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
Autodesk Civil 3D is a virtual feast of fundamental capabilities for civil engineers and surveyors. We can easily debate whether the resultant Civil 3D complexity is the result of the considerable depth of function built into the software or whether the sheer number of potential Civil 3D workflows is an obstacle to users all by itself.
We could also argue that such attention is unwarranted.…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Aug 17, 2021
Tags training, implementation, Civil 3D, productivity, interface, Project Explorer, user
This spring the cadpilot website zoomed past a couple of significant milestones in Civil 3D Land. Silly Me. I hardly noticed. You know the problem. We all suffer from that head down focus thing when we are trying to get the latest project out the door.
“Honey? Wasn’t that our offramp ?”
Dooh.At the time the current project is/was the
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jul 29, 2021
Tags Civil 3D 2022, Civil 3D 2021, Civil 3D 2020, Jump Kit, training, video, implementation
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
This post will be no surprise to many of our many Framework for Civil 3D customers. Based on our initial testing of the shipping build of Autodesk Civil 3D 2022, the current Framework for Civil 3D Release 8 builds (based on the latest Civil 3D 2021 Update) of the Framework for Civil 3D products all upgrade and run great in the public…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Apr 20, 2021
Tags Civil 3D 2022, Upgrade, Update, Jump Kit, Templates Only, Batch Save, implementation, video, Civil 3D 2021, Civil 3D 2020, Release 8