There are many things that make all kinds of sense in Autodesk Civil 3D 2023. Maybe you noticed? Some other things – not so much. If we employ the software for a few releases, the familiar AutoCAD and Civil 3D interface mechanics become sensical. These days Autodesk is careful not to change the core daily mechanics too quickly. That tends to make Civil 3D end users unhappy. Autodesk…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Aug 23, 2022
Tags View Frame Group, View Frame, plan production tool, pages of sections, sheet set template, sheet template, Civil 3D 2023, reference, Civil 3D 2022, Civil 3D 2021, productivity
Last time I talked about the idea that you can build in simple Section Line Groups into your templates and your project plans. The idea there is to use placeholder Features to get both More consistency and save yourself time with a little up front planning and work.
The way that Civil 3D produces Pages of Sections is a publishing task. There is only so much setup work you can do beforehand…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jan 20, 2011
Tags sample lines, alignment, section, corridor, pages of sections, publiish, sample line group
Pages of Sections in AutoCAD Civil 3D employ many Styles and have many properties. All that complexity makes getting exactly what you want somewhat of a challenge.
This is just one Page of Sections. Obviously a long alignment and its large Corridor with many Sections makes for potentially many pages. That produces large drawings where changes and modifications to the Section details can…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jan 14, 2011
Tags section, pages of sections, alignment, publiish, data reference, DREF, dynamic model