How many times in Autodesk Civil 3D do we get a complex civil engineering design or survey dataset right the first time? Almost never. This reality is a most important fact about Civil 3D. To employ Civil 3D constructively in a real-world project-based production environment, we need to plan to fail forward.
What the heck does that mean?Sounds like…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Sep 07, 2022
Tags iterations, DREF, design control, design state, grading, Multiple Baseline Corridors, DWF, iPOD, Project Management
Each month I receive a bunch of emails that seek help and support for Civil 3D user issues and problems. For any Civil 3D product maker and Civil 3D expert that work comes with the territory. When you put up the shingle, folks are going to call. Each query deserves a thoughtful response. I am notorious for my WTMI email responses.
The Members section of the CadPilot…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Sep 01, 2021
Tags Civil 3D, implementation, CAD Standards, tools, Data Shortcut Manager, DREF, DWF, IREF, View, DVIEW
One of the essentials earmarks of Mother’s Day, besides the almost mandatory flowers, chocolates, and cards things, are the photos. “Honey. You sit over there. Please, smile.” Most Moms appear to want pictures of everything. Which gets me to wondering about how much of the current cloud and disk space is dedicated to digital photos and videos these days. Whatever size we would hazard to guess, you…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
May 11, 2021
Tags Civil 3D 2020, Civil 3D 2021, Civil 3D 2022, Recap, aerials, DWF, video, pdf, iPOD
You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure out the annual Autodesk Right of Spring and product release is about to begin. A new, cloudy host of Autodesk software will hit the street real soon now. The misty-eyed folks will dance around the May pole and declare the new power and majesty of the standing stones.
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If not, Autodesk shareholders will soon headhunt some Autodesk…
Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Mar 18, 2021
Tags Civil 3D 2022, Civil 3D 2021, AEC Collection, Project Explorer, Grading Optimization, BIM Collaborate Pro, iPOD, DWF, implementation
Can you hear me laughing? It’s true. The publication of Plan Set Deliverables in Autodesk Civil 3D probably has more nuances than Lady Gaga has dresses. Some of those details can be quite elaborate to say the least. One could probably record hours of How To videos to get all the way through Sheet Set Manager publication and cover the meat of the…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Mar 11, 2021
Tags sheet template, sheet set template, DWF, plan production tool, Civil 3D 2021, Civil 3D 2020, iPOD