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Are we are talking about the latest software changes and improvements to Autodesk Civil 3D today?
No. But there are always some recent product feature updates that come with benefits.

We are talking about Autodesk Civil 3D Features – Alignments, Profiles, Corridors and such. If you prefer, all of that Civil 3D Toolspace stuff. Technically speaking,…

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  feature, implementation, management, development, customization

This is far easier said than done. The genuine issue is what we mean by that curious term - learn. This brings to mind the Goldilocks and the Three Bears metaphor. Do you know this story?

The tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears was once a fearful bedtime morality story from a day when bears regularly could and did come to visit houses. When the bear huffs, you pay attention.…

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Posted by Tench Tilghman

Tags  training, learn, Civil 3D, Infraworks, implementation

The Framework for AutoCAD Civil 3D by default employs the concept of project-based resources.
Why? Many civil engineers and surveyors work on projects with different design, survey, and deliverable requirements. Therefore. a project based approached to those specific resources makes the most sense. This is not always the way things are in your local version of Civil 3D Land.

It’s…  Read more

Why would some of the largest and most densely populated counties in the US adopt the Framework for AutoCAD Civil 3D?

Why would one of the country’s largest cities adopt the Framework as a City CAD Standard?

Why would companies that employ both AutoCAD Civil 3D and Microstation to perform project work find it easier to adopt the Framework?

Why would departments and locations…

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What did Autodesk do in the latest Civil 3D release? Good stuff? Bad stuff? Useless stuff? What do you think?

Civil 3D users cannot count on the potential reality that Autodesk will change their software into what any Civil 3D user wants. No one really expects that. We all hope they will. Users do not choose what Autodesk decides to build and/or fix either in spite of expensive marketing…

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