAD Civil 3D. We covered the basic edit and create functions and some other more tricky stuff. We learned that a Line & Curve Label is simple and flexible.
Where’s Your Focus?
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Oct 10, 2012
Tags annotation, annotative scale, Label Style, named views, Style
Real quick now - What are the differences between the plethora of Line and Curve Labels in AutoCAD Civil 3D?
Oops! Please do it That Way
Yep. Some are Civil 3D Feature (object) specific like Alignment, Parcel, and the latest new Figure…
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Tench Tilghman
Oct 05, 2012
Tags annotation, curve label, Style, Label Style, Label Set, label, line label
In the previous post we talked about some basic issues with Corridor annotation if we rely on Surface Features to generate the annotation. I even proposed a new Surface Group Label that referenced all forms of horizontal control.
In early AutoCAD…
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Tench Tilghman
Sep 13, 2012
Tags Code Set Styles, codes, corridor, corridor surface, surface, annotation, points, Point Label Style
One of great new features of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 is it's ability to data reference Offset and Curb Return Alignment Features. I've already done some webinar training on this topic featuring a few things you can do with referenced Offset Alignments.
The new ability to keep your horizontal and vertical control…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jul 29, 2011
Tags alignment, group labels, annotation, Style, Label Style, Sets, linetype