Inside Autodesk Civil 3D there are intimate, hierarchical relationships between an Alignment, its child Profiles, child Offset Alignments, their slope-controlled Profiles, Curb Return Alignments and their Connected Alignment and Profile cousins, and Intersections. Sooner or later, we discover that…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Jun 24, 2021
Tags alignment, connected alignment, offset alignment, baseline, feature line, DREF, corridor, corridor surface, grading, Grading Optimization
Inside the Autodesk Civil 3D Corridor Feature we get better horizontal, vertical, and cross section control, more forms of output, better design round trips, more design control options, and better project-based quality control. That significant list of production benefits makes the small extra work that is required to employ a Corridor, well worth the effort.
The Good News…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Jun 10, 2021
Tags corridor, alignment, baseline, Multiple Dynamic Baselines, region, site design, Assembly, intersection, video
I enjoy finding examples and folks who creatively learn to employ the Power of Not to production work in Autodesk Civil 3D. Huh? What the hay does the Power of Not mean? I trust that you do understand the difference between the Boolean logic of AND and OR in expressions. Eheh.
NOT is the third chord (the…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | May 25, 2021
Tags Data Shortcut Manager, Data Behind, not keys, Project Management, points, Point Label Style, site design, corridors, grading
Do we ask the right questions about Civil 3D and how we use it?
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By definition…Probably not. We human beings tend to not ask questions about what we believe we already know how to do. We rely too much on habit. We could call this the human autopilot. The autopilot works 95%+ of the time. Our brains spend a good deal of invisible time behind the scenes working on those building those structures…
Posted by Tench Tilghman | May 18, 2021
Tags customization, implementation, alignment, points, surface, corridor, grading, Jump Kit, Templates Only, project template, Style Management
New and improved choices of Civil 3D Style Tools can and do significantly affect our daily production work in Autodesk Civil 3D. The Framework for Civil 3D products deliver those improved results and the significant rewards that we receive when we thoughtfully employ those Style Tools in a managed Civil 3D production environment and project.
Let me repeat…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Mar 16, 2021
Tags AddOn, Jump Kit, Expression Set, surface, grading, corridor, video, Civil 3D 2021, Civil 3D 2020, expressions