Autodesk first introduced Survey Queries in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013. They improved them some in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2014 by adding export and import functionality. These days you can employ standardized Survey Queries shared among multiple Survey Dbs.
Me, I’m admittedly a long-time Data Geek. Because I am that I’ve become a CAD, BIM, and…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Mar 24, 2014
Tags query, survey, survey figure, survey point, video
Videos are all the rage. This site has hours and hours of them on the Civil 3D Video recordings page.
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I do post a few to YouTube now and then. Truthfully, you’re better off coming here where you can both the eye candy and the beef about AutoCAD Civil 3D.
They tell me that I should probably post more on YouTube…
Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Mar 07, 2014
Tags management, video, Description Key Set, Point Style, Point Label Style
Do we get to the nuts and bolts of a numeric conversion of InstantOn Survey for AutoCAD Civil 3D after a couple asides that focused on some Process Linework nuances? Come on. This is Civil 3D. There is always more to…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman Jan 07, 2014
Let’s to take a moment for a brief, but important, aside before we pursue our discussion of a numeric Code conversion in InstantOn Survey for AutoCAD Civil 3D. Last time I made reference to Not Keys and BESTWay figures as Production Solution methods we can employ to reduce to our man-hour costs in field gathering.
Oops.
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Dec 30, 2013
Tags figure prefix db, Description Key Set, figures, codes, not keys, points
We’ve all been annoyed for a long time that AutoCAD Civil 3D doesn’t have a built in Symbol Legend or Abbreviation List generator tool. That was a tool that all old CAD drafting software just had to have. Look all you want through all the many Ribbon menus of Civil 3D and this “simple” tool is nowhere to be found. Arrrrgh!
My bet is you make your current Civil 3D Legends, Lists, and the…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Nov 06, 2013
Tags AddOn, InstantOn, tablestyle, points, Description Key Set, legend