The Reference Template Tool in Civil 3D employs provides us a different approach to the consistent delivery of effective, production Civil 3D Templates and Known Good Style collection resources. The Reference Template (TREF) Tool allows us to assemble Civil 3D resource targets, partially manage them, and deliver standardized resource…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Nov 16, 2022
Tags Style, Style Management, CAD Standards, customization, maintenance, template, Reference Template, implementation
By all accounts a successful AU 2022 quickly fades into the rear-view mirror of history. Sadly, some Framework for Civil 3D customers in Florida currently do not have a land line phone to answer or even an office to go to. Thankfully, the cell phone scuttlebutt says they are still around to talk about that.
Hmm? Is my old man perspective simply because I…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Oct 05, 2022
Tags AU 2022, Upgrade, Update, compatability, WATT, implementation, CAD Management, Civil 3D
The cadpilot website is one of the longest running, deepest, and largest technical sites on the web dedicated to all things Autodesk Civil 3D and associated AEC Collection products. If you work in Civil 3D Land, odds are you’ve probably paid us a visit.
Lots of folks do enjoy a flavor of the Framework for Civil 3D.You…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Aug 03, 2022
Tags training, implementation, customization, Members, Jump Kit, Templates Only, video, surface, Surface Style
Autodesk Civil 3D includes many powerful and capable grading tools. We each develop our go to lists of favorites and preferred workflows to follow. Ted is a Feature Lines Only fanatic. Sally is a Site Design Corridor wunderkind. The company design group in Tulsa banned the use of Civil 3D Grading Objects in all projects. We know the drill.
Our preferred…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jun 16, 2022
Tags Grading Optimization, AEC Collection, Civil 3D 2023, grading, site design, Multiple Baseline Corridors, Corridors, video, implementation
Autodesk continues to improve and change Civil 3D behaviors from one Civil 3D Update to another and from one Civil 3D Release Upgrade to another. Out here in Civil 3D Land we must learn to adapt to those changes or continue to perform our civil engineering and survey work in older versions of the software. Most folks tend to.
Are we proactive…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
May 19, 2022
Tags Upgrade, Update, Batch Save, DREF, IREF, XREF, Project Management, Style Management, implementation