Before Christmas I did a quick customization for a Survey customer. He could have done the work himself, but he needed it done now. No problemo. InstantOn Survey (IOS) is an AutoCAD Civil 3D terminator. IOS makes it easy to tweak because it got built that way by Design.
Our surveyor wanted to use a classic numeric coding system you are probably familiar with and that…
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Tench Tilghman
Dec 27, 2013
Tags Description Key Set, codes, conversion, survey
Last time we talked briefly about how to Get the Old Way Working for point data. Most, but not all organizations are over that AutoCAD Civil 3D hump I hope.
Point Display Strategies - Part 1
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Two Paths Out of the Woods - Part 2
The Point Director Method - Part 3
Point to My Match in Civil…
Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Dec 13, 2012
Tags customization, implementation, Description Key, Description Key Set, codes, point display, point group, point
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
The next InstantOn Basic 4 and Jump Kit 4 AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 contain some necessary Code Set Style and more integrated Description Key Set stuff that should have been there all along.
We consider ourselves to be the Civil 3D user pit crew. Insufferable mechanics we’re always messing with the Civil 3D machine and trying to get the most out of the parts we’re supplied…
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Tench Tilghman
Sep 10, 2012
Tags corridor, Code Set Styles, codes, corridor surface, surface, label
Each new release of the Jump Platform allows us a chance to improve the details of the Styles and Label Styles included so you don't have to work so hard to get what you need out of AutoCAD Civil 3D in a real world production environment.
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With thousands and thousands of Styles and Label Styles available in the Jump Kit product for instant drag and drops…
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Tench Tilghman
Jul 24, 2012
Tags Code Set Styles, codes, corridor, Assembly, Subassembly