If we employ Civil 3D, we need to understand there is a tension - a difference between our Preference and Production Performance. We build and maintain our Civil 3D Standards to improve our ability to communicate complex ideas and information to others consistently. We also recognize that there are important collaboration and/or project team considerations at play…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Feb 07, 2019
Tags Style Management, Style, Style Purge, Style Import, Reference Template, publish on demand, CAD Standards, video
Our preference of graphic symbols/blocks may become problematic in our Civil 3D customization. Managed systematically blocks can make your Civil 3D Standards more flexible and adaptive. These simple AutoCAD things can have a significant impact in our project work. Case in point - If I change all the block representations in a project drawing by refining the blocks, your all too familiar work can…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Jan 31, 2019
Tags symbol, Symbol Set, block, customization, implementation, CAD Standards, change management, spreadsheet, Style Management
I’ve had a rash of product and consulting service inquiries from new and potential Framework for Civil 3D customers with some astounding Civil 3D implementation upgrade issues. These days I guess the politically correct tech term is challenges not issues or problems. The change and implementation difficulties these folks face remain all too real. Lest you think you, I, or anyone else is…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Jan 29, 2019
Tags customization, implementation, Release 8, Civil 3D 2019, CAD Standards, Style Management, Jump Kit, Adaptive Template Building Blocks
We introduced in the latest Release 8 versions of the Framework for Civil 3D for Civil 3D 2019 and Civil 3D 2018, a much improved and innovative form of Civil 3D Style library collection. We call these Civil 3D Style library collected resources - Adaptive Template Building Blocks. It’s a new thing in Civil 3D Land.
People have asked, “What…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Jan 23, 2019
Tags Style Management, Style, alignment, profile, section, feature line, Civil 3D 2018, Civil 3D 2019, Release 8, Adaptive Template Building Blocks
Your organization or firm invested money in the world’s most popular civil engineering and design software – Civil 3D. You (or someone else) will have work hard to make the Autodesk Civil 3D software run productively and publish your civil engineering design or survey work acceptably.
Every Civil 3D expert and most experienced Civil 3D users will tell you, “You need a Civil 3D template.”
They’re…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Jan 15, 2019
Tags standard keys, CAD Standards, Layer Standards, customization, implementation, Style Management, Civil 3D 2019