People wave their hands and talk about "Model Based" software, "Model Based" design, and BIM. What do these words really mean where the rubber hits the road?
Maybe the answer is simple, but it sure appears that takes a while for people to get the unexpected consequences.
Model-Based is Simple and Elegant
We build a "reasonably realistic" model of what we want…
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Tench Tilghman
Oct 03, 2011
Tags publiish, publish on demand, Style Management, Style, template
Recently, I've gotten a number of requests from people who want help getting their Civil 3D Feature based drawings smacked down to "dumb" AutoCAD and other CAD or GIS formats. This includes the still too common problem of getting your Civil 3D stuff back to LDT.
Think Smart Before You Dumb Down
Before I say anything about Dumb Down to ACAD at all, you need…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Apr 13, 2011
Tags publiish, publish on demand, dwf, pdf, proxygraphics, export, DGN, object enabler
The best thing about the model-based nature of AutoCAD Civil 3D is that its Features contain real civil engineering DATA. Civil 3D provides visual access to most of this Feature DATA via a host of tools called Styles and Sets. Collecting, standardizing and managing those tools what the Jump is all about.
CAD Visuals are Not the Whole Game
The published Sheet is far from the totality…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Mar 30, 2011
Tags data, reports, publiish, publish on demand, Style
A few days ago I posted about the use of Light and Dark Backgrounds in Civil 3D.
This following interesting factoids about color publishing of exhibits and the other ACAD palette particulars came as a comment to that post. But comments to blogs do not always get always get read.
Another note: the default…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Feb 16, 2011
Tags color, interface, ctb, stb, publiish, background, layer state
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