A government agency IT person called the other day and asked if we could sell him the Civil 3D Coordinate System Transformation Tool. One of his Civil 3D users pointed him to this site of the Framework for Civil 3D for some reason. Maybe the user watched a video?
Good news. I was happy to explain that the coordinate system transformation…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jul 19, 2023
Tags coordinate system, transformation, Civil 3D 2022, Civil 3D 2023, Civil 3D 2024, conversion, video
Autodesk continues to add new Extensions and conversion Tools to Autodesk Civil 3D 2022 at a blistering rate. Maybe the word is bewildering. If your Civil 3D project faces the challenges addressed, these new Extensions and Tools can be a big deal.
A functional replacement for the older 3rd party produced Geotechnical application is high on the…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Feb 10, 2022
Tags geotechnical, conversion, transformation, Civil 3D 2022, Extension, Update
What goes around comes around. For reasons that are a mystery I’ve recently received a bunch of questions about the Export of Civil 3D project stuff in digital deliverable form. In other words, the folks want to publish digital copies of the Civil 3D data behind in their projects without the Civil 3D objects themselves.
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“We want the results only” – whatever that…
Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Sep 07, 2018
Tags iPOD, font, NCS, ISO, conversion, export, DGN, text, textstyle, special characters
If you employ any AutoCAD 2015+ product, you’re ability to view and import DGN is greatly improved. Both Autodesk and Bentley share large State DOT and Federal customers who’ve demanded that the conversion methods between the two CAD platforms work better behind the scenes. In front of the camera, we all potentially benefit.
You do know that you can create AutoCAD Civil…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Apr 01, 2016
Tags linetype, linestyle, textstyle, font, conversion, DGN, pdf, Civil 3D 2015, Civil 3D 2016, video
Our goal from the get go has been to produce a resource Framework for AutoCAD Civil 3D that simplifies the grisly and time-consuming details that make customizing Civil 3D and maintaining that such a money pit for civil engineering and survey organizations. Central to that purpose are the principals of robustness, consistency,…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Mar 29, 2016
Tags Release 6, Release 7, STB, CTB, conversion, CAD Standards, spreadsheet, customization