The art of production and publication Civil 3D Standards is all about the construction and maintenance of managed, known, and current States. There is no singularity in Civil 3D Standards although such standards can feel like a time-sucking, black hole. After all, we are talking about sets of collections of variable properties.…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jan 18, 2023
Tags layers, layer state, Layer Manager, CAD Standards, implementation, customization, video, Layer State Manager
Are we are talking about the latest software changes and improvements to Civil 3D? There is a recent Autodesk Civil 3D 2023.2.2 Update that includes some useful performance improvements and better Autodesk Cloud behaviors with the Autodesk Desktop Connector 16.0.0.1902 Update. Today we are not here to discuss that type of feature.
We are here to talk about…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Dec 14, 2022
Tags Civil 3D, implementation, project template, sheet set template, sheet template, template, XREF, DREF, IREF
Intentionally, I employ the US Constitution’s analogy of the Separation of Powers to talk about how civil engineers and surveyors need to systematically manage to divide and conquer resources inside and outside Civil 3D. The perspective allows us to employ the software successfully in production.
The Principals of Separation are, as they say, self-evident. The practical…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Nov 30, 2022
Tags implementation, Project Management, CAD Standards, naming convention, dynamic model, management
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