Let’s face it. Most of the time in Autodesk Civil 3D we all tend to initially shoot for some form of immediate and published annotation. It’s an old school CAD User’s habit. Can we call this lust the One and Done? For surveyors this may mean Point data from Survey Dbs. I trust we have all moved beyond imported point files and drawing-centric COGO points? The Lord…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jun 12, 2024
Tags annotation, annotative scale, Label Style, Label Style Defaults, Style Management, Style Library, DREF, XREF, IREF, TREF
The Framework for Civil 3D embraces a mission critical concept we call Intelligent Publish On Demand (iPOD). Our brains must be actively and continuously engaged in the production deliverables process in Civil 3D. That work is what we are paid to do as professionals. This is what this Jump On Civil 3D blog and our Framework…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Mar 08, 2022
Tags feature line, Label Style, Expression Set, corridor, grading, video, annotation, Jump Kit, iPOD
Our new Civil 3D Segment Label Expression Set that’s now available for multiple releases of Autodesk Civil 3D generated some uncommon interest and some questions for good reasons. Why not? Our Civil 3D projects that include Corridors for roadways and site grading design should not be a problematic hassle to Label and annotate.
Welcome to…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Feb 01, 2022
Tags corridor, Frequency, annotation, DREF, XREF, Civil 3D 2022, video, feature line, labels, segment, Civil 3D 2021, Civil 3D 2020
Automated Design Corridor annotation is a mission critical, learned skill and a vital workflow to master in Autodesk Civil 3D. A Civil 3D project-based approach is essential to produce better and faster deliverables from Complex Corridors in less time and with less effort.
Simple and repetitive Civil 3D user events can dramatically affect the amount of work…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jan 11, 2022
Tags corridor, Frequency, Project Management, annotation, DREF, XREF, Civil 3D 2022, video, feature line, labels, segment
Our recent explorations of a common Turn Lanes and Median Corridor design reveals that we have skills and best practices to learn to successfully annotate Complex Corridors in Autodesk Civil 3D.
Repetitive and simple Civil 3D user events dramatically affect the amount of work required and the quality and substance of the Civil 3D Corridor results we can…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jan 05, 2022
Tags corridor, Frequency, Project Management, annotation, DREF, XREF, Civil 3D 2022, region, video, feature line, labels